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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02
| PERSONAL N
ISOCiAL NEWS|
COMING EvENTs.

Mrs Charles Dowdell VIII have the
members Of the Stitch and Chatter Club
as her guests Thursday afternoon at
her home in Oakley avenue.
An all day session Of the Deborah So
clety viii be held Thursday In the par
iors of the First Christian churhc
FRIDAY afternoon the members Of the
North side Ladies club VIII be enter
tanned BY Mrs. Della Stanford at her
home, Ia Sheffield avenue
The meeting Of the domestic science
committee Of the Hammond Woman g
Club which was announced for Thurs
day afternoon has been postponed one
week on account Of the Red Cross meet
Ing at the Chamber Of Commerce.
The haywood Auxiliary OF the Red
Cross VIII hold an all DAY session
/ Thursday at the Industrial high school
Arrangements have been made so that
the workers can get their nopn-day
/ luncheon at the school
There VIII be a meeting Of the West
| Hammond Law and order League
! Thursday evening April ;. az the Went
worth high school
! Instead Of the usual lodge session the
1 members Of the Knights and Ladies Of
| Security viii entertain a. dancing
party this evening a their hall in the
Rimbach building.
: very enjoyable meeting or the
] Standard Bearers took place last even
ing q the home Of Mrs. George Chap
man. SIS haywood avenue. Mrs. Leigh
~ assisted Mrs. Chapman in entertain
! ing and As feature Of the meeting
they had arranged q STORYTELLING con-
test Mrs, Edgar ,Crumpacker. Miss
Adele Dunbar. Mrs. Edward DedeloV
and Miss GLADYS Younger participated
in the contest and the prizes for the
best stories were awarded TO Mrs
Crumpackcr and Miss Dunbar. Mrs
Eta Bloomhoft conducted the devotona
exercises. there was 2 reading by Miss
Louise Stevens and Miss Hazel Younger
sang After the program the hostesse'
served dainty collation.. There were
covers fer twelve members.
The Misses Mildred Sheerer and Flea
nor Dcming were hostesses last evening
to the Rooster club auxiliary at Mis-;
Sheerers home in Warren street Thu
election of officers took place and va;
! followed by most enjoyable socia
hour during which refreshments were
| served Miss Mildred Sheerer wa
vice president: Miss Miriam Pier. treas
urer. and Miss GLADYS Bell. secretary
The next meeting VIII occur on thu
evening OF the tycuty-second and Mis-
B ! Esther Land Of Mason street VIII b
hostess.
The executive board or The Hammond
Wonran's club viii hold IT'S regula
monthly business meeting THURSDAY AZ
] ] ternoon at four o'clock at tho Masoni
Temple. The club president urges =
many of the members Of the club a
possible to attend the Fed Gross meet
ing at the Chamber OF Commerce a
two-thirty O'Clock
Tho Baptist Woman's Union Will mec
1 for an all dax session Thursday at tn
church to sow fer the Rcd Gross TN
] meeting VIII he adjourned at thre
r O'Clock to permit the members TO a.
o. tend the bed cross meeting a. tn
y | Chamber of Commerce.
Becauso the demand is 60 urgent Z
20 get all work finished by MAY 18th tn
Riverside Auxiliary Of the Red eros
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02
"OUT OF BED
THREE TINES

II the Victim OF kidney disorders and
bladder irritation l- compelled tn arise
even once JIM the night there is "A condi-
ton which should lee promptly correct
cd. II arising more than once inamedi-
ate attention IS The part Of wisdom
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

viii meet two days a week instead or
one and as many members in the River
side district as possible arc urged TO
attend the meetings Tuesday and
Thursday are the meeting days begin
mig tomorrow. Aprl 5.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02
RED CROSS MEETING

The Red Cross workers Of Hammond
are urgently requested 10 meet Tor "a
discussion OF certain problems tomor-
row afternoon April ) At $50 p. m at
the Chamber Of Commerce
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

% frame. Til. frame residences VIII
cost $1,000 each. one OF the brick viii
ccst 5000 while the other Viii cost
$1,000
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02
AVALANCHE
BURIES MEN
rINrERNATIoNAL NEws sERylcUI

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE
NA%COIN Ell. L. a.. April An uu-
looked avalanche ~ snow from the
mountainside buried Alan r. Frazer
western engineer Tor the Canadian
National railway, and crew OF section
men YESTERDAY and when rscuers
reached them Frazer was found dead
from suffocaUon. according 10 word
received here today
Tn accident to Frazer occurred
near Mount Robson. when he with his
party was investigating the extent Of
: snow blockade uthe road. and
they were eBgulfed With a sliding
snow All Of the party except Fra
ger were rescued alive
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02
NOTICE.

A meeting or the property owners or
Indiana ave and Truman St property
owners Will be held At Riverside school
Friday evening az 80 oclock. 4-2-5t.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02
Too Fat!

guaranteed weight reduction me-
ID safe pleasant. Brings sIeaoe ~ ~.
better health and happiness
small box OF oil Of koFein at Inc oFuA
sists Follow directions You are
lowed to eat sweets. etc; no sta q 20
or strenuous exercising your ne
comes worth living with clearer MINI,
Improved figure. buoysnt step, cheeT1u
ness and optimism. Get thin and slsy
So--Reme mber the name-oA OF Aore4h-
ADV.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

The recent finding of a copper
still in an incompleted house be
longing to r. B. Dowda, a carpen-
ter. near Birmingham, Ala, made
the seventeenth capture for county
officers since the bone dry law
went into effect. Twenty-six gal
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

Meet me a. Weis Hall Monday. APril
$50 p Ia. Admission free. Hear all
about the dressmaking school. day and
night classes. and : 2. NJ Starts
April S 4-2-1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

COMING. BIG BIG" Elks Dance.
Wednesday. April 23rd. New X G. Hall.
4-2-1
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

In the pouring rain bennington L n G.
WET PROOF shells shoot just as well.
No swollen bodies or softcnod crimps.
3-eG-12t
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

THURSDAY evening there Will be
meeting Of Entity Review 10. ". T. :.
Of the Maccabees al the X. and L. OF s.
Hall in the Rimbach building. 1nitia-
tion VIII feature the meeting
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

Mrs. Harley Eurnas Of f56th street
entertained at luncheon Yesterday Mrs.
Thomas Morley Of Alliance. o. Mrs. II.
L. Acborz and Mrs Charles Bitters or
Hammond.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

very interesting meeting Of the
Parent Teachers. Association Of the In
dustlial high school took place last
evening at tl'e scbqoi. Mrs. Hannsucr
zang and there was 2 talk on "Recrea-
tion Tor Young People" b. Mr.. Harris.
tlc scout commissioner. AS a result Of
last evenings meeting a special meet
inc will be called b. the president Mrs.
toward Stevens. TO devote various
questions among them whether dane
ing should be allowed in the school.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

Following the regular meeting or
Germania Rebekah lodge last evening al
the Moltkc J. 0 Q. +. hall the members
Of the 6 r, Pleasure Club entertained
AZ card and dancing parts. = large
number Of guests enjoyed the evening.
Pedro was played and prizes in the
games were won by Mrs Z O'Sulllvsn.
Mrs. Clara witter. Mrs. Rick. e r. Kun
ert, sam Postlewsite and Mr.. Rick. The
consolation prizes were awarded 10 Mrs.
Nicholas HAN and Frank Ysnhe
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

Becauso the demand is 60 urgent to
get all work finished by May 18th the
ElHerside Auxiliary Of the Red cross
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

Tho Baptist Woman'z Union Will meet
for an all DAY session Thursday I the
church 10 sow for the Rcd Gross Tho
meeting VIII he adjourned at three
o'clock to permit the members TO at
tend the ned cross meeting a. the
Chamber or Commerce.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

The executive board or The Hammond
Won1an's club will hold ifs regular
monthly business meeting THURSDAY al
ternoon at four o'clock at tho Masonic
Temple. THIS club president urges as
many of the members Of the club as
possible to attend the Red Cro71 meet
ing at the Chamber OF Commerce ar
two-thirty O'Clock
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

William H Calkins W. II c. NO. 24S
met yesterday afternoon at the L O O
+ hall in state street Several aPpllca-
lions were received and during the ar
ternoon there was initiation of a class
Of candidates Next Tuesday evening =
patriotic entertainment viii be given At
the hall
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-04-02

At the meeting this evening OF Pro
gressive Court No. 1856 Tribe or Ben
Hur there viii be initiation Of class
of candidates after which refreshments
viii be served and social time enjoy ed.
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4 CORNER OF RHEIMS, ONE OF The
WORST BATTERED OF FRENCH CITIES.

save costs to the society as a whole
sible. The architect also undertakes
to adapt his plans to the use of such
building materials as are to be found
on the spot, as by, this means the
towns will be restored most rapidly.
Every ruined town and building in
France when rebuilt will have some
modification or improvement making
for better health and greater attrac-
tiveness.
To-day there is a bustling activity
on the part OF architects, engineers
and contractors in France. Because
houses have not begun to spring up
by the thousands in the devastated
regions some Americans have come
to the conclusion that France is with
out plans and energy for taCkling
the Job. Quite the contrary is the
fact The planning work for rebuild
ing the region in accordance with
principles of modern sanitation, by
giene, household conveniences and
farm economy actually began in 1914.
1t has eliminated in a law compelling
every town In the devastated regions
as we'll as in many other sections of
France to adopt approved town plan
ming methods in rebuilding. Within
three months every town in the 5000
square miles OF devastated France
must have prepared plans for any sec
ton OF the town where building oper-
atoms are to begin. France Is the
first country in the world to pass a
town planning law.
MANY OF the ruined cities and
towns in the devastated area OF
France will be restored so rapidly that
in fve. ten or fifteen years they will
be album with industry, improved
with modern installations and more
efficient and attractive than they were
before the war. But hundred towns
and agricultural villages in the north
in the Somme, Aisne, Disc, Marne-
what of them?
Coming generations will walk in
green silences through vast tracts OF
forest land to visit sites where these
villages stood when they were re-
| duced to mounds OF debris by the
great war The reconstruction OF
French soil, the sRlvaging of 275,OOC
acres of land rendered uncultivable
! by war means that village after viii
| lage-100 or more OF them-and ham
let after hamlet will be wooded over
| buried for all time.
Recent investigation shows that
there are something like 275,0O0 acres
OF land so far gone that there is nc
possibility OF bringing It into use fol-
farm land for another generation. TIKI
| haa o.,
this vast acreage is to plant trees ant
let 1t grow up in forest with the ex.
pectation that in thirty, fifty or on,
hundred years the leaf mould will
have created a topsoil and the roots
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thorities before he can give the desired
permission. This double authorization
is always necessary under present con-
ditions before family can return.
1.-THE first permission granted is in
most cases for forty-eight hour visit
for a look at the ruins OF a family's
home and for the salvage of buried
treasure. such as spoons, linen, keep
sakes. After the permission is granted
the family takes the first regular train
II can get. To defray expenses of car
fare the family gets an indemnity from.
the Government Sometimes the whole
family goes, or perhaps just the father,
IL he has leave. and the mother. They
are allowed to take 500 pounds OF bag
gage free.
ION arriving at the railroad point
nearest their home the refugees must
walk or catch a ride If they can. If
they expect to stay over night they
must have provided themselves with
food and blankets. The first thing
they do on reaching the home town is
10 report to the authorities IL there are
any there. Then they go TO seek their
own heathstone. 1t is sad sight
one of the saddest. and II is being re-
peated day after day always with sor-
rowful variations throughout the dew
/ astated area.
! Most of Them Turn Back.
Most Of the refugees find that there
/ is nothing they can do Immediately
! They find no way OF getting food
utensils, supplies Of any kind; so in
nine cases out OF ten they decide TO
! go back to stay a while in the in
terror Of France until there Is better
organization in the devastated regions
The other tenth decides to stay on the
| scene OF desolation at all costs. So in
various scattered villages OF the dis
trict one finds one, two or three fami'
lies OF great-courage living in. cellars
lcantos or some sort OF shelter with
a patched or tar paper roof.
In the small villages they can get
no food at all, so one member OF the
family walks every day to the nearest
big town for bread and vegetables
They have to tramp miles and miles to
get this limited supply. for there are
very few animals Of any sort in this
territory. Those who decide to stay
and ask for tho permits de sejour are
pioneers OF the hardest variety.
More and more the Government is
trying to distribute food to the small
shop keepers to encourage them to
start business again in the devastated
area. The Government offers all the
facilities 1t can. gives an advance or
the shopkeeper's eventual war In
Iennity, in other words makes a small
loan, which will be deducted from the
indemnity finally awarded for loss IL
the war.
For rebuilding the houses the Gov.
eminent has two administrative sec,
tons in the technical service, which
is under the Minister OF the Liberatt
Regions: One. the Service OF Extreme
Urgence; two. the Service OF Recon.
struction. The Service OF Extrem,
Urgence is trying to handle all i'm,
mediate needs. 1t has a representa-,
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ABOUT ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF KOyON


tive and supply centre In each arron-
basement and canton, OF which there
are six to an reimbursement These
centres have stocks of emergency
goods. They are supposed to have all
that is necessary for repairs to farm
equipment, for beginning housekeep-
ing and farming. 1t has supplied tar
/ paper for roofing and many tools, but
the supply runs out rapidly and there
Is always a long list waiting for the
first incoming shipment.
Development of self-Heip.
THE method OF self-help is stand
ing the refugee in good stead also.
| Often he sees what he needs on the
military dump and he goes and helps
/ himself. The Germans left 10000 tons
Of coal in the Argonne back of st.
Mihiel. Since this was discovered the
refugees have been coming from miles
around with such beasts OF burden as
they could get, broken down horse
goats, dogs, with man-drawn carts or
with sacks. They have come and gone
day after day with their burdens OF
coal. which is rapidly disappearing
When the peasants see anything be-
| longing to either the French or the
American army they Just take It.
There is no deception or concealment
about it.
AN entirely unexpected develop
ment and one that is surprising in
view OF the intense individualism
characteristics of France is taking
/ To-,
tuition OF town life and the agricultural
community. This development is one
| OF cooperation. 1t is a movement OF
the best augury for the early recu-
peration of the country and at the
same time 1t is a new revelation OF
the adaptability OF the French tenn
permanent and spirit to the iron emer.
gency OF war and wars holocaust
mot only are the French Govern.
ment and scores Of volunteer associ,
atoms assisting the refugees and sin.
istres to reestablish normal life in the
devastated regions, but the afflicted
ones are helping themselves. adjusting
themselves to desperate conditions an6
making sacrifices for one another.
1.-THE activity and vitality OF the re
! turning groups OF refugees Is shown
in the fact that they have established
scores of newspapers devoted to tn,
interests of refugees in their particu
lar localities, but especially it &
shown in the establishment OF recon
struction, agricultural and industrial
cooperatives. Members OF these co
operatives are pooling their resource.
and interests. They are rebuilding
towns as a whole, the necessary build
ings first, and looking at the town a.
a plant instead of a group OF individ
ual one man plants. They are ever
rebuilding factories as a cooperativ,
enterprise.
There is in each department and II
many of the ACCOMPLISHMENTS as wei
as in many of the cantons or com
munes a committee of refugees I,
look after refugee interests. Thes
committees serve variety OF pur
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OF the trees will have levelled the I'M
evennesses. This 275.OOO acres is out
OF the best and richest farming land
OF France.
I'm the Offices of NJ. Meitrot, head OF
the French Government Service for
Reconsututing the Soil, is a room full
OF large military maps, showing the
whole Of the devastated regions, the
trenches and dugouts and the regions
most heavily shelled. On these maps
are indicated in green the areas that
are too far gone to be put back into
cultivation and so must be planted
with trees. For this purpose France
IS now buying carloads, boatloads of
trees, and many OF these are coming
from America.
I'm addition to this 275,0OO acres
rendered uncultivable by the war
there are about 1000 .000, 900 more that
are in such a bad state with shell holes
and trenches that 1t will require great
labor TO level them off, clean away OBJ
structions, fertiliZe and in other ways
! prepare them for use. With the limited
labor that is available 1t will be sew
eral years before this land can be put
back into state of high cultivation
such as existed before the war, and
this time will elapse in spite OF the
best use that can be made of the 275,-
| 900 German prisoners.
Furthermore. to understand the
problem OF agricultural reconstitution
in France, We must remember that
$780, head OF cattle were driven
away into Germany when the Germans
advanced, This is So per cent. of the
total for the district. The same per-
! centage of pigs was lost. or about
2SO, 900. About 900 horses have dis
appeared either into the hands OF the
Germans or into the French army,
The French army is now gradually re-
leasing its horses, and TO some extent
this will remedy the acute shortage in
work animals.
The sun., 1919-05-18

poses. First, they register the ad,
| dresses of refugee families. and they
have instituted machinery for locating
the widely separated members of a
family. They assist not only in locat-
ing but in bringing back the members
of a family. All these committees
have headquarters in Paris.
"The work Of these committees is
recognized as one OF important public
utility, and they have been receiving
subventions from the Minister of the
Interior to assist in carrying on. The
committees are supposed to be entirely
out of politics, but latterly some of
them have shown a tendency toward
political activity.
MANY important groups have been
created for special local purposes.
One OF the early interesting develop
ments is the formation of the agricul-
tural cooperative societies. This
movement grew from the work OF NJ.
de Warren, who is connected with the
office of agricultural reconstruction in
the Ministry for the Liberated Regions.
In 1917 and 1918 he was instrumental
in establishing 100 agricultural coop
erative societies in as many different
| communes of the Somme Aisne and
Disc. The movement was rapidly
| growing when II was wiped out en-
tirely by the advancing Germans. The
various members OF the cooperative
societies were distributed all over
France as refugees. Now these So
cIeties are rapidly resuming and sew
eral hundred new ones have been
n, formed
| "In these societies each member
puts in all ne has in the way OF tools,
machines. fertilizers, everything ex-
cept his buildings and draught cattle.
When 1t comes to the crops he can
draw in proportion to what he put
into the pool.
From my experience should say
that this method OF organization
means from so to 100 per cent. in
creased efficiency in getting agricul-
ture started again in the devastated
districts as against what the individ-
ual could do working alone.
Reconstruction Cooperatives.
"The group of redistribution cooper
atives is equally important. The prin-
ciple by which these cooperatlves work
is much like that Of the agricultural
cooperatives. All the people of the
town or village to be rebuilt Join the
society and pool the advances they are
able to get from the Government on
their ultimate war indemnities. An
advance OF 90 per cent. OF the ap-
praised value OF the property before
the war lis given to members OF CO.
operative societies. while individuals
can get advances OF only rs per cent
AFTER the people have pooled their
indemnity advances they proceed to
deal individually with the architect
employed by the society. He furnishes
plans according to the wishes OF the
individual. but he provides for the
Standardization Of doors. windows
sanitary appliances, hardware, stable
and chicken house fittings In order 10
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Preservation of Monuments.

'One OF the enormous reconstruction
problems ahead of France is the pres
ervation of the churches and other his
toriC monuments that were partly
ruined and in thousands of cases al
most completely destroyed. The num-
Der OF these ruined monuments Is al
most impossible to estimate as yet and
1t will be months before the total num-
Der of buildings OF value artistically
and historically can be known.
Before the war the French Govern
ment, through the Commission des
Monuments Hlstorique, had taken I'M
der It's care and protection thousands
OF these buildings in all the depart
ments OF France, When put under the
care OF this commission these buildings
could not be altered or used in any re-
spect except az authorized by the Gov
eminent Because OF the great pleni-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-21

ard fast women. engages In four
hours conversation and never uses q
sensible sentence while he Is on the
job.
wouldn't be surprised to get up
some morning and read that some fell.
low had invented an electrohuggo.
neutrality-suspicious. before which q
fellow could stand up in Tampa and
kiss and hug his sweetheart in San
Francisco with all the delightful sen.
sations.
When you get mad, get pure old
United States mad. Righteous indig.
nation is camouflage.
The devil and his gang make more
noise than the Lord and His crowd.
A lot of you are headed straight
for hell with the toboggan slide
creased for the occasion.
Some people are handcuffed when