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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
UP TO UNCLE SAM.

Our Mexican neighbors appear de-
termined to draw us into their quar-
rel. and they may succeed. There is
more prospect just now than at any
previous time. We have been long
suffering, but there comes a time
when patience ceases to be virtue
Besides we are under obligations TO
others. What we might endure on
our own account it might not be pos
sible to permit on account of others.
BY shutting out European nations with
the Monroe doctrine the United States
has assumed the sole responsibility
and unless her obligations are prop
erly discharged she opens the way for
foreign interference.
To permit such a precedent would
put an end to the Monroe doctrine for
all time. Now 1t is respected. for the
United States has not yet failed TO do
it's part, but should it default that re-
spect would be destroyed and foreign
powers would assert their right to
protect their own interests.
Nothing but the strong hand of the
American government and the conf
dence and respect of foreign nations
has prevented European interference
in Mexican affairs. The presidents
policy OF watching and waiting has
been deferred TO. when under other
conditions it would have been ignored.
Great Britain retains this conf
dence. as attested by the declaration
that ii expected the Benton case will
DE treated the same as though he were
an American subject Great Britain
has a reasonable right to expect this,
and for that reason the United States
will be compelled to demand a salts
factory explanation or reparatiOn, and
on failure to accord it to step in and
make certain that such offenses are
not repeated
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

though il is supposed to deal with the
sensual rather than the tempera-
mental 1t certainly cannot depict a
wider range of human passion and
emotion now offer a better moral.
something every play is supposed to
be constructed to convey.
Dramatic writer's have displayed re-
markable ingenuity in adapting their
talents to the demand for the sex ques-
ton created by the moral movement
now sweeping over the country. They
provide the excuse for going 10 see
plays which would not have been
countenanced a few years ago. they
furnish the entertainment the theater
gOer demands and their plays have a
grip almost morbid in its tenacity
With the growth of frankness be-
tween men and women the stage has
taken a position quite in advance. As
in a painting the high lights are nee
essarily made strong to show across
the footlights and every accessory
known to the art is thrown in for
emphasis. Nothing is left undone
which would IN any degree contribute
TO the realism of the scenes presented.
The stage is perhaps no more frank
concerning these things than the
press, the preacher. the platform
speaker or the people themselves. but
in its little world 1t is more cOnspic-
uOus. The impression made is per-
haps deeper.
But what is the impression left by
all this public frankness? That is a
question which should be seriously
considered and not taken for granted.
Is familiarity TO breed contempt, or,
"seen to oft" will we first endure,
then pity. then embrace" In this
open frankness we are relying upon
our moral strength to sustain us.
Being human, are We taking too long
a chance?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
HUMAN INTEREST IL HEALTH.

There is a lot of human interest in
the monthly bulletins OF the state
board of health. They deal with vital
statistics which have TO do with human
ills and human mortality They con-
stitute a sort of barometer from
which can be read the causes which
regulate the ebb and flow of life
These bulletins record what the
scientists of the state are doing to
better conditions by the publication
OF foods and the regulation of diet
the analysis Of diseases and the state
OF sanitary precautions. one table
shows the geographical distribution of
deaths from certain communicable
diseases, such as tuberculosis, typhoid.
diphtheria. scarlet fever and diarrheal
affections.
For this purpose the state is divid-
ed into three sanitary sections, the
northern. central and southern. The
border between the northern and CEN
trail sections crosses the state on a line
with Lafayette The dividing line be-
tween the central and southern sec
tions crosses near Bloomington The
population OF each section and the
ratio OF deaths from each of the dis
eases named per thousand.
Another table gives the death rate
bv counties recorded comparatively
so that 1t is known whether the rate is
increasing or decreasing. and i'm the
same manner the death rate by cities
is given. other tables carry the in
formation 90 finer conclusions. In
this manner the state board OF health
keeps its finger on the pulse Of the
commonwealth, and anyone interested
can ascertain ar a glance the health
conditions in the several sections.
The rise or fan OF the death rate in
dicates as accurately sanitary and
dietary conditions as the barometer
SHOWS weather conditions. The board
n health has but 10 consdlt its re
rorts 20 detect the presence Of error
IN the habits Of living They show
Immediately in the deathroH which is
as sensitive as the needle OF a com
pass
Far from being what they appear %
be. a collection Of dry statistics. The
bulletins OF the state board ~ health
TEEN with interest 70 every reSIdeu;
Of the state They should uHd place
IN every home and form ps-t ~ the
family reading They are guides ana
defenders Of health and happiness
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
THE MELTING POT
COME! TAKE PoTLUCK WITH US.

day there are but three families re-
siding at this place. and the dead fur
| roughs OF a corn field have obliterated
| the location Of its once busy streets.
| In the removal OF the county seat 10
| Paulding. it's present location. the pro-
| meters, Mudgett. Satles ct al. gave a
town lot as a bonus to all the county
/ officers, as we'll as a site for a court
| house with a large area OF ground
around it. which is now the court
| house square, and as there is a fine
! $4,000 court house on this location
at present il is not thought any pro-
| moter will get in his work again. and
the county seat will not be subjected
TO any more spells of migratory ma
ture.
AN express truck laden with cleo
margarine passing our window eX-
cited our curiosity as TO the extent this
near butter butts in on the domain of
/ COW butter. in South Bend. The pure
food editor couldn't inform us. He
buys his butter from a farmer the
year round The society editor
couldn't say. She doesn't eat butter.
The cub didn't know. but he would
ask his landlady. She ought to know.
EVERYBODY but the travelling
salesman and the one night ISLANDERS
can play close to the base, but he
must shovel his way to it.
Advice From the Stung.
(Written BY Billy DeRose at the Age
Of 80
I've been good fellow with you and
with him
I've spent all my money with Jack and
with Jim;
All were my friends in those days
It's true,
But now things look, yes mighty blue.
I'd help a good fellow who was down
and out,
But now it seems, 1 am going that
route.
met a young dame. fell in love at
first sight,
7 wooed and won her all in one night.
Next day we journeyed. It's sad but
it's true,
took her for better or worse, that 1
knew.
But since we were we'd. it's been for
the best,
For I amt been a good fellow with
the fellows who jest
About a young fellow who holds onto
his dough"
They call him a piker, but one thing
I know.
If hadn't been a good fellow with the
fellows who spend
Today I'd have comfort and money TO
lend.
So take my advice and keep far away
! From the good fellows who spend
their pay on pay day.
C. c. \.
! BILLY must be very young for his
| age.
IF our congressman are so far gone
that hey need the tango to wake
/ them up. as Rep. Mann would have
! us believe a cabateria attachment
might be added 10 the capitol bar.
THIS is an instance where we have
Lent with nothing TO lend.
WHICH suggests the idea that some
guy may have put V in Oster and
| made the oyster
WE simply offer it as sugges-
ton.
C.NF.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
No OCCASION FOR HASTE.

Just the other day The News-Times
said that despite the example Of
large registration of women in Chi
cage the women of the country are
not ready for the ballot" The result
OF the Chicago primaries confirms the
truth Of the statement.
The vote cast by women in the city
Of Chicago was less than One-third OF
the registration. In other parts OF
the state a much smaller per cent OF
the registered woman vote was cast.
tn press reports. speaking Of the
state at large state that in most in
stances the women declined 20 take a
hand in nominating candidates for
city and township offices. In excep-
tional cases. as at Galesburg. where
the issue was wet and dry, the
women voted heavily. but at Spring
field only z39 out of 1886 qualified
woman voters voted. in Quincy the
vote was less than 500 out OF $500.
in East ST. Louis no woman voted, in
Peoria only 90 women went 10 the
polls.
Organization may be credited with
the comparatively large woman vote
cast in Chicago. but even organization.
which was absent outside OF Chicago,
failed to make the showing it should
have In the city. considering the large
number OF women registered. Even
the interest manifested at Galesburg
in the wet" and dry issue fails TO
convince that the women Of Illinois,
though given the ballot are prepared
to comprehendingly exercise the right.
To add value TO the electorate wOm-
en- must understand their response
bility TO the fundamentals. They
must be able TO see beyond such spe-
cial issues as wet" and dry and
grasp the Importance of using their
votes to place honest and capable men
in office. An issue ends with the
campaign. an official holds his posi-
ton and exercises his powers until
superseded.
IL would not be fair to place the
women OF the present day in a class
with the Negroes of the south at the
time the latter were given the fran
chise The women are far more intel
ligent. but despite that fact we should
be careful about repeating the exper-
iment OF flooding the electorate with
a large unframed vote, nor should the
franchise be forced upon an unaP-
preciative. irresponsible and irrespon-
sible body OF people.
Let Illinois. Colorado, Indiana and
other states at present and prospect
lively giving the ballot to women con
stitute themselves the training grounds
for female suffrage and by a process
OF practical education gradually quail
ify women for the responsibilities OF
full citizenship. Obviously there is no
occasion for haste in national legis-
IatfOn
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

ident proposes that the government
assist the states to better control and
more adequate revenue by specifying
the terms of power grants, making
the most liberal concessions to those
states best equipped with public util-
ity laws to hold in check any unjust
extension Of private enterprise.
The tendency of such a provision.
il is pointed out, will be TO require
states with insufficient regulative laws
to pass them.
one merit of the presidents plan
lies in its retention of national con-
troll while permitting fair latitude OF
the states. There may be some wor-
shippers of the states rights fetish
who will not be content with such a
compromise, but the president under
stands what they willfully ignore, that
continued national control is inds-
pensable in any organic program of
Observation-Disclosures Star.
Andrew SjOVnl. Unknown, But a Hero.
You will look in vain through So
cial registers. blue books and Who's
Who for the name of Andrew SHOWN.
Had you been interested in him, your
search would have led YOU to en-
plOyment agencies at seapOrts or to
the lists OF crews of sailing vessels
and steamships Had you wished 70
see him. YOU would have walked along
docks, perhaps into barrel houses and
certainly into cheap sailor lodging
houses. Yet in the lists Of heroes who
have carved their names eternally In
the rock of fame, SHOWN looms large.
When the Inflated Monroe went
down off the Virginia coasts, and 40
passengers persisted. an inquisitive
commission began to prObe-and it
found SHOWN, able seaman as the one
bright spot in a story that reeked of
cOwardice and inefficiency
Life was sweet" said the wireless
operator as an excuse for deserving
officers who seemed unmindfuI of the
women and/children and FASTENED to
the lifeboats Life was sweet. too. to
Sjovin-but duty and the mans task
of saving woman was sweeter.
How ne battled with the waves.
how he struggled TO get boats and
life preserVers, how he fought back
the maddened death -panicked crowd
until women were safe how he finally
| leaped into the sea with his arm
around one woman in a futile effort
TO save her il written into the cold
documents Of the commission.
Gold lace never made a hero. Rags
meyer made a coward. Andrew 8 OWN
able seaman, proved his worth in an
hour of crisis-and he needn't mind
the fact that those who write social
registers have overlooked him--and
VIII continue TO overlook him. His
name is recorded in the company OF
those illustriOus ones who need no
such testim onials.-Toledo News-Bee
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
Twenty Years Ago
Reminders From the Columns
of The Daily Times.

The iron gutter crossing in the bust
ness part of town are To so and plank
ing is 10 replace them until the
weather will permit the putting in of
cement crossings.
Fred ID. Smith. for several years
lumber inspector at the StUdebaker
works, died today.
DR.. Robert Harris and Conrad Lip
hart of South Bend have been select
ed as a part of the special venire to
try the Indianapolis bank wreckers.
The northern prison count reached
500 Monday, the largest in its history.
The remains of Mrs. Sarah Herr.
mother of Eugene NJ Herr, were
taken to Columbia, Pa, for burial.
Aaron Jones has been named as
superintendent of stalls at the state
fair.
Max Cohn of Adler Bros. clothing
store is entertaining three more bOils
on his neck.
Stark & KnOblOch's team INDUCED
in a mild runaway.
Quite a mum Der Of sugar camps are
in operation.
South Bend will get no new post
master until after the presidential
duck hunt The mails will be deliv-
cred just the same.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
DIT IN THE CHILLY NIGHT.
-ifh ADOIOoiRs IN Thomas Moore

OFT IN THE CHILLY NIGHT.
With Apologies TO Thomas Moore.
oft in the chilly night,
Ere slumbers chain has bound me
Dame Memory brings the sight,
OF my misdeeds around me.
The things ] thought
or did or said.
I shouldn't have thought or done or
spoken,
They crowd around
Without a sound
And haunt me like a token.
Thus in the chilly night,
Blankets all wrapped around me,
Dame Memory brings that sight
And my misdeeds confound me.
3. r. II.
ONLY more days OF February-3
count 'em.
IF Romance" has no other IN
fluence on society it is apt TO prevent
return to the fashions n dress of
long ago when not only a violent
cough but gntle sneeZe would re-
lieve lady Of her gown.
WE are left with the impression
that in the new styles of women's
dress exposure Of the lower extremi-
ties has been shifted from lingerie to
lines, while in the upper ATTITUDES
there is less occasion for Hneasiness.
The Modern Arcadia.
(Antwerp, o.. Cor. Ft. Wayne Jour
nal Gazette
The arcadian village of Charloe.
once the county seat of PauIding
county and situated on the banks of
the Auglaize river at one of the most
beautiful spots along this stream. will
meet its final fate March II when the
sheriff of the county sells the town
plat 10 the highest responsible bidder
From 1871 to 1851 this little burg
was about the liveliest of any in the
county. 1t was a picturesque point
at which il was located. and being the
county seat ii was supposed TO have
future that was more or less bright
Therefore its population Numbered
several hundred and was considered
quite a prominent trading point as
all the people had to come there from
the other parts of the county to pay
their taxes and transact their legal
business. But alas, the promoter was
abroad in the land as he is today and
after a fine new brick court house had
been built the little hamlet was given
its death blow. Through the influence
of b. +. HOLSTER and others the cOun-
ty seat had been moved to CharlOe.
from a point on the Maumee river a
few miles north of the present town
of Cecil, and known as New ROches-
ter some dim marks of this ancient
town were to be seen but a few years
since, but which are now about OBJ
liberated. 4 $4,000 court house was
built a Charloe. but after the county
seat was removed il was torn down.
one feature of its erection being that
all the wood work on the inside was of
black walnut lumber. Of which there
was an abundance at that time. the
furniture within the building also be
ing of this now very scarce wood. To-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
TRY THIS.

She-No, George. I am afraid / can
not marry you 1 want a man who
possesses a noble ambition; whose
heart is set on attaining some high
and worthy object
He-Weu. don't I want you?
She-Oh, George / am yours
Ladies Home Journal.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

A stranger visiting q church al d
little village on the Scottish coast in
quired OF the verger where &c might
sit.
'.weel. sir" whispered the verger.
cautiously. Il must tell YOU there's an
awful lot o. visitors in the village just
now, and ye'd best sit whaur We can
see yer umbrella!"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

The jingoes of the press and the
explosive patriots Of congress are
growing FESTIVE under the watchful
waiting policy. They are seizing on
the slightest strawS as an excuse for
stirring up trouble.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

Sec Daniels says the nation is
prospecting under Pres Wilson's ad-
and what is better has
ths documents 70 prove that what he
saws is true
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

The absence OF freckles was one Of
the causes Of failure to identify the
Arkansas girl as Catherine Winters
Fortunately or unfortunately. there
were other distinguishing marks.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

NEVER CAN TELL.

William Tell and the Austrian gov
ernor were discussing the morrow's
target practice.
It can shoot that apple off with my
eyes closed" said the Swiss hero con-
fidently.
The Austrian smiled grimly.
You neN er can, Tell" he answered
dryly.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
THROUGH THE YEAR WITH
IONGEEIIOW

Time has dOOmsday book up
ON whose pages he l. constantly
recording illustrious names. But
a often "a new name il written
there. an old one disappears.
Only a few stand I'm Illuminated
characters. never TO be effaced.
Hyperion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

That bunch of INTELLECT known as the
American baseball world tourists was
amazed by the sights in the Egyptian
museum. Doubtless the bunch will
make valuable contributions 10 the
literature on the subject
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

Former Sen Henry NJ. Teller or
Colorado has passed away at the age
of 81. He was one OF the most con-
spicuous factors in the making OF his
state
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

Eggs imported from China can be
retailed in the United States for
twenty cents a dozen. a shipment Of
500, 600. bought at ten cents a dozen.
has been made 70 this country, and
importauons are being made from
Russia, Italy. Germany and France.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

TheOdore Hook once Dragged that
he could make a pun con any subject.
Well. then" said a friend make
one on the king"
The king is no subject" replied
the wit
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

Keep the little ones healthy and
happy; their tender, sensitive bodies
require gentle healing remedis. Hoi-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea will make
them well and strong; regulates their
stomach; makes them eat and grow.
Try it tonight. COonley Drug store.
Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
INTERESTED.

Awake. man awake
All right" said Finnegan. rousing
himself, whose wake ?"-St. Louis
POst-Dispatch.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
Michigan Parole Records.


That 16 per cent of the prisoners
paroled from Michigan prisons during
1913 violated their paroles is not so
astonishing, when thoughtfully con-
~sidered. as it is at first thought. When
hospitals first began TO come into gen
eral use, many patients we're un-
doubtedly discharged from the hos
pital before they were entirely cured,
and in consequence suffered a re-
lapse
The prison is, or at least ought
to be, if prison experts are to be be
lieVed. a hospital in which crime is
the disease, and Incarceration is
rather for cure than punishment.
Formerly il was conceded that a GER
tain number of days, or months, or
years, would cure a certain kind of
criminal of mis- tendencies toward
crime. From a week or so for vag-
rancy to a life sentence for murder
the dispensers of the law had the
doses rolled up in neat little pellets,
easy TO prescribe and guaranteed
sure cure"
With the coming of doubt as to
the efficacy of this method of dosage.
the indeterminate sentence and the
parole system began to win atten-
ton. They are now in practically
The judge. unpractised at this new
form of administering curative SEN
fences, is as yet a bit uncertain as
TO how small and how large the
doses ought to be. Hence his rec
ommendation" occasionally goes wide
OF the mark The convict who gets
paroled under the indeterminate sent
ence plan may be cured. If so, all
goes merrily. If not. he breaks his
parole. and goes back to jail. just as
he ought to. The place for a sick
man is in a hospital that treats his
particular sort of disease If the CON
Wet is sick-and criminologists de-
clare that he is-he ought not TO be
allowed liberty any more than a per
son suffering with typhoid fever
should be turned out of bed.
1t is by no means alarming that
nearly a fifth of the paroled prison.
ers of Michigan violated their pa
roles last year Rather it ought TO
be a cause for congratulatiOn. that
the system is beginning with such
success as 10 keep the number of viO-
latOrs down 10 so small a per cent.
Battle Creek News.
Helping the states With Conversation.
Pres. Wilson, il is reported, takes
a position With reference 10 the con-
servation of water power rights that
will permit the federal government
and the states TO work in concert. and
not in conflict
Without relinquishing any of the
federal control over navigable intra-
state streams that may be devoted to
comm ercial power purposes. the pres
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25

This is not a good season TO under
take journey. All railroad schedules
have been reduced TO skedOodle
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
NO WATER FOR HIM.

Mrs. GOodsole-Yo have an awful
~ dirty face.
Soiled Sylvester know it. lady.
Can't youse recommend a competent
dry ner?-Chicago News.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
a. ERA oF TRANKNEss.

We doubt II Damaged Goods" is .
-aars OF sex play than Romano"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-25
BRAIEYS ROHM TO-DAY
THE END OF THE ROAD.

waved farewell the Girl Back Home.
For / was eager the world 10 roam
To by river and lake and hiH
With never "A master bat my own will.
To seek my fortune by field and byre
And come TO the goal OF my hearts desire
So I wandered IA by land and sea
But fortune eluded me-
And I never came the hower-face
OF the love 1 sought in a distant place.
Women kind and women fair.
But the dream Of my heart never there
So I turned my face to the homeward track.
Tired and heartsi ok. / labOred hack
To find my love a nd fortune too.
Had waited for m the long years through
and br oken-I ceased 10 roam
And came once m ore to the Girl Back Home,
BERTON BRALsEY.