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Friday, September 13. 1918.
THE TIMES.
P&Ke Thre
' close, for I haven't much mere to say.
IE
WILL AID SIBERT
IN GAS DIVISION
o let me hear from you aa aoon a pos
sible. Best regards to you and all.
Tour friend,
J. SCHWEITZER.
John Schweitzer,
21 C. 6. Bn. 160th D.,
Brig. Bldg. Xo. SO.
Camp Custer. Battle Creek, Mich.
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Written to the Home Folkzs From This Side and the
Other Side of the Water
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From Reuben Lamb.
Aug. 8. 1315.
Dear Sis:
Tour letter dated June 2th was re
ceived today. Wish you would write
cftener mad alao ask why some of the
rest don't -write. I haven't heard from
any of the gang for many moons and a
letter once in awhile goes good.
You might ship a half acre of to
ir.atoes over. I haven't had many since
we have been over here. Of course Sam
furnishes his grans a few but not near
enough and they ere small ons.
I aee by the papers that the draft
age la raised and they are going to take
ih older ones f.rst. also that thera is
to be no more exemption because of
the job a fellow happens to hold.
"We are no longer holding the pro
verbial bajr. but are now in business
for ourselves. We pave up our job
for Klnr over a month a so and u sure
is nica to get hold of real American
machines with a motor like the Liberty.
I think the old 8th can make them all
sit up and take notice now.
W decided to move this afternoon so
we hauled our beds across the field. It's
enly a mile and a half to hash from
her. "We don't mind that at all when
we consider ' that we are too far from
water to have to wash. Guess a place
c? this kind would be a kid's delight.
I received a copy of Colliers about fix
weeks ago and another one yesterday.
They are getting next to the game and
printing a little stuff that don't refer to
the war. "We hear a-plenty about the
war ever here and when we get hold of
a magazine we like to read something
else. It's mighty seldom we can get
anything to read here because wo don't
know enough of the lingo to read French
rr.3gaiines and if we did. don't know
where we could buy them.
Have Just been reading a story about
railroading on the X. T. C. and it called
to mind a question that was once put to
a British officer. Question. "Why is It
that Tierman prisoners are hauled in
first-class coaches while Tommy rides
third?" Answer. "Tha reason Is that
the first-class is the only coach that can
be locked from the outside." In France
prisoners ride in stock cars same as
Yanks and the rest of the gang. They
don't need locks here, a Frenchie with a
rifle fitted with a bayonet about two
feet long does the Job. I think there
are more Hun prisoners in Franca than
in the German army. The Yanks aver
age nearly 10.000 a day when they fee'
pood. I guess French wine is a good
little action producer. (
I have heard it said that General
Fershing says the hoys will eat Christ
mas dinner in the V. S. Wonder what
boys he refers to. also what Christmas
he means. I would rather believe that
he means Berlin if It is this coming
Christmas. For a few days it was hard
for the Yanks to f,nd any Germans to
shoot at. All the oid women along the
road reported that they had left awhile
ago. It seemed to be a case of 'h
rabbit and hound, the rabbit running
for its life while the hound was running
merely for sport or breakfast.
Don't know any news so will close.
As ever,
REUBEN'.
P. F. C, R. M. Lamb No. 1712.
Sth Aero Suuadron, A. E. F.. France.
A. F. O. 70 3.
HE IS NAMED NEW
ADJUTANT GENERAL
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with gushing phrases, but they, for some i qj p,'TTrC A 'C "VTTW
rraonn nr nlhor line nnt th rniim In ! S F UlVjlUO'l O lX Cj
put their thoughts In writing. Maybe '
it is because the censor reads them tlrst.
Have hundreds of things that I would ;
like to write of. but must save them t
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until some day in the vague future I
tan, over a glass of grape-Juice (Iti-
disr.a dry beer), impart these wonderful)
events. ,'
? Give my best regards to everybody and j
J ask them all to write at least one letter'
each any to pome boy over here and j
thank each person who, in some way, is !
doing his bit.
Hoping to hear from you soon and
often, I am, as ever Sincerely,
JERRY BLUM.
315th French Mortar Battery,
A. r. O. 778. A. F.. France.
Y. S. Have heard that the Salvation ',
Army serves hot coffee and doughnuts
to the V. S. troops under artille-y Are '
and none of their workers are eligible ;
for military service. Here'- to them! j
GOVERNOR GENERAL
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Brigadier General Harris.
Brigadier General Peter C. Har
ris. U. S. National Army, will suc
ceed Major General H. P. McCain
e.s adjutant general. General Mc
Cain will leave shortly to assume
command of the tweifth division a
Camp Devens, Mass.
From Max Klee.
Base Hospital. Operating Base.
Hampton Roads, Va.
Dear Mother:
Instead of this letter finding me at j
sea as I wrote you before., I am in the
hospital recoverint; .from appendicitis. I j
was operated upon at 10 o'clock Monday :'
mornintt, came out of e;her at 12:40 and i
am feeling much better now. Telephone '
Helen at nn and tell her about me and
not to expert any mail until I am able
to write myself.
Your son,
MAX.
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way I know it is down here in the 5"nd
i n,r chaplain told us once that we had
iinl'-rs to leave for England right away.
We went wild, throwing hats in the air. :
yelling as if crazy, hupging one another.
and then the blow came he was only (
fouling. I never saw sui h a ldsappolnt- j
fd bunch in my life. We would like t
have jumped on his neik, but couldn't'
f do That as he is captain. So you
; how nnxio'is we are. We Iimvc it
d' pe 1 out. though, that we'll never go ,
j ;i. ross for the 5L'nd is the only l.ight
H.ise Artillery Wt in thi3 country. I
I would like some tobacco, as we will ha '
closed In for three wetks with no way:
to get any. Eights go out in a few
minutes, i
So with love to all. I am your son.
PATRICK J. LYNCH.
Batt. A. SCnd Field Artillery. Ft. Illiss,
Texas.
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LOWELL
and examined my work and was very
well pleased with it, telling me that it
was good work. So you see I am well
satisfied with everything, which natur
ally makes me happy.
I do not think that Max will be sent
across the ocean so soon, but rather
that he will continue his training at
Norfolk. Va.
Hoping to hear from you soon. I re
main. Lovingly your son.
HENRY.
Mrs. Klee: j
I am a hospital corpsman taking care j
of Max and writing for him. He is
I much better now and there is no need ;
J to worry. He had acuje appendicitis ;
j and the operation found his appendix in
very bad shape which might have prov- ;
en serious had it not been done at the !
time it was. We have him in a quiet i
room away from the other patients in ,
the ward and ne is resting very com
fortablv. He will probably be kept in
the hospital from 6 to R weks. ail de- )
pending upon his condition.
I am giving his address at the bottom
page ana any man win reacn mm
Lieut. Gen. Akashi.
Lieutenant General Motojiro
Akashi. commander cf the Sixth
Japanese Division, is the newly ap-
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pomcea governor riic.'ni ui isi
nnrl r.f f'nr.Tinsa. He is on his wav
and of r onnosa.
to take charce.
here.
A- W. LEGATE.
Address: Max Klee, Base Hospital.
Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads.
Va.
From Henry Klee.
Camp Buell. Lexington, Ky.,
Sept. 6. 1913.
Eear Mother and All:
I did not forget you by any means,
but lust kept putting off writing to you
until my letter was quite late, but I
will promise to write eftemr from now
rn. I am very much surprised to hear
of Max leaving the Great Lakes so soon,
but you can never tell when the Orders
will come for the transfer of men.
I like it here very much now and am
rot at all pleased with the prospects of
leaving Lexington.
Out of our company of 10 3 men there
were 16 that failed in their classes.
There are about 75 men that are car
penters and eight of them received ex
cel'ent in their grades and I was one
of them. I made some very fancy book
cases and boxes and made them so good
that I surprised myself.
Lena came to see me at my work a
few minutes every day and one day
while fhe was thero the instructor rame
From Jerry Blum.
France, Aug. IS. 1915.
Pear Friend Cross:
It had boon my intention to write you
before this, but I msut plead guilty to
that old excuse, "too busy."
Well, Harold, here I am miles and
miies away from home and friends, liv
ing in a nice clean barracks, plenty to
eat and have not, as yet. heard an
enemy gun. When we finish our work
here we will move up to the real game
and we- are all anxious for that time.
Have heard several amusing stories
from boys who have been up to the front
and they are surely typical of the
American spirit. Imagine twenty-four
V. S. maiines chasing a whole company
of Ile'nu.'s out of a town by making so
much noise that th Huns thought the
entire V. S. army was after them. And
on another occasion a dozen of our boys
held a dance at night in a ban on "No
Man's Land."
It is Just this spirit and courage that
will put vis over the Prussian border.
And our spirit here Is harked up by
the folks at home and their work comes
to us in a hundred I!Iferont ways and
one way shows up like a search light
on a very dark night, and that is the
Red Cross. When historians tell. In
generations to come, of this history-
making period. I know that they will
devote chapter upon chapter to this
nobl'S organization. If all the men who
are not able to do actual service will
devote some of their time and money to
further the interests of the Red C'oss,
they will have, by so doing, accom
plished great and honorable work.
Although war seems cruel, still it
does in most cases bring out the best
and finest points in most of our boys'
eharactTS and if some mother at home
rould hear her son over here singing
her praises she would blush with pride
From William Lynch.
On Battery Guard. Sept. 6, 1918.
Dear Mother and Father:
How is everyone? I suppose Elannie
thinks he's a man now since he is work
ing. Are they picking up slackers
around Chicago? We have been picking
them up by the hundreds and we sol-
it can't be done very well just now. un-
i Jess I met him by accidei t.
I I suppe.se you know wivre I was for
awhile, but we have mo-w d twice since
then. The time we made the attack on
tiie Germans we had to hilwe two days
i and two nights w ithout rest and hardly
j anything to eat. E ry time they
i flopped to give the horses a blow for a
! few minutes we would throw ourselves
i down and sleep a few seconds, but it
! was worth it. You should have seen
the troops, artillery and tanks, r.ll trying
I to travel on the sam" road. I never saw
j anything like it during the busiest hours
I in Chicago. We pulled our guns in po
isilion that night and got everything
! ready, then laid down for a few hours,
j They called us at daybreak and all at
'once I thought all the guns the allies
I had opened uj right in my part of the
You have seen a picture of the Battle ; . :a, jtaA'A;.
From Hayden Fox.
Somewhere In France. 1
Dear Folks:
I thought I would write you a few
iir.ee;. x haven't heard from home since
I came across, hut I know you v. ;'i
white when you can. and more than -u
can. I am feeling fine and I hope
are in the l..--st of health. I pray f..j
you every night. We had four sold if i.
down at our camp to sing for us thc-
night before last and they certainly
I rould sing. It made me think of home
J for a while, but it wasn't homesickness,
j Ha. Ha. We have an army, here now
and believe me the Americans are too
j strong for tho Germans to last over
j three months. I forgot I did receive
some birthday cards, but please write
l.'i'g letters. Some one in the family
ru-ht to write every day.
And here's a line to mother.
The hrst of all the lot,
With a simple little message.
Just a sweet forget-me-not.
It's sent to her from some one.
Scaled With a kiss of love.
To wish her joy and comfort
And blessings from above.
Miy it find her we'. and happy
As the morn I went away.
Your loving son.
HAYDEN J. FOX (S17725).
Hdq. Det. Motor Section,
Army Artillery Fark,
C. A. C. No. 52.. A. r. O. 753.
American E. F., via New York. France.
Son of Wm. Fox, 3 42 3 Grapevine
street.
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3'.-ijr '.vi"".Jf...';y -y.r yJ
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Salyer re
turned to their home in Hammond last
evening after a visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hoffman.
Mrs. Carl Gragg went to Chicago lat
evening to vls:t relatives.
Attorney Belshaw was in Chicago
! on business yesterday.
Mrs. L. W. Ragon who has been '.a
the Gary hospital for the past t -vo
weeks was able to return home Wed
nesday evening.
O. E. Peterson who has been v!ltir:g
his mother. Mrs. George Peterson re-
I turned to his work in Valparaiso this
i morning.
Max Ragon, who is working in Hani
i mor.d visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
i L. W. Ragcn here yesterday.
1 Dr. W. C. Qulncy was a Chicago v..--:
iter yesf-rdsy.
Brig. Gen. Henry C. Newcomer.
Brigadier General Henry C. New
comer, U. S. A., recently promoted
from colonel of engineers, has been
assigned to special duty with the
newly organized chemical warfare
corps. He is serving as chief assis
tant to Major General William L.
Sibert, chief of that serice, with
headquarters in Washington.
BERWICK FORGOT TO
! DECLARE WAR
Et Exited Press.
I.ONT" p., Sent. 13. One town in the
l.r.t.i.h Isle Is. technically, still at
r -.? with the Central Powers. It is
: w i r ,v -1 n -T w e r i . a c i : y on the N
-a i oast, haif in England and half in
. .-Zetland, through wh:h runs the boun
i i y line of the liver Twee.i.
fir..- out here, vou do ml b-liexe it. ! r"dPr th" .tish Constitution. B.r
Yesterday I got mv- suit. I look and j " k "vt issue a sepa.ate declaration
feel like a 2-year-old. (when the British government announc
es hostilities. It has just been dis
We got some crowd out here about j covrr.d that p,P, wi(-k -a3 overlooked
f.n.onn. When I left last week we had j Jhe d,claratil,n nf August 4. 1914. A "
fourteen cars on two engines, about
1.000 men. I saw Earl Cane on the
way going down in Gary'. We changed
train at Hammond and we were on the
road about eight hours. We got stuff
ut here, ail lhat you can think of and
plenty ft it. If we don't get enough
the same time it was realized that Ber
wick is. technically, stil lat war with
E'.i.-sia. having forcotten to procla'n
peace at the end of the Crimean war : a
1??.
The War Savings Pledge Card is
that
vou are wit.
to stay to the finish.
From John Schweitzer.
Mich.. Sept. 2, 191S.
Dear Friend:
I thought I would have to write you
few lines to let ycu know that I am
ill a living, not dead yet. I like it
the first time w-e go back and get some
more. The first three nights i was out i a little note written to Uncle Sam
here it rained. The weather out hro Is i
about the same as out your way. But ' tC fSSUre ..II
the crops are poor, but lots of grapes in ; him in the war and that you intend
some places, about 20 acres out in one)
patch.
whenever ycu get time write me a
letter. I did not get to see you before; A TONIC AND
you left, but I thought I had to write
any way. We get a free entertainment
every night from the Y. M. C. A.
I suppose in a few days I will have
my rifle. It looks fir.e to see all the
boys with rifles. We got two boys out
here who refused to wear their suits.
I don't know what they are going to do
with thorn. I do not knw what kind
they are, but we got th' tn working help
ing in the kitchen helping to kill flics.
I think we fellows will j ra
when we get our rifles. I guess I must
HEALTH BUILDER
Take CAI.CEP.BS to rid yourself of that
weakening, persistent cough, which is
ihreatenirg ycu with throat or lur;
troubles. Even in acute rases affecting
throat and lungs. CALCERBS have g:--en
much if lief in many cases helri.t e
to restore health. They give f'r'np;.
to combat illness. Contain calcium i a
'nine salt), so compounded as to In
easiiv bsorbed.
Calcerbs, tO cents a Box. At all drtLir
glsts or from manufacturer, postpaid.
ice on tlif m i L - h ' ' u.ii'i..M';i.i. x iia'.'ii.'.i . i
diers are aiding in the work. " , , . . , , , ill.
T..iori trh.n tha tinata fnme Into "l uc.ijuui, w... wi- ......
the docks one of the men was knocked
overboard by the boat hitting; the dock.
I helped save him and the man was
taken to the hospital, and last night he
was still unconscious.
Some of our company are leaving to
day. I wish I were one of them, but
things are starting to look as if we'll
get a chance to "go over" in a few
months. I will close, and don't be so slow In
pnswering as I like to hear from home
often. Your loving son.
Jiltl, LYNCH.
6th Co., Ft. Wadsworth, Staten Island.
New York.
From Charles Miller.
To his sister. Mrs. A. A. Schneider.
' from where I stood. Pome of th te
I r.hnne men at the observation station
told us it was a grand sight to see th
tanks go over the top. That aft
the artillery advanced and the s
saw Germans laying sometimes three i
ricn nntl nnre in a while an American
but very few. I only saw three dead j fejj
Americans in about five kilometers. We S:
had some pijo rr souvenirs, everytning ijji
from a trench knife to a six-inch gun. j
V.'e set up some German machine guns
and used them a.s anti-aircraft guns,
rtiij we had rlcnty of chances to use
them, too. At ore time about eight
German airplanes attacked us and fired
their machine guns at US'. It wasn't
ery healthy around there for a few
minutes, but they drove th-m off. There
!3 so muh to te',1 I don't know what to
ernoon E3 ZU SL
1 giits we ryi
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Be the
Dealers
aritaDi
He enlisted April 12, 1917, and arrived i write f.rst, but I am going to send you a
in France January 21. 191S. He is j few clippings from the stars and Stripes, j
serving in the llth F. A., A. E. F. j Thev tell a whole lot. Th. se men that
Aug. 10, 13 1 S. go up in the sausage observation bal- 1 J
Dear Sister: loons got some job. There was one about j pf4
Received your welcome letter the Sth ' 500 feet behind us. He was up there j jf
and sure was glad to hear from you i for about two hours when a German i
Lagain. l am in gooa neann and enjoy t airplane made for mm. ine man jump-( k
myself as much as possible these days j ed out with his parrachuto and the air- it,
j Plane kept shooting at the balloon and j
even if she had passed sixty summers
These ;in boys may write letters homo appreciate them.
that are far from being overburdened So Pete is anxious to see me.
cf fine weather.
Say. Sis, you don't have to send me
anything. I get cigarettes and tobacco
issued and can buy a few sweets at the
"Y. M." If you want to send something
why get a few magazines, such as the the was up again.
Saturday Evening Post, Leslie's, Cot-1 anything.
lier's and a few others. I sure would ! I have received quite a few letters
lately and am way behind in answering
aimed a bomb at it. but missed by hair :
a foot. When the man landed he rolled ;
up his parachute, put it under his arm j
and walked off. Half an hour afterward j
They aren't afraid of;
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Well,, them. I couldn't mail any letters if I
j did write, so you see I can't write any
I time I want to. The Bed Cross and
j Y. M. and K. C. are doini splendid
j work over here.
i The boys over here don't know every
thing that's going on. but they rend
'everything they get a hold of. Most of
J the papers are a month old and stale
! when they get here, but it's something
t to read.
! Well, Sis. regards to all and God
' Y.aa n-ltli Iftvu Vo:ir brother.
CHARLIE.
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From Peter Eelman.
The following letter was received by
Jacob Krooswyk. Highland, from Peter
Eelman. Co. E, 407th Tel. Bn. S. C,
A. E. Y.. France:
Dear Friend:
Received your letter the other day and
was glad to hear you were aa well and
that Highland is still there. I do not
think the Germans will ever wreck it
thn wav thev do the towns here. I
guess they are on their last pins right
now.
Well, Jack, you ought to see us ride
motorcyries here. A little hole six feet!
deep Isn't bad. but v hen ycu hit. one
where a ccur.le of shells have struck ,
i you know yoj hit something. If I ret .
'back home again I will not need a road
r.ny more, I'll Just go across the fields
and call it level ground. I K.jj
Well, I will close now, hoping to hear
from you again soon.
From your friend,
PETER EELMAN.
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TIMES Newspapers
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Every mghte
From Patrick Lynch.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Lynch. Sheridsn
avenue. Whiting, have received the fol
lowing letters from their sons, Patrick
and William, both of whom are in serv
ice :
Ft. Bliss. Tex'.. Sept. 4, 1918.
Dear Mother and Father:
Received your welcome letters and
also the papers. Was glad to get them,
also the Owl Club Magazine, as it surely
is great. About a dozen boys down here
are also interested in them, as they as
well as some boys from Joliet have all
heard of the Owls' basket hall team. I
also appreciate The Times, as I am al
ways hungry fon news from home.
We are out of luck again quaran
tined in camp- because of smallpox.
Is it right that Bill was sent over?
If he was I call him lucky, as it is
every soldier's ambition to do so. Any-
iaoo
They Will Make You a Present
of One Hundred and Five Dollars
It's a fact according to their advertising a
"$450 Player Piano for Only $345." Every piano
dealer who can give you $10-3 and give everyhody
$10. each, should be given a medal an iron cross
because the are doing the greatest charitable
work this side of the Marne. But to obtain the
$105, you must purchase a "Brand New $450
Player Piano for Only $345." Just think they
have so many hundreds of player pianos crowding
their back doors that they want to give .vou $105
to take one away for fear of a player blockade.
They will also pay the drayage every rime you move it. Perhaps after this al
lotment is sold the next train load of the player pianos will be supplied with
automobiles instead of casters its cheaper than dray bills.
After All Who Pays the Freight?
It's You, Mr. Piano Buyer.
Mr. Bamum said: "You can fool all of ?em once," etc. There are many
piano buyers in Hammond who are sick and sorry of their "$600 Player Piano
for Only $295" bargains. Let us give you the names of several who sent their
"$600 Player Pianos for Only $295" back and purchased a better instrument for
less money at Straubc's.
The Snide Piano Dealers Never Come Back at the
Straube Advertising
Because Straube's do not make promises they fail to keep. They do not
advertise "$450 Pianos for Only $345" because nobody can afford to give you
105 and when others make such offers, just 'take it with a grain of salt. They
don't do as they advertise. They know that you know nothing about piano
quality and cannot judge a good piano from a cheap one.
Straube's Sell New Player Pianos,
Fully Warranted, for $395 Up.
Choice of Brambach, Kranich & Bash, Wilborn, Marshall & Wendell,
Haines Bros., Schaff Bros., Hammond, Chesterfield, Gulbransen, Straube, Behr
Bros, and the Reproducing Ampico.
Most Sonvement leras; Best Service
Si
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631 Hohman Street.
Phone 661.
Hammond.
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