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Promotion IN the Navy quickly Z
those who qualify for higher ratings. In
March 1899 a. p. Nilsson enlisted In the
Navy - IN Apprentice Seaman. 3rd class.
In April 1907 he was rated Chief Turret
Captain. Hio pay today 10 3l6s.7e per
month.
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Glass and putty. Scofeld's.
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Stoves and stove repairs. Scofeld's.
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H MILLER PRESS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER ls, 1913
PERSONAL AMI G

Mr.. and Mrs. M. s. Helling made q
brief trip to Highmore Sunday.
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Stoves. and stove repairs. scoheld's
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The Golden Age!
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Superlative Flour at your dealer.

ness matters.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
JOKER IN
SERVICE BILL.
POINTED OUT.
Congressman Objects TO Keep.
Ing Drafted Men Over
seas indefinitely.
(sr Internnttonal N.ws serriosl


WASHINGTON. Jan sharp criti-
oism os the war department for keep
ing drafted men overseas indefinitely ,''
was voiced in the house this afternoon
by Representative Green. republican. Of
Iowa. curing the general debate on the
rivers ana harbors appropriation bill
Green asserted that what M Sht be
called jokcr" crept into the seleetive
service bill whereby instead Of being en-
listed for the duration OF the war th<
soldiers were taken during the period G.;
tho existing emergcney."
Therefore the men can be kept for an
indeanite period after peace has been
proclaimd." Green declared. as the Ian,
euage permits the president to put any
construction he desires upon it,"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
DANES FEAR
BOLSHEVIk
MOVEMEN
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t6T ~AASAA@a@ a@%1h%A AASAS Sc VA1E'|
COPENHAGEN. Jan. e-The Danish
authorities are now becoming convinced
that Germany viii be used as base fer
Bolshevik attacks against the western
powers.
Many Danes. 1T was learned today. are
urging tho government to take the
nsost drastic action to suppress the
Bolshevik propaganda
This city is greatly stirred BY the ap-
pearance Of Carl Radek and Bolshovih
allegation in serlin-
a majority Of the German population
realize that the Bolsheviki caused des-
perats confusion in East Prussia ana will
undoubtedly try to use Germany to
further the movement.
The BolshevikI congress at Berlin
voted BY e9 to % against Karl Lieb-
knecht's proposal to participate in the
National Assembly election no Jan. ~
One of the leaders in the German Boil
shevik movement IS a woman. Rosa
Luxembourg.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
ROME PREPARES
BIC WILSON RECEPTION
President to Pay His Re
spects to Pope at the
Vatican.
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ROME. Jan. 2.-Fhis city was one
galaxy Of color today with American
flags and rcd. white ard blue bunting
lining all the streets in honor of Presi-
dent Wilsoa. who viii arrive from
Paris tomorrow.
There is an enthusiastic spirit and
the people are anxious to outdo the vel
come given the American statesman il
London and Faris.
Besides the rousing popular greeting.
the official receptions and the Official
dinner there viii be . number of confer
onees between tha president and Pre-
mier Orlando and Baron Sonnino. the
Italian foreign minister.
Mr.. Wilson will seek to get Italy'S sp-
proval for his proposal for a league OF
nations and other matters involved in
tho preliminary peace conference.
On Saturday President Wilson win
call upon Pope Benedict XIV at the
vatican and discuss aspects of the peace
problems that affect the church.
sidcut Wilson VIII leave Rome ON
sunday night FOR NIilan and Turin
lie is cue % arriAe in Paris on Tues
day
Italy is the third European country
visited by the president, the first being
France and the second England
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
PINCHOI'S LETTER
TO BERGER IS READ
Amos Jumps on the Bank
ers According to Evidence
in Lands Court.
czz INTERNATIONAL newa serrtee.l

(Hy International News Servtoe)
CHICAGO, Jan. Con gresham elect
Victor Berger who with four socialist
comrades. is being tried for alleged vio-
latous Of the espionage act, succeeded
today in Judge lands court. in keeping
out OF the records. letters addressed to
Berger and his paper. the Milwaukee
Leader. which the postal authorities had
held UP.
Following Judge Lands decision not
to admit the letters as evidence. Berger
announced he would take the correspond
once To congress in March and use it as
d bas~ for a free speech hght.
Several letters from Amos Pinchot to
Berger were introduced. III, letters
pointed out that bankers of the country
were urging the people to conserve food
while they (the bankers) fattened on
war profits.
In explaining the scarcity Of Red
Cross. ". s. S. and Liberty Loan sdyer-
tsements in his paper. Berger said it
vas due 20 the boycott b. advertisers
against him.
Berger d1clared Inc had written dfty
editorials against the kaiser and junk
erism and had said re would not nght
for tho kaiser. for capitalism or for the
president unless the pcuple voted for
the war.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
TWO HURT IN NEW
YEARS EVE ACCIDENT
Ensign Emil Bauer and His
Friends in Auto Street
Car Crash.

Two young mon were painfully in
Iured and Two others escaped fortunate
ly in an automobiIe-slreet car collision
a Few minutes before 1919 was ushered
in by the serenade Of whistles and bells
IN Hammond. The auto in which the
boys rode was badly damaged.
The accident occurred on south Hoh-
man street near the intersection with
Douglas street. Ensign Emil Bauer son
of e f Bauer superintendent Of the
Simplex plant. was driving Hudson
auto porth on Holman street He had
as his passengers Virgil Whitaker. John
Svauton and Hugh Murphy. well known
Hammond young men.
A street car was approaching from
the opposite direction. Bauer machine
was running in the street car tracks
and when he eudcavored to swing it to
the right the auto stuck to the TRACKS
ana the street car CRASHED into H.
The occupants Of the auto were not
thrown from the machiner Tho wind
shield was shattered ami Bauer and
Murphy received painful cuts necessitat-
ing their removal to the hospital Bauer
was still at The hospital today. His in
juries consist of discoicred eye.
cash on the cheek and a scalp wound.
Murphy received q cut on the head which
required nine stitches.
Swanton and Whitaker were both
dazed for some time after the accident.
due to the shock.
Bauer must have misjudged the speed
or the approaching street car in addi-
ton TO having trouble in swinging clear
IF the tracks.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
FIVE REPUBLICANS
TAKE STATE OFFICE

I%DTANAPOLIS. Jan. 2-Five new
state officials. all Republicans chosen
at the last election TO succeed Demo-
Gratis. today began their terms Of or
Gee at tho statehouse. They are: II.
j. Lynch Of Newcastle. clerk os the
supreme and appellate courts succeed
ing J. Fred France % Huntington; SOL
on Z. Enloe. IF Dauyille, and Charles
r. Eemy. of indianapolis. Judges in the
appellate court. district No. :. sue
ceeding Edward w Felt. of Tudianap-
oils and Milton B. lIotteH. of salem
Mllisc McNahon. of Grown Point and
Nonzo Nichols &C Winchester Judges
in tho appellate court district No. g.
Succeeding Joseph e lbech. OF Ham
nond and Fred :. Caldwell. OF Win
chezter
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
sEVENTY-FIVE COUPLES
WELCOME NEW YEAR At
HAMMOND COUNTRY CLUB
Dinner Dance Is Given to
Celebrate Dawn Of '19 and
Twas a Great Success.

Seventy five couples welcomed the
-sew Year 81 the Hammond Country club
at "A dinner-dance which started at no
O'Clock and lasted to an early hour
The guests were veN provided with
nel~t-maIau< Instruments and put pIen-
icy of pep into the farewell % 0Id Men
1918 and the greetings TO the youngstcr.
1912. President Steclnlan and the com
raittee which arranged the aneir ere
being congratulated today for the sac
ces7tut evening
TIE features Of the evening were sn
excellent dinner. good music and a
splendid cglaret performance
These present were:
lt. J. Steclman and wife Judge v s.
Nejtes ard rife and NJ. Kmss}-y Her
r.au Sasse and wife. j. =. Wtlson and
wife pr N III. Davis aua wife. Joscph
Thompson and wife. Anna Moran. Law
renee Cox and Wife, Walter Conley and
wife Charles J. Daugherty ard wife.
Crown Point; ". J. McAleer aud wife.
Conan Scott and wife, =. IT, Austin az,
wife. ~. G. Paxton and wife. Dg z. w.
Oberlin and wife. T. w O'Brien and
wife. c. H. True and wife. J. L. F'itzger-
aid. wife. daughter and four guests: Geo.
Hannaucr and wife. A. NJ Turner. Aug
Schneider and wife. Fred O. Crumpa oleeI'
and wife. Victor Dyer and wife and Miss
Peterson, Clarence Scott and wife. Chi
eago; William Thum and wife. Carl
Bauer and wife, Henry Lanman wife
end four guests. y. .. Paige Jr. and wife
and two guests, g. d. Peters. wife and
Lieut. Carl Frederichs. Julius Meyn and
wife, Ray Chapman and wife. George
Chaplin and wife. Ralph Gro
raan and wife. Chica 20: o. A. Krinbill
and wife Carl Kaufman and wife. Or.
Potts and wife. Lansing. Ill; j. schIoer
and wife. Otto Enoerzer and Wife Dr.
Templin and wife. Gar1-: George 2.
lIulst. wife and six guests
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
ROOSE WELT
SLAYER IS
DYING
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VIII TIE AMERICAN Army or
OCCUPATION Il. GERMANY. Jan. g
BJ Courier 10 y1.-Lieut Dom
nauser, the dininutive German aviator
who claims to have killed Lieut.. Quentin
Roosevelt was perhaps mortally injured
New Years day while testing German
airplanes preparatory 10 surrendering
them 10 the Americans under the terms
Of The armistice
Donh~user made a.fauity landing and
his machine was wrecked The airman
was pinned beneath tho engine which
had become dislodged
Many bombing Gorhas and nehunS
Irokkers were turned over TO the Amerl-
cans today
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
SENATOR
JIM HAM
WORRIED
Says There Is a Republican
Conspiracy Against Pres
ident Wilson in Order to
Elect G. o. P. President
in 1920.
CIV international News ssrvioe.) }

SHI%GlON, Jan. "a conspiracy
= defeat the aims for which the Inltea
states entered the war for the purpose
- elecung republican president IN
72e0 was charged in the senate this aft
ernoon IS Senator James Ham Lewis OF
slilago.
Naming Senators Henry Cabot Lodge
era Pbilander {. IInoN as the principai
asents of the "conspiracy. Senator
i owls charged they are seeking to dis
credit President Wilson ard defeat his
purpose Of writing Americas war aims
.ato the peace treaty by giving huro-
.een negotiat6rs TO understand that the
senate is opposed 10 the president; that
s, objects 20 his measures and that 1t IS
speaking with the power Of revise. re
verse and rcpudlate him.
senator Lewis made the startling
assertion that the senate has no such
rover. that President Wilson is actin 3
~ conlnander-iu-chief in the nesotia~
rra of military protocol that win not
com. refore the senate for ratification
Speaking in my place. I now inform
tbe European nesotiators and the world
,n,- there IS no law Of America. by con-
-f+t,tiou. statute or custom. By which
,ho preSider. IS under any obligation 20
4,ih,nft what he is now doing 70 the sen
ste OF 20 any other branch Of the ieg3s-
iatlze or any otherbody, Senator Lewis
tmphatically asserted.
constantly reiteratlng the words 7
nov charge" Lewis sketched plot
10 he given European reactionaries a
justification for overriding Pre>~~ent
Wilson'S progressive policies on the
ground that they are conforming to $>9
wishes Of the people Of the United
states as expressed in the senate
The purpose is TO convince the Euro
pean neEotiators," he said. that x they
sccept the position presented by the
president. the senate VIII overthrow
+7lera. and BY this q Is presumed that the
European negotlasors viii take license TO
defeat the president IN what he pro
POSES and can put the reasons for do
767ontinued on page nine)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
COLANDRO SENTENCED
To STATE PRISON
Slayer of Gary Steel Mill
Given 2 to 81 for Voluntary
Voluntary Manslaughter.

Judge Hardy today sentenced to the
state prison for two 10 twenty-one
years. Michael Colandro, found guilty by
jury OF voluntary manslaughtcr for
the killing of Carl Spradley. a guard at
the Gary mills. July l2. 1917 Ralph
Ross and g. b. Tinkhem. attorneys for
Colandro. prayer an appeal and arrang-
cd bonds for their client.
Solandro. a track foreman for the q.
r. & T. in the mills stabbed and killed
Spradley after the latter had attacked
him. The jury was not convinced that
4 period of time elapsed between Sprad-
ley's attack on Colandro and the latters
fatal assault and did not convict the
Italian of murder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
WILL TAKE UP
BOLSHEVIK MENACE
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LONDON. Jan. 2-The Boishevil,
menace IS almost certain to be one Of
the first subjects discussed by the peace
delegates. the Evening News stated to
cay.
ent criminal regime in hope Of comph-
cations developing that would en-
barrass the allies, Is now alarmed for
its own safety.
1t is reported from Esthonia. Lithu-
ania. Livonia, East Prussia and Prus-
sian Poland. SIS well as from Austrian
Poland and Ukrainia that the Red army
is sweeping ON, leaving in its wake q
trail o. bloodshed. raPine and desola
tion.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
I'd GIRLS
INJURED IN
EXPLOSION
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BAAoNNE. y. J, Jan. 2.-IWen'N
girls were seriously burned This after
noon when tank car containing more
than 5000 gallons of gasoline exploded
in the standars Cil yards at Constable
Hook and set fire to the case and can de-
rartment in which they were working
There were more than fifty girls at
work in the building at the time. Many
rushed through The daming gasoline 70
escape
AZ tho Ba1 onne hospitsl. II was said
several Of The injured girls probably
would die.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
MILLINER ROBBED
ON SHOPPING TOUR
Hammond Woman Causes
Arrest of Man Who Took
Her Purse.

Miss Lenora Carne. a Hammond mill
ner, wlsc while ON shopping cXpedi-
tton in Chicago. was robbed Of her purse
ccntaining diamonds and vs,iuables. sue
ceeded in having John G. Knox arrested
yesterday on charge of robbery, she
saw Cox in the Deaboru police station
tho day following and told the police
about her experience. Her diamond ring
woreh 500 eacircied his necktic. She
then caused his arrest and when ar
vsigued in court Cox told a slanderous
story about the young Hammond woman.
The purse-suatcher is held on charge
81 robbery.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
JIM HAM LEWIS BITTERLY SCORES C. O. p
WAR DEPT. ON GRILL TODAY.
BREAKING THE
NEWS GENTLY
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WINSTED, CONN. Jan. z
American officer tells Of a letter
he censored for a Texas soldier
on the other side TO his mother
breaking the news Of his broth
cr's death. The letter read as
follows: Dear Ma-You needn't
bother to write to Ed any more
as he got bumped off ycstcr-
day"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
NEWS

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(By InternRttonal news Sarvtce,l
BAY SHORE, L. I. Jan. 2.-Three
hfe-boats which were bringing Red
Cross nurses and wounded soldiers from
the transport Northern Pacific oapsized
this afternoon, throwing the occupants
iuto the water. All Of the 1uryes a1d
soldiers were rescued by Ife-savIng
crews. The sea became SO rough during
the afternoon that It was doubtful If
the Hfe-savers could continue their
work of removing passengers nntn
calner weather prevails.
There were soldiers and one nurse in
each Of the boats which were overturu-
ed by the highly running seas.
More than 100 men and II women
had been brought ashore during the Sf-
ternoor.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
| QUIZ FOR SHIP
PROGRAM
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WAsHINGTON. Jan. 2.--Investigatior
of the entire ship-building program Of
The United States and it's executions
during tho entire war period. was decid-
cd upon by the senate commerce com
mitfee today.
Immediately upon tho re-openinS Of
the Hog Island investigation the com
'mittee adopted 2 resolution by Senator
Nelson or Minnesota. greatly extending
the scope OF the proha
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
MRS. STOLTZ DEAD.

TSTE-fsr. To TaE TIuEs
MERRILLvILLE. Ind. Jan. s-Mre.
Frank Stoltz. one Of the towns well
known ladies died At sis r. m on
New Years Eve. following the birth
50 twin babies. 4 husband and six
other children survive bcr. The fuuer-
Al arrangements VIII be announced
later.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
GOLD FOR THE
DOUGHBOYS

NEW YORK, Jan. after betng
delayed moro than fifteen hours 5r "a
heavy fog tlc liner George Washing
ton sailed for Brest, Fwnce. today.
with many distinguished passengers
and s2.00o.ooo in gold for the dough-
boys.
The passengers spent the night
aboard ship. They Included Charles
NJ schwab Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Bernard At Baruch and representa-
ives CT several governmental depart
aents and the Chinese envoy to the
peace conference.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
GROSS WILL, APPEAL

INDIANAPoTIs. Jan 2.-E6ward A.
Gross. Of Gary. justice Of the peace.
who was convicted by the judy m fed
eral court last week on charge o.
transporting liquor INTO the state ana
who was sentenced t. the Marion coun-
~ jail f5r six months and fncd s59a
bg Judge .A =. Anderson. wiH appeal
the case to tho Tuited states District
Court Of Appeals. Gross filed an ap-
neal bond If $4,000 ia the court yes
terdsy afterII
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
NOSKE FORMS NEW ARMY

LONDON. Jan. 2.-Herr Noske the
new minister Of rehabilitation of Ger
many. has announced through The
North German Gazette that a new vol
unteer army viii be formed from men
over "a years OF age who. have already
served six months az the front. said a
Rotterdam dispatch to the Daily News
today
The men Will be allowed to elect their
own officers.
The first duty Of the new army. said
CONFINED on page nine)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02

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LoEDoN, Jan. 2.-Secretary oc sup-
Plies Wurln mas resigned from the Rer-
In government n sympathy with tbs
independent Socialists. who left the
cabinet several days ago. said German
wireless dispatch today.
The governments OF Bavaria. wu.-t
senlr0rg, EaceE oaG I-ezse conferred At
s-nttgart on Saturday and decided 70
work a Tia future for federal Gex-
nan empire On the basis of thu revoIa-
.son.
There is opposition developing to the
elan Ter disintegration- The South ger
man governments called upoz tbs Fr1t-
slams TO rs-establfsn order
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
$4,000
POLES IN
ADVANCE:
On BERLIN
New MenaCeS Bear On Peace
and May End the
Negotiations.
lBJLLETI%.J
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icy 4ntef11atlona1 news Servlce,)
5EELIE, Jan. 2--Min1xter Of De-
mobilization Eosks todax ordered thu
Fifth Division Of the German army to
advance against the Polish army OF so
coo men that Is reported to be moving
upon Berlin from the east.
soylets report that the Fo1es crossed
the Frontier at skalmierzyee and ars
coming in this direction.
It Is reported from warsAw that all
Poles Will be mobouxed
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
FROEREI, AND
HAMMOND TO PLAY
FRIDAY EVE

Tho H.umona high school basket
la II -r.ssIu VIII play tho Froebel school
cary a Nlo Central school In Ham
mond. Friday evening. After being
defeated byAwhiting and East Chicagoi
Hammond plans comeback.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02

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CAMDEN. ". j. Jan. 2.-Fifty per-
sons were INJURED, twenty Of them sert-
ously this afternoon when south
bound Gloucester trolley collided with
a north bound car In front OF ths New
York ship building yard. An open
switch caused the accident. It is likely
that several of the injured viii die.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
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tEy International News serv4oe-)
LONDON, Jan. Triple
disaster menaces Germany
today.
The German situation presents
serious difficulties that threaten to
have a bearing on the peace con
ference and already Marshal Foch
is threatening to end the negotia-
tions.
The downtrodden Poles, headed
by Paderewski, have crossed the
German frontier and are marching
On Berlin.
The Boishe,ik forces are moving up
on the German borders in the east.
TO SPREAD ANARCHY
It is now revealed that a fund or IL
spread anarchy and Bolsheylk propa
sanda.
Leaders are urging the BERLIN govern
ment ITO take brutal measures" 70 xup-
press Bolsheyism. The expulsion az
Carl Radek. representative Of tho
Russian soviet. has been demanded. bur
he cannot be found.
The Spartaeus group * calling our
the trade unioa workers on strike
Karl Liebknecht is now supporting
the views of Rosa Luxembourg, the Wild
est Of the German Bolsheviki.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
NEW WANTS
AN INQUIRY
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 2-Investiga-
ton b. the senate military affairs com
pittee of published reports Of unwholc-
come and unsanitsry conditions at thu
American enbarkation camp at Brest.
France was proposed in a resolution in
troduced by Senator New. OF Indiana. in
the senhts this afternoon.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02
VESSELS RUSH TO
AID OF TRANSPORT
two Thousand Soldiers, In
Guiding Many Wounded,
in Peril of Lives.

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NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Vice-AdIntral
f5leaves, commander Of the cruiser, and
transport divisions OF the port OF rev
york. issued the following statement to-
dag regarding the removal Of soldiers
from the Northern Pacific;
..rae Northern Pacific IS in no in
mediate danger and until there is a
-banne in the wind from the westward
no attempt viii bs made to transfer
4l,ose. In ships. Such transfers, If made
.adav. viii re made to other ships
searaing by, as It is safer to transfer
no men TO these ships than 20 try to
4ake them ashore and having TO go
through the breakers. expect report
from Capt Connolly (Tvhc is at the
roene Of the accidentl later and until
his report is received further action viii
not be taken"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-01-02

On streets s1d news stands. sc per COPY.
Delivered by carried in Hammond and
Went Hammond, SOC per month.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-10-24
TREES GROW BEST ON SLOPES
Rouohest Areas on Farm Present MOS
Favorable Localities for sue
cessful Growth.

NV w. ]. MORRILL, Colorado Agricui
W turai College. Fort Collins. CoioJ
Trees, especially cone bearing trees
seem to prefer newly eroded soil
steep slopes are exposed to compare
lively rapid erosion and here trees
do the best. Level ground indicates
old soil, old in the sense that 1t was
derived from rock. as a rule, longer
ago than soil found on steep slopes.
Old soil probably contains an excess
Of soluble salts, too much for best
tree growth.
In the mountains one sees the steep
slopes clothed with trees. wniie 'ae
occasional fiat spot Is likely 10 oe
bare of trees. The toughest areas %
the farm present the most favorable
localities for successful tree growing