Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 88, Hammond, Lake County, 30 September 1919 — Page 4

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THE TIMES. Tuesday, September SO 19iy

THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS BY THE LAKE COUNTY PRINTING & PUBLI8HINa

COMPANY.

The Lake comity itmt Lmiiy uxvopt Saturday ana Wundav. Entured at til poatotflc In Huumuaa. Juut Si, 10OC The T!ne Dast Chlcag-o-Indlana Harbor. dally except Sunday Entered at tiio poatoxreo 1:1 feast Chicago. Nov ember IS. 191S. The Lake County Times Saturday and Weekly indltlon. Entered at the ;oatofCce In Mammon J. February 4. 1914. The Gary Evening- Times Dhllv except Sunday. Entered at the postcrf.lce In tiary. April 18. 191t. All under the vet of March 3, 1879. aa aecond-clasa matter.

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KOIICI TO SXTBSCXXBEBS. If ytm fall to receive your copy of Th Times as promptly aa you have In the past, please A not think It has been lost or was not Bent on time. Remember that the mall service Is not what It used to be and that complaints are general from many sources about the train and mall er'ioe. Thb Timks haa Increased Its mailing equipment ana la striving earnestly to reach Its patrons on time. Pe prompt In advising us when you do not get your paper and wa will act promptly.

ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT. The xop'o aje holding the Wilson democracy in large measure responsible for present conditions and the people are justified in so dolus. Mismanagement of war industries operated by the government or financed more or less by the national treasury as so general as to be a disgraceful scandal. The latest of these scandals comes s from Fort Delaware, where the government was mulcted to the tune of fourteen millions for a plant which should have cost about one-tenth of that sum and which is now worth little or nothing except as junk That's the way the money went. That's the reason why government taxes are so high, why a levy is placed on every conceivable article and why people believe they are robbed to make good wholesale profiteering in war contracts. Baltimore American.

WELL, IT'S HIGH TIME. Referring to the Omaha lynching as a "startling climax to a series of lawless outrages," Senator Borah, progressive republican, Idaho, in the senate yesterday declared that congress must soon take action regarding the "continued menace of lawlessness coming from all phases and classes of society in this country"Since May 1 we have had lynchings and bomb outrages which manifest a deep-seated disease in our industrial and social life which must be corrected and cured." he declared. '"America's existence is challenged today. We are surrounded by war against social order by men who in many of our cities are taking the law in their own hands in utter defiance of the due processes of law." It is taking congress a good deal longer to see this, or at least to acknowledge it, than it should have done. The newspapers have not been slow to point out the disregard for law and order in this country eince the war ended, but congress has been so busy playing politics and has been forced to give so much time to that European chimera the league of nations that the American crisis bids fair to get beyond control. It is high time that congress was acting. The federal government seems to have something else to do. Let rapt the U. S. natter itself that this disorder and unrest is going to die out unless something is done-

With the First division of the regulars eooa to be demobilized and only a skeleton army remaining at home and abroad it would seem that the emergency ia over. The ratification of the pe-aoe treaty, at least, should apprise us of the fact which we have long suspected that the war Is over. fco long as this law is on the statute books it should b enforced. The present general disregard of the law, however, is not an inspiring commentary on our methods at a time when we are telling some of our frenzied aliens that our laws axe baseti on common sense and Justice and made to be obeyed. Buffalo Commercial. , EDUCATING FOR SAFETY.

There should bo widespread interest in the eighth annual congress of the National Safety Council to bo held at Cleveland for the first four days of next month. Statistics made public bu the bureau of census of the department of the interior indicate that national education for safety In recent years has had considerable results and deserves encouragement. The October meeting will bring together representatives of every state in tLe union and the program has been so subdivided as to permit of detailed discussion of safety problems affect ins; almost every branch of industry. While everyone cannot attend the convention, the results of its work will be available through newspapers and in other publications to all who are interested The work is of such paramount importanoe that it should en gaj?e the co-operation of every man, woman and child in the country. And, indeed, it is only when universal active support is enlisted to reduce accidents that the ultimate goal can be approximated. In the meantime it is gratifying to note that a reduction of 10 per cent was achieved in fatal accidents in the United States in 1917 over the previous year, despite great increase In war production. By education of the citizenry in means of guarding against accidents. gTeater gains 6hculd be made.

Music and Song Lighten Work of Girls at Y. IV. C. A. Summer Conferences

"KILL A RAT.'

DANGEROUS DAYS. From every side comes reports of deaths due to the .Imbibing of such substitutes for alcoholic drink as hair tonic, wood alcohol and other very dangerous fluids. The mortality due to this cause has increased so alarmingly of late that the federal authorities are doing all in their power to' stamp out the practice- That it will be difficult is apparent in the lack of success which the government's crusade has had so far. Also, those who seek the strong waters of the Barleycorn family axe beginning to chafe more than ever over the continuance of the wartime prohibition act.

We have had all kinds of rallying criee for public service during and since the war, but the latest is by long odds the most startling. Here it is: "Kill a rat for your country's sake." It is promulgated in all earnestness by the United States Health Service, which has figured out that the rats eat ?1S0,000,000 worth of foodstuffs every year, which would go a long way toward freeing us of the burdens of w-ar taxes If applied to Jhat purpose. There are three kinds of rats In this country, according to a little booklet on the subject Just issued by the government the Norway, or common brown rat. the common black rat. and the Alexandrian rat, which is the Bolshevist of ita 6pecles. a nasty, dirty creature with whiskers and a temper that would turn a wildcat green with envy. But you can kill them all the same way, and this is how: By starving him. through the use of ratproof receptacles for food and metal garbage cans. By depriving him of breeding places, through the abolition of planked yards and passageways. By refusing him admission to the comfort of your buildings, through ratproof construction and screened basement openings. By killing him at every opportunity. By demanding city anti-rat ordinances and state anti-rat lawsThe Norway rat is the largest and most ferocious of America's rodents. He'll eat anything, not stopping at a very small child if particlarly hungry. He has been pretty well killed off and the government adjures all of us who see him to attack at once and crush him. The black rat and the Alexandrian have been confined by various household and barnyard traps, poisons and other exterminators to the waterfornts of seaports. They ere all aliens .their ancestors having come from Egypt, Norway and other old world countries as far back as the days of John Smith and Salem witchcraft. The United States Public Health Service doesn't limit rat killing to any stated methods, but says that rat-proofing one's home and barns and granaries Is more effective than trusting to rat catchers mechanical or animal traps or poisons. First rat -proof your buildings, then go out after the rat in the open.

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t) VWC.A WOT. SfUVlCK In th afternoon and at night. In all of these conference centers, in all parts of the country, girls gather in groups to sing ana frolic and have a happy time together.

ukelele are Important factors.wheth- Conferences last for ten days. They

er the conference is held at Silver my D r groups of Industrial Bay, N.Y., at Blue Ridge, S.C.. Hoi- girls, for girls of all ages, for girls lister. Mo., in Northern Wisconsin, from cities and girls from counor along the Pacific Coast at the ties. In any case they come toY.W.C.A. conference grounds, at gather from several surrounding Asimi'.ar or at Seabeack, In Wash- states and discuss their common ington. problems and have ten days of fun.

What would summer camp lif be without a guitar? Y.W.C.A. conferences are ostensibly for studying world problems as affecting women, or problems of college and high school life but the guitar and the

Fashion's Forecast By Annabel Warthington.

LADY'S AND MISS' ONE PIECE HOUSE DRESS. A weil desisted and practical bocm i're Ls one of thi thlspi Weh an eff'cient housewif cannot do 'without, so 1. Tat she will quickly ae the advantages if possessing a cress Eke No. M05. There i a double froot panel wtith May be reversed at will withont chaxtging the gooi tppearance of the drees. Large patch pockets at the Rides are convenient. The fcleeves are lengthened by deep cuffs which are detachable, eo that one may have several set foe the one dreas. The collar carrie fti the same idea. The lady's and miss" ose piece ionse dress No. 0405 is cut in sizes 16, 18 years. 58 to 4S bust. Width at lower edge ia 2 yards. Sire 36 rejairea 44 yarda ipch material, with ?i yard ?i inch contrasting material. Price 2 "r.ts.

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RUMANIA complains that the peace conference has hurt her feelings!

AND Jist & few short weeks ago they were roasting John McOraw for "buying" a pennant.

A WEST Virginia man nearly died in the woods where, he was lost for a week after searching for his tobacco pouch. What an opportunity for the anti-weed orators!

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