Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 285, Hammond, Lake County, 31 May 1918 — Page 4

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THE TIMEa Fridav. Mav 31, 1918.

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ATI LLA'S VIOLETS.

Hrr Karl Rosner, the war correspondent of the "Lokal Anzieger.' faithfully records how the Kaiser .... idylically busies himself with picking fresh violets in order to send them as a present to the kaiserin. News Dispatch. When the kaiserin gets the violets we advise her to look at them carefully for we believe she -will find another hue has been added to them. Her Nero husband's handa are covered with blood.

GRAIN SLACKERS.

And now we have the "grain slackers" to deal with the farmers who are holding back the wheat they do not need for seed in the hopes of realizing a higher price out of the necessities of a world at war. But their punishment, as announced by the Food Department, will neatly fit their unpatriotic case. Slackers' wheat will be seized under a "grain draft." the Government paying the fixed price, but less the cost of the process of seizing it. The Food Department says every bushel of wheat will be needed to keep our Allies, who for us and with us are fighting the foe on freedom's frontier, from starving. In this connection It may be necessary, in order to clear up some misunderstanding In the matter among farmers and others, to Btate that America is not stinting herself (though even In that case the needs of the situation would justify her) in order that her allies may eat even whole wheat bread. The United States is simply trying to furnish the Allies with a certain proportion of wheat necessary to the production of war bread that is now the bread ration of England. France and Italy. That war bread is far less palatable than our own Victory bread, even where the latter is in use among the more patriotic classes of our people. In order to supply this military necessity it will be necessary for Americans to reduce their monthly consumption of wheat from the normal 42,000,000 bushels to about half that amount, or 21,000,000 bushels. With our practically unlimited supply of corn, buckwheat, oats and barley and with an abund ant supply of potatoes and other food3. the reduction of our quota of flour one-half will work no special hardship. And here there is an opportunity for every one, by Insisting on being supplied with these foods instead of our usual liberal supply of wheat flour, to aid in a most effective way the prosecution of the war.

NO END TO AN EDITOR'S PROBLEMS. Just about the time a man believes that he has the space in his paper split up into departments that will accommodate the multitudinous matter coming to hand for free publication in the interest of this, that and the other patriotic endeavor, satisfying each with a few inches, along comes another gink or two with something new and very important in the matter of conserving this or that to make the world safe for democracy, all the way from barberry bushes to babies.

COMPELLING A RICH MAN TO WORK. The search for a job by James Madison Thompson, a wealthy resident of Baltimore, has attained a more than local interest. For unless he finds one by this evening he must stand trial in the police court for violation of the Maryland Compulsory-Work-Law, and on convic

tion, he will become a loafer in the eyes of the law and

liable to some such uncongenial form of labor as workin on the public roads. The importance of the case is in the equal application of the staiute to a man leading a life of gentlemanly leisure and at the furthest social remove from the tramp. Ir. Thompson, it seems, retired some ten years ago. on a fortune acquired as a banker and broker, and lives at a fashionable club. He is consequently a conspicuous target for a law requiring everybody to work. If worst comes to worst his club might give him a Job or he might do his valet's work and release a man

for war service of some kind. There are. of course

scores of occupations for which a man of his position is fitted. Whether they are useful occupations in the meaning of the law is a question to be determined, and it is that aspect of the case which gives it serious interest in all States where compulsory-work legislation has been tnacfed or is under consideration. Must the job involve manual labor? Must it be productive work and of direct benefit to society? If the question lies within the discretion of the state officials io decide the kind and character of the work to be done Rnd to make utility test under the compulsory law, many people not necessarily idlers but in comfortable jobs will have to look for others. New York World-

THE STEEL BUSINESS. On one side of the steel business is the increased outlay for higher freight rates, a 15 per cent wage boost, and the outlook for mere war profit taxation. On the other side is a steady assurance of government orders and prospects that on July 1 Washington will permit an increase in prices to meet the outlays just mentioned. For companies th?t can produce war steel there is a rosy outlook. As for companies buying steel and making articles of commerce they will have to wait until government needs are supplied. Perhaps the majority of them, like the auto manufacturers, will turn to war worw, and thus employ their men and machinery. It is no longer a question of how long commercial steel orders will keep up- Rather it is one as to when steel mills can begin to roll them. Just now the United States government controls the output, and it directs it into channels of war.

YES, THE KAISER WILL PAY. Abe Martin, the famous week-end philosopher, says it is remarkable the way people pay all sorts of outlandish prices for things without kicking. "They seem f think it's a patriotic duty f give up ther money an' ask no questions. Dock Mopps paid seventy cents fer a corner of a round steak th' other day. When th' butcher told him how much it wuz he brightened up and' said, 'Wrap her up. Don't it beat all how th' Allies are holdin' th' western front? Mrs. Tilford Moots bought a broom t'day an' apologized t' th' clerk fer makin' him wait till she went back home f git some more money, as th' broom cost three times as much as she'd counted on payin ' As she left th' store she said, 'Mrs. Nugent has a letter from her son iu France an' he's feelin' fine an' livin in a historic chateau.' Folks empty ther pockets fer this or that an' alius close th' deal with some little optimistic remark about th' war. 'What er you gittln' fer rhubarb on account o' th' war?' they'll ask. Then they'll pay th advance an' go out laughin" an' remark, 'What we'll do t' them Huns is a plenty.' Tawney Apple decided t' buy a pair o' pony canvas shoes, an' when th' clerk told her that canvas wuz up too, she jest paid th' money like a little man an' laughed an' said. "The kaiser's certainly poin' t' git an awful bump before we're through with him. believe me.' Cheerfulness an' optimism are perfectly noticeable in th' busy bees. A feler'll stir around fer half an hour tryin' f find a riece o' meat in a Irish stew an' talk glowin'ly o' th' shipbuildin' program. Folks act kind o' taken back when they first realize that th" world is afire an' they invariably begin t' smile as they git well Inf th' sandwich, not infrequently remarkin' on some particularly promisin' phase o' th. war. A feller havin' ever' appearance o' bein' in ordinary circumtances remarked within my hearin' today that hed given three boys t th' army an' nine dollars fer a pair o' tan shoes. 'An,' said he, 'I'm willin' f- pay a fair price fer a used car if I kin find what I want. The German beasts can't hold out fer ever!' Folks are gittin' f be so wrapped up in th' war that they act surprised when they git any change back. 'Ill have enough money in three or four weeks t' buy a four dollar hat, an' believe me I'm goin' to buy it. I don't figure on savin' a cent till we win this war,' said a wiry little feller with a walrus mustache in front o' th' pustoffice, this mornin.' I guess our people have read so much about th" war. th' kind o" fightin' goin' on, th' poison gas, life in th' muddy trenches an' th" brutality o' th' Huns, that ther glad enough t' stay at home no matter how much it costs em. "

THE PEN FOR HER.

After a long and ratient trial in Kansas City Mo., Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes has been found guilty of violation of the Espionage Act. Facing a maximum of $10,f00 fine or twenty years in prison, she is out on $10,000 b?il pending the appeal. The condition of the woman's mind can be estimated by the remark: "If I keep my health I expect to continue my work, and if I should be locked up It would make my efforts tremendously more effective." It is to be hoped the drastic powers given the department of justice will be infinitely more effective than the pro-German efforts of Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, who should follow Emma Goldman to prison and be accompanied by those members of the I. W. W. their trial is still dragging along in Chicago whose pet pasttime is abusing the national and state governments and referring to soldiers as "Uncle Sam's Uniformed Scabs," Pershing's "yellow legs" and "thugs." We are at war and must protect our soldiers from such attacks as these at home.

THE VILE THIEVES.

The German military authorities have recently Issued a statement of what they call "incalculable booty," that is, not the legitimate booty of the battlefield, but articles taken from civilians, dwelling houses and the j churches. The remarkable list includes thousands of watches, umbrellas, spoons, and more than half a million bottles of champagne! The Germans today are proud of their "incalculable booty;" they will probably be less proud of the "incalculable" moral injury they have done to the Fatherland through their conduct, later on, when the historians of the future have definitely characterized their deeds.

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Atlanta, Ga., society gins, esiorting wounded Sammies at Fort McPheron out to parade grounds to witness baseball game. Society frir!s of Atlanta, Ga., are doinjr their part to keep the wounded Sammies at Fort McPhreson cheerful while they're recovering: from wounds receive ! in France recently. The girls help the crippled lads out to the parade grounds to see Lail srames and Uka them for thort walks and auto rides during th cisy.

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SOMEHOW we don't hear HALF as much helne music as of yore. "F. have our moody pessimistic moments ABOUT this war but they ARE always lightened up considerably

IN America they call 'em I. W. W., In Russia Jbolshviks. in Ireland Sinn Fein.

WHEN' and

we look out of the window

SEK a very tall man driving a FORD and trying to get oer 43 mllfs A.V hour out of it. WHEN this cruel war is over WE are going to lay in a suroly of the finest things to eat with all the sugar WE want and retire from the world for about TW0 weeks and be sick with OVEREATING. AT that the fallow who BELIEVES in ding one thing at a time MAT pick out the wrong thir.gAND the wronsc time. LOCAL chap deplor- the war because it hurts business GOOD God man. if we don't win th" war there won't be any business nor anything else! DESPITE the fact that the state has GONE dry, the neighbor womn seem to bo JUST as suspicious as ver EVERT time a wagon drives up to our front door. IF paper pants do come in A LOT of our very best and fattest

people ARE goin? to stay at home THAT'S a cinch. SAT whit has become of THE old-fashioned brid? who used to send the editor a bisr hunk OF very rich wedding cake? ;KH how we do miss the o!d"n times WHEN we were a boy that was about the "NET thing we wanted to be an editor for

TO have nti:d.

all the wed'ling cake we

wheat, more corn, more oats. The director of War Savings up in Connr.ectfcut has figured that one thrift stamp will buy: A comb, tooth brush and a cake of shaving scap; or Four cozen small coat buttons; or Four cakes of soap: or Eight dozen shirt buttons: or Eierht cakes of shaving- soap: or A dozen pairs of shoe laces: or A pair of suspenders, and a pair of rotton socks; or A pair of Mjrht woo!n stockings; or A denim hat; or one galon of gasoline; or A tube of tooth paste or tooth powder; or Two boxes of shoe polish: or A knife, a fork, and a spoon. The call this week is for the Red Cross. This present drive is for money and not for memberships. Local chapters are to be permitted to hold out for their work-rooms 2o per cent of the mony they raise.

DOWN" east th women street car condueturs arc having a lot of trouble WITH the motormen who insist on hugging- and kissing thm THIS war is going to raise hell ir. this country before long. HEADLINE says, "Rich Vie With Poor In ciuing" TES. that's the way some of 'em do AND just about that much. IT always makes US good and darned sore TO see some guy brag about standing FT his country when he's given TWO dollars to the Red Cross AND acts as if that was a great CONCESSION.

i: njs nave a m or me Diues WHEN" we see some woman trotting down the strett wi'.h one of these WRETCHED little kyoodles WITH a bad cold and a lot of red rilbon ROUND its useless reck.

VOICE OF P 13 O R lTe

WAR! WAR! WAR! Compiled and Condensed for the Indiana State Council of Defense By George Ade.

Wben you buy a Liberty Bond you put This is to the farn.er. Inerease the a safe asset into the deposit ault. yield r"r acre, riar.t out to the corners. When you contribute to the Red Cross, j Harvest all of your crop.

you lay up a treasure in Heaven. You

will feel easier in our m:nd if you have something of alue planted in each place. Isn't it a fact that the s:lo is recognized as the trade-mark of a successful,

arm? Think it over. The Indiana

tftate Council of Defense urges cne building of silos. If you know a soldier boy somewhere in Fram-e. write to him often. When you send a letter, put a ring around the date on the calendar. Then watch the calendar and don't let the rings get too far apart. A safe rule for anyone confronted by a war duty. Do the thing that you are sure the Kaiser doesn't want you to do.

The Federal Food Administration advises farmers to put in early orders for bindintr twine. If you wake up in the night and find your conscience hurting you. possibly ou have not given to the Red Cress all that you can afr'ord to give. The time is near when calls will be marie on boys r.f the Working Reserve to go into thf country and plow corn. Each county director has a list of "boys available and is ready to talk business with the farmers. If the farmers show the proper spirit of determination, there is m earthly reason why the extra supply of man-power from the Working Reserve should not h'lp Indiana to succeed in the biy program for more

Editor Times: NOT EITSATiOANT NOW. Refore the war the most extravagant people in the world in the matter of food were not the Americans but the English. The average Englishman had to have his bacon and eggs and jam or marmalade for breakfast, a good sized luncheon, a hearty tea. a big dinner and not ini requentl y a supper before retiring. Even the laboring man had five meals, not to mention his beer, which was realy ale. much heavier than our ber. which took the place of solid foods only too often. Hut it was not in what they consumed that the Englishmen showed their extravagance. It was rather in what they threw- away. English servants were especially criminal in this respect. To them the overflowing garbage pail

was a badge of gentility and a source of pride. To throw away the leftovers was evidence of the rank and importance of the house in which they served. The mistress who would have interfered would have done so at the peril of losing her domestics. Evidently the war has brought about a great change. Chester M. Wright, formerly managing editor of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy.

nd who is now visiting England as a i

iiifmlKf of the American Federation of Labor mission, writes: "It really isn't necessary to tell the Rritish people not to waste food. They have r.o food to waste. There is noth

ing eatable left on the average plate when the meal is finished. Meals are on.? interminable round of fish and eggs, iish end eggs. Eggs are found disguised under all manner of names, hut always there are eggs, not seven times a wek. but almost 21 times a week. "Meat is rationed by a card system. So is sugar, of which you may have six ounces a week and no more. One of the best hotels in London is serving butter margarine once daily. Many hotels have none for days at a time. "Desserts are a thing of the past, recorded n history but not among the things extant. Milk is rationed. Tea soon will be. Rread is rationed. Hotels will serve you with one brown roll per meal. The average man would be amazed at the Pritish menu today, but the British do not grumble or 'grouse as they put it. They go on short rations, knowing that it must be done and accept it as part of the war that must be carried victory-wards. 'Even if it were possible to break

Xka Coaatra da I ts w wttb armajiy aa AutrU.Hu. raryi ROBERT MARKLET. Hammond; drowned off coaat of Naw Jersey, May 28. DENNIS HANNON. Indiana Harbor; ptorr.aina poiaon. at Fort Oglethrope. Chattanooga, Tana. June 11. JAMES MteKEXZIE, Gary; killed in action in Franc while fighting with the JOth Scottiah Rifles; May 3. 1917. KARL WELSH T, WhlUnr; V. S. I. Died at Fort Sam Houston cf epinal meningitis. July 28. 117. FRANK MANLET. Indiana Harbor; killed in France at Bat tie or Lille. Aug-. 15. ARTHUR BASELER. Hammond; died at Lion Springs. Tex., of epinal meningitis. August Ji. JOHN SAilbhUUKS, East Chicago; killed in France, Sept. It. ARTHUR ROBERTSON. Gary; killed in France. Oct. 3L LIEUT. JAMES VAN ATT A. Gary; killed at Vlmy Ridge. JAMES MAC KINZIE. Gary; killed at Vimy Ridge. DOLPH B1EDZYKI. East Chicago; killed in France, Nov. 27. E. BURTON HUNDLEY. Garf; killed ia aviation accident at Taliaferro fields, Everman. Tex.. Dec. 1. 1317. HARRY CUTHBERT LONG. Indiana Harbor; killed la accident at Ft. Bliss, Texas, Dec. It. DEKWOOD DICKINSON. Lowell; died somewhere in France, of pneumonia, Dec. 12. EDWARD C. KOSTBADE. Hofcart; killed by explosion In France, Dec. 22. THOMAS V. RATCLIITE. Gary; killed somewhere In France, Feb. 2 4. FRED SCHMIDT. Crown Point; died of pneumonia in Brooklyn, March 7. after being en a torpedoed steamer. CORPORAL EDWARD M. SULLIVAN. Gary; killed somewhere In France. March I. MICHAEL STEPICH. Whiting: Camp Taylor; pneumonia. March 14. ROBERT ASPIN. Gary; Co. F. 151st infantry; Camp Shelby; typhoid; March 17. CLIFFORD E. PETTY, enlisted at Hammond, Jan. 8. in U. S. cavalry. Died at Delrio. Tex.. April 3. PAUL FULTON, Tolleston. died in hospital, Marfa, Texas. April 6, 1918. Sergeant, machine gun battalion, tth cavalry. VICTOR 6HOTLIFF. Gary, killed at aviation camp. San Antonio, April 18. 1918. JOSEPT BECKHART, Gary, died at an eastern cantonment; week ending April 20. 1918. LIEUT. IRA B. KING. Gary! reported killed In France. April ?21. 131S. NEWELL PEACHER. Gary; Graves Registration Unit S04, died in New Jersey, 1918. E. BIRCH HIGHES. Gary, ordnance department, died in Philadelphia, 1918. WXST KAM2SONU. JOSEPH S. LIETZAN, West Hammond. U. S. Field Artillery. Killed in acticn, France. April 27. WOUlfDSO. ROBERT M. BEATTT, Hammond. Trench mortar. France. Feb. 28. R. A. SPARKS, Highland. Trench mortar. France. Feb. 27. HENRY BAKEMAN, Hammond; th engineers. France. April 7. EUGENE M. FISHER. East Chicago: severely wounded April 22, 1915. by shrapnel, while in a trench in No Mans Land. JOSEPH ADAMIC. Indiana Harbor. Artillery. France. May

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the food restrictions the average Britisher has not the slightest desire to grt more to eat than his neighbors. Epecially among the Pritish workers is ther an obvious grim satisfaction when members of the American labor mission and speakers tell how shirs are beinz rushed to completion in 26 states and how self-denial by the Pritish people in matters of food and luxuries make each ton of maximum value and effect in prosecuting the war to a f nish. "The British workers rea'ize that more than half their food comes from the United States. 'The less food the more troops' is the slogan which appeals espeeialy to the Clyde ship builders, cne of whom said: "If ships from the t"ritd States are laden as far as possible with soldurs and ammunition, then every bolt we drive is as good as a rifle shot against the Germans.' " JONATHAN" BANG. Of the Vigilante. New Tork. May 2", 1918.

PETEY DIXK If Mabel Looks Like This in Plain Clothes. How Would She Loo k Dressed Up?

By C. A. VOIGHT

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