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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN
SAY PAY IS TOO SMALL
ShOveIing 40 Tons of Coal in
10 Hours Required on
MaIIet Engines.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-The work re-
ouired of locomotive fremen is too
hard and the pay too small, accord
ing to the testimony of a number of
hremen before the federal board hear
ing the complaint of $4,000 men
against the 9S leading western rail-
roads. More firemene We're summoned
for tOday's sessions. Some of the
grievances are:
ShoVeling 40 tons of coal in 10
hours on the mallet engines.
Six mallet engines do the work OF
10 smaller locomotives, thus increas-
ing productivity of firemen.
Employment is unsteady.
Firemen and hostlers are underpaid
for the hours worked.
Heavier locomotives reduce earn
ings and working forces from 90 TO GO
per cent
Cost of living too high for wages re
ceived.
Difficult to secure a job. Earnings
are only $50 to $40 per month.
Hugh NJ. Jones said ne worked Is
hours a day for weeks, and earned
only $3.50 "A ninth. At another time
he fired a mallet engine, shOveling 40
tons Of coal in 10 hours. The shovel
he used held 13 pounds, he said and
he threw 133 pounds a minute into
the fire box.
William RalstOn. fireman employed
by the Denver and Rio Grande on a
run from Pueblo. Colo, asserted that
he shoveled from , ) 10 2S tons Of coal
on every run and received from $50
to $6S a month.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
BOARD GIVES
FIVE NE " SKATING
PONDsAT MEETING
Completes Right of WAY for St.
Louis Boulevard From How
ard Park to Sampe st.-Con-
SiderS Plans FOR Bridge.

Five new skating rinks VIII be add
ed TO the city's winter amusement IA
cilities through a resolution passed at
meeting OF the park board in the
city hall Friday night One OF the
new rinks-Perkins and Laurel sts.-
Will cover five acres and will be ready
for the children and Younger set by
Monday morning.
The board also resolved To condemn
certain lots on the north side of the
river between NOtre Dame and ST
Peter SITS. for the extension of 81.
Louis boulevard from Howard park TO
the Sample st. bridge.
The other four skating rinks viii be
constructed at Studebaker park. Mich
igan and Haney sts., Olive and Monroe
SITS, and on the Mary j. Hines school
garden grounds at Notre Dame and
Cedar sts. The rink at Studebak er
park Will cover five lots, which Will
give il an area of more than $4,000
square feet. Ii and the one at Perkins
and Laurel SITS, will be two of the
largest municipal skating rinks in the
state
The boulevard route determined by
the board Friday night extends from
Howard park to the Sample St bridge
The right of way has been given TO
the city with the exception of a small
piece of privately owned tand at the
south end of thu park That will be
donated Immediately upon the start of
the work upon the boulevard, accord
ing to A. Z. Perley, clerk of the
board.
Two blocks of St Louis blvd. from
Jefferson blvd. to Howard park will
be turned over to the city in 1915.
The ultimate dream OF the board is TO
extend the boulevard from it's pres
ent end at Howard park along the
north river bank to join the boulevard
from Mishawaka at Nineteenth st.
The board also studied plans for a
new cement and concrete bridge to
replace the old one over the lagoon
in Leeper park. The plans examined
called for bridge as feet long. The
board held that 80 feet was a sufficient
length and if the bridge is constructed
it will be of that length.
Plans for new ornamental lamp
posts for the parks were also consid-
cred. No definite conclusion was
reached at Friday nights meeting.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
CHRISTMAS COMMITTEE
HAVING BUSY TIME

one of the busiest spots in the city
these days is the old headquarters Of
the Chamber of Commerce in the J.
~ :, building where the Christmas
committee of the Associated Charities
is established. Calls from individuals
and organizations of all kinds are
keeping the wires bot trying to ind
and to avoid duplication.
Thus far Of families have been pro-
vided for and so calls for names have
not yet been hlled. The committee
has a registry of 200 names for check
ing purposes only. This registry in
cludes the names of both parents and
children 10 guard against duplication.
Any one wishing TO send bask ct
on Christmas day To some needy fam
ily may call at the registry fOr names
Of worthy people. IL is very desir-
able. also that all who are giving bas-
kets report 10 the registry SO that the
names viii not be given TO others.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
RUSSIANS ARE SENDING
HWY REINIORlI.AII.N

PEIkOlT RAD. Dec. l9-iIeaNN re-
infOrcements rushed 90 the Poland
front have strengthened the Rus
slams lines there and every attempt
made hy the Germans 90 pierce the
line of defense established west OF
AEarsaw has been repulsed The
heavy losses suffered bv the Germans
have compelled them to abandon the
advance which they attempted along
the 3G0-mil- line from kazunpOlsl1i
10 Skierniewice. but they maintain
their assaults al TerSin ON the So
chaczew- Warsaw railroad line
Fighting with the aid OF search
lights the Germans made five at
tacks Thursday night al TeTsin.
Fierce hand 70 hand conflicts deEeI-
Oped there. but after they had lasted
for seven hours the Germans were
finally repulsed. 10 IS estimated that
liza these i've ATTACKS the Germans
Details 0f the lighting about LODI
are beginning ro trlckle in here as the
censorship TelaXes They show that
the Germans fought with desperate
val0r and that the temporary adj
vantage they gained in this region
was secured only al enormous cost.
Prussian Ilu~sars Destroyed.
The Prussian htISsarS Who led the
first German attacks at LODI. were
almost destroyed a regiment Of
2. 600 men was cut off from the main
German force bv Russian troops from
Siberia The hussars tried So cut
their way through the Russian lines.
but failed OF the whole regiment
only so men Succeeded in eScapin--
All the others were killed. they refus-
ing 10 surrender.
Emperor Nicholas has sent the fol-
lowing message 90 the Russian COM
mander at TIfii~
with nee the best impression or mas
troops and pleasant recollection of
demonstration OF love and loyalty on
the part OF every class of the popula-
tion / thank you and beg YOU to eX-
press my gratitude 10 the valiant
army Of the Caucasus its chiefs and
an the people.
It IS known that the emperor s
completely satisfied with the opera
uons against the Turks
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
MORGAN SAVED
ERIE At A COST
Of z MILLIONS
He gets Thanks for Services
and Then UnIoadS Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton Stock
on Baltimore and Ohio Road.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. j. p.
Morgan saved the Erie railroad from
financial disaster in 1905 at a cost to
himself of $12.000,O00 and the Erie
board voted him especial thanks for
the service, but he Immediately un-
loaded Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton stock, which was involved in the
deal, on to the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road. These facts were brought out
today when Frederick w. Stevens, of
j. =. Morgan q Co. testified in the in
terstate commerce commission inVeSti-
cation of railroad carriers.
All the intricacies of the weird
financial history OF the G. III. and D..
and the Pere Marquette, including a
recital of the methods by which that
road was turned from a dividend pay
ing Institution into a property physi-
cally and financially decrepit, were
told by Stevens.
Stevens is a partner in the firm of
j. Il. Morgan * Co, and has been a
director in the Marquette road since
1907, and a director in the G. II. and
d. since 1909. He said he participated
personally in the reorganization of
organization of the G. III. and ID. in
1907.
Paid l,eguIar Dividends.
Stevens testified that for many years
prior to July, 1904, the c. Fl. and ID.
was under the control of NJ. d. Wood
ford and Henry L. Shoemaker, and
that from its organization in 1895
until 1904 the road paid regular divi-
dends upon its $4,000, 900 Of preferred
stock. In 1902 it paid two per cent
on its SS,000,000 of common stock, he
said.
In 1904 stevens said a syndicate
purchased sufficient stock from Shoe
maker and others to gain control Of
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton.
Morgan & Co had no part in this
transaction, said stevens.
on July Z, 1904, the syndicate took
charge of the property and elected
Eugene Zimmerman president.
Stevens then told how the c. II. and
d. bought in all but S25O.0OO of it's
SS,0OO,OO0 preferred stock at about
S122 a share and retired it. The
next step was the lease by the C. III.
and y. of the Pere Marquette for 999
years. Under the terms of the lease
the c. II. and ID. obligated itself to pay
four per cent dividend on the pre-
ferTed stock OF the Marquette and five
per cent on the common
During the first year of thinner
mans administration the c. H. and ID.
guaranteed $9,OO0.OOO of Marquette $
bonds. In 1905 said Stevens the c. II.
and ID. purchased the Toledo Railway
and Terminal 90
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
PLAN LESS FORMAL AFFAIR
Pan Hellenic Society May Not Have
Elaborate Banquet.

The banquet which it was planned
to have for the Pan Hellenic society
may give away TO an informal gath
ering and banquet TO be held some
time during the holidays. The ban
quet of the society at each of the two
previous occasions has been all elabO-
rate affair and the preparation has
taken much time. Members of the
committee on arrangements are now
considering the advisability Of hold
ing a less elaborate affair and il is
probable that an informal gathering
will be the result
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
Conditions in South Bend

What 10 you know about conditions in South Bend-nOt
conditions but the actual conditions eff life moral
otherwise,
allied subjects who has been conducting series of meetings
this city promises startling revelations of these conditions
at the meeting the high school auditorium Sunday afternoon
at ESQ o'clock
Mayor Keller Chief Kerr and others of the official family
will be there expecting learn something DR. McCuaig has
made personal investigation in the city AMI his talk will deal
with facts as he found them.
The meeting for men, 230 Sunday al the high school
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS.

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Steamers
sailing today. Touraine, Havre: New
York. Liverpool; Transy ylvania. Liver
pool: POtsdam Rotterdam.
Due To arrive today: Baltic, from
Liverpool: Idaho. from Hull; Eliza
beth from Rotterdam: Alfred Du-
moiS. from Glasgow; OthellO. from
Hull; Canning, from Liverpool; John
Bakke, from Glasgow: TuVa. from
Rotterdam: Manningham. from Rot
teTdam; Soerakarta. from Rotterdam;
Msssapequa. from Rotterdam: La
Flandre from Rotterdam. Themis-
tOCles. from Palermos Europa. from
Newport: CaciQue. from Havre;
Dundren~an. from Genoa. St Louis.
from Liverpool: Italia, from Palermo;
John Blumer. from Christiania-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
MASONS TO OBSERVE
ST. JOHNS DAY DEC. 27

South Bend Masons viii celebrate
ST. Johns day Dec. 27. Upon special
invitation from Bishop White OF St.
James Episcopal church the men viii
attend services at ) o'clock in the aft
ernoon The members of the lodge
will meet at the temple at Michigan
st. and Lasalle av. and march to the
church in a body
The day is celebrated in memory Of
St John the evangelist. who was a
patron OF the Masonic order.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
L. O. T. M. ELECTS NEW
OFFICERS FOR YEAR

The following officers for the ensu-
ing year have been elected by L. Q. T.
NJ No. 81: Mrs Clara Engel past
commander: Mrs. Clara SchlOerke,
commander. Mrs. Hulda Tollmien,
lieutenant commander: Mrs. Pauline
Holler. chaplain: Mrs. Carrie Heiman.
record keeper; Mrs. Babette Dietel.
finance auditor: Mrs. Lizzie Krause,
Lady at arms; Mrs. Anna Schricker.
sergeant; Mrs. Louise CHASER. sentinel:
Mrs. Rosa smith, picket: Mrs. Theresa
Gelley. official prOmpter: Mrs Glenn
LentZ. captain of guard.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
SAYS BEEF WILL SELL AT
so CENTS A POUND SOON

CHICAGO, Dec. 19-"Beef will sell
at so cents a pound and shoes at $40
a pair perhaps within two years.
This startling prediction was made by
Henry J. Williamson, Statistician in
the department of agriculture at
Washington. who is stopping here on
his way back to the capital from a
five weeks tour Of the cattle range
country.
Unless the slaughter of calves is
stopped and scientific breeding for
increase becomes general among
stock men, the United States soon Will
have TO import beef" said William
son.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
TO ORGANIZE CLASS.

VrganlZatlOn OF the SENIOR RI0Ie
class at the Y. NJ. c. A. Will take place
Jan. 1 and Will continue for 10 weeks.
according 10 announcement made
Saturday by Sec'y J. Q. Ames. A 20
cent supper Will be served at each
meeting of the class. Any young man
over is years OF age Is eligible To join.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
WANTS CREDTToRs TO rII.E.

Upon petition from O. a. Elliott,
receiver for the Perkins Valve Co,
has ordered that all creditors OF the
company file their respective claims
bv Feb. ]. Those not fled by that
time Will be barred Action was orr
ginally brought against the valve com
pany by Frank f. Bortel.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
VETERAN OF SPANISH
AMERICAN WAR DEAD

CHICAGO. Dec. 19.-Edward A.
BigeIow. l. \ A. retired major pay
master. and a veteran OF the civil
and Spanish-American wars. is dead
at the Hinsdale sanitarium. The fun
erai will be at Randolph ST and
Michigan av- tomorrow morning ar
II O'Clock.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
DFATH LTST Il 126.

LONDON. Dec 19.-Deaths Of per
sons injured by the German lombard
ment have Increased the mortality
list 10 126. Latest reports from the
coast towns state that 5f9 were in
jured.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19

BERLIN. Dec. 19.-(By Wireless)
Fierce dghting between the Ger
mans and the allies is in progress
near Nieuport BiNschoote and La
Bassee, where the Anglo-French
forces have launched three separate
attacks, it was officially announced
here today The statement. whiclE
was issued al p. m. says.
Yesterday "a series of hostile at
tacks were made i'm the western the
Ster of war. Fighting continues near
Nieuport. Bixschoote and La Bassee.'
The official statement continued.
we also repulsed the enemys at
tacks west of Lens. east OF Albert and
west of Noyon
"On the East Prussian frontier a
Russian cavalry attack west OF Pill
kallen was repulsed. IN Poland the
pursuit of the Russians continues"
May Move Troops.
German military experts today
forecast the transfer OF several corps
of German troops from the eastern
10 the western theater OF war as
result of the Russian defeat I'm PO-
land No attempt is made mere TO
magnify the German victory i'm Po-
land. Maj. MOhTat pointing ont in the
Tageblatt that "the Russian army has
not been annihilated; it, has been de-
feated and has retreated, but its
powers OF resistance are undoubtedly
still great"
However, he continues. 'the de-
feat was sufficient 20 enable us to
gain our end, which was TO check the
campaign against Silesia and Posen.
while we pursue a vigorous offensive
i'm the western theateT against the
French and their allies
Troops that were sent from Bel
gium 10 Poland viii now return and
We shall take a vigorous offensive bon
the west TO accomplish the aim which
has been before as since the war be-
gan
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19

suit has been brought IN the cir
cult court 10y the Mishawaka Trust *
Savings Co. against Frank W. Beane,
to collect $50 alleged to be due on
a note given 70 John A. HerZog.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19

DANA=A loss OF $4,000 was en-
tailed when 10 business houses on
Main ST were destroyed By FIRE. The
fire started in a bowling alley and
lunch room in the opera house. The
origin Of the fire is unknown.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
GERMANS MAY MOVE
SOME TROOPS TO WEST
Success Against Foe in Eastern
Theater Relieves Pressure
and is Likely to Enable Rein
forCement in France.
BULLETIN

VIENNA CNia Berlin and Ans
tcrdam) Dec. IA Russian
armored train proceeding from
Lemberg TO the Carpathian front
with ammunition and food for
the forces engaged i'm battle
there. was blown up on Thursday
and all the soldiers on board.
numbering about 200, were
killed.
News of the disaster was re-
ceived here from Budapest to-
day. The dispatches stated that
the train was blown mp by "A mine
planted by a small force of Aus
trian cavalry who had succeed
ed in evading the Russian pickets
and getting well within the en-
emy's lines.
IL is believed an the members
OF the Austrian raiiing party
were subsequently captured. bat
not before they had destroyed "a
large section of the railway mp
on which the Russians depended
for the transportation OF troops
and supplies.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19

COLUMBUS An order has been is
sued by the city and county authori-
ties To the effect that all unmuzzled
dogs shall be shot A rabbi doc was
shot the other day and fear OF an epi-
demic ensued.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-19
THE WEATHER

INDIANA = y T Z -
cloudy and colder tonight.
preceded by snow in eX-
treme south portions,
SUNDAY cloudy.
LOWER MICHIGAN
Cloudy tonight and sun
day. probably with snow
aurries colder tonlght
and sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-22

Miss Edith Kiedaisch. Miss Ruth
gracefully went through number OF
difficult steps, and her dancing show
ed the result OF careful training and
work. Shs was light as feather on
her feet, and her gestures and pos
turing were 1krNcularly good.
Little Edith.. Kledaisch represented
a little white fairy, 1t seemed, as she
danced her way across the stage. She
was particularly graceful and her
dancing was we'll received. The audi
ence wanted both OF these dancers
back, but owing to the length OF the
program they did not respond to the
encores.s Miss Helen Kiedaisch play
ed the Accomplishments for hsr sis.
ters.
Much credit should go to Prof. Hay,
den and the high school organizations
for the two splendid programs they
have given Keokuk people. The com
munity music program is hsre to stay
and is the kind of entertainment
which will reach the majority of peo-
Pile. Both affairs have been successes
in every way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-22
HEARD AT THE
PoSTOFFTCE
Letters May be Attached to Parcels
If Properly Stamped, Says
Burleson.

The latest orders from the postof-
nee department at Washington an
nounce that letters, If properly stamp
ed, can be attached to parcel post
shipments. The order is as follows:
Section 45S postal laws and regula-
tions, edition Of 1918, is amended by
the addition Of the following as par
agraph 51a:
When the sender desires that a
parcel OF fourth class matter on
which the postage is fully prepaid,
with stamps affixed, at the rate for
that class, be accompanied with a
communication which is not a per-
missable Enclosure at the fourth class
rate, the communication may be plac.
ed in an envelope, and after the full
amount OF postage at the first class
rate is afixed to the envelope it may
be tied to or otherwise securely at
tached to the outside OF the parcel in
such manner as to prevent it's separa-
ton therefrom and not to interfere
with the address on the parcel The
envelope shall Dc addressed TO cor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-22
PRETTY GIRL HIKERS
FROM MONTROSE
Members Of tho Hikers Club Visiteo
keokuk Yesterday and The
Gate City Office.

The Gate City editorial rooms, yes
terday, while the clouds were spread
ing their shadows, were visited with
a. halo Of young Ifs and ueauty and
for time-all too short, me clouds
surceased their sombte influence and
a halo appeared. This delightful ap-
paration was the appearance OF five
bright Montrose girls, mmbers OF
the Montrose Hiking club from our
neighbor up on the river, who wer.
chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Lawler. Timidly they repeated their
club yell, which revealed who they
were. And their innocent, girlish
voices sent a gentls reminder that
this is about the beginning OF sprins
and for the time it actually appeared
that spring birds had really arrived
and were rendering sernade.
The party consisted OF Mr.. and Mrs.
George Lawler, chaperones, and
Miss Esther Amidon, Ruby Allen,
Charlotte Reed, and Margaret Ken
nedy, and each member Of the party
seemed enthusiastic over the happy
success of their hike.
They left Montrose at $3.50 o'clock
yesterday Afternoon and arrived In
Keokuk at 2:30 in the afternoon, los
ing an hour at Sandusky where they
enjoyed tnsir lunch.
The Gate City was pleased to see
them and as they were taking their
leave, invited thsm to call again and
next time to stay longer. It was a
happy event.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-22

There's an appetite that stuarts
Dyspepsia Tablets gave me-"
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets very
quickly restore appetite by making
the stomach want food. The stomach
readily RECEIVERS from Indigestion,
dyspepsia, ETC.. as soon as 1t is enabled
to digest food. Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets taken after each meal quickly
digest that meal and thus wonderfully
rest the stomach.
In q short time the digestion as
sutnes its normal condition and then
appetite-and good appetite too-ls
tie natural consequence. One may
actually nuidize few Stuart's Dye
pepsia Tablets, place them in glass
tube with meat, grains. vegetables,
ETC., and these tablets will digest the
contents of the tube without aid.
Just think then how quickly and ef-
fectiveIy they act when they are
mixed with the food in ones system
and what great relief 1t is to the d.
gestive apparatus to have its fluids so
enriched.
Go to your druggist today and OBJ
tain 50cent box and make the actual
test yourself after you have eaten .
large and hearty meal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-22
The 8. s. Teachers
Of st. P.'s G. e. Church,
Keokuk. Iowa.
Iowa Patents,
Especial to The Gate City.1

Especial to The Gate City.1
DIES INCOMES, March 21.-IThe fol
lowing patents were granted to Iowans
for the week ending March II, 1914, as
reported from the office of Wilfred s.
Lane, patent attorney, sos Crocker
building, Des Moines, Iowa:
No 1,O9O,137-Hay press. Joseph
Dain and H. B. Sperry, assigns to
Dain Manufacturing Co., Of Ottumwa,
Iowa
No 1000, O3-Spring-wheel. Lloyd
A. Feeruseth, Belmand.
No 1890, 211-Mold for making
sewer inlets, Ernest B. Hiatt. Truro.
No. 1000, 402-Burner. Charles E..
Leigh and F. Carol, Cedar Rapids.
No. 1,O9o,732-Gate. John Long,
Panora.
No. 1000, 645-Gasoline engine trac-
ton. Laurets c. Olsen, Emm etsburg.
No. 1000, 337--Shock-conve Geo.
H. Pallady, Allerton.
No. 1,090, machine.
John Schneider. Charles City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-22
Yearn for Food -
Don't Spurn Il
q Brisk AppetIts % AsaIthful Neces-
sity. Stuart's Dyspepsia. Tablsts
Quickly Restore Lost Relish
For Food.

Unless you have real hearty desire
for food you should by all means take
no chances of stomach trouble. for q
loss Of appetite means a signal of
distress from a deranged digestion.
When the stomach wants food It sig
nails the mind through the nerves,
and these excite the taste buds in the
mouth which at once secrete large
quantities Of saliva. This is called
mouth water" and all OF us know
when our mouths water we want
food.