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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PICNIC

The arrangements committee OF the
Chamber OF Commerce in charge OF
Wednesdays picnic deserves to be
congratulated. not only on the pro-
gram arranged. but with supplement-
al thanks to the favorable weather.
10 the even manner in which that
program was carried out
IL was one OF those excursions that
a man can take IN. and. by being kept
busy. escape the ordinary contingent
OF getting awful tired BY being kept
on the move. the excursiorists had
something else TO do besides pursu-
ing that usual subcOnscious worry
that so frequently accompanies a man
on such trips. In other words, the
picnic worked like a clock and every
minute counted its full quota.
But on this program. and in the
midst OF the congratulations. the hes
pitality enjoyed wherever the party
went. ought also TO be recorded.
Benton Harbor especially comes in
here for recognition. a few weeks
ago a company of - Benton Harbor
business men visited South Bend TO
Investigate our annual street fair.
They were dined by the Chamber Of
Commerce at the oliver They came
back with the promise that if the
Chamber Of Commerce included Ben
ton Harbor in the itenrey of its an
nual picnic. the debt would be aptIy
repaid and Benton Harbor has made
good.
Benton Harbor. too. did il in . way
that should teach South Bend a les
son. II there is anything in South
Bend that shows absolute stinginess,
il is when automobiles are needed 10
show visitors about the town. When
the Edmonton. Canada. excursionists
were here recently. 200 strong. and
automobile owners were called on to
help entertain them for couple
hours. only enough responded TO care
FOR about third of the party-the
ladies. At Benton Harbor town Of
$4,000. enough automobiles turned
out TO care for $50 excursion'sts. and
there were automobiles TO SPARE.
In fact the Benton Harbor grange
ments committee had planned convey
ance for an anticipated 500 visitors.
Remember That Benton Harbor is
only about One-fourth the size of
South Bend. The automobile is fast
becoming an indespensa BILE means of
quick entertainment on sucn occa-
sions and South Bend surely should
take a lesson from this example.
IL looks. following Wednesdays
experience. as though the annual pic
mic of the Chamber of Commerce
were sure To be a permanent fixture.
Meanwhile we may have frequent OPP
portunities 10 entertain others, and
we should entertain them even as we
would wish 10 be entertained
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
TIE CALAMITY HowLER.

Calamity Howlers in congress are
having a hard time getting their yells
across. They put plenty of pep be-
hind them, but the yells don't pene-
trate They strike the wall Of evil
dences of prosperity built by the
democrats and iebound in echoes. A
lie carrying fraud stamp can't be
put in circulation.
In the face Of false alarms are GER
tain incontrovertible facts which re-
fuse 10 be cancelled. First and fore
most is the fact that the banks are
calling on Secy. McAdoo for money to
move the crops. If the banks had
plenty of cash it is a cinch they
would not be calling for help. Banks
do not pay interest unless they are
Obliged to. They don't run their bust
ness that way. Idle money is a
banks abomination. 1t makes no
dividends, and no dividends make the
stockholders holler Last year the
banks needed S37, 100000 to tide them
over the crop marketing period. This
year they will need 1000. 900 or
more. That's the difference between
the crops and business last year and
this year.
When a calamity bowler gets up in
congress and shouts that the indus
tries in a certain section have shut
down for lack Of business the demo-
cratic congressman from that section
read kilograms showing that the
manufacturers are receiving orders
which will tax their capacity, that
men who have been ;dle are going
back to work and that the country
is rising toward the crest of a great
wave of prosperity.
The psychological coBdition follow
ing the new tariff and financial legis-
latiOn is disappearing. The unex-
pectedly large returns from imports
and the general satisfaction with the
banking and currency law are having
the desired effect The calamity
bowler is bowling to hear himself
howl.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

THERE is marked difference be-
tween Izaak Walton's angling meth
DDS as indicated above, and those of
old Z. H. NJ. Izaak's was the dreamy
style, but when his South Bend dis
ciple gets a strike you can hear him
holler all over the lake.
SOME lallipaloosa, Ignatz?"
SOME of the Chicago suffragists are
wearing their last seasons hats to
save money for Denial day. THAT, ="
said one Of the pioneers, is the way
we old fellows get rich We have
our last years straw hat cleaned up
for 10 cents in the spring, wear it un-
til they start their half-price sales in
July, then buy a new one"
WE are going to have to laugh when
some of our honored citizens come out
in the skin tight style of pants. The
muscles of pair of calipers will look
like knots on sawlog compared with
theirs. And the bowlegged man-but
why anticipate?
The "DOn'ts" OF Modern Literature.
Sir: 1 have made a discovery. l
find ii easier to read an entire book
than TO write a paragraph likely to
pass muster for the NJ. 2. l have read
two books in the last "a hours and,
offhand, l recall that the author Of
one or the other of them uses don't"
when he means doesn't" 1 forget the
rest of the stories. NJ.
ONE of the things agreed upon by
the rival rebel commanders is that the
prisoners of chihuahua shall be re-
leased and apologized to, but it is
probable that if the captives are re-
leased they will not wait for the apol-
ogy.
MISS FLORA COSTLOW of Koko-
mo should be a very popular young
lady among the maria geable young
men who do not marry on account of
the high cost Of living.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

From Diaz to Madero, TO Huerta to
CarbajaL to-
Who viii it be-the man who has
the patriotism. the courage and the
ability 10 swing Mexico out of the
orbit of political revolution into
which it has drifted2 Is there one
in the present groups OF Mexican cele-
brities equal 10 the task
Doubtful
None can get far enough away from
the personal animosities engendered
by the events OF the past eighteen
months 10 give Mexico a safe and sane
administration. With the end of HUI
erta the perplexities are not materially
decreased. The watchful waiting at
Washington Will have 10 bee continued.
That same watchful waiting has
been a wonderful factor in Mexico.
BY q process of pressure IL has forced
the abdication of Huerta and made
possible the organization of the gov
eminent The details are told in the
news columns. The reorganization
OF the government viii form a new
chapter in Mexican history. but the
thread Of watchful waiting viii run
through IT,
CarranZa. Villa and their fellow
revolutionists may arrogate 10 them
selves the credit OF deposing the
dictator hu the success OF their
arms must have been materially
qualified but for the pressure brought
20 bear upon Huerta by the
United States. which destroyed his
credit abroad. closed his ports Of
entry and reduced him 10 state OF
helplessness before the favored forces
OF the insurrectos.
The patience. the wisdom. the
courage in the face Of criticism. the
hrmness and consistency OF Pres. Will
sons policy toward Mexico marks "A
new era in American diplomacy and
sets a new example for the world in
the extension OF a helping hand from
a strong nation 10 a weak one with
oat the slightest suspicion of a selfish
motive.
The future OF Mexico rests with its
own people and depends upon their
capacity for self-government With
the aid that viii be given them by
the United States they should be able
10 solve the problem that now lies
before them II not, they must eX-
poet the hand OF protection and super
vision 10 be extended in the interest
not only OF their own welfare but OF
the welfare OF their neighboiins ma
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
WAR AND CHEWING GUM.

You don't naturally connect war
and chewing gum. Yet they may
have an intimate connection, as the
negotiations of Charles r. Flint of
New York with Pres. Huerta clearly
show.
Mr.. Flint wanted certain conces-
sionS in Mexico as the price of aid
to the Huerta government in its
struggle with the constitutionalists.
These concessions related to chicle,
the permanent constituent of chewing
gum.
Yes, it was gum, chewing gum. the
gum that makes the small vendors
clutter up the approach to baseball
parks; chewing gum. the delight of
stenOgraphers. small boys and base
ball pitchers, that was at one time
in a fair way to bring aid 10 failing
campaign, TO prop a tottering power.
The more you think of il, the more
the wonder grows. Take an ordinary
scent package of chewing gum-any
flavor you wish. 1t doesn't suggest
combat 1t seems a thing of peace,
sweet dreams and quiet breathing"
The utmost violence that it suggests is
that of mastication.
But appearances are. deceitful.
Peaceful as II seems that little
package of chewing gum is connected
artillery, red death, and all the vast,
magnificent spectacle of war.
Never again can chewing gum sink
to the lowly place il once occupied.
Never again can IL seem but simple
merchandise, but an ordinary instru-
ment of placid pleasures flames
wing has brushed the redolent scent
package. and henceforth it is the child
of glory.
In the presence of this proof Of the
international significance Of chewing
gum, Of this revelation of chewing
gum as an alder and abetter of great
campaigns. of this evidence of the
greatness that dweils in what ordi-
narily seems a little thing. the eXcla-
nation of Faust, as reported by Mar
lowe, but slightly amended, comes in
stinctively 10 mind:
is this the gum that launched a
thousand ships
And burnt the topless towers OF
Mexico,
Chicago Herald.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
THE 4THIRD DEGREE"

A bill has passed the Georgia SEN
ate making il unlawful 10 use third
degree" methods for the purpose Of
extorting statements from prisoners.
Similar laws are on the statute
books Of a number OF states. The
Kentucky legislature passed such a
bill several years ago. The third
degree" should not be tolerated any
where. II smacks too much of the
barbaric ages and il is repugnant 10
the American sense of justice. IL
has been applied in many instances
TO force a confession from persons ac-
cused of crime. There is neither law
nor excuse for such procedure.
Every person charged with an offense
against the law is entitled TO a fair
trial. II is no part Of the duty or
policemen and detectives 10 convict
a man after he has been arrested. To
attempt 10 extOrt a confession by
rough and brutal treatment is repre-
hensible in the highest degree.
Courts OF justice have been estao-
lished for the trial OF criminals ana
persons charged with infractions OF
the criminal laws. The courts are the
proper place for the examination and
cross-examination OF prisoners. State
ments and confessions should be made
in court or TO court officials. There
is no occasion for an arresting oft1cer
TO usurp the prerogatives of Judge.
fury and prosecutor. Under ordinary
circumstances there is no reason why
a prisoner should be intimidated or
mistreated.
Third degree methods do not
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
CRITICISM RUNNING RIOT.


You can take it from score or
more of distinguished educators who
were heard at the recent meeting of
the National educational association
at st. Paul that the school system of
this country is at fault in so many
vital particulars that there really isn't
much of il left that is worthy of toler-
alton let alone commentator. We
do not recall a recent gathering in
which criticism so completely ran
riot, or an occasion in which the gen
eral trend of contention was to the
effect that activities in the particular
line under discussion were leading the
country straight TO the bow-wows. 1t
was a continuous field-day for the
man who views with alarm.
We were admOnished among their
things that unless certain adjust
ments are made i'm the educational
system, the public schools of America
will lose their hold on civilization"
Another eminent authority declares
that the present agitation for the
teaching of religion in the schools is
based on numerous misapprehensions.
We are told that we must have shorter
courses and longer hours; shorter
hours and longer courses; that the
schools are turning out too many
"sissies;" that the Carnegie and
Rockefeller foundations are agencies
and that certain powerful interests
are blocking all forms of educational
progress" Finally comes the crush
ing contention that the teaching of
algebra is causing the school girls to
lose their souls.
The Sentinel has no desire to dis
count the value or the desirability of
competent criticism of the school sys-
TEN or any other avenue of endeavor
in which the public is vitality inter-
ested. 1t is convinced, however, that
a good many of the educational ex-
perts at St. Paul. obsessed of some
particular educational fad, INDUCED
in fanciful structures that succeeded
in being merely sensational instead Of
reformative. In the floods OF caustic
arraignment the fact remains that the
Amer!can school system, with all its
faults, has disseminated intelligence
as ii is found in no other land under
the sun, and that despite its critics il
is still broadening and improving
itself. Some of its scintillating lights
are merely needlessly alarmed.-Ft.
Wayne Journel-G Gazette.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
THE MELTING POT
COMET TAKE PoTLUCK WITH US
kE POTLUCK WITH US.

The Place For Your Face.
Gardner. Ill, Chronicle
The Elite Barber shop
Duff Horrse
Who bows to all who enter in.
And as he gently smoothes the chin.
Gives ease and comfort 10 the skin.
THIS is THE PLACE TO BRING
YOUR FACE
Artistic Haircutting. Shampooing and
MaSsaging.
THE lines are tightening about the
haplesS schoOlboy. Until now the
schoolhouses have been stationary
that portable innovation follows him
wherever he goes.
Lost His Occupation.
(Ord, Neb., Journal)
This editor scarcely knows how to
write political editorial The repub-
licans don't need our advice and the
democrats won't take it.
FOR some time we have been look
ing for the temperance of that clas-
sic, the arteries of commerce." but
begin to fear it has disappeared for
ever. Shades of Dan Voorhees, and
Jim Blaine, what are we coming to?
\ Kansas Combination.
independence. Kan, Reporter)
Why is il that when a girl wears a
pair of bright green stockings under a
white skirt so thin that they show
through, she goes down the street
with a shy. don't-you-look eX-
preston on her face?
THE German aviator who establish
ed a new record for altitude by ris-
ing to the height of five miles got
nothing for his trouble and risk but
fleeing fame. He could have seen
more several miles down.
But Spells the View.
Sir: My women-folks want me to
buy a wig. / have yielded to the eX-
tent of wearing on my head a washrag
dipped in cold water l admit that it
does look rather tasty. S.
AT the bathing beaches they are
dancing the tango in the water, which
is no doubt an amelioration to the
modest spectator.
WaIlie Eyed, For Instance.
Chicago Tribune.)
RSONAI=WALLIE: l UNDER
stand parties here know where you
are; keep your eyes open.
BROTHER ED.
WHICH reminds us that in the pro-
gram for each day at the Elks' con-
vention in Denver appears this an
nouncement: - D. m. to midnight
Dancing at Elks' home, free to Elks
and their ladies'" Suggesting that as
disciples of Terpsichore the Elks are
in a class by themselves.
When the white dove of peace would
go TO rooSt,
Some new complication gives it a
boost
c. N F.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Reminders From the Columns
of The Daily Times.

Company + returned from the seat
of the labor trouble war in Chicago.
j. P. Greed returned from AIaca-
taWa.
Mrs c. c. Herr of Goshen is visit
ing in South Bend.
Mrs. c. r. Myers and children have
gone TO PeLOskey.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

After New Haven has been unscram-
bled a list of distinguished defendants
is likely 10 appear on the criminu court
records. and they may be sent where
their money won't be good.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
HOPE so. ANYWAY.

Blobbs-Do you think we shall
know each other IN heaven Sobbs
i hope so Few Of US really know
each other here. Philadelphia
Record.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

The work Of dissolution and reas-
sembling seems 10 have begun in Mex
leo. but one should never feel sure
OF anything Mex
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

The circumstances of the Bailey
murder center about Mrs. Carman. but
the evidence against her is so far pure
IL circumstantial She should not be
a misjudged as we'll as a misused wo-
man
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
SIX MONTHS WITH POETS AND
PHILOSOPHERS.

PHILOSOPHERS.
Or. with my Bryan and a Book
Loiter long days near Shawford
brook:
There sit by him. and eat my meat:
There see the sun both rise and
There bid good morning TO next
day;
There mediate my time away:
And angle on. and bet TO have
n quiet passage to a welcome
grave.
LEAK Walton (1593-16sS.)
IL Is easier to convert a town
than to prevent the citizens from
becoming devilish again.-Modern
Cynic.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

II took Lieut.. Porte a day TO turn
down requests TO accompany him on
his proposed flight across the Atlantic.
The new line promises TO be popular.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

Signs OF rain are bluffing around
the horizon. but falling to come across.
Perhaps old Probs is holding them
back
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

When a man gets something better
than ne expected il doesn't take him
long 10 believe that he merited all he
got
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

Records of the divorce court show
how easy it is TO mistake falling for
appearances for falling in love.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

Home rule battle at critical
stage" says a newspaper headline.
and il has been for a century.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

Suck ice and stop eating II you want
TO reduce is the experience Of Chi
cago fat woman. but how many fat
women want 10 stop eating?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
TAME.

What do you think OF football p
"Oh it's rather tame" replied the
militant = sfrageL
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

for children are largely absorbed by
the neighbors offspring.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

ready have it in their song-"Nobody
knows how dry / am"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
Statements oh

facilitate justice. Statements OBJ
tanned in that way are not to be re-
lied upon. There should be no place
for such a system in a civilized coun-
try.-Louisville Courier-Journal
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

Iowa republicans may put a dry
plank in their platform. They al
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

The five-day limit on Huerta has
been reduced to a day or two. Let
the good work go on.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

Rows in the senate should not be
taken seriously. They are purely pneu-
matte affairs
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

The advice to wear thin clothing in
pOsure.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

Corn is growing so fast you can feel
the earth lift.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-16

ready have it in their song-"Nobody
knows how dry I am"
-
The work Of dissolution and reas-
sembIing seems 20 have begun in Mex
leo. but one should never feel sure
OF anything Mex.
When a man gets something better
than ne expected it doesn't take him
long 10 believe that he merited all he
got.
Signs OF rain are bluffing around
the horizon. but failing to come across.
Perhaps old Probs is holding them
back.
Records of the divorce court show
how easy it is to mistake falling for
appearances for falling in love.
Home rule battle at a critical
stage" says a newspaper headline,
and it has been for century.
--
Woman's interest in and soiicitude
for children are largely absorbed by
the neighbOrs' offspring
The five-day limit on Huerta has
been reduced TO a day or two. Let
the good work go on.
Rows in the senate should not be
taken seriously. They are purely pneu-
matte affairs.
The advice TO wear thin clothing in
hot weather is good despite the ex-
posture.
Corn is growing so fast you can feel
the earth lift.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-28
ROME is 2,ss7 YEARS OLD
Italians Celebrate April q as AnnIver.
aary Of Birth Of Ancient Capita!
Of the Romans.

Rome.-Rome celebrated her two
thousand six hundred and sixty-sey-
enth birthday on April 81 with a gen-
eral hosting Of flags and illumination,
but there was no revival this year OF
the celebrated Feast Of the Century,
the ancient ceremony, which was last
attempted in 1900, when the Forum
and Palatine rang, as it did 20 CEN
turies before, with the invocation by
Horace to the "Alma SOL" in which he
asserted that the sun in Its passage
around the world would see no such
sight as Rome. Although the year Of
Rome's birthday is officially recognized
as $50 B. c., recent archaeological dis
coveries indicate that it should be
moved back many centuries.
Another celebration now in progress
is in commemoration of the work OF
Bramante, called "the Prince Of Mod.
ern Architecture" who died in 1914.
Bramante's work is scattered all
over Italy and Rome, but his most cele'
brated edifces here are the Palace OF
the Cancelleria and the Courts Of San
Damaso and the Belvedere at the Vati
can. His was the original design fol
the present st. Peters, but both he
and his patron, Pope julius II, diee
soon after the building was begun
Had he lived, Michael Angeles cupola
considered marvel Of architecture
would not have been realized.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-05-28
HUMoR DlsFleuRED BABY

Clarendon, N. C.-"My baby was
broken out with a red, thick and
rough,looking humor when about two
months old. It would come in patches
and went almost all over her. in that
way. The places were like ringworm
and as they would spread they would
turn red and make sores and itch.
The trouble went to her face and
dishgured her badly. Her clothes If.
ritated It. So
Il saw the advertisement OF Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment and I got a
sample and in one nights time I could
see a change in the redness and in
two days the place would be nearly
gone. sent and got one twenty-five
cent cake Of Cuticura Soap and two
hfty-cent boxes Of Cuticura Ointment,
which cured my baby, She was well
in three months (signed Mrs. Ber-
tina Sawyer, Oct. II, 1912. s
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free,with 32.p. Skin Book. Address post
card eCuticura, Dept. L, Boston. ADV.