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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
Ellis Island. \. 7,
May u, 1919.

May Il, 1919.
Editor Times:
Dear sir:-Lcft Marseille. France. on
the oath OF April, and on the 2Sth we
stopped at Oran. Africa. to coal. The
steamship Patria was the boat that car
ried me. We stopped at Oran for three
days. The second day we were allowed
on shore. and the Oran mayor made that
day a holiday. as it was the first Ameri-
can troops to stop there. They gave us
a royal reception-called out the Arabian
troops and paraded for us.
One part of the city is for the Arabian
and Algerian people only. They have a
section of the city all to themselves
called Little Africa. The women are
very funny. They are dressed with a
white sheet and their faces are covered
All you can see is one eye. They do not
wear any shoes. One of the boys who
was in the same party / was. stopped
one of them and addressed her in
French. She was kind Of shy and moved
of. He went after her and when she
wasn't suspecting anything he pulled the
sheet away from her face. and to our
surprise her face was all tatooed. On
her forehead. between the eyes. she had
n cross tatooed and on each cheek bone
she had dots. The children when they
are about three years old get the reIi-
gious marks.
Their homes are unique. Rugs all
over the floor. no chairs or tables. Be
fore entering their homes they take off
their shoes and leave them outside. One
OF the boys aid he wished he had a
hammer and nails. I asked him what
he wanted them for. He replied. I'd
like to nail down the shoes and see what
would happen" They were wooden
shoes.
We left Gran on the 5otn OF April and
landed At New York on the 10th Of Nav.
The mayors welcoming committee came
out in boats and all the whistles of boats
gave US a blow. Some noise,
When we locked and fell into line. We
all had that great feeling of being IN
Gods country and real people. The Red
Cross got a great chear. They gave US
real American pie and cofee=the first
pie we tasted in months. Was sent 20
the hospital for a rest and here l am.
In a few days I will be sent to q camp
for discharge and then back to the
"~civies.1 so expect to see me in a few
weeks.
Respectfully.
Max Pollock.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
From Karl Hellwig.
Respectfully.
Max Pollack.
Camp St. Sulpicf

camp st. Sulp1ce.
April 81. 1919.
Gear Mother. Father and Brother:
7 received your letter dated March
27th. and will reply. Ny mind has been
occupied. for 1 hardly have time 10 think
lately. I do not know IL I will be able
10 get TO Hospital No. EOS. | suppose
he was wounded on the line. and the
operation will have to be made in the
states. The movement seems to be all
over the world.
Saturday night our orchestra played at
the 7. NJ. {. \. for the boxing match.
Easter Sunday we played for an ammu-
milton train company. Our show put on
the first night stand at 81. Loubes Y. NJ.
q A.. a few miles from this camp. Our
scenery and costumes were not finished
so we put II on for the practice. y
major told us that it was the best plas
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
&as# sTENTION!
O%EA Here's Buddy!
Gnrdner VOORHEES, md John phrom

Unrdner NOorhie- md john Fhrom-
mer, two of Hammond's returned SOL
diers. have started in business for
themselves. At considerable expense
they have procured one OF the modern
withdrawing machine used on exter-
Tor work. They also claim to have a
special preparation which. when added
TO the w~hitewash make IT hard SO
that it Will not rub of The machine
can also be used for all cold water
paints. 1t is intended to make a spec
ialty OF garages and easements. They
have opened an office at 16s Fayette
street under the name OF VOORHEES, &
Phrommer and their telephone mum
Der is 2121.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

The very serious illness OF Roscoe Hemstock, the
most efficient and obiging clerk of the Lake county
superior courts No. ! and .. is a source of great anxiety
to his multitude of friends over Lake county and they
certainly will offer UP their prayers and sincerest wishes
for his quick recovery. Another well known leader il.
the Calumet region, whose home has been touched with a
heavy hand is Hazel X. Groves, OF East Chicago, and
the deepest manifestations of sympathy exist for him
among a wide circle.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
From Homer Friend.
Niederahr. German.

Niederahr. Germany.
April II, 1919.
Ny Dear Mother. Dad and Sister:
/ received Your most welcome letter
and was sure glad to hear from you, but
sorry to hear that mother is sick, and
hope she is better now and tell her not
TO worry about me for 1 am well and
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

Germany should have sent men to Paris who would
have laid all their card on the table" says Max Harden.
That would have been better than Brockdorff-R antzau's
clumsy bluff, even though they hadn't even a pair Of
deuces
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

The Schlesvig election shows a great Danish ma
iority. who said that the memory Of Germany wasn't
long enough to reach back to the crime of 1864.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
- - - - - -

There is only room for one flag in Lake county and
that is the Stars and Stripes. There is room for only
one language and that is the language Of the people Of
the United States.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
:. III. Reck. a former cary man, uhs

has been in the y. NJ. G.. A. trans
port service for the past year is max
ing his last trip across the Atlantic
and expects to join Mrs. Reck soon at
Rockford. III. Their son. Lieut.. Frank
Reck is also on his way home and an
other son. Nelson. who is still over
there with the s0eth Engineers. ex-
poets to be home in July when the
Recks will all return to Gary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

What the Italian lingo orators and writer's are &C
customed to calling divine egoism' the rest of the world
calls s~elfshness that is very far from divine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
TO THE POWERS THAT BE
The Boys Want to Come Home!
Get EN- Home, loot
Sweet!


FIrst IIcut. lloyd Finch II bnck IN
Gary from overseas. He arrived In
port a few days z and will 20 70
Camp TAYLOR for his discharge. He
was transferred to the Keystone divi-
sion after going to France in october
of last year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
From Anonyme.
L. s. S. Lake Daraga.
April rs. 1919.

Editor Times
Enclosed you Will find a clipping.
which. il published. with such changes
as may be necessary. would be OF great
benent to a goodly number Of soldiers
and sailors.
There are those Of us who have been
over Here a year and some Of US 4
year and a half without a relief Of any
kind. and no prospects Of receiving any.
This work must be performed. we all
know. but is it necessary that the same
men be kept at this work? Is II any
wonder that we kick and grumble. or
that our work is at times poorly dom
when our thoughts are Of home and those
we left him Are there not men who
would gladly come over here and take
our places? Men who have not hitherto
had the chance to take part over Here.
Now. I've had my say so. III Just
enclose a copy Of a poem written By one
Of he boys from the Suicide fleet.
Hoping at least that the poem viii be
printed.
Just a Little odo to the suicide Fleet.
Y hear about the Cruiser Forces
That see the conveys through:
Y hear about the transports.
Manned ny AhG wy ~ hAAps
Y rear about the destroyers
An the daring things they do,
An once in "a while the sunboats
Break out in the Fleet Review.
Y hear about the GREAT LAKE GOBS.
An the stunts they do in drill:
Y hear bout the yorktown fleet,
And it fills you with a thrill;
Y. hear Of the torpedoes
FROM the boys who've ben thru the
mill:
But have y heard Of the men that won't
get thru until
God only knows just when?
r hear or the army gettin' supplies.
An y think Of the firm line;
Y hear of the stores goin' to France.
An y're glad the boys'u dine.
7 hear of the ships from old New York
When they run upon a mine;
And you think Of what Wen do TO the
Germans
When we finally reach the Rhine.
But do YOU hear of the ships that are
always here7
That are always in the zone?
Ships that We're made in q couple Of lays
And sent out TO cruise alone?
Ships that live on the overseas.
The parts where the storm winds moan,
That may split as quick as they were
made
When their strainins timbers groan.
| mean the so-called Lake Boat Fleet,
That makes the Channel run.
That face the U-boat every day
With one little three-inch gun.
They get the goods to the army
That really fight the Hun.
But whenever n lakes is MISSING
Really fight is a CHASTITY pun.
Sometimes q Lakes splits in half.
And we either swim or die:
Some of them run upon the rocks
When the Channel storms arise.
They we're not made to live, TO last:
They were made to carry stores.
No. you do not hear of the boys over here
Nor the daring game he tries.
So think about the missing ono
That Will come back some day;
That is-he may come back.
IF a mine does not get in his way.
The cruisers and destroyers leave.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

Sometimes it does seem as If the powers of evil
are unnecessarily stupid. For instance. look at those re-
sort keepers in Indiana Harbor! Do they think people
Sleep
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

Arthur Doorley. son OF Mr. and Mrs.
Charles H.. Doorley OF Jackson street.
Gary. has arrived from overseas and
was discharged at Camp Sherman
when he came direct to Gary. Arthur
has been with the ~doughboys over
there for a year.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

Frank Gullstrom, whiting. recently
returned home from overseas. who is
now at Fort sheridan. III, has been
spending a few days visiting waiting
friends. He returned TO Fort Sheridan
today TO await rehabilitation.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

Captain Allan r. Tuyman. East Chi
In a recent letter told of be-
ing in Paris and expected to soon EN-
bark and arrive home the first Of June.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

Edward Glrnrd. Whiting. who served
IN the hospital corps in France for sew
eraI months. has returned home.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
Letters from Soldiers
Written to the Home Folks From This Side and the
Other Side Of the Water.

But we are here TO stay.
For the army is still over here
and we work till they 60 away.
Respectfully. I remain.
ANON YME.'
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17

Mrs. Corn Dunning. whiting. has re-
ceived a letter from her son. Harold
Dunnins. informing her that he has
now been transferred from France TO
Army Of Occupation in Germany.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-05-17
woTrcr ro eunScvn~ps

II you fail 70 receive your copy of THE TINES . prompt
~ Is you have in tho past please do not think 4 has beer
service + not what # used e be and that complaints are
vice THE TINES has Increased its mailing equipment ano
II striving earnestly to reach its patrons . n time re
prompt, in advising US when you do not get your paper and
We will act promptly.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
TO TEACH PUBLIC
SPEAKING At W.V.U.
Prof. Wilbur Jones Kay
Joins Faculty of Big
Institution.

MoRGANrowN, W. Va. Aug. g.
Prot. Wilbur Jones Kay, who has Just
been appointed head or the Depart
ment Of Public Speaking a. West Vir-
ginia University, is one OF the most
prominent instructors IN speaking in
the country and was only secured by
the State University in competition
with Buchnell and several other prom
inent schools.
He founded the Department of Pub
lie Speaking at Washington & Jeffer-
son college and remained there for
fifteen years. He also trained the de-
batting team of Swarthmore college
which won the Pennsylvania State
oraotrcial contest, and taught al
Meadville, Grocer and Pittsburgh The
illogical seminaries.
He was educated at University of
Chicago and Northwestern Univer-
sity and received the honorary degree
Of Master of Arts at Wash-Jeff last
year. He was president of the East
ern Public Speaking Conference for
four years and also belongs to the
National Association of Academic
Teachers of Speech.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
QUIET DELL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Sayers, of Graf
ton, were visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Wes-
ley Lake Sunday last.
Miss Martha Hawkins and brother
Lloyd, OF Mudlick run, have returned
home after picking berries for Avis
Henderson the past month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Satterfield
were calling on relatives on Gladly
creek Sunday.
Miss Martha Linn and Mrs. Martha
Williams spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives in Fairmont.
Mrs. Eva Williams and son, Lloyd
have each purchased a new automo-
bile.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henderson wer,
Sunday guests at Marion Rudy's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avis Henderson were
visiting the formers parents Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Henderson at Spring Dale
Sunday.
S. H. Rudy motored to sarietta Sun.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Henderson and
daughters, Ella and Mildred, of Graf.
ton, and Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d. Hender,
son, of Plum run, were calling on Mrs
w. A. Linn Thursday.
Charley Robinson and family oil
Wickwire, passed through our village
Sunday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
GROCER UP AGAINST IT

81 have been up against it for past
3 years suffering from pain in my
stomach and side until was consid-
ering giving up my grocery business.
Doctors and medicine did not help
me. heard of Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy through a friend in Buffalo.
The first dose gave me more benefit
than all the medicine I had taken be-
fore and am now feeling as we'll as
ever in my life" It is a simple,
harmless preparation that removes
the catarrhal mucus from the intes-
final tract and allays the inflamma-
ton which causes practically all stom-
ach, liver and intestinal ailments, IN
Guiding appendicitis. One dose viii
convince or money refunded.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
ORDER NOW.

Why wait until the last minute and
then expect to get service? Order
your screens now and avoid delay. We
make window ana door screens to fit
the opening. Full size for the entire
opening or half size to slide. Made in
the natural wood unfinished, stained
or painted. ]. Earle Davis, General
Contractor and Job Carpenter, 270
Cleveland Ave. phone 470-R.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
poN,r WAIT roo LONG

To have your furniture upholstered
and repaired as it will cost you more
in the future as goods are advancing
on tapestries and limitations of black
and Spanish feathers. l do first class
work. Also picture framing,
large line of mouldings to select from.
Oval frames of all sizes and standing
frames. Bring in your soldiers pic
lures and discharges: have them
framed to preserve them. Done on
short notice. s. B. Kopp, 11S Meredith
St, next to Postoffice. Phone 1269-R.
ADV.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
DON'T YOU MISS

The pleasure you might enjoy ny be-
ing the owner of an Eastman Kodak?
II you are on vacation-afloat or
ashore-every where you go, you find
something YOU would like to remem-
Der. Would not a photograph fill the
bill? We have many different styles.
Let US snow you how easily they are
operated, A. G. Martin Company
Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
nExlpEn sroRAcK ,aArrEn1Ee

The "Ende" ausomobne batterle.
are fast becom1ngs acquainted IN thi.
city. There Is q battery for every
model and make lear. Among auto.
mobiles equipped with the "EXIDE"
Is the Cadillac. The KNIGHT ELEC.
TRIO co. at'Ss:' Jefferson street, are
the distributors In this section for the
'ExIDE." This firm also repairs all
makes of;batteries. Use an "EXIDE'
while your battery Is being charged o.
repaired. Telephone 7ssJ.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
A SMASH up

Sometimes accidents win happen to
the most careful motor car drivers
but no matter how serious the damage
we are prepared to do the repair work
Our plant Is modern, we employ mas.
ter machtnists only, who are experts
In this particular business. You pay
for whatyou get and you get'what- you
pay for-mderstand? Liberty. Garage
Company, Merchant st. Phone 500
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
IT'S MATClUEss.

You do not need to fuss and worry
with the trouble, dirt and danger Of
matches If your home is equipped with
electric lights. The actual match cav.
ing may not be much, but the differ.
ence in light, ooh, Boy!" and it will
be still better If you let US do your
wiring. Fairmont Electric Service
Co., phone 1925.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
IT,s a GKEAr EVENT.

The offerings at our Semi-Annual
Clearance sale represent prices so low
that it will be impossible to ever du-
plicate them for the same good grades
of Mems Suits, Shoes, Hats, Shirts
and other Wearing Apparel. Come to
this Great Sale while there is plenty
of stock from which to choose. Deitz's
Leader Shop, 219-221 Madison St.
A6v
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
OIL RAILS

Yes, rats and mice too, are men
ace to comfort and a danger to health.
Danish them from your premises, de-
stroy them SO that they die outside
the house and consider the inside an
unsafe place for habitatlon. We sell
rat killers, pastes, liquids and pow
ders of an kinds.
Cranes Drug Store-aAv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
LOIS ZOE sAIE

We have two good lots at the corner
Of View and G streets in Google addi.
ton that we will, cell at pre-war prices
and on easy terms. These lots were
taken by US TO salty IN account and
we wish to dispose OF them. Fairmont
Wall Plaster Co., Phone 1522.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
HIGH COST OF LIVING.

To beat the high cost of living the
thing to do is buy the best you can
get for your money. Shoe yourself
with Queen Quality, Stetson or Barry
Shoes. All Guaranteed for service.
Smiths Shoe Store, 227 Main Street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
Those Girls.
(sY coNoo)

Edna-so you've broken with Jack.
Edith-Yes, he was too hard to
please.
Edna-Gracious How he must
have changed since he proposed to
you.-Boston Transcript.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-06
MAKlNGPARCEL POSTCUT
T74E4zGHCOsTO OF LIVING
syo Small Communities Are Getting Together BY
IS Means of School House Community Centers
IN II IA ~ And Big Postal Truck.

New Job for the loss and the individual bookkeeping
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-15
OUR DISAPPEARING FORESTS

Efforts being made bv the United States Forest Service to
nreserye the forests of North America should receive the hearty
cooperation Of every thinking person in the country. When
this country was founded the main effort was to get rio Il me
forests, especially in what is now the Eastern states. AS gen
Grafton has succeeded generation this desire has been passed
along until today the cutting down of trees destruction OF the
forests and the utter waste of timber is looked upon as q nat
ural course of events.
Bnf the rapid manner in which this section Of the country
is being stripped Of forests is now of grave concern. In the
matter Of water supply alone the deforestation of the country is
a serious menace to the people. Lumber is becoming more
and more scarce and the awful waste apparent where the lum-
bermen have been operating is little short of a crime.
"A few years ago the chestnut blight swept over this Sec
ton Of the country killing every chestnut tree until today the
boys and girls here in the East hardly know what gathering
nuts in the fall of the year means. But the serious part IS the
disappearance of this valuable timber.
The hard wood in the North and East are being rapidly
used up. During the war, it will be recalled, boy scouts were
sent out to scour the country over hunting for black walnut
trees to be cut down for the making of gun stocks. The black
walnut was al a premium then, but even the solitary trees
here and there have now gone. The result is, the black wal
nut has all but disappeared as we'll as the chestnut. No steps,
as far as known, have been taken to start a new growth of the
black walnut.
So it goes all along the line. What forests we still have
are being ruthlessly cut over by the lumbermen without re-
gard for the future. 1t is time something was done to regu-
late the whole business.
France is cited as an example of successful forestry.
That country, in spite of its smalness and large population in
proportion to area, had a plentiful supply of lumber for her
self and her allies in resisting the advance of the Hun because
France adopted a practical forest policy over one hundred
years ago.
The American Forestry Association heartily supports the
demand Of the United States Forest Service for a national for
est policy and calls upon the lumbermen, timberland owners
and foresters of the country to suggest plans for a policy which
will be practical and which will assure the nation of ample
forests for its future needs. But is should not be left to
The forestry associations entirely. Every citizen who desires
to see the blessings of this country passed down to posterity
should support the movement. 1t is something that is not con-
stanty before the public and therefore is apt to be forgotten.
But we cannot afford to neglect such things and the sooner a
we be relieved of the ever present danger under existing slip
shod and wasteful methods.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-07-15

When a man is in love he shows It
without knowing it. And when a girl
is in owe she knows it without show
ing it.
A guilty conscience is a great thing.
If a newspaper printed an item to the
effect that an ornery crook lived on a
certain street in town, and gave no
name and no number, about six men
living on that street would come down
and try to whip the editor.
1t is a good thing to remember that
no calendar vas every published thai
didn't have a Day of Reckoning on it
1t Is harder for a bashful man to
talk when he has something to say
than it is for a cheeky man to keeI
silent when he has nothing to talk
about.
Another thing hat makes Friend
| Husband mad is the fact that wheI
he can't recall a name, a date, or
quotation, he asks Friend Wife AND
she can't remember either.
Why is it that when a big, fat wifi
has a little, thin husband she Away
hangs on his arm on the street lik'
he was a Ealise or something?
A woman can't see the sense o
knowing five or six languages whel
you can only talk one of them at
time.