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Evening journal., 1914-10-13
New News Of Yesterday
The Curious Fad of a
Retired Banker


Some day the historian Of a future
generation who writes of the first part
Of the twentieth century will find data
and material of extraordinary value in
what may be called the literary re-
mains of my old-time friend, Spencer
w. Richardson, of Boston"
was chatting one afternoon with
A. A. Potter, formerly a prominent
banker Of Boston, but now citizen OF
New York, and in the course of the
conversation il was incidentally men
toned that Spencer Richardson, for
many years a prominent private bank
er Of Boston, had recently died. Mr..
Potter narrated to me some features OF
the successful career OF Mr.. Richards
son as a private banker and then con-
tinued:
"Mr. Richardson retired from active
business when he was about seventy
years of age. He was a quantity inter-
esting character. He was very saga
ciOus and he possessed an unusual gift
for accurate estimate of the credit of
those who sought TO market CONNER
cial paper. He was very fond of maxi
ing puns and his associates endured
this infliction, although sometimes
with slight shudder, because in every
other respect Mr.. Richardson was a
man Of kindly disposition and COM
panionable nature.
After he was retired from active
business he began something new.
Some men retire to their libraries
when they have accumulated enough
for comfortable living others travel,
or find mental recreation in amateur
farming, but Mr.. Richardson retained
his office. but devoted himself to a
plan which, so far as l know, is
unique.
He began by clipping from newspa-
pers and magazines any printed mat
ter which he thought OF immediate in
terest or which he felt certain would
be Of value for reference in the flu
ture.
Promptly after the opening Of the
business day, Mr.. Richardson tool, his
accustomed seat at his desk, but not
for the purpose of attending to busl-
ness. Upon his desk lay a pile OF
newspapers. These he carefully and
AHeAtobhAe Atuus whenever "a para
graph or an article, especially any one
which embodied facts, came under his
eye, he reached for his long shears and
clipped the article from the newspa-
per.
Sometimes a single copy Of a news
paper would be full Of holes. which
represented Mr.. Richardson's indus
try Having accumulated a pile of
clippings, Mr.. Richardson carefully
pasted them in scrapbooks.
Il recall visiting him one day and
finding that he was completely hidden
behind great piles of scrapbooks i'm
which he had pasted clippings. AS he
went on with his work, il seemed more
and more to fascinate him, and when
! last heard from him he had accumu-
lated many large volumes in which he
had pasted clippings.
Il think il was his purpose care
fully to index the clippings so that
they could easily be found when a
topic or a historical fact was under
consideration. I don't know whether
he completed the indexing or not, but
i do know that his collection as a
whole contained practically a COM
plete record of contemporaneous his
tory. presume these volumes will be
placed with some library where they
may be accessible to the scholar or to
the historian"
Evening journal., 1914-10-13
ashland HONOR ROLL PUPILS

The honor roll for Clinton School
at Ashland for the month of Septem-
Der follows: Joseph Riddleberger,
Walter Riddleberger, Edward PIERCE,
Harry PIERCE, Elizabeth Gebhart,
Elizabeth Widdoes, Katherine Gala
cher. Mary Gallagher, Ruth Pusey,
Mary Riddleberger, Roy Riddleber-
ger. Mary Murphy. Elizabeth Klair,
Violet Duncan, Eleanor Way Alice
Pussy, Page Riddleberger, Harold
Rambo.
Evening journal., 1914-10-13
CHECK Kidney Trouble at Once.

Check Kidney Trouble at Once.
There is such ready action in Foley
Kidney Pills, you feel their healing
from the very first dose Backache.
weak, sore kidneys, painful bladder
and irregular action disappear with
their use o. Palmer. Green Bay,
Wis, says: MY wife is rapidly re-
covering her health and strength, due
solely to Foley Kidney Pills. For
sale by n. B. Danforth, Market and
Second streets.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1914-10-13

Copyright. 1914, by e. ]. Edwards.
All rights reserved.
Evening journal., 1914-10-13
CONFETTI FOR SALE

at wholesale by Held & CO.. 4O3
Shipley street Buy where you can
save money.
Evening journal., 1914-10-13

Walker & Egan. Salt oysters. Best
TO be had. Phones Sc and S7.-Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
SOUTH BEND, INDIAN \, FEBRUARY q, 1911

memory OF their parents and friends
or affection for them. or that they
would not in some manner take adj
vantage OF opportunities 10 disclose
their identities.
After the lapse OF years this could
De better understood but the first
year or two it would seem the child
should retain a clear recollection Of
it's parents and a desire 10 return to
them. Inquiry has doubtless been
carried in this direction but it should
be pushed further
There must be some system by
which children stolen are reduced to
a state Of contentment. or at least sub
mission and suppress or lose their
memory of friends and their desire to
return 10 them. 1t would be inter
esting TO know how this is accom-
plished and helpful in the work Of
COVeTV.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27

Chicago is To have "a novel conven-
ton next week The assembly will
he composed exclusively OF poets. en-
bryo. near and otherwise and the CEN
traI figure OF the group viii be Yeats,
the real Irish poet
Back OF this unique lea is an
unique publication. "a monthly maya
zine devoted exclusively 10 the de-
velopment of young pOetical writer's.
The magazine is called Poetry and it
is edited by Harriet Monroe. one of
the bright literary lights of the middle
west Back of the magazine and Har-
rict Monroe is a group of one hun
dred men who guaranteed that for
i've years at least the art of roetry
should have an organ and a mouth
piece in America.
What has been accomplished is
quite astonishing. Fun many a gem
If purest ray serene" has been discov .
cred and rescued from obscurity
through the medium of Harriet Mon
Toe's little magazine and the publica-
tion has found circulation which
promises 90 transfer the guarantee
from the original guarantors TO the
clientele. IL has an appeal due To the
almost universal presence OF not only
the love OF poetry but the desire to
write IT,
The Chicago gathering viii be com
posed of course of only those poetic
writer's who have been discovered, and
they will make goodly company. but
II AN !u the middle west who write
really meritoriouS verse could be
reached il is doubtful DC table room
could be- found for them at The ban
quet.
The rhymes that dnd tine light
through publication are bat an las nj
tesimal part of the number written.
True. most of these productions do not
deserve publication. but IL is remark
able how few there are which do not
possess some merit.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

at Richmond. Ind, told the public
service commission that not infre-
quently cities pay less than their
equitable share of the cost of water
for municipal supply. thereby shout
dering q disproportionate charge upon
hOusehOlders and individual users.
Price determinations based on guam
tity of consumption. are customary
with utility companies. as Mr.. AlVoro
showed. and are justified by the re-
quirement of a minimum constant
consumption. below which no utility
company can drop without operating
at a loss.
But municipalities are hardly to be
classified as preferential rate receiV-
ers. If they are. il amounts to the
imposition of a SupertaX on individual
water users for a benefit that is dis
tributed over the entire community
A minority of citizens - those using
and paying for water-are compelled
to pay more relatively than the whole
body of taxpayers-users of water and
nonusers alike-would pay per capita.
into the city treasury on a tax rate
computed TO meet the actual cost Of
the municipality supply.
The belief may have been current
once upon a time that such an I'M
equal distribution of costs was de-
feasible because private users were
presumably better able to meet the
excess charge than the whole body Of
citizens were able TO sustain a rela-
lively smaller advance. But it is man
ifeSt discrimination. No sound theory
of rate assessment justifies it.-Terre
Haute Star.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
GREAT HRTTATN's GOOD WILL.

There seems to be a pretty good
understanding between Great Britain
and the United States on Mexican af-
fairs. 1t is withstanding the severe
test of the death Of a British subject
at the hands Of the Mexican rebels.
Great Britain has confidence that
the United States will do all that
should be done toward Investigating
the Benton case and taking the APP
propriate action thereafter Such an
understanding has a special value in
the present instance. No doubt it has
prevented complications which would
have greatly embarrassed the United
States.
But for Great Britain's refusal to
cooperate it is quite certain that
European combination would have
been formed to restore peace in Mex
leo. Germany. France, Spain, Aus
tria and other nations were keen TO in
terfere. but Great Britain refused to
be a party to such Interference and
the project failed. without Great
Britain it could not have hoped to
succeed.
The danger is not yet over. If it is
found that Benton was murdered by
Villa the United States will have to
resort to vigorous action to escape
strong demands from the British gov
eminent. If Benton was legally exc
cuted the crisis will disappear.
The president is understood to be
highly appreciative of the attitude as
sumed by Great Britain and to fully
meet his responsibilities by thorough
ly Investigating the case and making
the proper demands upon the Next
can government
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
WHEN II BAIL AND DANCE AND
BEEg JUST 4 DISGUISE?

The question il. is masquerade
bali dance. and If held in a dance
hall is IL held in "A dance hal. OF
somewhere beyond the city limits in
a barn?
All South Bend asks Of Mayor KEEL
lcr's law enforcement administration
il fairness discrimination.
If a rule is a good rule "a should be
observed at all times and on all oc-
casions. There is no call for excep-
tons. The people want a square deal
Some weeks ago an order was is
sued by the board OF safety to Chief
of Police Kerr to stop all drinking or
serving of beer in dance halls. The
order was repeated 90 dance hall man
ayers. and SO far as We know il has
been generally observed
We supposed that this policy was
permanently settled. acquiescence be-
ing the result. or some one or several
would long since have been brought
10 the bar Of justice.
Now however. comes the informa-
tiOn that en- certain special occa-
sions the officials are not so particU-
lar. II appears 10 be accepted in Of
fetal circles that at a masquerade
ball the consumption Of beer is essen
tial 20 complete disguise.
n looks TO US like consid-
cradle stretch OF the constructive
powers 20 construe such a perform
ance as not being dance. and what
is more. a dance in a dance hall.
when IL is i'm dance hall that il is held.
We DO not know who is responsible
for the oversight. if oversight 1t was;
whether Of the officer on the beat. of
the chief Of police of the board of
safety. or of the one man higher up"
Finally. however. the responsibility
is the latter's when it comes to ac-
counting TO the people.
~ looks too much like the Old Col
fax administration when there was
one law for one side Of the street and
another law for she other.
or course, We will have To take our
cussings for raising the question; the
GOOD people who erected Mayor Keller
20 purify the city seem TO lack the
courage. or something. or else. per
haps they don't know, or maybe DONE
care nov that they have the offices.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
YELLOW RANK

Mrs Albert GushWa, who has been very
Ill, Is improving slowly.
There viii be services at the county
line church next sunday morning end
evening. Rev Mr. kinZic will De- paStor
He will begin revival services az Ieegar-
den next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Azelton ~ South
Bend visited with the latter's parents Mr.
and Mrs. {. 4. Seybold, Hast sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Baughmau. Mr. ami
Mrs. Edward Hawblitzel and family ana
.. &. Steele were visitors sunday OF Nj.
and Mrs +. A. Weiseman.
Mrs. David Run died AT ser country
home near Dakeville Tuesday evening OF
paralysis, leaving "A husband and four
children. They are Clinton Of Lakteilie.
Reuben Of Teegarden and Laura and
Tayettta, residing at home. She also
leaves q brother, Isaac Lowen Of South
Bend and hosts Of friends. Funeral
services were held ar the East church Fri
day at IL O'Clock. Burial at the Fair
cemetery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
INVITED TO THE BACK SEATS.


The circumnambulati of the re-
publicans who are trying to put their
party on its feet again are amusing
to the disinterested observer. They
want the progressives to come back
TO the fold but, try TO conceal the fact
as they may, they do not wish them
to come back on equal terms. They
do not want them on the front seats
or in the amen corner or on the plat
form with the elders.
They have no desire or intention o.
killing the fated calf for any return
ing wanderers. even though various
speakers at the recent republican
love feast" in Indianapolis tactfully
referred to the progressiVes as 'prodl-
gals" Sometimes they are frank
enough to admit this. Here is the
Kansas City Journal. paper whose
standpatness is of the antediluvian
kind. which is very anxious that pro-
gressives who were once republicans
shall abandon all they have fought Tor
and all the principles OF their new
party and reunite with the old, but Il
gives warning that they need not eX-
pect TO have a hand in the manage
ment Of affairs. Here are the words:
Possibly the personnel OF the oper-
ating force will be subjected 70 Incl
dental changes. but it is incOnceiVabIe
that there will be any wholesale dis
charge of the faithful, and especially
that the train will be turned over 20
the wreckers with the supine admis-
sion that the whole system on which
the train was being operated was
wrong.
And the Journal does not know that
i'm this assertion which is a confession
that the once G. O. 2. has ceased TO
learn and is the same old political ma
chine. IL is explaining why the party
is on the rocks and why IL viii re-
main indianapolis Star.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27

MRS. DAVID DOWS, a New York
milliOnairette having tried every
thing else and tired of fitting about
on an aerOplane is casting about for
some sort of dangerous venture she
has not experienced Mrs Bows may
have number Of children-we don't
know-but if she hasn't she might
try that 1t would be novel at least.
JUDGE FOX of the WAYNE circuit
court having studied the mother-in
law joke from both sides. is of the
opinion il is not a joke Il believe.
said the judge, that in most cases
they (the mOthers-in-law) have at
heart the best interests of their chill
dren when they NEEDLE in domestic
affairs but ii does not work out the
way it is intended"
IN the interests of the mother-in-
law, as well as of the children. we
hope Judge Fox will continue his in
vestigations until he ascertains why
1T doesn't work out. Besides. we
would like TO know what is the matter
with the mother-in-law, if anything.
Epigram from d. S. NJ: The Gull
tured voice which speaks softly is all
right, but il is mistake TO hide the
big stick in the woOdpile.
SOME shrewd fellow is about TO
start an aerial ferry in New York, and
should make a big success of it. 1t
will be up in the air where so many
New York people are.
Those Clever Gary Merchants.
Gary Tribune)
Some of Gary's merchants have
found a way to make shoplifting pay.
They have almost reached the point
when they are glad TO have a person
come in the store, slip a pair of shoes
or fine hat under the coat and walk
off. The more that is stolen the
merrier for these merchandise almost.
The simple plan which these mer-
chants have adopted is to sell the
shOplifter the goods he has stolen at
three to FIVE times its cost. If man
drops in and gathers up a dozen pairs
of socks and is caught just as he is
going out the door. take him to the
rear of the store, ring up SO or SIS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
SCENIC TRIALS.

The system of making a criminal
trial spectacular has reached its high
est development in New York city. II
appears 10 be an established custom
there for a. district attorney TO pick
out some one case. to stage il. fill 1t
with dTamatiCS, make IL inviting TO
newspaper readers, and upon the out
come of the trial to base his claims
TO reelection.
The Patrick case. the Molineaux
case. the ThaW case, the trial OF Nan
Patterson and the prosecution of Pc
lice Lieutenant Becker-these are
samples of the theatrical trials worked
up, there can be no doubt, more Tor
the publicity attached 10 them than
for the satisfaction of justice. Patrick
was convicted and sentenced TO death.
but succeeded in winning commute
ton of sentence and, in time, complete
pardon. The MOlineauX case was twice
tried. In Thaw there was such mate
rial for Sensationalism as has come
the way of few prosecutors. There
was jump in the Becker trial from
start 10 finish. But. as happened In
the case of Thaw. the Becker trial has
turned out an anti-climax 4 cOnvic-
ton has been obtained under circum
stances that advertised the machinery
Of the law as mechanically perfect.
But now the conviction has been re-
versed and the law is made To appear
anything except perfect Inc law
indeed. seems to have made monkey
Of itself.
If the presentation OF criminal trials
as melodramatic performances was
confined to New York city II might be
thought OF only as you think OF the
feuds in Tennessee or barn-ournlnsS
in Kentucky. localized and not likely
TO spread affair But the practice. more
or less modified. is in good stanGlnS
with prosecuting attorneys through
out the country There have been
histrionics OF the sort in nearly every
community.
In the scraping OF mischievous and
cum bersOme and Outworn parts o. the
judiciary system. now going on qulet-
IL in every state, Il Is 10 be hoped tAa'
the scenic criminal trial will somehow
get caught IN the process. -Ioledc
BLADE.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
Twenty Years Ago
Reminders From the Columns I
OF The Daily Times.

Number of real estate transfers for
February. IS: total consideration.
S159.663.2O. Total for January and
February. 1894, 1855.
Mr. and Mrs. W. r. SwintZ returned
from their wedding trip.
Tom Beaning and Pat Joyce
brought home an immense string Of
lish from Fish lake.
Twenty South Blenders were enter
tanned at the country home of Mr..
and Airs. Lee stiles.
Misses Cotton and Campbell enter
tanned the high school seniors.
The South Bend Improvement Co.
ns incorporated with a capital stock
of $50 000 officers. Wil0ert Ward,
president. Arthur w. Breon. vice
president: L. g. Whitcomb. secretary;
Clarence r.. Lee. treasurer
The first annual masquerade CT the
Masnnerchor turning section was
held.
r. F. Shively purchased the Keedy
property on y. Michigan 81.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
FACTS ON ..NfOTHERs, PENSIONS,

.
y Visit TO New York commission
has afforded Judge Pinckney and pro
baton officers of the Juvenile court
an opportunity to remove certain ap-
prehensions and doubts concerning the
operation of the amended aid-to-
mothers act. Benevolent citizens and
students OF social legislation will re-
Joice TO learn that, in the opinion of
the authorities directly concerned in
the administration of the mothers
pension system, so called. the amend
ed law is working satisfactorily
Under the original act fraud and
pauperization of certain elements
We're inevitable. Questions of admin
istratiOn were almost wholly neglect
ed by the statute; the Juvenile court
was obliged to enlist the aid Of vol
unteers and to provide safeguards of
an extra legal nature. Now, we are
assured, the law and its administration
leave little to be desired. The num-
Der of mothers and children aided is
kept within reasonable bounds. and
family life is maintained where. in the
absence of such legislation. homes
would be broken up and children sent
10 various institutions supported by
the state or by private charity
A good aid-tO-mothers act well ad-
ministered saves the community
money in addition to comforting moral
and social benefits on il. So many
crude attempts have been made in
several states as to establish system
of mothers pensions, and so much
criticism has been directed against
these attempts by humane social
workers, that the report of Judge
Pinckney and his officers on the pres
ent status of the Illinois law should
prove helpful to other states and ia
cilitate either amendment of defective
aid-to-mothers statutes or the proper
framing of projected laws Of this sort.
Chicago RecOrdHerald.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
THE MELTING POT
COMET TAKE PoTLUCK WITH US

Just as you happen 10 be feeling hard
hearted or tender hearted that day.
and after accepting his money. thank
him cordially and ask his 10 cali
again.
RED" offers this toast:
Here's to the girl whose face would
stop a clock:
1t is so fair
Even Time
Would linger there.
Never Knew what Tie Missed
(Toledo Blade.)
Mrs. Bryan saved her husband from
drinking champagne, just as the glass
was about TO touch his lips.
SEVERAL South Bend poets should
be eligible TO sit at the table with
William Butler Yeats. the Irish bard
when the verse writer's Of the middle
west are banQueted by Poetry in
Chicago. We have inspired ones who
can write rhymes and make living
at something else.
Crowded Into Four Courses.
ct Wayne JOurnal-Gazette.)
The following four-cOurse menu
was served: Vegetable soup; cheese,
potatoes. beef-lOaf, pickles, buns, cab
bage salad garnished with lettuce and
olives and coffee; Banana split sug-
AIRED oranges and waters; frozen fruit,
white and dark cake.
THOSE new nickel acCumulatOTS on
the street cars supplement the folding
doors in eliminating the conductor.
When il becomes possible to open the
door by dropping a nickel in a slot the
services of the conductor will be no
longer needed unless he puts in his
time helping hObble-skirted women up
to the first step.
SIR: SometlmeS-nOt always
can't help breaking into poetry, as
1t was 10 laugh,
When Murphy got the gaff.
ID.
WE never saw Murphy never heard
of him until he got into baseball. anc
never expect to hear of him again.
He never did a thing TO US, but we
are beginning to despise him for what
others think of him.
THE spirit of dependency prevail
ing all over the country is making
itself felt in the business district o.
South Bend. where big preparations
are being made for the spring trade.
THE consensus of opinion is thar
Pres. Wilson has earned his salary
the first year. but he has left so little
for Uncle Sans other employees to do
that they might be locked.
c. \. f.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
THE KING OF ALL LAXATIvES.

For constipation. use DR.. King s
New Life Pills. Paul Mathulka. of
Buffalo, y. Y, says they are the king
of all laXatives. They are a blessing
to all my family and I always keep a
box at home" Get a box and get well
again. 25c. at all Uggists.-Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27

internal organs. cIeanses the system
and purifies the blood. Such is Hol
listers Rocky Mountain Tea the most
effective preventative and cure OF bad
blood. constipation and sluggish liver.
Coonley Drug store. AdVt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-27
MADISON

Levi Homes is ON the sick list
Daniel Antony. who has been seriously
~ f"r a few months, is able 10 be out
again.
air. and Mrs VI. :. Reese visited the
latter'S sister, Mrs stephen Of AiShawaka
sunday.
Mrs. elem Gepdhall visited with Mrs
George Anthony.
NIr and Mrs. Memo Martin are parents
OF q daughter.