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South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

When the News-Times made its
famous fight last fall for mothers
pension bill. it's chief opposition
throughout the state came from the
good men and women who are con-
nected with organized charity work.
Paid charity workers argued at In
dianapoIis that the bill would pauper-
fze people. that their organizations
were already covering the ground.
that it would be expensive, and finally
when it appeared that the bill might
pass, pleaded that action be withheld
for two years TO see how the plan
worked out in other states.
The controversy aroused sympa-
thetic and charitably inclined people
all over the state.
Men who came 10 favor the mothers
pension bill. as proposed by Rep.
George w. Sands of this city, replied
that Organized Charity was more or
ganization than charity. and that the
bulk OF its funds were used for other.
ends than direct relief. And this was
freely admitted by the charity work
ers themselves. who explain that the
best thing they can do is TO get people
10 help themselves. to be Independent.
10 stand alone.
The two theories Of direct Us. indi-
rect relief work were clearly con-
trasted in that debate and the issues
pretty we'll understood.
The annual report Of the South Bend
Associated Charities shows it com
mitted 10 the principle Of indirect
help. for of the funds collected, some
50 per cent were spent in other ways
than for the direct relief work for
the poor-thus, for salaries 5S per
cent. for such expenses as rent. tele-
phone, printing stationery, collections,
Office expense and the like II per
cent, for miscellaneous expense seven
per cent. while the remaining Is per
cent was spent in direct relief, most
of IL being used in emergency cases.
For the coming year the amount OF
money at the disposal of the Asso-
ciated Charities will doubtless be con-
siderably augmented. for one cOntribu-
ton Of s1.O0a has already been made,
and this will doubtless stimulate gen
erous giving by the people of the
community who have a sympathetic
appreciation of the work which is be-
ing done and the means to help in it.
However. many people will continue
TO believe that as long as the indus
trial situation in the United States re-
mains as il is. much direct relief will
be needed I'm individual cases. and few
will question that of all the people
who need direct relief. and TO the Civ
ing OF whom society suffers the least
danger of pauperizatiOn the helpless
widowed mothers of young children
are most worthy.
There are such mothers in South
Bend today, working long hours at
the bitterest drudgery striving TO keep
n little home together-mothers who
would be doing much better by their
children and by society by being with
them and directing their lives and
thoughts during the formative years.
The mothers pension bin will come
up again. and in some form or other
II will be passed.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

with hot stones That was not the
only use he made of them-at any
rate-if he was a Scythian. The
Scythian practice described by Hero
dotus has been said by some writer's
10 have been the first recorded case
OF smoking. Having spoken of a kind
of hemp that grew in the country,
HerOdotus proceeds: Now, the
Scvthians taking the seed of this
hemp. go into their tents and then
throw the seed upon stones heated
white-hot As it is thrown on it is
burnt into smoke. producing so much
that no Greek vapor bath could sur
pass II. And the Scythians delighting
in il. below. This takes the place
Of washing for them It seems as
though they had discovered the Turk
ish bath and the cigaret.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

Doubtless the delegate TO congress
from Hawaii would like TO see an
adjournment for a few minutes any
how between the extra and the reg
ular sessions. Think OF the mileage
he could collect without travelling a
step.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

oxford students want Rhodes schol-
ars barred from athletics with rule
have not attended any other school.
Well. the Americans have been clean
ing up about everything worth while
over there.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

II those clairvoyants who were sem
fenced I'm Chicago yesterday could
really see into the future. it is likely
that they would have chosen plumb
ing or blacksmithing for a life work
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

The Columbus man who wrote a
biography OF Billy Sunday Will prob
ably have to get out revised editions
every few years. For the Rev. Billy
is still going
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21
HELD INSANE.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-In a report
submitted to the court Of general ses-
sions today Mrs. Ida Won Claussen,
was declared to be mentally deficient.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

NOBLESVILLE. Ind. Nov. 20
Earl Baker. assistant cashier OF the
Citizens state bank who was fined
for contempt for refusing 10 testify
before the jury as 10 bank deposits
announced Thursday that he would
carry the case 10 the state supreme
court.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

Tax collector found dead-fear
foul play" is a newspaper headline.
Seems as If tax collecting should come
under the list OF extra hazardous oc-
cupations
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

Turkeys going up in price is one Of
the saddest pieces Of news OF the day.
Potatoes are pretty high this fall, too.
come 10 think OF it,
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

Life must be lived at a lively PACE
in New York when they have tC ar
rest drivers Of funeral cars for speed
inc
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21
SPEEDING TO FUNERAL.

NEW YORK.-Christian Frickey.
chauffeur of a funeral motor car
riage was arrested for speeding to
Calvary cemetery. Sentence was sus-
pended.
South Bend news-times., 1913-11-21

Should Somen wear their hats in
church? Wen let them decide If you
don't mind.
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this pleasant little note Senator Kern of
Indiana, majority floor leader of the
upper chamber, was also giancing
through a missive which caused every
individual whisker on his chin to bristle
with establishment. The letter writer
wanted to know why on earth the senator
hadn't ordered the worlds supply Of
Bibles destroyed
The letter read:
Hon Senator Kern of Indiana:
Dear Sir!
According to the old Bible all murders
and horrors therein are attributed to the
word of God. The shadow of that word
has ove,shadowed the virtue of all time.
There has only been one God ever since
and forgiven of sins.
when 1 was but a mere boy in my
teens | was Respondent that such in
human ignorance could live 1900 years.
But yesterday ] was shocked to read
in the daily Chicago Examiner that the
Chicago Book Fair stated that they sell
carloads of Bibles to volume of any
other literature
Is there no way for the government to
stop such shame?
Il have spent my lfe's labor and saw
ings to better such an insanity, but the
result is that l have to starve now or
live in the poorhouse. This is good
enough Tor Christian, but not Tor
man.
The new Bible with it's moral lessons
and justice to the almighty intelligence
of nature and to men is worth the price
of its weight in gold.
Il sell the copyright to the government
FOR pension so | can live the life that
nature allows me-
Senator Kern considered this moment,
then turned to Secretary Bowers.
What shall we say?" he asked.
Letter received and contents noted"
dered
There is a man In Illinois who recently
vent to base ball game. About the
same time ii was chronicled in the public
press that Senator Overman of North
Carolina is the premier base ball fan OF
the upper chamber.
SO, after the Illinois man had seen the
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We Can't Help Shining.

CENOR FERNANDO ALSO.
- Spain's inspector general OF prisons.
said recently in New York that he
thought the time had not yet come for
the abolition of capital punishment.
The world is not vet civilized enough
for this advance" he continued The
world. you know, is still a good deal in
the state Of the colored people In the
watermelon story.
Il heard this story from one of your
clever southern editors. He said that q
man was a good deal troubled by thieves
in his watermelon patch. and SO he called
up his old gardener and began:
Uncle Eli I'm trying an experiment.
with Doc Sawyer in the south water
melon patch. The melons there are a
poison variety, and If any of your colored
friends touch them they'll be killed, sure.
You'd better warn them. hadn't your
'Sartenly ] had. sah.' said Uncle Ell.
III warn EN-, sab. Trust me-
And do you think your warnng'l
have any effect? Do you think il will
protect the south patch from theft"
What ! thinks. sah.' said Uncle Ell,
scratching his head. is dat there'll be a
lot o dade niggers round dat patch. dats
what thinks. sah.' !"
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this detail from the human side of the
men and women who do the work. the
first assistant is the authority.
When Mr.. Burleson became Postmaster
General he chose Mr.. Roper his first as
sistant because he had seen that gentle
man al work on many a hard task and
had regarded them all as being well done.
Mr.. Roper had. for instance, just writ
ten a tariff hand book upon which was
based the Underwood tariff bill, then in
the course of formation. For two years
previous to this date Mr.. Roper had been
statistician and chief clerk of the House
committee on ways and means, which is
the governments tariff-making agency.
Previous to this he had studied, in behalf
of Congress. the textile industries of the
United States and Europe. He had done
much other statistical work for the gov
eminent. had been in the legislature of
South Carolina, had taught school and
had graduated in two or three colleges.
Such a man. in the opinion of the Post
master General. was the best possible ma
terial for one of these intricately detailed
big jobs in the department.
The sixty-two thousand postmasters who
are appointed from Washington actually
dent the Postmaster General. First
Assistant Roper is, however, the man
who handles all the detail that leads up
to those appointments. That army of city
letter carriers. which had increased from
10000 twenty years ago to 10000 at the
present date, Is Immediately under his
care and every rule and regulation for its
control originates In his office The same
is true of the 36,OJU clerks. of the G2G00
postmasters and various other odds and
ends that go to make up the 10000 peo-
pie who are under the command of the
Postma ster General
X x
This first assistant is to the Postmaster
General very nearly what the chief of
staff of the army is to the Secretary of
War But he has bigger force to deal
with. scattered over vastly more territory
and performing service of infinitely
greater detail.
In the Department Of Agriculture q
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was a picture, also clipped from news
paper, of a remarkably pretty girl wear
ing low collar and an elaborate picture
hat
Instantly I suspected that the venerable
Minnesota solon was the object of an
ardent suit for marriage; but l was
wrong. Opening the envelope 1 read a
letter from a lovesick young man to the
original Of the portrait pasted upon the
envelope.
II am mailing your picture and your
description said the note. Ito the city
of Washington d. c. / hope you will get
young bachelor and my father owns a
farm in Minnesota with a ditch running
through it and 1 am sure that we will
inches" and much more to that effect.
This note, tucked away in the pink en-
velope described had been inclosed in
letter to Mr. Nelson: which read:
'Dear Senator-"This young woman
lives In your city. Please look her up
for me as l want to marry her 1 put
her photograph outside the envelope, but
the post Office authorities returned it to
me. If you will look her up and tell her
to write me l will be much obliged to
you and will remember your kind favor
He wants me to open matrimonial
agency for his special benefit, said the
number Of things for the people. but I'll
be blamed If 1 will do that"
X
This letter is hardly less astonishing
than one received not long afterward at
the office Of Senator Swanson of Virginia
The missive was protest against the
certain alleged prosecutions of the writer
by a certain clique referred to as the
'.feudists." The beginning of the letter
was not illogical. 1t requested that the
writer be given national permit to go
armed as he feared for his life Things
were really sounding sensible when the
writer bounded off his equilibrium with
this astonishing declaration:
"A hypnotic pressure is being put over
all people in this country so that they
won't testify against those who are per-
scouting me. Many people are afraid to
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and of many parts. 1t fell to Secretary
Lane of the Department of the Interior
to find such man. He dragged the
country for the individual of just the
Finally ne. settled upon Cato Sells of Gle
burne. Tex. for the post. Mr.. Sells was
national committeeman from Texas, and
active in the Wilson campaign. The ap-
pointment therefore looks like political
reward. But as a matter of fact Mr.
Sells was not a candidate for the post
but was appointed only after special
agents of the department had looked into
every step in his career with the idea of
determining whether or not he was the
right sort of man to handle one of the
most trying posts in the government serv-
ice.
Mr.. Sells had been lawyer and a
banker. and had made a reputation for
himself as United States district attor-
ney, and as a campaigner for better bank
ing conditions. He had lived in Texas
but six years. having previously resided
in Iowa. He is some fifty years of age,
pleasant and affable. and gives the i'm
preston of being a man who would ap-
preciate the human side of his job and
figure out some good things for Lo. the
poor red man.
a man who is in the very midst of APP
pointing G2.OG9 postmasters In addition
to this he is the chief of staff of an army
of fi.oC0 clerks and letter carriers In
addition to this. he is the superintendent
Of G9,OCe post offices, and has the control
o. the policies that govern them. And
still in addition TO this he has direct
charge of the development of the parcel
post which is attempting to carry pack
ages for a hundred million people. Al
together no mean job.
This man is Daniel c. Roper. first as
sistant postmaster general The infinity
of detail that is to be handled in the
Post Office Department is almost beyond
conception. A network of organization
that will carry a letter or package from
any person in the United States to any
other such person. or start it on Its way
10 any other person in the civilized world,
must, of necessity. attend to an infinite
amount of detail. With relation to all
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neighbors down Carolina way. the ap-
pointment. was made.
Over in the sister branch OF the mill
tary service sits another man who has
very human work to perform in that
he is the virtual ruler of 100000 peo-
pie. This individual is Brig. Gen.
FRANK Mcintyre. chief Of the bureau
Or insular affairs. and therefore
charged with the active control OF all
matters pertaining to the government
Of the peoples of the Philippines and
Porto Rico.
Gen. Mcintyre is not as new to his
task as some Of the men herein men
toned. He came to it through many
campaigns in the Philippines and by work
in the bureau under Gen. Edwards. its
former chief His task is an immense
one, as the bureau Of insular affairs is
attempting for one thing to perform the
miracle of molding into one homo
geneous whole the fifty chaotic tribes.
speaking as many dialects, holding to
many religions. harboring many animosi-
ties and unenlightened as to civilized liv
ing, who go to make up the population
of the Philippines. II hopes, within a
generation, to have all these people
speaking one language. English. This
will make general intercourse among
tended to have all the sons of these saw
age tribes absorbing a knowledge OF
civilized living through reading English
in another generation. Lines of trade are
being built up among them. markets are
being opened, industry is being encour-
aged.
Vast machinery is necessary to shape
matters SO these things will develop. That
machinery is built up through the bureau
of insuar affairs. The chief Of that bu-
reau is responsible for the shaping of all
insular policies. Under him work the
governors and commissioners that are ap-
pointed by the Secretary of War and the
President upon his recommendation. Con-
gress legislates with reference to the in
sular possessions largely upon the recon-
mendation of this bureau. Insular laws
are especially made under its guidance.
for the laws Of Congress, unless 1t is es-
pecially SO provided. do not apply to
these islands. The whole burden of the
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a reputation for conservatism which he
fOndly believes to be more or less ma
tional. This delusion was bumped on
the head several days ago by letter
from a Confederate veteran in Georgia.
AT least, the writer signed himself Con
federate Veteran" and from the tone of
his note there is but little reason 10
doubt that he Is one or the most con-
hrmed Observation-Disclosures that these
United States possess at the present
time.
Senator Gallinger Is known as a firm
believer in a protective tariff. SO imagine
his grief and Indignation when the other
day, he found upon his desk note run
ming like this:
Don't interfere with those fool demo-
Gratis in their efforts to change the tariff
Join with them in the movement and lets
all go to the devil together, low tarin
is just the thing that will smash the
south to pieces. and that is what you
northerners want to do. So let the
northern democrats cut everything down
so that our Industries will be broken up
and our people ruined.
Il am a Confederate veteran with a
war record. ] never did see much use
in all this argument We are putting up
at this time about the tariff, since we're
going to be ruined anyhow. You are
quite right in your stand with the north
ern democrats to help ruin the south"
That last sentence caused the dignified
senior senator from New Hampshire a
pang OF sorrow, but he did not give way
to tears.
so don't let us worry" concluded the
cheerful letter writer. 'IIet us go ahead
and ruin the south with a low tariff. We
should all stand together on this or we
may fail. That is the game you north
erners are playing"
While Senator GaIlinger was digesting
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month. We couldn't get along with
out them.
But the other day ] received a letter
that turned me upside down. had
stepped out for a moment, and when 1
returned Lieut.. Commander Palmer.
my aid. asked me:
"'Have you ever had any dealings
with the Black Hand?
Great heavens, no" l replied.
Then he handed me a note. which
read:
".Place $4,000 under the old stump
or you are a dead mani -
1T was written in a long. scraw1fng
hand / had begun to seriously debate
with myself what was really best TO
do when two Of my younger sons. not
ing my agitation. thought best to con-
fess that they had written the note.
But they won't repeat the offense.
concluded the Secretary. with mean
ing smile.
Copyright 1913 by John Elfreth watkins)
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PredeStined.

D FULTON CUTTING. president of a
~ society for improving the condition
of the poor. has learned from his years
of philanthropic work to take a broad
and charitable view of human failings.
In his New York office the other day
Mr.. Cutting was talking about one OF
the society's proteges who. though given
a good deal of help. still kept going from
bad to worse With the wisdom and
sympathy that his work has taught him,
Mr.. Cutting sighed and said: :.
ANY man will get along II he is only
started in the right direction; but the
only direction for some OF US seems to
be down HILL
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and Mr.. Roosevelt are out Of Washing
ton.
The bureau Of navigation has nothing
to do with navigation but everything
to do with the personnel Of the navy.
1t is. again. the human branch OF the
given service. Every lad who Is re-
cruited into the service enlists through
this bureau. All the training schools
that work toward making him a first
class man-o'-warsman are under the
bureau of navigation. Even the Naval
Academy at Annapolis finds it's author
ity here. Every captain ambitious to
to this bureau for promotion. The en-
listed man who overstays his leave.
the lieutenant who has fallen victim
Of the plucking board. the stout COM
lander who has been too long on shore
duty-each and all must take their
cases to this bureau.
Rear Admiral Victor Blue was. as
youngster. one Of the heroes Of the
Spanish American war. He was execu-
tive officer of the Suwanee, off Santi-
ago, when Admiral Sampson was busy
bottling up the Spanish fleet under
Cervera. He heard that the admiral was
thinking Of sending spy ashore to
find out whether the entire, Spanish
hCCI " d. III SAO Ai0i NoA-OA ~
report that -twO-batt1e cruisers were at
large was true II these cruisers were
at large American transports were in
great danger Blue volunte ered for
the trip ashore. He went through the
Spanish lines, reconnoitered the har-
Dor and counted all the Spanish ships
at anchor. He reported back to the
admiral and that old fighter immedi-
ately planned to send destroyers into
the harbor at night and blow up the
Spaniards. Blue was asked to again
slip through the Spanish lines and map
accurately the position Of each ship
that such an attack in the darkness
might be made This he also did, but
the Spaniards came out to fight before
the night attack was actually made.
But the effective work of the Young
officer was never forgotten. When Sec
rotary Daniels came into the cabinet
he remembered the enterprise of the
younger man, and the two having been
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ton of all insect life. There are con-
stantly floating into the White House
documents Of a most impressive appear
ance. which when opened read like the
minutes of the Imbeciles' Club.
Although the President Is the shining
target of the eccentric correspondent,
there are plenty of others TO share his
grief with him. There is hardly a prOmi-
some time or other received a letter
which materially raised the hair of his
Woodworking secretary and caused the
office stenosrapher TO claw the air madly
Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire.
one of the oldest of our solons in point
of age and service. has won for himself