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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

derstand the thoughts of the learn
ed to be found IN good books.
Reading is useful. How many
read Of the origin and history of
banking? 1t is interesting to know
that the word bank comes from
canca, early Italian for bench, be-
cause the first bankers sat at a
bench In the market place and chang
ed domestic money for small COM
mission and bought and sold foreign
coins. DO they know why gold is
the basis Of money? During the
war a banker remarked. Why can't
we get any gold?" He could have
gotten il. Each federal reserve note
is redeemable in gold at the United
States treasury in Washington, d.
c. He did not even read what was
on his own stock IN trade
Bankers and bank employees, you
will find much in your line in your
public library
Doctors, have you read Berman's
Book on tn ductless glands? It Is
in the public library. 1t is inter
esting. 1t says iodine IN small dos
es helps goiter; so, IL is useful too
Dry goods men, do you know what
causes present day silk to cut al
the folds? Salts Of tin put into II
| TO give It false weight and luster
Do you know how to dissolve out
the wool or the cotton in a piece OF
cloth. so you can actually see the
amount of each left? Consult your
public library
| Grocers. do you know that SONS
apparently good cannd vegetable.
| ere actually poisonous2 Do yet
know that heating to boiling poini
for a few minutes will destroy th'
| poison or the botulinus bacillus
Why is cheese of the same brant
so different in taste and sharpness
Consult your public library.
Painters, why does boiled linseet
oil skin over and glaze more thar
raw Why does pure white lea
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

of your medicine and wanted me to
tryit, so at last l took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound Tablets
and Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Medl-
cine and improved every day. l do all
my own work now except the wash
ing and do it with ease can accom-
plish as much in g day now as 1T
would have taken me week to do
last winter and | try to get every one
know to take your medicine to build
them up. You are welcome to use
this letter as testimonial if you
like. Mrs. CHAs. BAKER. q Spen-
Ger Ave-, Hornell, NY.
In almost everyneighborhood there
are women who know OF the value
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound They know because they
have taken it and have been helped.
Why don't you give it trialf
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

To my mind, the best one they
tell on Arson goes something like
this.
Arson was interviewed by an
eastern sport writer couple of
years ago and about the first ques-
ton fired at Arson was:
"After all is said and done, who
was the best hitter you ever saw? 2"
"Anson," replied Pop without
batting an eye.
"Pop" Arson had a varied ca
reer after leaving baseball. He
conducted billiard room, starred
in play, "A Runaway Colt"
served q term as city clerk of Chi
cago and did a monologue stunt IL.
vaudeville for many years. But he
was always in touch with his oil
cronies of the diamond and with
new players.
Lucerne Blue, young Tiger first
sacker, expects to set better
mark for himself with the bat this
year than he registered last seI.
son. Last year he was batting
from both sides Of the plate. Hs
was hitting fairly well, but both
he and Ty believe his natural place
is on the south side of the plate, SC
he'll hit lefthanded exclusively this
year.
George Cutshaw was signed By
the Detroit Tigers as utility In
fielder to fill any gap that NIGH
be left by the failure of anyone Of
Tvs rockies to produce the goods
Ty started Cutshaw at second t
help break in Shortstop Rigney
Now George il playing such I
whale of a game at second tina
he'll probably stick there for sons
time TO come, regardless of thu
promise shown by one or two O.
| the youngsters.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

Men often say, Il am not interest
ed in those things" What are you
interested in? Business. money
making!
Did you ever hear 4 funeral SER
mon preached on the text: He got
the money!"
The thoughts and ideas ycu plant
in humanity In ali of you that lives
in this world after you are gone.
II you leave no ideals and aspir-
atoms in the minds of those sur
viving you when you are dead, you
are dead indeed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

ma had cautioned him to keep out
of the wet grass. Immediately he
ran out into the yard and sat down
in the mud. Potent grandma again
dressed him AM gave him lecture
on cleanliness. In a few minutes
Herbert came back again, soiled,
and was sent out after a stick.
Herbert came back with q stick not
very clean. just as grandma was
about to administer the rod, Her.
bert said: That's a pretty dirty
stick, grandma"
To play a trick on q drunken
man. some friends tied monkey )
the foot of his bed. When the man
regained consciousness and saw the
monkey, he stared and stared.
Then, pulling a revolver from I'M
der his pillow, he took deliberate
aim at the little animal and said:
"WeIl, old fellow. ii you are q
monkey you're in hell Of fix, 4
you're not q monkey then I'm IN q
hell of a fix"
George S. Kinsman. retired
agent at Julesburg. Colo. used to
tell a story about a certain Judge
who, in the old woolly days. oper-
ated catfish" bank in addition to
his somewhat light legal duties.
One day a stranger presented .
check and was asked for Identified
ton. He dug up a number Of let
tiers and kilograms. but was in
formed that they were insufficient.
"But." protested the man, you
have hanged people here on less
Identification than this"
"I know" replied his honor. "but
in money matters you got to be
careful"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27
Remarks On Library Week To
Hammond Chamber Of Commerce
BY D. ]. MORAN

This is Library Week for the peo-
pie Of Indiana Its purpose is to
stimulate an interest in the reading
of good and useful books.
The old proverb Money is the
root of all evn' should read, "Ig-
norance Is the root of all evils"
why? Because mony is not an evil
# intelligently used.
The nliteracy discovered in the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

during the late war alarmed us. but
more alarming was the fact that
many in the army once knew how
to read. but forgot it by not reading.
No doubt, we would be amazed ii
we knew the number of Hammond
men and women who have forgotten
how to read That is. the number
who cannot read a few pages of a
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

substantial book and explain the
ideas and meaning set forth. Any
one who cannot do this has forgot
ten how TO read.
The mind is like the body-it needs
exercise. The best exercise for the
mind is reading and trying TO un-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27
to the head of the class?

10 tnt Htdu OF ING CHESS!
You have a son In college. He
studies chemistry. Could you talk
with him aboot catalizers, colloids,
electrons, protons and their possible
relations to every day life? If not.
he may want TO quit college be-
cause you succeeded in a way with
ouS the knowledge you insist he
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

Congressional Alice Robert
son, Oklahoma, will have plenty
of feminine companions in the
next congress providing she and
any considerable part of the
women candidates are successful
at the fall elections. Mrs. Izetta
Brown wants a seat in the u. S.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

thing the matter
with me. / was
tired out all over
and it was an eff
fort for me to
move. / was irri-
table and could
not sleep nights
and had trouble
with my bowels
and at my periods.
1t seemed that
nearly every one
around me knew
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

senate from Virginia. John
Sharp Williams, Mississippi. will
have to defeat Miss Belle Kear-
ney to retain his seat in the sem
ate. Mrs. Peter Oleson will OPP
pose Frank B. Kellogg in Mime
sofa. Mrs. Ella A. Boole is run
ming for u. S. senator in New
York on a dry platform. The fol-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27
should acquire.

sHOuIU ACQuuG
Have you let the world of ideas
get by you a hundred years while
you still claim to be alive7 Are
you already dead from the neck up?
You must keep up with your boys
and girls If you want them to
respect your Judgment and heed
your admonitions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27
NOW DO MY
W0RKWITHEASE
Because Lydia E .Pinkharn's
Vegetable Compound Re-
stored My Health

Hornen, NY. IT was in bad health
but there didn't seem to be any one
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

A competent man for an import
ant Job. Otto G. Fifeld for County
Treasurer 4-26-5
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27

lowing are running for the house:
Mrs. Annette Adams, California:
Mrs. Leila Seton Edmundson,
Alabama; Mrs. Irene c. Buell..
Nebraska; Mrs. T. T. Cotman,
Arkansas; Mrs. w. A. Cullop,
Indiana; Mrs. Winifred Mason
Huck, Illinois, and Miss Alice
Robertson. Oklahoma
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-27
DINNERSIoRIEs

Herbert, aged four, had just been
bathed and dressed in an immacu-
late white suit preparatory to at
tending Sunday school. and grand
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Jones to Head Omaha
Institute Of Banking

]. Kessler Jones of the Federal
Reserve bank was elected president
Of the Omaha chapter of the Ameri-
can Institute of Banking at the an-
nual meeting last night. Other Of
fcers chosen we're: Charles Mead,
Omaha Trust company, vice presi-
dent; A. L. Coad, Packers National
bank, treasurer; Mary P. Doyle,
Omaha National bank, secretary.
Preparations were made for the de.
bate to be held with the Minneapo-
lis chapter Saturday, May Is, at the
Burgess-Nash auditorium. The ques-
ton to be debated is, Resolved.
That branch banking is superior to
n-branch banking, as exemplihcd
by the American and Canadian bank
ing systems, respectively"
The Omaha team composed Of
Fred Boien, Merchants National
bank; Fred Eyler, Omaha National
bank; Kurt Wittgee and r. H. Lar
son. United States National bank,
will uphold the negative Of the ques-
ton,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Light Wine Amendment Is
introduced in Congress

Washington, May 1.-Two joint
resolutions amending the federal con-
stitution, both designed to legalize
light wines and beer and providing,
in effect, for submission Of the ques-
ton to referendum vote was intro
duced in the house today by Repre-
sentative Ansorge. republican, New
York.
One resolution proposes the addi-
ton Of new section to the 18th
amendment which Would expressly
provide that the words Intoxicating
liquor" does not include 275 per cent
beer. The other proposed amend
ment would permit of the manufac-
ture and sale OF light wines and beer
under government regulation and
control, while another section would
provide that a state legislature shall
not vote on the question until the
people Of the state have PISSED on
the members Of that legislature at an
election.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
wife Of All Nations
Too Experienced
for Fourth Sp0use

Chicago. ILL.,. May 2.-Chssging
Hawk. . fuli.bloodsd Sioux Indian.
told Judge Adams oi ,hs court Of
domestic relations he had been IN
the army four years and served -
. policeman on the Sioux sesesva-
ton for three years. but he had
never had 30 much excitement In
his lie as the time since he got
married.
MY wife liked variety soo much
for me-" he told the Judge. "Shs
has been married four times-to .
German. . Mexican. . Chinamsn.
and then me. can't keep up with
her. She had too much experience"
Mrs. Ethel Charging Hawk de-
elzred she had not received dollar
for the support Of herself or her
two children-both by former mar
rizgex - since she married the
Sioux. Judge Adams took their
domestic difficulties under advise
ment,
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Prosecution of
Wartime Fraud
Will Be Pushed
Executive and Legislative
Branches Of Government
Take Steps-McCulloch
to Be in Charge.

Washington, May 2-Steps were
taken by the executive and legisla-
tive branches of the government to-
day for investigation and prosccu-
ton with vigor OF wartime fraud
cases.
President Harding sent to the
house "A request for special appro-
priation of $500,000 to be used by
the Department OF Justice to prose-
lutte all cases, civil or criminal, grow
ing out of the war.
simultaneously Attorney General
Daugherty announced the APPOINT
ment of former Representative Ros-
coe McCulloch OF Ohio as a special
assistant attorney general to take
charge of the governments investi-
CATION and possible criminal prosecu-
ton of cases involving war camp
contracts and expenditures.
The house rules committee also
prepared to take up tomorrow the
question of giving privileged status
to the Johnson Woodruff resolution
calling for appointment of special
committee to investigate all contracts
and expenditures by the War and
Navy departments and the alien
property custodian, during and since
the War, and the settlement Of gov
ernment claims arising out OF such
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Anti-Exemption
Bond Bill Ready
for Lower House
Greene Of Iowa Will Submit
Resolution Proposing
Halt on Tax.Free
Securities.

Washington, May 2-(Special
Telegram. )-Representative w. K.
Greene of Iowa, ranking republican
member of the ways and means COM
mittee, will submit to the house to-
morrow the committees favorable re-
port on the joint resolution, submit
ting a constitutional amendment that
prohibits the further issuance of tax
exempt securities.
Mr.. Greene has spent considerable
time and effort in summing up the
case against tax free bonds. He
hopes to bring the bill up before
an intermission is taken by the house
and is confident that the resolution
will secure more than the two-thirds
vote necessary to pass it. The house
committee voted Is to to report
the bill favorably, only the ultra
state rights democrats opposing it.
In view of the strong endorsement
that has been given the measure by
Secretary Mellon and President
Harding. he anticipates that it will
have no difficulty after it gets to the
senate
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Refuses to Exhadite
Mother Who Took Child

Requisition papers issued by Gov
crnor McKelvie for the return to
Omaha OF Mrs. Anna Stubbs,
charged with kidnapping, have been
refused by Gov Hyde Of Missouri.
dispatch from Kansas City said
last night.
Mrs. Stubbs is wanted here for kid
napiag her own son, Cecil Stubs
Amcs, from its foster parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F.. D. Ames, 3544 North
ssThirty-sevcn.h street, March q.
The boy and his mother were 10
Gated in Kansas City last week aft
.r months search. Immediate plans
Tor bringing them to Omaha were
made.
: Mrs. Amcs, who claims to have
adopted the child when he was 2
years old, told Superintendent Wal
lace Wilson OF the Welfare board
that she was on the way to a gro
Gerry store with the child when the
mother appeared with revolver and
forced her to rclinguish him.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
s7O,OOO,OOO Cost
Of Junking I. S.
Capital Ships
Recommendation for Carry.
ing Out Terms Of Limita.
ton Treaty Are Made
Public. ..

Washington. May 2.-Re c o m
menda,iors that capital ships to be
scrapped under the naval limitation
treaty be disposed OF by sale on the
stocks in the case OF those under
construction, and by the sale tor junk
or sinking by gun fire in the case OF
completed ships, are contained in the
report OF the board OF naval officers
appointed to consider ways and
means OF carrying out treaty pro.
visions. A preliminary estimate OF
S70,000,00O as to the cost OF opera
ton is included in the report.
The board recommends that the
shipping board battle cruisers Lex
ington, under construction at Fort
River, Mass. and Saratoga. build
ing by the New York Shipbuilding
company at Camden, N. j., be con-
vcrted into .airplane carriers under
the treaty terms, the other four bat
tie cruisers 10 be sold on the stocks
TO the highest bidder.
Make Public Report.
The board, in its report, made pub
lie today, urged that the $7O,OO0,OOO
be made Immediately available, stat
ing that a considerable saving. on
ships building under contract and to
be scrappcd could be made If the
terms of settlement were worked out
promptly with the contractors. 1t
was pointed out at the Navy DEPART
ment, however, that the. figure OF
$70,OO0,000 was purely tentative.
Existing battleships, which the
board re sommends for sale or Tor
destruction by gunfirc, are the Vir-
ginia, New Jersey, Rhode Island.
Georgia, Nebraska, Connecticut,
Louisiana, Vcrmona, Minnesota,
Kansas, New Hampshire, Michigan,
South Carolina and the Delaware or
North Dakota. One of the last two
ships, to be designated later, is to be
used as target ship under the
treaty. Ships under construction
and recommended for sale as junk
on the stocks or to be cut up under
contract with the builders include
the battle cruisers Constellation, at
Newport News; Ranger, at Newport
News; and Constitution and United
States, both at the Philadelphia navy
yard.
Airplane Carrier.
The Lexington, recommended for
conversion as an airplane carrier, is
33S per cent complete, and the Sara
Turn to Rage Two. Column Four.)
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Widolp In Poland
10 Made millionaire
By Onsahan's Sapings

Five hundred and four dollars isn't
q lot OF money in Omaha,
Bur transform i into Polish mark;
-zowiebrowiski,
Wojeieeh Jahlonski. Omaha pack
ing house worker died IN July OF
las, year. On August II his will
leaving sS0t7l 20 hts family IN po-
land. was hled IN county court ior
probate,
Arthur {. Thomson. attorney
the ease. dispatched papers 10
widow giving her the election 1
choosing TO receive the estate under
the statute instead OF under the will,
Yesterday the attorney was notified
that Mrs. Jablonski had chosen the
former method OF settlement, which
means that the entire sum will go 10
her instead OF being divided among
her and the children, who are
minors.
Blu, when that ss04.73 reaches Po-
land the difference in exchange will
transform il into i.2n.740 marks
so many marks that a van will be
required 10 transport il all At once.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Pioneer North Loup Man
DrOps Dead in Florida

North Loup, Ncb., May 2.-(Spe-
cial)-A private letter from Orlando.
Fla, states that O. S. Potter,
a pioneer merchant Of North Loup,
recently fell dead while moving his
lawn at his home iii that city. For
many years Mr.. Potter owned and
operated an extensive business here,
furnishing ranch supplies to cattle
men for as far out as hundred
miles or more in the then unsettled
west. He will readily be recalled by
scores of the elder knights of the
grip who were always yclcome in
his store and always sure of placing
an extensive order. After many
years OF prosperous business here
he removed to Boulder, Colo. and
later went to Oklahoma. On account
of declining health and advancing
age he retired from active business
and removed to Orlando about two
years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Factions of Irish
Republican Army
Sign Agreement
Proposals to Avert Catastrope
Adopted by Regular and
Irregular Chiefs-Elec.
ton Planned.
BY The Associated Press.

|, Dublin, May 2-Representatives oi
the regular and irregular branches oi
the Irish republican army. at a con.
ference yesterday. signed statement
suggesting proposals to avert a
catastrophe which gives the following
as basis to free the situation:
Acceptance OF :he fact. admitted
on all sides. that majority OF the
people of Ireland are willing 10 ac.
cept the peace treaty.
Agree to an election with view
TO forming a government which will
have the confidence OF the whole
country.
Army unifcation on the above
basis"
The statement adds: IF the pres
ent drift is allowed to continue con.
flict between comrades is inevitable
This would be the greatest calamity
in Irish history and would leave Ire
land broken for generations.
Eamon dc Valera issued yesterday
detailed explanation of his attitude
at the peace conference last week, il,
which he calls the proposal made by
Michael Collins for plebiscite on the
question OF acceptance or rejection OF
the treaty, one for "stone age ma
chinery"
.Mr. De Valera, in his explanation,
deals first with his objection to an
election or plebiscite. except for all
ireland. He renews his objection to
the existing voters register. Further,
he says, Arthur Griffith's proposal in
wolves breach Of the Sim Fein con.
vention agreement that not only the
treaty. but the constitution in its
final form. should be before the
electorate when it votes.
1t is declared by Mr.. De Valera
that both he and Charles Burgess
recognized in the labor proposals a
basis by which an immediate peace
could be procured, the army united
and stable executive set up which
would Ienjov the confidence of all
scctioni of the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Rules Of: War Issued
to Protect Aliens
By the Associated Press.

Pekin, May 2.-The Chinese for
eign Office today notified the foreign
legations here that the following
precautions had been taken in view
of hostilities between Generals WI
Pei-Fu and Chang Tso-Lin:
First, foreigners must not visit the
battlefield. The government will not
be responsible for injuries to specta-
tors.
Second: Additional neutral troops
are to be brought to Pekin if ncces-
sary.
Third: Generals Chang Tso-Lin
and WI Pei-Fu have been notified
to keep> the fighting 10 miles away
from Pekin.
Fourth: Defeated soldiers will be
permitted to enter the city.
Fifth: Airplanes will not be per-
mitted to fly over the city.
Chinese doctors went to the front
today to bury the bodies of soldiers,
horses and camcls.
Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-03
Colombian President-Elect
to Be Honored in Washington

Washington, May Gen. Pedro
Mel Ospina, president-elect OF Co
lombia, will be accorded the full hon
ors due the head Of a state when
he comes to Washington tomorrow
for two-day visit during tour OF
the United States. Tomorrow night
he will be guest of President Hard
ing at a dinner at the White House.
The Colombia president-elect, who
was former minister to the United
States. will first be officially received
BY President Harding at $50 .. m.
His daughter, Senorita Ospina, will
also be present later at the White
House dinner.