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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
Our Tax system.

Those attending the state tax con
ference at Bloomington agreed Unani-
mously upon the following counts IN
an indictment against the Indiana tax
system:
Il. II is based on differentiation.
,. The differentiation is not uni
form.
3. The comment Of students of the
taxation problem generally is that the
principle of a general property tax
penalties honesty and puts a pre-
MUM on perjury"
4. Under the Indiana plan moneys
and credits are assessed at full value
or not at all because of sequestration
more frequently the latter.
>. The defect of the system is that
it OverlOads tangible property, but
that the rate of overlooking is any
thing but uniform. and that, as an
average, residence property pays more
than some other classes OF real prop
erty.
g. The Indiana law. while admir-
able in its Capitalization, provides no
drastic powers of supervision or con-
troll over incompetent or dishonest
assessors.
Z. Ii does not permit reassessment
by the state board of palpably unfair
or partial assessments. except by the
dubious device Of a horizontal cut or
advance by counties which, while re-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

When we think of Alaska we gem
orally cOnjure up mental pictures or
ice and snow. Of glaciers, of frozen
streams. OF cold and desolatiOn-a
land where little grows. and where
life could not be sustained If steamers
did not call regularly with cargoes of
foodstuffs from temperate zones. But
Alaska offers agricultural opportuni-
ties. and conditions favorable even 10
truck gardening. according to a bull
letin recently issued by the United
States agricultural department.
1t will surprise people TO be told
that the mean annual temperature or
Sitka is about the same as that OF
washington, ID. g, which Is often
classif ed as a southern city. Expert
ment stations were established in the
northern part OF Alaska and wheat.
oats rye. barley. potatoes and vari-
ETY. % vegetables have been produced.
One OF these stations is only 10
miles south OF the Arctic circle.
Forage crops are raised in the central
and southern parts Of tbs territory.
and chicken raising Is said 10 be a
profitable industry.
The agricultural department reports
that 100000 square miles OF Alaska
are suitable for farming and an ex-
change suggests that perhaps that
new government RAILROAD VIII carry
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
Law AND ORDER.

A question OF discipline and author
itv in the management Of a local
Catholic parish has found it's way into
court. Upon a hearing OF the merits
Of the case an order was entered in
the case by the Hon. Walter \. Funk
IN the st. Joseph circuit court. The
execution OF this order devOlved upon
the sheriff OF ST. Joseph county. In
the attempt TO enforce the order Of
the court the sheriff was assisted by
members OF the South Bend police.
The efforts OF the sheriff were IN
availing by reason OF the violent Oppo-
sition OF a great throng OF people who
attacked the officers Of the law in the
performance Of their duty.
The circumstance is an unfortunate
one. 1t IS 10 be regretted that a
mere question Of policy in religious
matters should reach the stage of riot.
but OF far greater importance and
concern Is the open 1isrespect for the
law and duly rendered order Of
court.
Law and order is the basis of social
welfare. An open and armed opposi-
ton to law is destructive 10 peace and
the protection OF property. Ii makes
for absolute lawlessness. 1t is a con-
ditiOn that must not be countenanced.
n charity. it is TO be hoped that the
participants in Sundays riot were ig
norant OF the seriousness Of the Of
Tense involved. In that even the law
provides ample means for education
on the subject. Upon the officials
charged with maintaining the dignity
Of the law has fallen a serious and
important problem which requires
thought and determination TO the end
that law and order may prevail.
That an incipient mob had an ap-
parent advantage over the officials
adds 10 the annoyance in this matter,
and adds also - 'he necessity Of i'm
mediate action % prevent a recur-
renee of Sundays humiliating expert
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
Girls As Foes of Slang.

1t must not be taken for granted
because the girl students Of the South
Bend Ond.) high school have signed
an agreement among themselves not
TO use or tolerate slang, that they will
become purists in the sense of bar
ring some Of the picturesque, pungent
and really profitable contributions to
the tongue now lying in the border
land between slang and a literary
legitimacy. Their resolution is com
mendable so far as it applies TO the
poor inventions that clutter and clog
our prOtean speech.
There is not, and, by the very ma
ture of the thing, never can be, an
authority TO determine what is per
missible and what is inadmissible IN
slang, but that does not alter the fact
that certain striking and vivid phrases
not so long ago classified as eXecrable
have now attained dictionary dignity
without the bracketed stigma. L is
the history of language that what
passes for slang in one generation
gains favor with the most scrupulous
writer's In the next, and, by curious
reversion, what today is accounted the
baldest kind Of slang once was re-
spected by the men who set the fash
ion in language.
Defoe, prolific and wildly express
sivc in his writings, would be "in bad"
with all the speech refineries from
Rrander Matthews TO the pretty
misses of st. Joseph county for some
of his phrases, but that doesn't mod
ify the fact that the venerated Daniel
had his characters in bad more than
once without exciting even a frown
from the wardens OF double-distilled
purity in his day. And so it goes
Slang has its partisans and its de-
voices and also its virulent enemies
who viii use no word not decentiy
mummified BY an eminent respectable
ity in the best. and the least read
able, authors. But it would be
queering the same of future diction-
aiy makers TO have a hammer out for
ali slang, and surely the South Bend
girls mean no such thing.-Indianap-
oils Star.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
AN TNTTMELY DEATH.

Pres. Wilson lost a good helper in
the death OF Sen. Augustus Octavius
Bacon. who has represented Georgia
in the senate for nineteen years and
had the distinction OF being the first
10 hold his title TO a seat by popular
vote under the seventeenth amend
meut 10 the constitution.
Through Mr. Wilson'S first year as
president. which ends March 4. he
had relied upon the wise counsel of
Sen. Bacon in matters relating to for
eign affairs and his death, which at
any time would have been a great
misfortune is especially untimely at
this moment when TO so great an ex-
tent our foreign relations are hanging
in rags AS the head OF the foreign
relations committee he constituted a
close connecting link between the
president and the senate and thereby
greauy facilitated the work of bring
ing order out Of chaos. in which Pres.
Wilson is now engaged.
From the Taft administration Pres.
Wilson inherited most of the troubles
that have perplexed him during the
eleven and a half months OF his in
cumbency The progressive program
he had prepared in advance and which
he is so successfully carrying through
has caused him no more. perhaps not
as much concern as the legacy OF
troubles left him by his predecessor.
n the adjustment OF these with his
ripe experience and great abilities
sen. Bacon's services were invaluable.
His loss will be keenly felt at the
white house.
Sen. Bacon's successor as head Of
the foreign relations committee will
probably be Sen Stone Of Missouri,
VINO is the ranking member of the
committee and he is expected TO
prove a capable substitute. but Sen.
stone is at present incapacitated for
work and il is possible Sen. Shively
will act as temporary chairman. In
such case the South Bend senator will
become for the time being the pres
ident's advisor in his relations with
the committee.
Sen Shively is we'll equipped 10
meet the emergency. ON matters of
foreign affairs Sen Shively is con-
ceded 10 be one of the best informed
men in the senate. He is. moreover
in complete harmony with the pres
ident's policies and personally agree
able 10 Mr. Wilson.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
DISCOVERING TIE OBVIOUS.

Agitation brings truth TO the sur
face Chicago minister discovered
that the Go 10 Church" movement is
Handicapped by the members occupy
ing all the best seats in the church.
IL should have been obvious, but il
was discovered. on making the dis
eoyery the minister appealed TO his
congregation
The result was that dozen or more
OF his prominent pew holders and pill
lars of the church moved 20 the gall
lery and left their seas for visitors.
No trouble IN filling them is antici-
pated but the gallery seats have per
sistently gone empty. Strangers
wished 20 be neither SO conspicuous
nor SO Isolated, nor cid they regard a
seat in the gallery as a true express
sion OF church hospitality.
In the first place no one likes 20 be
regarded ss a stranger in a church.
The theoretical conception Of house
OF worship il shat OF a common
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

lieving some individuals. imposed an
inequitable burden Of taxes on 9TH
ers."
However, when it came to suggest
ing remedies all semblanee of har-
mOny was lost and the solutions Of
fered were many and irreconciliable.
Some of those most prominent in the
congress declared that the present
laws are adequate and that the fault
lies in their administration, whereas
other equally prominent contended
that there Will never be reform until
the entire law is completely changed
Naturally the faddists were on hand
with their theories. and altogether the
session was a diYer1ng one. All in
all. the subject seems to be one that
can best be referred to the proposed
constitutional convention, for it is Ger
tain that the great mass of the peo-
pie do not believe that the present tax
law is satisfactory. If the fault lies
only in its administration the scandal
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
LEARNING HOW TO STAY WELL.


If you grown-up wOrkingmen and
working women, whether workers by
hand or mind or both eve hope it is
both; that's the real way 10 get on)
could go of an evening to warm.
well-hghted and in every way COM
Portable place. for an hour or two. say
once or twice a week, with no admis-
sion fee, and learn from lectures and
pictures how TO stay WELL. would you
do It?
They're trying 20 find the answer to
this question in Rochester n Y.
They've formed health classes there
10 show how the human machine
works and how TO take care of it. All
grown-ups are welcome. For the first
class, recently started. there was an
enrolment of 100 and an average at
tendance during the first weeks Of
so, which is encouraging. The only
uncertainty is how long the interest
will last
1t isn't always what we ought to
do that We want TO do. out perhaps
that isn't due so much 10 natural de-
pravity as 20 the fact that the things
we ought Ia do aren't made as inter
esting as the things we want 10 do.
Health studies can be made inter-
esting; and il will be in proportion as
they are that the Rochester expert
ment vii lsucceed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

OF many years must stand as attestins
the failure OF popular government.
For with the changing of officials and
Of administrations the Indiana tax
system has continued as a reproach
and a disgrace. Unfair and unequit-
able on its face. il has made perjury
so common that practically everyone
engages in il and justifies the action
by pointing 10 the general practice.
IL is a fraud. a farce. and a scandal
that Stjags.-Ft. Wayne News.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
BRALEYS ROE1 ODY
JACK LONDON.
I'm Appreciation.

Here's To you. Jack. whose virile pen
Concerns itself with Mans Size Men.
Here's 10 YOU Jack. whose stories thrill
With SAVIOR OF the western breeze
With magic OF the southland chill
Shril winds from icy floes and seas
YOU have not wallowed in the mire
And muck OF tales OF foul desire.
For. though you've sung OF fight and fraud.
OF love and hate-ashore. afloat-
You have not struck a ribald note
Nor made your Art common bawd.
Here's TO you. Jack; I've loved your Best,
Your finest stories from the first
Your Sagas of the North and West
But what is mOre-IVe loved your Worst,
For, in the poorest work YOU do.
There's something clean and strong and true.
A tang of big and primal things.
A sweep of forces vast and free
A touch OF wizardry which brings
The gamCr OF the Wild 10 me.
So when I read a London tale
Forthwith I'm set upon trail
OF great enchantment. and i track
Adventure round the world and back
With YOU for guidc-heres to you. Jack.
-BERTON BRALEY.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

The life saving qualities OF the steel
coach was illustrated in a wreck on
the Big Four last Saturday. when a
steel coach split a switch and left the
track without injuring the passen-
gers. II IL had been "A wooden coach
railroad men say it would have been
wrecked. with the inevitable result
Of death and injuries
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
THROUGH TIL YEAR WITH
LONGFELLOW.

Bear through sorrow, wrong and
ruth.
In thy heart the dew of youth,
On thy lips the smile of truth.
-MaidenhoOd.
All, what a wOndrOus thing IL is
To note how many wheels OF toll
One thought, one word can set in
motion.
The Building OF The Ship.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

The president will resume business
at the white house today having so
far recovered from a bad cold as to
escape confinement TO his room. The
report of his serious illness was
grOundless
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

Col. Goethals is to be honored with
a medal from the New York civic
forum in recognition OF his services in
building the Panama canal. The col
Onel is likely 10 get a lot of those
things in time.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
no Fusion i'm Nebraska.

The progressives in Nebraska in
conference this week decided by IMAM
imous vote not to fuse with the re
publican party in that state. EX-Sen.
Beveridge and Medill Mccormick ad-
vised that course, and there was no
opposition. Resolutions against ANAL
gamation adopted at the bull moose
banquet were wired to Col Roosevelt.
This action is made more significant
by the fact that the machinery of the
republican party in Nebraska is now
In the hands of the progressive ele-
ment Of the party.-Lincoln Ne
braskan
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
DFNIAIS.

BRUNSWICK. Ca. Feb. 16.-Denial
is made sunday OF exaggerated re-
ports concerning the condition OF
William Rockefeller. who is spending
the winter most quietly on Jeylll is
land.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

The question. What will women do
at the polls?" is said TO be worrying
candidates. What women will do
anywhere has been worrying men
ever since Adam was served with the
forbidden fruit.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
The Champion PropOser.

INOrth JuUSOn NeWS.J
San Pierre still in the limelight.
Jack DOlezal, San Pierre boy, wins
the first cash premium offered by Miss
Doris Blake of the Sunday Chicago
Tribune of Feb. 1, 1914. telling how
he proposed. We give Jacks letter in
full, less the cartoon which shows
Jack down on his knees before the
girl of his choice. Here is the letter:
Dear Miss Blake:-I think l can
boast of as foolish a proposal as the
next fellow / had been keeping COM
pany with a girl for about Is months.
One evening while sitting on a daven-
port in the front room Of her home
picked up enough courage to make
the fatal plunge. Slipping from the
davenport I knelt down before her
and buried my face in my arms across
her lap. I began telling her Of lot
Of foOlishness about my love for her
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

The street car man has come sym
pathy coming TO him these blizzardy
nights, enduring discomforts to make
other people comfortable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

Mexico Is threatened with a finan-
cial panic, due 10 the rapid depreei-
alton OF It's currency. One dollar
American il now worth three dollars
Mex The wonder is that panic was
not precipitated long ago.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
ENAMEL

ENAMEL.
In a very comfortable pew.
The music soft. my eyes closed.
Not one among those present knew,
But / think | dozed.
l passed the scrolls Of history
That enlightened the human race
And approached that shroud OF mys-
terry
Hiding SO kindly another face.
Genesis had been my guide
AS Darwin's theory is rather crude,
So twas quite a shock to pride
To discover an impactitude.
In other words somebody lied.
For there they were glazing thru.
Any honest eye could have espied
The long tailed. gibbering crew.
ID. b. II.
THE public. and at times the press
is slow TO understand, but we expected
something better from the esteemed
editor of the Mishawaka Enterprise,
who will pardon our presumption in
calling attention TO the matter. Our
soul purpose is to preserve the &C
curacy of history
DESCRIBING the recent snake fight
in Brazil, refereed by Col. Roosevelt,
the editor of the Enterprise. who is
too well known to need mention by
name, goes on to say: ITO their sur
prise and CONSERVATION. Col. Roosevelt
became so interested in the combat
that when the cobra won and began
TO swallow it's defeated opponent he
seized the victor evidently in the in
terest Of fair play. and lifted ii up
WE are surprised that our valued
contemporary. experienced as he is,
did not grasp the analogy between
the act and the coloneps favorite di-
version with the gloves. The snake
having no arm to lift the colonel sim
ply had to lift it's body.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

ST Joseph county farmers have
heartily endorsed the farm loan act.
More important. they are working to-
ward greater cooperation and mutual
help. The exchange of work that has
been practice in the past has grown
into an exchange OF ideas. which is
more TO the purpose.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
\ Breath From the Old Town Life.


A great excitement ran over the
was discovered that the large dwell
fire. The intense cold and the high
wind that was blowing made it seem
at first that ii would be impossible
to save it, but the volunteer fire
fighters worked heroically and with
the aid OF the chemical fire eXtin-
guisher, saved the main part Of the
house though the kitchen and
dining room and back part Of the
house were badly damaged and the
roof also as they had to chop into it
TO get at the flames. Mr.. Pearson and
family have the sympathy of all the
community and kind hearted neigh
bors have been glad TO aid in every
way possible.
SOME girls are the marrying kind,
and it is astonishing what they can
accomplish in a few years. The girl
who at Is married the late Col. Clay,
90. and was divorced by him. has just
died at the age Of 80 after having
had four husbands. What the figures
might have grown to had her life been
spared is appalling to contemplate.
JUDGING by the photographs a
mans aura is a large and imposing
thing.
BUT it would be hard to get a loan
on 1t.
C. n. F.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
THE MELTING POT
GOMEZ TAKE PoTLUCK WITH US
<E POTLUCK WITH US.

and all l intended doing for her if
she would marry me. I had talked
on about five minutes during which
time not a word or sigh had escaped
her lips. on venturing TO look up l
was struck cold with surprise to see
her pretty head laying snugly back
against the corner OF the davenport,
and she fast asleep-To this day she
doesn't know that L proposed to her.
]. D.. jr"
Feeding Charles Comiskey Con-
densed Goat Milk. News Item.
Butter, We presume.
TWELVE more days of February
seem short with 81 days in March.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

something besides coal, Wheeling
Register.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

Uncle Ike Stephenson OF wisconsin.
our vealthiest senator. reminds one
as ne sits IN the senate chamber. OF
well-to-do farmer who has been
called 70 town for jury service.
Copyright. 1914. by Fred g Kelly
All rights reserved.1
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

How Human.
(Berrien Springs Era
We have been informed by various
merchants in this place that they
have accounts on their books that
would surprise many. Many OF these
are of people who a person would be
sure would make arrangements to pay,
but if they are sent a bill and asked to
pay part OF their bill at the present
time and more later, they paw no at
tention 10 the request or else they
Will go to some other store where they
can get what they wish. or if not going
to some other store they will send
out of town for II.
HOW natural that Mrs. Potter
Palmer should have tucked that
$780, fund away in her safety de-
post box and forgotten all about it.
We can understand just how she
did it,
WE call upon all our loyal subjects
TO bear us witness that while others
were eXhausting their weak wits and
straining their diluted humor on
Friday. the 18th, we did not mention
it,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman Of
Illinois wears iron-rimmed spectacbes
that run obliqueiy across his face and
give the impression OF having been
picked hHrriedly out OF a basket al a
weekend sale.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

Senator Du Pont of Delaware, has
not only the longest biography in the
congressional directorq but also the
glOomiest looking countenance in the
senate Even his whiskers have a
funeral hearse- plume-like aspect. one
theory is that the reason he looks so
gloomy and retrospective Is because
he is trying 20 recall something that
he omitted from his biography
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

It is almost impossible TO make
Fess mad by attacking his personal
ity Just the other day in the house
debate on the immigration bill, he
and Representative Metz of New York
were on opposite sides. Metz in his
remarks, made bold to say:
81 wouldn't give one able-bodied
Immigrant for half a dozen baldhead
ed college professors"
But the only effect that had on
Fess was to make him walk out into
the lobby where he could laugh all he
wanted to without disturbing the de-
bate.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

The real name of Senator Ollie
James. of Kentucky, is Orlando
James. When he was a little chap, it
was thought that Orlando was too
large and pretentiOus a designation
for one so young and cute. and he was
playfully dubbed Ollie by family and
friends. Unfortunately the name
chung to MIN even after he became
our largest statesman. He would not
much worse off, nominatively, if he
were called Roy or Gus. a man the
size of James is really entitled 10 a
name like Charlemangne or Chilper-
ich.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-16

Representative Joseph Byrns, Of
Tennessee, owns and operates the hea-
West. bushiest eyebrows in congress
One day a friend of his was twitting
him about the size and splendor Of
these eyebrows and asked him why
he didn't have them barbered.
TN saving them replied Byrns,
until | can get a good offer on them.
Some day one of these young after
noOn-tea men that you see around
hotels and places, will drop IN and
give me SO for an eyebrow to use for
a mustache"