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South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
BY FREDERICK VI. KERRY.

WASHINGTON, Nov, 27.-"If had
my way 1 should like to see every
Jail, workhouse and penitentiary ut
terly wiped off the face of the earth.
Our whole penal system is based on
a wrong idea and should be complete
~ revolutionized. So says Max Wat
son, city forester of the city of san
Diego, who is in Washington as part
of a trip across the continent studying
the question Of how cities deal with
their unemployed-'vags, drunks,
hoboes and down-and-outs-and all
the train of social questions related
TO the problem of city unemployment.
Mr.. Watson is the man who utilized
the 8, 200 acre tract of land belonging
TO the city of san Diego as a social
experiment station for putting that
citys submerged tenth" on its feet.
ANY man in San Diego who is down
and out and unable TO get a job IN
san Diego may have 10 days work re-
fOresting and cultivating the land on
this tract at so cents a day plus his
board and lodging.
our object is not primarily TO pro-
vide work for the unemployed said
Mr.. Watson. 1T is simply 10 give the
man a chance TO put himself on his
feet SO that he can be in a position to
get a job if there is one open. When
a man is out of work and in the gut
ter every day that passes while he re-
mains in that condition makes 1t so
much less likely that he will be able
and fit to take a JOB when the chance
presents itself. our plan means simp-
ly that the man may be given an op-
portunity TO rehabilitate himself, that
he may put himself in shape to take
a job when the chance offers"
Mr.. Watson has visited practically
all the principal cities of the United
States on this trip, and came TO Wash
ington especially to look over the
workhouse farm experiment which the
city of washington is conducting at
Occuquan. Virginia.
My investigations on this trip have
convinced me-" he says, that every
city will have to assume the same
attitude toward its social problems
growing out of unemployment.
vagrancy and drunkenness. that il
does toward its problem Of garbage
collection. street cleaning, paving, wa
ter supply or sewer system. In other
words the city must recognize the
fact that these social problems do not
just happen To happen. but are d part
of city life under our present in
dustrial system. and must be recOg-
niZed and dealt with accordingly. In
the problem of street cleaning. for in
stance, the city government does not
wait until the city street is so OBJ
structed with dlth and dirt that il be-
comes a menace 10 traffic and public
health. Instead Of doing anything so
foolish. il plans a system which shall
assure that the accumulation shall be
regularly and systematically removed
assuring a rea sonably clean street at
az times Now. that is the attitude
the city must assume toward these So
cial problems OF the unemployed. and
in taking care of these conditions
which are the result OF unemploy-
ment, They are just as much a part
OF city life and we must recognize
and handle them in a systematic and
business-like way.
"A city has no right TO enforce a
vaErancy law unless IL hrst gives the
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
AND BFFTS GO UP.

Beet sugar growers in Michigan,
while probably not finding fault, must
feel at least just a trifle sheepish
anent the fight they put up against
the Underwood sugar schedule. We
were told by them at the time that
the beet sugar industry would sure be
ruined Now the farmers around
Saginaw, and Cairo, and Bay City, ct
cetera, are contracting their next
years crop. with a promised increase
of acreage at S6 ton-an advance of
40 cents over all former years.
OF course, sugar manufacturers ex-
plain that this increase is due TO the
war-all signs of prosperity are due
to the war, III fact. from the protec-
zionist standpoint; but signs OF ad-
ersity, never The tariff is to blame
for all adversely. 1t would never do
to let the public recede for an instant
from the erroneous belief that dem
ocratic tariffs and panicy times are
of necessity cOextensive. To get it out
of the public head that giant indus
tries that pay enormous dividends
do rot need 10 be pampered. protect
ed, babied and helped, might have the
disastrous effect of making low tar
ifs popular, and then there would
be nothing left to scare the populace
TO death with everytime the protec-
tonists are retired from power.
In other words it must be seen that
the tariff bogy doth not cease to
bDgif ~
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
HUDSON LAKE.

HUDSON LAKE.
(This legend of Hudson lake was
written twenty years ago by Ben +.
Williams and is reproduced because
it is as good reading now as ii was
when first published.)
Down at Hudson lake in the days ats
long gone past,
When our eager lines with pleasur'
crOst the lily pads was cast,
And to get enuff O. blue gills'' TO
stink a fryin' pam
Yer didn't have ter labor like a freck-
led hired man.
Bout the days oil man Avery kept the
saw and girls mill there,
Them's the times the fishin' was 'tOl-
bic middlin' fair.
When kids ats bout forty now was
Hmpin' roun' barefoot
With sunbaked back an legs, an
tied UP toes 10 boot.
When we us'ter ''yank 'em standin'
on the saw mill side"
o, the way yer string kept CROWN
was a gratifyin pride,
To say how good them big ones bit, 1
seem to lack for terms.
But We allus us'ter stay there till we'd
have to so for Wurms.
l mind the time Job Cramer ketched
three hundred an sixty eight,
An then turned in an "stumped it,
home for supper none too late.
But my. he was an angler, learned it
som'ers in the east.
Allus a fillin' OF a boat where a fell
ler'd expect it least.
My mind gets to wanderin' back to
them good OF days,
AS in fancy / kin see the suns hot an
Shinin' rays,
Beatin' down through the ellums on
messy banked South Willer'
Where we us'ter love to linger for the
twilight soft an meller.
An to think, them OF days never will
come back again,
Kinder makes the futur' darken, like
clouds ahe'd o. rain,
An when my times ter go, an I'm
showed off from the shore,
l want ter strike the Island" where
I'll camp forevermore.
THE morning after finds us with
some mild regrets, but on the whole
a feeling of satisfaction with Thanks
giving day a good dinner and con-
genial company should and does pro-
duce such results. The mild regrets
arise from an entirely different source,
chief among which is human fraility
in the lack OF power TO control the
appetite.
INDIGESTION waits on good feed
ing. 1t may be temporary, but it
serves to remind us Of the prepOnder-
ance of animal in our natures.
SIR: I had no idea so many Of us
were shirking. I'm afraid it is con-
stitutionaI with me. / have always
had to be called to get up in the morn
ing. ID.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
THAT WONDERFUL FEDERAL
WORkINGNIAN'S CONIPENSA-
TION ACT.

During the recent campaign repub-
lican and progressive orators never
missed an opportunity TO place Ee-
fore the public the splendid example
Of our federal workingman's compen-
satiOn actor which the republicans
as a party took credit, and in Indiana.
e,I-Sen. Beveridge claimed title 20
praise for having been it's very spe-
cial advocate.
More lately it has leaked out what
the federal compensation act really
amounts TO.
Judging from the compensation
paid TO injured workmen and tna fam
lies OF those killed. Uncle sam is
about the meanest employer in the
whole business world.
The law was passed some five years
ago covering artisans and laborers in
manufacturing establishments, arsen-
ais and navy yards, river and harbor.
fortification work. and hazardous en-
ployment IN the reclamation service
and on the canal zone. Later it was
extended to include all Isthmian canal
employees, and persons engaged in
hazardous work in the bureau of
mines. the light house service and the
forest service. About $4,000 persons
are covered BY the provisions of this
law. somewhat less than one-fourth
OF the civilian employees of the federal
government.
Since the passage of the act almost
i'll. a
laws on the subject of workmen's
compensation. Judging by the amounts
paid 10 injured workmen under the
federal law, Uncle Sam is less gener-
Gus than any OF the states and is
poor model for employers For in
stance, it is found that a fracture of
an arm or leg has been compensated
on the average by payments of less
than S25; the loss OF an eye between
S25 and $50; and the loss of both legs
has been settled on the average for
$377.40. OF fatal cases on the 18TH
mian canal. the compensation aver
aged S41O.77, while fatal cases else
where were settled at an average of
$722.31. These figures cover an av-
erage based on 1920 non-fataI cases,
and 90 fatal cases during the past
year The small amounts of compen-
sation under the act as compared with
compensation under the various state
laws, are due to the fact that under
the federal law compensation pay
ments limited TO usual wages must
cease when the injured employe is
able to resume work, and in any case
can not continue beyond y months.
Under the more recently enacted state
laws, compensation, usually on the
basis OF one-half or two-thirds the av-
erage wages. is paid in case Of tenn
porary disability during disability, or
in case of death or permanent disabil-
ity for a period extending TO six years,
and in several states to eight years.
And this is what our republican
and progressive friends were Dragging
about under the name, style and title
of a federal workingman's compensa-
ton act.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
THE MEL TING POT
COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH U.s.

( TO which we may add that we have
| always had TO be admOnished 10 go 10
/ bed.
Let Congress Listen.
! CCor. TT. Wayne Journal-Gazette.)
A debate is announced for next
/ Monday evening al the Dixon school
house south of town. Question for
| debate, Resolved, That We Should
Prepare for War in Time of Peace"
WE see by South Bends greatest
newspaper that Mary Bulaski has
been given temporary separation
from John Bulaski." This is a new
convenience added TO the divorce sys-
tenn.
y MESSAGE FOR THE GIRLS.
An girls just few words with you
for your own welfare on your long
journey through life among those
horrible creatures of men. Girls if
you love a man, and 1 know you all
do, there's no use denying it If you
follow close these few lines l know
you will thank me the rest of your
life; it's just this, it's all in the cook
ing girls; there girls is the key to
success in the matrimonial game;
tack this where ii will always be be-
fore you lest you forget. Now TO be-
gin with a man is very close TO hu-
man and comes very close To having
human intelligence, so you must be
very careful how you handle them.
The first thing l should suggest when
your intended comes for supper never
make hash girls, that's cruel, really
it's cruel. Now hash usually consists
of everything from shingle nails and
burnt matches TO what ever color hair
the cook happens to have, or in other
words it is what might be called
evaporated soup. 1t, I'll admit, is a
first class way or saving a little of
each should he happen to be absent
for say a week or So or it's good
idea 10 economic, but never get so
stingy that you use your husband
insides for a garbage can or don't
cheat the poor dog out OF the only
means of existence he has, in other
words off the hash if you want to be
happy, now take my advice. OF
course when you both get Old II s al
right to grind your food. Girls, teeth
were given us to eat with, so don I
let your husband forget how TO use
them. In case you want to get ria
of one steady for another then l Should
suggest hash but under no other con-
ditions whatsoever. Now girls II You
really want to get married and be nap
py l suggest that you look UP the page
in your cook book where 1t tells how
to make hash, then tear that page out
and burn it. 1 suggest its destruction
by fire for the sim pie reason that IRE
leaves no trace. Just one thing more,
girls. no matter how hard a man ap-
pears outwardly' he's not galvanized
on the inside. If you hate TO walk set
YOUR garbage can right beside the
kitchen door, that's just as close as
the table and more human. Don't be
unreasonable. Hoping that this little
advice adds many happy years to your
married life I remain
Yours respectfully,
z. A. II.
There were hearts that were gIad
And hearts that were sad
Round the family board or Thanks-
giving
But il must ever be so,
JOY mingled with woe,
In the life that mortals are living.
c. y. f.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
What the Papers Say

THE DECLINE OF "COCkINESS."
The Turkish explanation has ar
rived In an unofficial form and is sat
isfoctory. There was nothing hostile
IN the incident of firing on the launch
from the Tennessee. The shots were
hred as signals that the port was
closed, as shots are nred as Signals
under certain circumstances across
the bows of vessels. The incident
may thus be regarded as practically
closed.
The most significant thing about
the entire affair was the calmness
with which the first report was re-
ceived in this country. No one knew
at the time whether the act was hos
tile or not. 40 one could foretell
what unpleasant proceedings might
have 10 be gone through with before
the matter was settled satisfactorily.
But nobody got excited about il.
In other days that first report would
no doubt have been the signal for an
outbUrst OF indignation. The voice
OF the jingO demanding punishment
first and investigation afterward
would probably have been heard. The
sufticiency of the incident as a casuS
belh would have been freely dis
cussed. Some people would probably
have insisted that the fleet proceed at
once TO bomb bard ConstantinOple.
nut tlcoe udy = We hiioN bcNtCl NAiclt
war is. We understand how much
wiser it is to wait for explanations
than 10 run forward looking for af-
fronts We realize that war is a most
undesirable thing and that no man
can foresee the end thereof. In brief
the terrible conditions prevailing in
Europe have taught even the most
belligerent among US a certain sober
ness and understanding.
And we imagine that when the
present war is ended in Europe the
prevailing attitude toward such Incl
dents will also he shown TO have
changed considerably. If we realize
what war is, they realize it thOus-
and times better. There will be much
less cockiness and much more calm
ness abroad than ever before. And
the world will be better for it.-Chi-
cago Herald.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
NAILED.

Il never loved any one but YOU"
Nonsense"
you are the light of my life"
I've heard that before"
I can't live without your love"
Loose talk
IF l could only tell you how much
love your
Get some new stuff"
viii you marry me?"
well. now you're talking."-New
Y ork World.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
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out of $500 barristers in the Paris
law courts, 1000 have been modified.
Some Of the spiders of Java have
webs SO strong that a knife is re-
quired TO cut them.
Folded paper drinking cups. bound
together like a check book, are a
novelty for travellers.
Platinum has advanced in price so
rapidly in recent years that gold is
being used 10 alloy IT,
The Eskimo pays his doctor his fee
as soon as ne arrives. If the patient
Ieeovers 1t is kept. if not il is re-
turned.
German prisoners Of war on an
island of Aukl-ad are prevented
from escaping by a sea filed with
man-eating sharks
The leaf OF the Ceylon TALBOT palm.
which grows 10 100 feet in height. is
SO wide that II will cover % men.
Battles in human blood between
white corpsules and disease germs
have been photographed with the mo
ton picture camera.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

In one day. the car made total alb
stainers Of 15O.OO0.0OO people who
had been drinking a billion dollars
worth OF vodka. per year. 1t was a
large case of going "dry.n
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

Cousin Bill Taft is travelling round
lecturing on The presidency its
! overs and responsibilities" Seems
that Blu has been reading up quite
a bit. of late
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

Hey, Don't sell your old machine!
Put it in the back yard for mother.
Prof. LarlIin says that an auto is the
safest place during a lightning storm.
Its got rubber tires. Ha-a-a- Some
body tickle u.s.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
SIN MONTHS WITH POETS AND
PHILOSOPHERS.

80 perish the Gid gods.
But out of the sea Of Time
Rises a new land of song
Fairer than the old.
Over its meadows green
Walk the young bards. and sing.
-LOngfellOw.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
DIR. BUTLER's QUEER BREAK.

Pres NlCnOldS Murray BulleT OF
Columbia university has a singular
propensity for setting forth opinions
that arouse antagOnism He is quoted
as having recently suggested that the
higher education be withheld from the
physically unfit.
Perhaps his idea is that a physical
Weakling is not capable of the intel
lectual exertiOn involved in advanced
study and he could perhaps point to
illustrations of his point in his own
student body; but to assume that this
is always the case is prepOsterous and
il can hardly be that DR.. Butler was
serious in his suggestion. The world
would have lost much If all the men
who were deficient in body had been
condemned TO remain undeVeloped IN
mind.
History is full of cases where men
Of frail physiqueS have risen to dis
tinction through their intellectual
abilities "a sheer triumph of mind
over matter. A notable instance is the
younger Pitt, who gained his fame
early in life, yet who was so much or
an invalid from childhood that he re-
peatedly came to the verge OF death.
Keats and Shelley were consumptEes,
Byron had physical defect, Lord
Roberts, who died last week ,one or
England's greatest soldiers, was so
frau physically when young that he
met the army requirements with diff
fculty. Alexander Stephens, American
statesman, was always an invalid and
was wheeled to his place in the house
of representative in a chair. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, now so robust in mind
and body. was a sickly boy. Sen. Gore
Of Oklahoma has been blind from
childhood, Helen Keller can neither
hear nor see.
And so they go. To the ordinary
comprehension it would seem that II
q physically defective child is capable
Of high mental development ne should
be the one of all others TO be given
the opportunity to secure it. II the
bodily defect can be overcome so
much the better, but at least the mind
should have its chance.-Terre Haute
Star.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

The government reports that we
spend half a million dollars n year on
medicines. and there is not much
rong with rs at that.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
sTANDPATTERs TAKE NOTICE.


Under the federal reserve act, the
democratic measure that made for the
first time such action possible, the Ma
tional City bank of New York has
opened a branch in BuenOs Ayres. II
marks an epoch in America business.
In the past the law not only gave no
encouragement to such an important
adjunct TO foreign trade but positive
" forbade it. Democratic enterprise
unclaimed business in this respect,
and what is probably the first OF many
foreign branches of American nation
al banks has been esta ablished TO as
sist American industry abroad.
The significant feature of this move,
as pointed out by the New York
World. is the fact that the bank OFF,
cials have presumably taken notice of
the recent elections and in spite Of
the Interpretation placed on the re-
suit by partisans of reaction. do not
believe there is any possibility of
return to power Of the faction that
would lose no time in restoring the
tariff bars against "A trade expansion
which the city bank is assuming risks
to help along
The World also remarks that there
is no great satisfaction just now in
disturbing the sweet dreams" Of the
standpatters but that when the great
financial interests begin TO commit
themselves TO the permanency of the
new commercial era opened in the
country by democratic policies. any
other course might prove to he
mean deception"
The standpatters have thus had no
tiCe served on them, and it viii be the
part of wisdom if they govern their
emotions dingly.-Elizabeth On.
j. Times.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

Ohio court records show that one
marriage ont OF seven is "a failure. and
there's no telling what the dict0graph
records would show.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

Of government at it's back. 1t would
still be in competition with the world
OF nations
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

The famous sons. we Won't GO
Home Till Morning, is said to be 2O5
y years old: much younger than the
habit. al that.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

A government statistieian says 5000
bees will weigh a pound Next time
ycu buy a pound OF bees YOU had bet
ter count them.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

John Kaminski. aviator. proposes a
flying trip around the world Well.
John, sood-by. take keer OF yourself.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

Bestowing the iron cross on horses
may not be as foolish as Il looks. as
all they get out OF war is the glory.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
LITTLE SIGNS

Il wonder If the couple on the other
side of the aisle from us are husband
and wife,"
They can't be. She's got the seat
by the window"
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27
TIME PROVED TT

Young Husband-A year ago YOU
were crazy TO marry me-
His Wife-That's what mother
said, but / wouldn't listen.-Judge.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

TO which we may add that we have
always had 10 be admonished 10 go 10
bed.
South Bend news-times., 1914-11-27

WE see by South Bends greatest
newspaper that Mary Bulaski has
been given temporary separation
from John Bulaski." This is a new
convenience added TO the divorce sys-
tenn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-06
EAT LESS AND TAKE
SALTS FOR KIDNEYS
FAKE A GLASS OF SALTS IF YOUR
BACK HURTS OR BLADDER
ROTHERS

The American men and women
Elust guard constantly against kidney
srouble, because we eat too much and
ali our food is rich. Our blood is
titled with uric acid which the kid
sseys strive to filter out, they weaken
.-rom oyerwork, become sluggish: the
result is kidney trouble, bladder weak
tess and a general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like Jumps
81 lead: your back hurts or the urine
* cloudy. full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night; if you suffer
,xith sick headache or dizzy, nervous
spells, acid stomach. or you have
. rheumatism when the weather is bad.
get from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table,
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
a .dneys will then act fine. This ia
nous salts is made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with iithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate
logged kidneys; to neutralize the
acids in the urine. so it no longer Is
a source of irritation, thus end ng
sadder disorders.
lad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
sxre. makes a delightful effervescent
avery home. because nobody can make
a mistake by having a good kidney
Gushing any time.