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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-21
BUSINESS DISTRICT IS
THREATENED BY FIRE
Bad Fire in Guaranty Building
Elevator Shaft Threatens
Down Town DiStriCt-Chief
and Men in Fast Work.

Fire starting in the top floor Of the
Guaranty building at S o'clock Fri
day night for time threatened 20
spread 10 the entire building but was
confined by the work of The fire de-
partment.
Considerable difficulty was exper-
fenced Jy the fire chief in locating the
flames as the upper part of the build
ing was filled with smoke The blaze
discovered TO Doe I'm the elevator shaft
between the roof and the third floor
ceiling. There is but one small trap
door leading into the attic and
through this small entrance the men
were COMPELLED to fight the blaze.
Although the fire was confined to
very small area the heat was terrific
owing 90 the grease and oil around the
elevator machinery which made il
GOubly hard for the men 90 work. Ac-
cordiug TO the fircmcn il is no less
than miracle that the flames did not
spread over TIE entire building In .
few moments with the great dr.
from the elevator shaft.
III is thought that the fire started
from q spark from the elevator motor
which was still running at that time.
The damage 10 the building viii
GA mount lb ABOUT > lNV Niit III - iilOb-llN
that the damage To the elevator ma
chinery will amount 10 a considerable
sum.
sparks Burn Holes I'm Church.
\ few hours previous To the Guar
anty building fire the central station
was called TO the First Christian
church ON Lincoln highway west.
where sparks from ne chimney Of
the church had set fire To the roof.
Three large holes were burned ia the
roof The damage To- the church
building probably Will amount to
about 500.
The Local fire department have been
having "a hOodOO the past few hours
as the Guaranty building fire made the
fourth fire within "a hours. Previous
To this the department has received
no calls for several days.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02
NEW YORK ARRESTS. =
NOW $4,000 MONTHLY

of the police department for the last
three months shows that there were
54,i26 arrests made during that
time as against 40.957 for the cor
responding period In 1913. While
this might tend to indicate either an
increase In crime or great vigilance
on the part of the police, the report
of the commissioner is to the effect
that crime shows marked decrease.
or the 5i,i2O arrests made 1854
convictions were secured as against
29.336 for the same period last year.
The fact that the percentage of con-
victions is slightly smaller this year
in spite of the greatly increased num-
Der of arrests. while il may be taken
as slight indication of the decrease
of crime, in no way accounts for the
very much larger number of arrests
reported. Apparently the business OF
the thief, like that of many other
workers Is not flourishing and small
jobs are no longer scorned by tho
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02
BEER TO PAY HALF
~ OF THE WAR TAX

st. Louis, Nov. 1.-THE war reve-
nue. tax OF approximately $4,000
900 on the annual output Of beer is
agreeable tohthc brews OF this city.
although this industry already pays
yearly internal revenue tax OF
$l6o,oO0,o00. The stamp tax on ne
Sotiable Instruments. stocks and
bonds. deeds. bills of lading. Pullman
car and. steamship tickets and insur.
ahce policies is expected TO yield
$4,000, 0S0 and the remainder will
be raised by levy on tobacco, pat
ent medicines, perfumes. cosmetics.
theatre and amusement tickets. etc.
The beer tax will yield q revenue
more than 0 times greater than that
of any other single commodity.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02

been protesting against the higl,
charges for taXicab service here and
contrasting 1t with the much lower
charges in foreign cities. Some re-
lief. 1t is true. has been brought
about by legislation. but the appear
nnce of the new taXis Will mark The
most important step which has vet
been taken toward making ;,lem out
of the class of higl, priced luxirics.
The new cabs. because of their di-
minutive size. will. 1t is believed.
ne known ~ the mosquito fleet. -
They Will hold two persons besides
the driver. and their charges. Hike
their size. viii be small. beginning
with % cents for tine first mile and
Scents for each additional one-quar-
ter of mile. This practically means
cutting in two the present rate
charged by many OF the taxicabs now
operating ON tile city's streets. The
new taxis will sit !, close to the
ground. and. it Ia said. Will be prat-
tically non capsizable snd nGn-skid-
able. BY means OF An ingenius ar
raneement 1t will be possible to turn
the cab from an open to a closed ve-
hicle in 30 seconds.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02

New York is now to revive the old
fashioned school house dancing
party, popularity supposed to be an
institution of rural communities. 1t
having been definitely decided to use
one of the school buildings in the
city for a series OF dances. The So
cial Guild of Williamsburg has been
given the permanent use of one Of
Rrooklyns public schools. and an
nounces that the big number of their
program will be series Of neighbor-
hood dances. The guild has been con-
n fight against opposition in
ifs own neighborhood for a year to
secure the use of the school house,
and though the opposition has con-
tended that the dance is ungodly. and
all that sort of thing. the plan for
social work In the neighborhood will
not he interrupted. Six hundred and
nifty boys and girls of the neighbor-
hood have been brought into the
guild. and the dances last year. Is
in number. had an aggregate attend
unce of 10000 With permanent
establishment In the school 1t Is ex-
pected that the attendance will be
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02
BEE BUSINESS BAD.

Colorado bee-keepers have Just
completed gathering the 191l honey
crop. According to the bureau Of
crop estimates of the United States
department OF agriculture. the yield
per colony of bees was 40 pounds.
In 1913 the production per hive wa.
60 pounds.
The decrease is said to be due to
the shortage OF the wild flower crop
this season.
lac latest census figures of the
nee and honey industry OF tLis state
relate to 1910. That year there were
sos" farms in Colorado that kent
bees and the total number of colonies
was 71,434. III
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02

say when the terms of the final set
Element OF the European war are
reached they will undoubtedly petit
ton most vigorously for the abolish
ment of censors of the news in con-
nection with any future embodiment
which may arise. For years the
newspaper readers of this city have
been accustomed to receive not only
the earliest news but to get 1t In its
most complete and reliable form. AS
a result of the activity of the censOrs
however, the news coming from Eu-
rope. all OF which is compelled. to
come by way of London, is SO frag-
mentary and contradictory that the
average New Yorker may have to
change his ideas of the progress OF
the war half dozen times day.
At that he is as likely to be mistaken
after the last of these changes as he
was after the first. The grumbling
which has been heard as "a. result of
the censors' blue pencil gymnastics is
| by no means confined to the lay pub
lie. Various well known publica-
tions have expressed their indigna-
lands efforts to gain sympathy in
this country through the medium Of
imutilated or distorted messages is
likely to do more harm than good.
Returning correspondents read with
surprise their cabled stories in the
form in which they appeared after
passing through the hands of the
London censor. and matters have
teven progressed 80 far that 1t is re-
fported that great wire association
twill no longer trust to the mails its
file copies sent from England. hut is
lgetting them to this city by means
of returning travellers who act as
messengers and deliver them here on
Their arrival.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02
THE FRIENDS OF THE FARMER

The. plan of the st. Louis banker
to assist the cotton farmers of the
south is a furtheri Indication OF the
nationwide interest which is being
manifested in the problems of the
men who follow the plow.
The movement is not intended as
Il plan for purchasing cotton. but is
designed rather to make available a
fund of $t50. 900. 900 to loan on cot
ton al, not to exceed 6 cents per pound
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02

City Wonders Whether 1t Is Grow.
ing Better or Worse as Arrests by
Police Jump 40 Per Cent Over Last
Year-New York to Have Mos
auito Fleet of Taxicabs Which
Will Cut Present Rates in Two.
Gotham's Readers Grumble at
Suppression of War News Censors
Not Popular-New York to Revive
Old. Fashioned School House
Dances-New American Styles for
Men Look Like Former Feminine
Fashions.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02

New York, Nov. 2.-Whctler 1t
is because of or In spite of the fact
that arrests made by the police show
an increase of nearly 40 per cent
over the corresponding period of last
year that crime in the city is re-
ported to be decreasing is a question
which New York is now trying to
answer. The latest report of Com
missioner Woods covering the work
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02

greatly increased this year. The pur-
pose OF these dances is to draw
young people from cheap places of
amusement. and I'm order to make
the attraction positive one of the
hest 10-piece orchestras in the city
has been engaged. instruction in
dancing is given and every effort is
being made to afford the young peo-
pie Il clea. wholesome form of
amusement and pleasure that will
keep them away from questionable
places. A nominal charge is made.
and the Williamsburg Guild is GER
tain that its scheme for social work
in the metropolis will point the way
that others will follow, with great
results for lettering the condition of
the rising generation.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02

Some of New York's dressy young
men are showing broadway that
there is as distinct dash to Ameri-
can styles as ever came over from
Paris in the shape of gowns for the
ladies. The newest creation takes
the form of an overcoat with big
balloon sleeves-thc same kind wom-
en- OF past, generation wore and
filled out with crinoline. The coat ia
quite full in the body of the garment,
but is gathered tightly at the bottom.
fitting up close to the wearer An
other fashion note concerns the wide
skirt. and some of the modistes de-
clare 1t has arrived" We are told
that lit started with the short. FLAIR
ing minaret tunic." and then came
on by degrees until the real wide
skirt was reached. It is interesting
to note. says 1.-THE fashion ITEM
that feminine dress this winter will
flare both at the neck and the feet.
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02

underworld. This is indicated by the
fact that during the three months
covered by the report property worth
100000 was reported lost, of which
$3.50 900 worth was recovered. while
during the same months last year
$S.2.00O worth of property. or near
ly twice as much, was reported lost.
of which $422,OO0 worth was recov-
cred. One OF the most curious fea-
lures OF the report has to do with the
arrests for the use or possession of
drugs. In spite of the stringent laws
which have been passed in this con-
nection, the arrests increased from
81 last year to 735 this year. OF prac-
tically eight fold. In view of all
these figures. New York has not yet
been allie to decide whether 1t is its
morals Or the administration of po-
lice affairs which is growing better.
That the taxicab is not destined
to remain much longer the exclusive
vehicle of the wealthy is indicated
by report that about the first OF
the year the city will have fleet of
small taxicabs, the charges for which
will he low enough to put them
Within the reach of almost anyone.
For many years New Workers have
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02

If New Workers have anything to
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02
THE WASTE OF WAR

preface the Of
desohtio thai Wilt
atare
lhaveth generations
s a
tries desole homes arronf andfat eress
While conflict wagd Americans
the Peace
10000 enlisted the
System. Of the America public.
n
Of
THE MOUNTAIN STATES Telephone AND TELEGRAPH co.
"The Cooperation NReent'
The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-11-02
Law is Flagrantly Violated in States
that Adopted 1t


tina for urns
arroms aner dh o
toeadae
The Republican journal., 1914-03-12
Town ELECTIONS.

BRooKsv1LLE. Selectmen, N. D. Chat
to, lsaac p. Slower, Myfl Limeburner;
town clerk. Geo. Il. Tapley; school COM
mittee, John Sanborn. Money appro-
priated: schools. $1,000; highways, $500;
support of poor, $500; other purposes,
$3.50.
BUcKsPoRT. Selectmen, F. F. Smith,
A. A. Lowell, S. w. Davis; town clerk,
H. M. WATSON; school committee, A. A.
Littlefield. Money appropriated: schools.
$405O; highways. etc., $500; support Of
poor, $500; other purposes, principal
of town bonds, $500; repairing school
buildings, $500; building and repairing
sewers, $500; expense of fire depart
ment, $500.
CAMDEN, March 4. The annual Viii
lage Corporation meeting was held in the
Opera House on Tuesday evening and B.
E. Packard was chosen moderator, S. G.
Ritterbush was elected first assessor, L.
M. Remission, second and +. G. Currier,
third. John Tewksbury was elected
clerk, and Fred L. Curtis, treasurer. 1t
was voted to raise 1866 to pay the inter-
est on the corporation debt and 81 900 on
the debt. Voted to raise $500 to pay the
officers.
PENoBsCoT. Selectmen, M. C. Dew
ereaux, w. M. Sellers and A. w. Per-
kins; town clerk, Albert P. Leach; school
committee, w. E. Clark. Money ap-
propriated: schools, 5000; highways,
$500; support of poor, $500; other pur-
poses, $4973. 80.
The Republican journal., 1914-03-12
FRESH AIR And HEALTH

Mental work calls an unusual supply OF
blood to the brain; the process of dises-
ton calls the blood to the stomach.
Brain work Immediately after hearty
meal often causes indigestion because the
brain has first call on supply OF blood
that should be helping the stomach:
Wherever, in the economy Of the body,
work is to be done there is demand tor
bright, red blood. Thin blood or blood
dark with impurities will not do because
it is the oxygen carried by the blood
that does the work and oxygen hearing
blood is bright and red. This hfe-sus-
tanning oxygen is taken up by the blood
from the air which it meets in the lungs.
Hence the great need of fresh air every
hour of the day and night. But fresh
air is useless if the blood cannot take
up the oxygen which it gives. DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills enable the blood to take
up more oxygen because they increase
the part of the blood that carries the
oxygen. This corrects the lasstude, pal
pitation of the heart, shaky nerves and
the pallor that are the results of thin, inn
pure blood.
You must have pure, rich blood to
enjoy complete health. A booklet '..Build-
ing Up the Blood'' will be sent free on
request by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, N. Y. All druggists
sell DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
The Republican journal., 1914-03-12
WHITES CORNER, (Winterport.)

Miss Linda Hopkins of Monroe was the
guest of Mrs. C. B. Jewett few days
last week.
T. O. Shields and wife of West Win
terport were guests of L. A. White and
family Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Clark of West Winterport,
who has been ill with bad throat
trouble, is now convalescent.
Mrs. E. N. Bartlett left home Monday
for two weeks visit with her son, w.
]. Bartlett, in Dorchester, Mass.
e. w. Nealey, wife and son Guy spent
Sunday and Monday in Newburg, guests
of Mrs. Nealey's brother, Walter Smith.
Miss Louise and Master Lewis Libby
visited their grandmother, Mrs. Emily
Parsons, in Swanville, Saturday and Sun
day.
Charles Whitney has been quite i'll for
the past week with heart trouble and
pleurisy, requiring the visit of physi-
clan several times.
Mrs. Marcus Littlefield was called to
Burnham last week by the serious illness
of her father, John Sayward. She re-
turned to her home Thursday, leaving
him slightly improved.
E. w. Ba rtlett and bride are spending
few weeks at the home of his father,
E. N. Bartlett, before entering on his
duties as supe rintendent of farm in
Pit tsfield.
Mrs. A. C. Edmonds of Ellingwood' g
Corner died Feb. 26th of blood poisoning
after very painful illness of several
weeks. The funeral was held Saturday
afternoon at the chanel. Rev. A. ],
Lockhart of the village officiating.
The Republican journal., 1914-03-12
FENCING AND POSTS
Rail and Board Fences Have Had
Their Day.
p. X. EDWARDS.

p. X. EDWARDS.
Pigs and the board fence were the
bane of our existence as boys, for no
matter how securely we fastened the
old boards the pigs would get out just
when we were starting for the swim
ming hole or going berryipg. Now con-
crete posts and wire fencing have be-
come substitutes for the boards and
rails and once set up are fortunately
there to stay.
"But wire fencing is SO expensive"
the reader will say. The reply to that
is. "If you do not consider the lasting
qualities of good heavy galvanized
wire and the indestructibility OF ce-
ment posts" The writer remembers
putting a fifty-five inch woven wire
fence around his garden some nineteen
years ago, using chestnut posts set
twenty feet apart. This fence is still
standing and is to all appearances in
excellent condition. Regarding the
spacing of the posts around this gar
den, which bordered the highway and
required 400 feet of fencing, If we had
used board fence with eight foot post
spacing. thirty more posts would have
been required, and as these cost even
In those days Is cents each, saving
of $3.50 was effected. In this partic-
ular case the posts being OF chestnut
eight feet long, the butts were paint
ed with a creosote preparation and set
three feet in the ground. The gate
corner and end posts were nine feet.
set four feet in the ground and to the
butts of each of these posts were sp1k-;
ed two four-foot strips of heavy plank
ing, one near the bottom. the other on
the opposite side three feet higher up.
These acted as anchors, preventing the
posts from being lOOsened when the
wire was frightened. On top of these
anchors large stones were laid before
the earth was replaced.
In using cement posts. which are cas-
lily made at home. be sure to have the
butts of the corner and end posts ex
ira heavy and then no anchors are
needed, also provide for two bolt holes
In each post, one near the top. the 9th
er near the bottom, to be used for the
bolts which hold the wooden strip TOT
which the wire is stapled.
In setting some 800 feet of poultry
fencing this past year the writer used
modern heavy woven wire, with six
foot cement posts set three feet in the
ground To these short posts were
boted five foot wooden strips 3 by 4
inches to which the wire was STABBED.
Many of the cement posts in this case
had to have extra large butts on &C
count of the hollows in the ground.
which had tendency to pull up the
posts.
Today when the price of labor is so
high. the stout, easily built wire fence
is an economical investment.
The Republican journal., 1914-03-12
OAK HILL (Swanville.)

James Webster was in Knox Feb. 9th
and 18th, the guest of Herbert Woods.
Charlotte Staples of Belfast was the
guest of Louise Cunningham for several
days the past week.
Irving Toothaker returned home Feb.
22nd from Northampton, Mass, &C.
companied by his bride.
Albert Toothaker and family from
Northport have moved into the house re-
Gently occupied by L. o. Hanley and will
carry on Hanley's business.
L. o. Hanley and family are stopping
a few days with E. C. Peavey and wife
before moving to their new home in
South Thomaston.
The Republican journal., 1914-03-12
PRACTICAL INTENSIVE GARDEN
PLANS
Systems Which Bring Good Results.
JAMES 3. NORMAN.

JAMES q. NORMAN.
By intensive culture small holder
makes the best use Of his land, in
creas!ng the surface area, while COM
panion cropping is the most practical
feature Of intensive gardening. The
following crop systems have given
good results:
Two Crops.-Irish and sweet pota-
toes can be grown together Plant
early as possible a late variety of Do
tato in rows three feet apart put the
seed pieces eighteen or twenty inches
apart in rows. After the potatoes have
been h1lled the last time. set out sweet
potato slips in ridges between Irish DO
tato plants and when frost has killed
the sweet potato vines both crops can
be dug together. AS sweet potatoes
take long to mature. best results are
secured with late variety of Irish
potato as companion crop.
Another two crop combination is
sweet corn and cauliflower. the latter
growing slowly and liking shade, the
former growing rapidly in hot. moist
weather, and in warm climates corn
furnishes the shade which cauliflower
requires. Caulifower plants should
be started early in boxes of rich soil;
the sweet corn should be sown in hills
three feet each way. and when the
cauliflower plants are large enough
transplant between rows of sweet corn
in deep holes two or three feet apart
and with both crops plant but a few
rows at time to provide long crop
ping season, SO caulifOwer will follow
corn for table use. being late matur-
ing crop.
A Three Crop Combination.
Three Crops.-As soon as the land
can be worked in spring. plant to early
potatoes. When hilled the last time.
plant sweet corn between the rows
three feet apart, with occasional hills
of winter squash. These two crops
get a good start before potatoes ma
ture. Dig potatoes when the tops are
dead, so the digging may serve to cul-
tivate the growing corn and squash.
Broadcast with turnip seed, top dress
with farm or chicken manure and thor
oughly rake seed and fertilizer into soil.
Sweet corn winter squash and turnips
are three good companion crops for
fall use.
Another satisfactory combination
after early potatoes is to plant sweet
corn and winter squash, as previously
described, with cauliflower or winter
cabbage between the hills of corn.
After potatoes are dug, plant to cow
peas. which gives three crops for table
use. with cowpeas for soil improve
ment because Of the nitrogen contain
ed in the roots.
The Republican journal., 1914-03-12
KNOX.

Henry Boulter is in very poor health.
C. F. Bessey is somewhat better and
gaining slowly.
j. C. Aborn of Belfast was a recent
guest at B. L. Aborn's.
Fred Frost and wife were recent guests
of John Mannuccia and wife.
Miss Mildred Webb is at home from
the M. c. l. for short vacation.
]. H. McGray was taken quite sudden
ly last week with bad liver trouble.
Marshall Wentworth lost nice COW
recently and John Mannuccia lost a young
heifer.
Ernest Bailey went to Lawrence.
Mass, last week with stove car for A.
M. Shibles.
Miss Pearl Chase of jackson was the
guest of Mrs. Jennie Richardson few
days the past week.
Josiah Bailey and wife entertained a
dinner party of twelve Sunday in honor
of Mrs. Baiiey's birthday.