Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 161, Hammond, Lake County, 26 December 1919 — Page 4

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Economy First. Republican leaders of tie house intend to postpone onsideration of the army appropriation bill until after the military reorganization bill, now pending. ha3 been enacted Into lair. The amounts asked for concres by the war department for the support of the army for the nest Cecal year are based on the department's reoomr.cniaHon of an army of 500.000 men. The republicans, however, Je determined to make a very substantial reduction In tht figure, probably to about 300,000, which, of course, rill mean a corresponding change in the army appropria-

Tax Dodging Hazardous. Deepite the failure of others there are still persons rbo think they can outwit Uncle Sam In the payment of Income tax. Such business, of course. Is venal and unpatriotic but more often than not it falls as a brace of "fclick." New Yorkers and some more in Boston have learned to their sorrow. The New York attempt was particularly reprehensible since it was rcr.de by members of a firm of expert axjcouxrtanta who, according to the evidence, offered to Hx" the books of a large business concern, bo that in

stead of payin $65,000 due In taxes the books wouia e.r

ipear to show only e, $3,600 return. Thanks to the patriotism and honor of the business

taan to whom the proposal wus made, the plot failed for

he acquainted the government with the conspiracy, "egged on" the criminals and when the iron was hot. government detectives stepped In and made the arrests. Tax-dodffia? is not an exceptional thing. Too many persons regard It In the same llht as ridins; trains and trolley cars without giving ip the fare, but In trying that sort of thing on the government, the hazard 13 very great and only the exceptional persons escapes. As for the government's informant, he is a credit, to himself and the country. His example should be followed by others- Many citations ure being awarded for acts of psAriotlo service not performed on the battleflleld. One of them seems worthy of an award in an Instance like til.

jection. ratification with the senate majority reservations, and ratification by means of compromise. But Senator Lodge felt that bis, position could be fairly provided Tor only by adding propositions favoring a separate peace with Germany and advocating a compromise ratification only after insuring that the Amercan views as to the Monroe Doctrine and other of the Lodge contentions shall be acctvied to. The addition, thus necessitated, brings the r.st of xropos'tions up to six. If, against them, -any considerable proportion of the 35.000 or 40.000 facuitv pt sos and the 200. 000 undergraduates, in American colleges and universities, record themselves sincerely, the Tesult will doubtless surpass in interest and importanc any straw vote ever before t?Jten. For the colleges and universities offer unusual facilities for organizing the voting, Jt t as they provide a body of voters whose opinion will be pecularily worth noting, especially as the faculty vote will be tabulated separately. And the number and diffusion of the institutions participating will give a nationwide character to the expression, along with a certain element that is authoritative. That the secondary effect of the plan will be of benefit within the academic body is indicated by the Cornell

Sun, which say? truly that, if tb referendum is to have full value, those who a?e to go to 'the polls on January 13, ust post themselves beforehand on the treaty and the league and the senate contentions- Fortunately tn American Association for International Conciliation, of 407 West One Hundred and Seventeenth street, New York, made the full text of the treaty Its monthly i.ssn of Sptembfr lat. and the World Peace Foundation. 40 ML Vernon street- Boston, amongst other helpful bimonthly issues, put out one number In October dealing with labor In the treaty. It is safe to say that the academic consideration of such data between now and the casting of the votes will be of a highly Intensive order From the Christian Science Monitor.

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Student Opinion Of The Peace Treaty. Already it ia apprent that the proposed referendum on the ratification of the peace treaty, to bring out an expression of opinion on the subject from students and faculties of ell colleges and universities in the United Stales, will command unusual Interest. Sponsored by the editots of the oollege newspapers of Harvard, Tale, Princeton and Columbia, the plan has already become a leading topic of discussion in academic circles, and from now until the date ee for thf taking of the vote, a Joint committee wil be busy at the Harvard Endowment Fund offices, 165 Broadway, New York, arranging the details. One reason why the vote will be worth watching is that the promoters have taken pains to secure tne approval of Senator Lodge and Senator Hitchcock to the form of the question- Originally it was proposed that e&oh voter should be asked to mark his preference among

four proposWons

That Mxicsn M'iss. A lot of people in this country are wondering Just why President WilBon considers it so important to maintain his own undivided right to keep on muddling Mexico unlesa it is from sheer delight In making musses. It would seem to a good many that lrste-ad or rebuking those who would bring to the president the assistance of the senate In strc-aightenlng out the Mexican jnuee, Mr. Wilson ought to be glad to hail help. However. It is probable that President Wilson is entirely satisfied with the results of his Mfricn "policy," if such it oan be called. Cut nobody is satisfied excepting President Wilson. President Carranza and the sycophantic followers of the two great executives. The interests of the American people and of the Mexican people have been ruthlessly sacrificed. The longer settlement of the Mexican problem is delayed, the more it is going to cost in blood and treasure. But of course that Is not a matter for very serious ionsideration in view of the fact that the officials who

are managing the matter will have to personally foot the

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ttlonal Crop ImproT.mtRt 8rv1r.l IT may te generally stated that whatever Is good for a man, is good for a cow or a hog. They do not love stale water, nor spoiled food, nor do they thrive under unsanitary conditions. Any veterinary will tell you that unless a stable is kept thoroughly clean and frequently disinfected, yo.r animal will be subject to all sorts of diseases and discomforts. Where there have ben contagious diseases such cs glunders, tuberculosis, anthrax, contagious abortion, hog cholera, etc., special care must be taken to make the stables safe for the future. First, remove all loose material and litter and then scr the walls, floors, mangers and ail woodwork and trenches with a solution of one

O'.nt of formaldehyde to two gallons !

of water. A little lime added to Che solution to make a week whitewash will help to indicate places whtca have been covered with the solution. Be careful to spray alt cracks and crevices. Formaldehyde has the property of combining with the ammonia gases of the stable and hlp to purify the air. If the stable can be made tight. It may be fumigated with formaldehyde candles or by vaporizing formaldehyde with crystals of permanganate of potash. It is of course tjeces-ary when so fumigat'cg to take all animals out beforehand. This treatment will also act s r true deodorant which does not merely mask one odor with ano.her. B careful to buy your formaldehyde of full strength and use according to directions.

A Mistake Some Doctors Make. Some rather sad stories are heard of well-meaning physicians who are getting into trouble under the narcotic lrug acL The wretched professionals who seek to make money out of the forbidden traffic in drugs merit nothing but scorn and panishment, cut there rs frequent evidence of doctors of another eort who occasionally break the law merely because their humane instincts ere stirred by the fearful plight of some shatterd wreck of humanity who pleads as only victims of this terrible habit can plead for temporary release from the horrors that beset him. Doctors are human and sometimes they take the chance. They certainly make a great mistake In doing so. They place In jeopardy their iwhoi. uture and their opportunity for the best usefulness, for character

Land public confidence must be at the bottom of a doctor's

hbrhest success. It is far better to lot the poor shattered wreck plead dn vain, especially since the relief afforded would be pitifully temporary and futile, than to take, even from the best and kindest of motives, the other Illegal

and dangerous course. Ohio State Journal.

BESSIE LOVE VITAGFLAPH STAR, The curiosity of motion-picture fans was excited recently by s, tory In the Saturday Evening Post containing refereuce-co "the un'spoiled young queen" of the movies. Said the writer r There la one young queen, however, who shows a refreshing contrast to her more ephemeral ulsters. Though money and fame have come to. her in amazing quantity, she unWusldugly renounced a. court of fawning sycophants and huiobly atteuded high school. And though her location work took her far afield and sometluies edited her curriculum, the wise sod sympathetic educator arranged that her lessons on those days b done by correspondeuc. By far the most worthy and dramatic event of her fair young life was her graduation In JuneOne of the girls In the dnb says that this unspoiled chlk; was the brightest girl In her Spanish das. If others had her wisdom they could laugh at the morrow." A due to the Identity of "the unspoiled child- Is snplled by neatly fngraved cards recently issued from the Los Angeles High School upon the occasion of the graduation of Miss Bessie Love, the famous Vitagraph star 8be had not ouly completed her High School course, but likewise a new feature picture. "O er the Garden WalL' and was soon .to commence work In Tegen." r the novel by Eleanor Iloyt Bralnerd.

OLD-FASHIONED SYSTEM OF TEACHING ATTACKED

Hines Says Plan is Crime Against Humanity. The old-fashioned system of "teachingbooks instead of children" In the rural schools Is a crime agalnRt humanity, L. N Hines. state superintendent of public instruction, told school

to be a menace to the health and morals of the children. Many farmers, he said, would refuse to live in the same school houses to which they send their children. Mr. Hines also made a strongr plea to pay rural teachers more salary, to employ them twelv months In the year and to teach in some form all of the year. He aJso advocated providing homes for rural teachers and educating teachers to specialize in rural teaching. Teachers arc so poorly paid. Mr. Hines said, that from 3,00 to 5.000 of them are seeking other employment every year in Indiana. PEACTICAIi TXACHXSTO. The campaign v ill also direct its efforts to provide money for practicaj teaching in rural schools and for the

trustees and teachers of the Seventh 1 establishment of aigh schools. This

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL declares in hia annual report that he has records of some BO.POO Rods and thoiT activities. Of what use are such records if they are not isod as the basis of repressive action?

PURCHASERS of illicit "booze" appear to have not the slightest objection to the profiteering of the dispensers of the stuff. If they produce.

THE AMERICAN bolshevist will soon this is not Russia.

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coverins straight ratification and re- Free to the Home of the Bolshevist.

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conference at the county courthouse. "Give the children things to do," Mr. Hines urs;ed. "Teach them to do the things and they have learned them. The surest way to drive a fa rrn boy to the city Is to try to teach him agriculture out of books." The conference. Air. Hines exrdaiiicd, is the beginning of a state-wide campaign for better rural schools. Similar conferences have been held in each congressional district. The Campaign seeks to inform the rural citizens of the necessity of providing comTortablp, sanitary school houses for rural pupils. SCHOOLS ARE EXLAiTDAT'ED. "While many of the rural school houses in. Indiana are modern. Mr. Hines said, many of them r po dilapidated a.s

could be done easily, Mr. Hines said. If the same "amount of money spent on tobacco and luxuries yearly was spent on cducation. Tne rcmain.lcr of the program included talks by Frofesor W. W. Clack, of Indiana University, and Z. M. Smith, state supervisor of agricultural educatinn. A srcnoral discussion of rural schools was held after tho talk.

The Christmas Concert given by thi Sunday School, was well attended last Tuesday evening. Mrs. Kate Gelfc of Himmond and Mrs. Carrie Douglass of East Chicago were the out of town people that attended the Frazler funeral. Almond Carlson had the misfortune to get his nr.per hurt in the Steel M'.ils. It may have to be taken off. Judge Barton is somewhat better at this writing. Miss Mayble Stoltz returned from Jeckney, 111., where she has been attending school. She will .spend her vacation at home. The wedding bel'.a will soon ring In Merrillviile.

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PREMIER WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVKEI ' FAKIS, Dec. 25. Frmier Cl'emenceau will not be a candidate for the presidency of France, according to the opinion expressed today by Maroel Hutin, rolitioal editor of the I-Xho de Par.s. M. Hutin believes that Premier Clemenceau would be elected unanimously If he would consent to accept the post.

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Purry Ooodrich visited his old friend John Kllnefcller in St. Margaret's hospital in Hammond last Tuesday. He is in a critical condition.

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