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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
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There are S2.9sO Germans in Aus
tralia.
in British Columbia.
New Jersey has $4,000 widows and
nearly as many bachelors
The letter carriers in Portugal save
themselves much walking on Sundays
10y delivering letters AT church
Exactly one-half. or "a of the As
states have enacted wOrkingmens
compensation laws during the last
four years
Seventy-ive per cent of the work of
manufacturing rife ammunition for
the United States army and navy Is
done by women.
The government Of India has APP
pointed an expert to make an eX-
haustive study of the white ants Of
that country, which completely de-
stroy all books.
Sometimes at the birth Of a Japan
csc baby tree is planted, which must
remain untouched until the marriage
of the child When the nuptial hour
arrives the tree is cut down.
There is in Norway law dealing
with cremation. According 20 the act
every person over Is years of age can
be cremated after death If he makes
a declaration in the presence Of two
witnesses.
Cultivation IF a sunfiower as a crop
il extensive in the south OF Russia.
The plant furnishes oil in its seed.
fodder for cattle in its leaves and
large quantity OF potash
Wine taSterS. employed in their
professional duties. never swallow the
wine they taste They merely hold
sip of the beverage i'm the mouth for
a few. moments ana breathe through
the nOstTiiS
While digging potatoes in Hope.
Me, Arthur Hobart found one . by
Is inches in circumference in which
was a mouse nest. containing one old
one and four little ones. The skin
was left on the top like a trap door
In Rockland. Ne. where there Is no
daily paper 70 supply the usual means
for advertising Tor help, c man WITH
IaeEaphone IS sent about the towrr
calling the nuYaber or men wanted
and the name OF the employer desir-
ing them
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
sPrRTT OF HELPFTLNEss.

The Y. NJ. G. \. membership cam
paign is moving along at a compare
lively creditable pace. II looks in
spots as though the desired goal might
be reached South Bend appears
quite alive to the need Of such an
organization. The public response
has been good. Men are taking hold
OF il in the right spirit
We were impressed with the re-
marks OF II. G. Spaulding. secretary
OF the Chamber of Commerce. in ad-
dressing one Of the recent meetings.
The question is:
What can you do for the or
ganizauon; not what can the
organization do for you. The or
ganization can only be made last
ing IL buHt on an unSelhsh basis.
Sec'y Spaulding is right. He might
be just as right in saying the same
thing OF the Chamber Of Commerce as
OF the Y. VI g. y. and that il is the
spirit OF unselhshness that took hold
OF the recent Chamber of Com nerCe
campaign and made of il tire success
that IL was
Our greatest blessings come 20 Us
BY indirection. When the Nazarene
eounseled US 20 cast our bread upon
the waters, and promised that il would
return after many days. il can hardly
he presumed that ne calculated that
we would tie a string 10 &c 10y which
20 draw il back at our pleasure. The
idea was. a. applied locally. that each
would profit his share from improved
surroundings. The greatest help one
can render 10 himself is 10 help
others.
OF course. this Is not absolutely
unselhsh. There Is sort OF selfish
ness even. IN helping others merely
because IL makes toe helper feel bet
ter--but Il is such : re1ned selnshness
.hat u very nearly loses It's signih~
canoe. ShOrn or its coarseness. IL
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

Turks firing from ono of their forts
upon an American launch-attache of
the cruiser Tennessee,-is not without
its serious aspects. We are not liked
any too well in that section Of the
world. The shots may have been fired
as a sort OF a challenge.
In the past 80 years. the Turks have
butchered some 10000 christians sim
ply because they were christians. and
Turkeys engaging in the war in a
spirit of holiness" undoubtedly
means the. massacre of more chris
tians. OF course, the vast majority
OF victims will not be Americans but
there are over go American mission
aries ia Turkey. every one OF whom
will be in danger.
Uncle sam has refused 10 interfere
in Mexico at the demand OF big bust
ness. \ demand TO interfere in Tur-
key in the name OF religion, however.
may prove an entirely different mat
ter. When religious zeal enters into
a demand il becomes pretty near as
furious with christians at times as it
does with MohammedanS- which has
recently been proven in Europe; wit
ness the appeals OF the kaiser. and
tho car. and King George. made re-
peaJedly OF departing troops as II II
partnership with Cod.
Referring again 10 the firing upon
the Tennessee's lauE-h, II looks like
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
ANOTHER STEP.

The American Federation of Labor
has passed a resolution demanding
that the government take over the
mines in Colorado and operate them
as means of ending the long strike.
The public ownership of various utili-
ties is a remedy for many ills in the
present day commercial life and it will
not be surprising if the government
eventually acquires the Colorado
mines.
Private ownership has proved fail
ure in Colorado. Under the dominion
of the Rockefeller interests. there has
been a constant strife between capital
and labor in the mine district. The
company has spent thousands of dol
lars yearly in an attempt TO overcome
the employees and the attempt has
failed. Strike has followed strike in
rapid succession as fast as the work
men could recover from the effects OF
resisting the powerful organizations of
capital. During the past years civil
war has been raging in the mine dis
trict and only the presence of federal
troops keeps the Rockefeller gunner
and the other residents of the district
from open warfare.
The result Of these years of warfare
has been disastrous to the welfare OF
the state. Hundreds Of thousands OF
dollars worth of property has been
destroyed and millions have been lost
through the closing of the mines dur
ing times of strike. The law has been
made a laughing stock and outlaws
have been multiplied by the oppres-
sion Of the workers and the lawless-
ness of the operators. Battle, muir
der and sudden death have stalked
through the district and the state has
suffered
IT is possible for the government 10
take over the mines and operate them
as public utilities. The people of the
United states need the products or the
mines and they cannot afford TO sup
port the miners in idleneSs. Neither
can they tolerate the open sore OF civil
warfare and the open defiance of the
law by operators and miners alike. by
government ownership il is possible to
bring peace into the affected district,
treat the employees fairly and give the
people OF the state and the nation the
minerals that they desire. The resolu-
ton passed by the American Fedora
ton OF Labor may serve TO hasten the
day when the government will own
and operate all public utilities, but II
il passes UNDECIDED, the day when TINS
will be brought about is not TAR on.
The private monopolies have worked
their own ruin and they are about 10
taste the fruits OF their lawlessneSS.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19


Sir:-In connection with the Good
VIII Week of our Social Service fed
Grafton, there comes to my mind a
thought which has often engaged my
attention before. This is the thought
of how il can be determined precisely
what person ought, in a given case,
70 contribute TO given charity.
How valuable it would be were
somebody with sufficient talent and
training. to devise a method of scien-
titically working out this problem.
one can imagine an eXpertly con
structed algebraic formula in which
one letter would stand, let Us say, for
a persons income, another letter for
the size of his family; another letter
for the total of charitable demands,
another letter for the relative import
ance of the particular charity in ques-
ton, another letter for the indiVid-
uals saving capacity and another.
perhaps. for the index of commodity
prices etc, the solution of the eQua-
ton giving the exact sum of money
that a person might. in the given in
stance, be expected TO contribute.
During Good Will Week, the puZ-
cling question: will arise How much
shall I give, How much shall he
give"9 The desirability Of some scien-
tific study on this head Will probably
be brought home 10 us with consider
able force.
ABRAHAM CRONBACH.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
ARE WE TO BE PREPARED
FOR WAR?

Among the amenities Of war is the
act of the British admiralty directing
that all its honOrs are TO be accorded
the survivors of the Emden and that
Capt Won Muller-whO happily sur
viVes-and his officers are not to be
deprived of their swords. This speaks
we'll for vanquished and victor alike,
and in its largest significance means
Great Britain recognizes that the
German captain united humanity and
intrepidity with the strictest perform
ance of duty.
Naval officers the world over are
agreed upon the causes of the scien-
tifcally planned and faultlessly exc
cuted achievements of the German
navy. Indeed. TO all who read with
in the lines these furnish fresh proof
of the efficacy of the German naval
general staff and Of a peace and war
system organized, tested and tried out
by trained seamen.
Otherwise il would still remain
wonder how the raiders have been
coaled and provisioned, and notably
how at the exact moment the scat
tered units of the German division in
the Pacific were assemble in su-
perior force for the fight off the
Gillian coast What is more, when
engaged, how, except for the system
under which they were developed,
could they have sunk the British
cruisers in short order at long range
in such a heavy sea.
Are we TO profit by this lesson Of
scientific preparedness, by this guild
ance OF a trained general staff. or
are we to take our beating, our lick
ing. first simply because Of the mex
perienced. the ignorant or the over
optimistic are deluding themselves
with the fetch that everything is
ready enough. or if not, that Provi-
dence is bound TO interfere in our be-
half New York Herald.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

-Th power Of ultimatum must be
taken out OF the hands Of a few men.
If wars are 20 cease says Or. David
starr Jordan
A very large contract doctor. since
II means the abolition OF monarchies.
The power 10 declare war has always
been the most precious prerogative OF
monarchies. and only in democracies
does the uItimatum lie with the peo-
pie. And democracies are sometimes
fooled
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
AID sECTIoNALIsM FAILEp.

Whatever may De the extent TO
which Sen. Nardaman of Mississippi.
and other southern democrats may
feel outraged because Of the failure
Of the democratic party, under the
wise leadership OF the president, 10
make the south an object OF favorit-
ism at the expense Of the national
welfcre. doesn't matter. There was no
possible defense TO the demand The
scheme 10 take care OF cotton" be-
cause IL is grown in the south and an
unavoidable war had killed eff its
market. were no more defensibIe than
a demand from South Bend would
have been that the government take
Gaze Of the Singer Sewing Machine
plant Besides there are indications
now that cotton Will be able 10 take
care OF itself
Such help as the federal reserve
board will be able 70 lend to the south
is as far as the ration with any degree
OF safety, could dare think OF going.
II is exactly what the regional banks
are for. To have followed the de-
mands of the southern senator's and
congressman would have established
a precedent that would have commit
ted the government to assist the grow
erS OF crops in whichever sections
where future trouble might arise. The
president saw this, as did also many
Of the wiser and more patriotic Of
the southern people. and in cOnse-
quence lot OF future embarrassment
has been warded off.
To have conceded 20 the southern
demands would have been unwise po-
litic2lly as well as from the standpoint
Of craftsmanship. The democrats Of
the south must realize that they are
not all of the democratic party and
that the votes OF northern democrats
are as essential as the votes of south
tFn democrats in the carrying Of ma
tional elections. The democratic par
" is no longer a sectional party. 1t is
"a national party. This was proven
when the party refused 10 be jostled
about in its tariff policy in order to
favor Louisiana sugar. The party lost
"a congressman from that state but it
has maintained a principle and proven
IT'S consistency.
Sen. Nardaman. in his peevishness,
hikes back 10 the civil war and pre-
sumes that the nation owes the south
something on the cotton situation be
cause during those trying four years,
northern armies laid much of the
south TO waste. That is worse than
demagoguery. The nation did not in
vite that war. The north is not 10
blame that the south undertook to
secede from the union. 1t is only 10
blame that the secession was a failure.
The war was Of the soutn's own MAX
ing In having TO swallow il. il is
true that slave labor was abolished
and IL is more expensive To the south
to get it's work done than il was pre-
vious TO the sixties. but that doesn't
enter into the cotton situation at all
so far as concerns making it an OBJ
Jet of national favoritisin.
Pres't Wilson in warding off the
movement by which the republic
ma. Ket as a cotton buyer. served the
south quite as we'll as he did the
north. We remain free from entan-
Cling sectionalisms. In this he re-
sisted a considerable element in his
own party. which is placing patriotism
above partisanship. and nationalism
above sections abuse.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
SIN MONTHS WITH POETS AND
PHILOSOPHERS.
"kinsmen, learn this:

hInSmen, learn this:
The artists market l. the heart OF
man:
The artists price. some little good
OF man.
Tease not thy vision with vain
search for ends.
The end OF means i art that works
by love,
The endh of endS-in Gods Begin
ning's lost"
Sydney Lanier.
lt was sunday morning, and the
church bells were all ringing to-
gether Anon they ceased, and
the woods and the clouds and the
whole village, and the very air
was IL eyerywhere.-LOng
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
LORDS ANn

OF course it's regular and all right.
but il does sound funny TO hear King
George open parliament with.
My Lords and gentlemen"
Should President Wilson. in ad-
dressing congress, say. Senators and
gentlemen" there would be folks who
would take it that gentlemen" ap-
But King George is right. The lords
are his. A king can make lord but
no king can make gentleman.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
Talks on Temperance
By JAMES c. KELLY

A MERICANS nave habit OF systematizing every
~ thing including their "brothery love" We entrust
IA the education of the future generation laraey to
the public schools; aims giving handled by organ
lied charity; and the teaching of temperance has been
turned over to the police department.
q We quite willing to leave things which do not
directly anyone who willing be intruSed
with them, either for not for profit those Amor
NAL individuals with pendants for making others conform
to their own code of living.
Coercion has been the basic principle of most of our
temperance teaching to date. Taking advantage of the
public indifference, organized temperance Socaled, has
practically abandoned educational training for forcefu
prohibition We asked to accept the absurdity
that all should be forcefy restrained because few
unable to restrain themselves
q Were to apply this prohibition principle to
things in general we would lock up only the thieves
but all persons who might be hevicm of their thevery
and forbid the existence of everything which might tempt
thieves steal.
In this country force has been popular except
with those who it. Forbid the average American boy
do thing and Immediately you double the temptation
So temperance via the pocemans has been proven
failure.
Whenever come 10 regard individual intemperance
weakness instead of premeditaed crime will have
accomplished much toward true temperance.-Adv.
-u-um-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

imparts a different atmOsphere,-the
atmosphere Of helpfulness. IL was
perhaps never more prevalent IN
South Bend than now.
1t is gratifying that the Y. NJ. c. A.
campaign. following the recent Cham
Der OF Commerce reorganization. and
wedged in behind the Goodwill
week" yet TO come, should be doing
so well. The public heart appears to
be approaching the right place.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

WE are asked to believe that the
effeminacy of thought and action al
legged 10 be found in some preachers
is due to their association with wo-
men and children more than with
men. II this were true it would be
only another evidence of the influ-
ence Of environment. In any event
the prepOnderance OF women and
children in the churches cannot be de-
MED, making it necessary for the
preachers TO go outside for male com
panionship.
IF we may be permitted to use the
word in this connection, the preva-
lence Of preachers in civic OrganiZa-
tons is an indication that the pro-
fession is charging its scope of obser-
walton and experience and learning
from the species himself how TO
preach 10 him.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
Letters Of the People

The News Times opens this column
10 its readers for expressions Of their
however. for the opinions here put
forth. Correspondents must show
good faith. however. by signing their
communications with their correct
name This viii not be published IL
the correspondent - desires aud iu-
dicates, but the name MUST accom-
pany the communication or it cannot
he considered.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

Chicago y Rock Island. stock was
watered from II up to $50 millions
and salaries of from $4,000 to $175,-
600 were paid. And now an investi-
CATION is on to discover how the con-
Germ was robbed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

Wasn't that a nice Steel Trust letter
by good old Andy Carnegie in which
he said that making forty or fifty
millions pr0ht seems almost wicked"
Evidently Andy has some doubts
about the ability of the camel to slip
through the eye Of the needle
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

And the politicians get a solar
plexus by the foreign-trade statement
for September which shows L balance
favorable to the United States by Il
millions. Trade off your hammer for
q horn
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

right good time for American chris
tians 10 get out OF Turkey, and for the
Tennessee. with her launch. TO steam
for home.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

Can you tell us which side is
war;" asks a Reader. Certainly. At
points where the Russians aren't win
ming, the Germans are, with both
sides falling back 10 stronger posi-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
\ FasudiOus Sport.

(Brayer Mo, Comet
For the last ten days Fred Lucas
has been wearing a fancy blue shirt.
which makes him look very sporty.
Can you picture yourself waiting for
work.
Standing outside where the wild winds
play,
Uncertain and needy and worthy your
wage,
With a thought in your mind of the
children at home,
And a pain in your heart for the days
u yet to come;
Do you know the feeling of doubt and
of dread
Which haunts the seeker of work for
his bread?
No? Then thank your fortune for the
stars that give
You the life free of hardships you are
permitted to live.
c. IF.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Reminders From the Columns
of The Daily Times.

James II. Eberhart OF A1ishawaka
assumed his duties as sheriff.
EX- Mayor LOngley has returned
from indianapolis.
Coroner DUgdale appointed Dr.
Charles StOltz deputy coroner
Henry Gaskill and party brought
home 104 quail from near Maxen-
kuckee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
CONTRABAND AND NEUTRAL
RIGHTS

Mr.. Martin Mess, who writes
10 the Herald from Lyons, y. Y. Is
bothered over neutrality and contra
band. The burden of his complaint
is that anything that England needs
or wants il sent her from the United
States .: everything sent 10
Germany is contraband," and he
thinks this condition in some way re-
fleets upon. American neutrality.
Mr.. Mess does not seem 10 under
stand that one OF the rights of a
neutral nation-a right inherent in
neutrality is ia. sell its goods
wherever il can. Articles that have
been declared "cOntraband of war
by the combatant nations or any one
Of them are, however, liable TO seizure,
but this in no way affects the neu-
trails right 10 sell if il can.
There is mighty little sentiment IN
business. American merchants ana
manufacturers have the same right 10
sell 10 Germany as 10 England, ana
would not be STOW 10 exercise this
right if British control Of the sea did
not render il impossible.
If Mr.. Mess does not like this state
Of affairs he might appeal 10 Berlin.
Not until. the navy Of Germany de-
feats that of Great Britain, and there
bv substitutes German control over
the channels OF commerce between
the United States and Europe for the
present efficient British control Il the
situation OF which he complains like
" 70 De changed.-New York Herald.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
THE MEL TING POT
COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

MR.. SILLIMAN says he cannot yet
see peace assured for Mexico Meth
er can We. which makes il unanimous.
nor does the horoscope reveal any
prospect of peace in the future. What
the MeXicans need is a common cause.
something like a foreign war for in
stance.
The Prudent Editor.
Danneburg. Neb.. NeWs.)
Two weeks ago we stated that Al
fred Miller was married. We heard
so just before going to press and
found out later that we were misin-
formed. We have now heard that he
went away the forepart of this week
TO get married, but as we have no par
ticIlars we will say no more until We
know for sure.
"OVERALLAS." writes an inspired
philosopher ARE regarded as one Of
the staple products of this country.
With he overall manufacturers there
are no constant changing of styles, al
though the structure Of these gar
ments may change a little from time
to time" Thus we have one exam
pie. at least. of a product which leap
ed to perfection from its inception.
Overalls stand alone, in this respect
as well as in others.
WHILE the sincerity of American
neutrality cannot be questioned it is
qualified by the American tendency
to talk. and when an American talks
he invariably drifts into the express
sion of opinion. An American with
out an opinion would be an anomaly.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19

The man behind the big gun is Will
helm.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
Hit Him In the Porch.

(Seneca, Pa, Kicker.)
Fritz Ziegler purchased a new car
Monday. and while trying to run the
same, made a miscue and ran it onto
the porch of Andrew Heaufnagle, at
Marble. knocking out several posts.
This winter" observes an ex-
change. lis going TO test the giving ca
pacity of the charitably inclined" and,
we may add by way Of parenthesis,
will test the holding out capacity of
the uncharitably inclined, if the feder-
ated charities campaign is carried out
" it'll the force with which it has
started.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
Ma GRTNP SAYS

If folks voted IN Novern Der as they
cheer n Sepuember, many en- election
would turn out different Pc
Journal
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-19
WAR AND WORLD POPULATION.

Much has been SAID about tbe waste
CO LIE eatailec II phe European war
and the impression has been created
in many minds that the human race is
being seriously depleted by the slaugh-