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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
Adventures of a Traction
Engine in the War as
Told by a Correspondent

thinks they always are. Whenever
he hears that blooming word he takes
to the side tracks where we're most
likely to meet these blooming hooli-
time cutting up women and children.
/ don't call that war; it's just
murther."
A little child pushed its way
through the crowd with a toy
rifle in its hand. Tommy stopped
down and put the rifle at the carry
and kissed the child. / shuddered at
looked pleased and the child smiled
its delight at the kind soldier
He told me some interesting stories
from the front-how the Germans put
on British and French uniforms and
walk into our lines. They came TO a
village one day, and at dawn, when
our men were retiring, they opened
on them with machine guns hidden in
( houses and sheds.
The Engines i'm Action.
I'VE lost heavily. but we are more
cautious now, and make sure they are
not wolves in sleeps clothing"
And traction engines--how do they
/ behave in action?"
well, there's been some casualties
! among them. I'm looking for some
missing now In one of the fights "A
\
4 of the boys went TO the rescue. ! had
/ just started the engine when the front
! of the machine was blown away by q
blooming shell. But We got six OF
/ them away"
3 He was really eloquent when he
1 talked of the bravery OF our soldiers
An officer was telling me the other
/ day how they stood up in the trenches
and met the hordes Of Germans. He
said il was the most glorious sight he
/ had ever seen or imagined. They're
keen as mustard-the boys. There's
no shirkers. When a mans got lost
from his regiment he joins another
! even if its a French one. he won't be
kept out Of the fighting"
Frenchman Talks English.
And that is true can vouch fOl
that.
A French soldier Joined in the talk
He spoke English. They have an un-
| canny habit of listening and talking
! 70 you in French for quite a Ions
time and then suddenly breaking Cut
into good English.
we don't meet many who car
talk" said the soldier of the Traction
! engine. Some think they can, anC
get as far as saying, Good night
| when its morning. and then think It's
time to go to bed. But they're dacen
fOlk-most Of them. though | have e
! show them a lump of coal when
want coal for the engine"
/ had an engagement for dinner, but
/ asked my friend and his comrades
10 let me he their host, and the French
soldier escorted us to a restaurant or
! the Quai.
We are said 10 be the most self
conscious people in the world. yet Oul
soldiers are without a trace OF EN-
! barrassment which the French cal
mauvais gene. They tOoS their places
at table just as though they had dineC
in a French restaurant every day IN
their lives. And one OF them was in
his shirt sleeves. while the other haC
| a face the color OF the coal he Is al
ways seeking. I wonder il that wa;
the reason the French soldier disap
peared when we came TO the res
| taurant
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

party sufficiently 20 defeat il in she
county becomes the greater with the
increased vote given by the official fig
ures.
And now they say. we did almost
a. well as the progressives at that. g"
pointing 10 the fact that they had no
party organization. save a temporarily
improvised one. The progressive vote
in the county, however. averaged
nearly four times that OF the "inde-
pendents. even on the county ticket.
say nothing Of the progressive state
ticket on which the independents"
were supposed to help out.-supposed
TO help out even 10 the extent of a
couple Of their leaders taking the pro-
gressive stump.
Under which conditions we are still
unable TO see wherein these indie
pendents" can find much consolation
in the decline OF the progressive party.
for use as a comparison. TIE decline,
As We have already pointed out, simply
means that more progressives voted
with the democrats than the "inde-
pendents' drew from the democrats,
and enough more went 10 the republi-
cans TO upset any semblance of
equilibrium.
Indeed, no: the independents" can
not very well minimize their folly. by
seeking TO hide behind the progress
sives. The thing for them to do is TO
lie down and keep quiet, rather than
plead the defuncticity OF someone else.
The trouble with the independents"
is that they tried to precipitate an
exodus from the wrong party. and
lacked the excuse that the progress
sives had when they separated from
the republicans
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
SiA MONTHS WITH POETS AND
PHILOSOPHERS.

INDIAN SUMMER.
These are the days when birds
come back,
y very few. "a bird or two.
To take a backward look
These are the days when skies put
on
The old, old sOphristries of june
\ blue and gold mistake.
OH. fraud that can not cheat the
bee,
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief.
Till ranks OF seeds their witness
bear
And softly through the altered air
HurrieS a timid leaf!
On, sacrament of summer days.
Oh. last communion in the haze.
Permit a child TO join.
Thy sacred emblemS To partake.
Thy conSecrated bread 20 break.
Taste thine immortal wine!
Emily Dickinson.
He Was not yet I'm love. but very
near it; for he thanked God that
he had made such beautiful beings
to walk the earth.-LongfelIow
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
THE UNPRINTABLE TURN.

This war is hell, but out Of hell can
come one good thing.
If Turkey and every last vestige of
Turkish rule shall be blown into king
dom come by this conflict. the whole
world will have cause TO be thankful.
The ferocious Turk-the filthiest
character on earth. the unspeakable,
unprintable Turk-takes his right
place. He belongs TO war He be-
longs to peace as much as fish be-
longs on top of Mt. Nesuvius
When the new 2Oth-century civili-
zation comes. purified of its lunacy by
blood and horror let us hope that we
shall hear no more of Turkey or the
Turk from that moment, forevermore.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
No PLACE TO HIDE

The independent" party vote. under
"a fun count, taking in the townships.
averaged about 55O-a couple. on the
stand-pat Tribune slate passing the
600 mark. This is the official count.
our reference 20 the ticket made yes
terday referred TO only IS precincts
i'm South Bend and Mishawaka mainly.
At the best il appears go have fallen
FAR below expectations = signal
failure in disruptins Ias democratic
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

ed 10y sensational newspaper notice,
that il seems safe To say that there
could hardly be a person of adult
years in the country who did not hear
something about il, or "A victim of
tuberculosis who did not experience a
thrill of hope Of speedy and complete
cure. Tho report naturally does not
deal with the pitiful and sordid details
OF the scenes ensuing upon Dr. Fried
invalids, many of them penniless,
invalids. many OF Nhe penniless.
battling for chance to take the treat
ment, Of the greedy exploitation Of
hopeless cases who happened To have
money, and the turning away of those
VINO did not 1t details merely the
medical observations made on certain
patients. the laboratory studies Of the
culture used by Or. Friedman, and
refers 10 the moral peculiarities of the
doctor. only sufficiently To make il
clear that il was his own fault that
the investigation was not continued
longer and upon a greater number OF
suitable cases. 1t says:
The manner in which DR..
Friedman presented his claims
before the Berlin Medical society
made them paramount 10 a con
tentiOn that he had discovered at
last the sovereign cure for tuber-
culosis i'm all its forms. provided
Of course that the disease had not
already progressed beyond all
hope Of recovery. These claims
are based on cases which always
seem 10 get we'll or at least TO
show phenomenal Improvement,
after one or two injections, while
the cases which reacted in ms
manner among the test cases
were cOnspicuously few. Whether
the Improvement noted is these
few cases was due to the treat
ment. or To the stimulus of
great hope. or to unassignable
causes which work improvement
in some cases Of every large Sc
rieS. one must in justice attribute
also 10 the treatment the very dis
tinct and unusual deterioration IN t
the condition Of certain other pa
tients which progressed in some
of them To a speedy death. Aside
from these more serious cases il
was shown that about One-fOurth
of all these cases receiving the
treatment developed running
sores or assesses at the place
where they were injected, a hap
pening which DR. Friedman ad-
mitted to be unfavorable 10
cure. but which ne claimed TO
have completely overcome by his
method of injecting the material
into the veins.
A long series of experiments with
the bacteria used by Friedman is re-
ported, which show that the germ is
different from the varieties OF tu-
bercle bacilli commonly known at the
present time, and that far from MAX
ing small animals more resistant to
tubercular infection. it made the ma
jority of those inoculated more sus-
ceptible. The report is therefore in
line with other reports coming from
scientific sources here and abroad,
which have refuted Or. Friedman s
claims To the discovery of "a specific
cure for tuberculosis.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
ATHERTON,S CALIFORNIA.

California. An Intimate History,
by Gertrude Atherton. describes the
varied history Of the state from its
earliest geological beginnings down TO
the California of 1915. with its build
ing OF the missions. the gay and rO-
mantle era of the Spaniards before
the Americans came, the discovery
OF gold, the san Francisco of the early
hfties and later. and its political
drama. There are many light touch
Is OF social life, scenery and personal
"reminiscences scattered throughout
the book.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Reminders from the Columns
Of The Daily Times.

Royse, republican, for congress, had
plurality of 4,147.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. 5. Gintz entertained
at whist. Mrs. Charles ROckstroh won
the favor.
Lines were being run for proposed
railroad extensions from st. Joseph 10
South Bend via Berrien Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Stephenson en-
tertained in celebra ton OF their first
wedding anniversary.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

THE lid OF the Pot. il should be
understood, is placed there largely for
the regalement of our highbrow read
ers Personally. our literary aspira-
ttonS and taste are nebulous, and yet
we have a subconsciOus conscious
comprehension of the respective needs
of the several grades of our clientele
and would neglect none. Besides. like
most lids il has an uplifting quality.
so possibly even we of the one-story
brows may share mOdestly in the ben
eft.
1T was shakespeare, wasn't it, who
said, substantially, He who hath not
stratagems and spoils'? May we not
apply this to poetry as well as TO mu-
sic. for poetry is music and music is
poetry. In every human breast there
is germ of pOesy, and, by the same
token, each individual has his philoso-
ply, according TO his lights
THIS much in justification of the
lid, should IL be needed.
No, They Stand for Something.
CToledO Blade)
Ballots don't lie.
STILL. ballots are very deceptive.
THE boy of the period is the boy
with the walnut stain on his hands.
The discOlOration is mark of
achievement of long tramps in the
Uttered woods, with the sun shining
through the denuded branches and
the wind singing requiems in the tops
of the trees. of perilous climbing and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
BY WILLIAM MAXWEIL.


PARIS, Nov. 6.-I met il on the
road from Beauvais. If I had not
been wide awake i should have
thought it was only a nightmare. But
it was broad day, and 1 was speeding
along at the rate of 80 miles an hour
What could it be doing thereon a
road in the north of France? If ever
there was anything British it was this
traction engine. The race was stamp
ed on every wheel, on the boiler, on
the -mile-an- pace. on the
smutty face and dirty khaki of the
man who looked as though he owned
the landscape.
Halt"
French soldier stood at the bar
ricade. There was puzzled look on
his face. He was. l am sure a brave
man. but how were rifle and bayonet
10 meet the charge Of a traction en-
CINE? The army regulations make
no provision for such an emergency.
/ pulled up to watch the encounter.
The sentry approached with caution.
"Parlez-vous-be hanged. Can't you
see I'm English? ?" exclaimed an in
dignant voice from the pantechnicon
that dragged behind.
The sentry collapsed, and the pom
derOuS leviathan moved on.
Hello. What on earth are you do
ing here?" l cried when we got along
side.
Tie smutty face broadened and
beamed.
Good TO hear English again Why
don't these people learn TO speak a
language people can understand
Have a cigar?"
Meets IL In Ruuen.
Ii was my last, but ] knew il was
like the last train SO many war cor
respondents have been catching, there
would be plenty more.
/ So we parted like ships passing in
the night, and 1 never thought to see
the ichthyosaurus of the road again
session of the square in front of the
| beautiful little church OF St. Maclou
and here is my friend of the unwasheC
face. l push my way through the
/ admiring crowd of soldiers and civil
/ ians.
What are you doing here
Waiting for repairs. Why they
send these old coal beavers over here
| / can't say, but here we are, and we've
got TO make the best Of it.
How do you manage without an in
/ terpreter?
There's where the blooming fur
I comes in. What are we 20 do witt
people who call their mother mare
and their father a pear. When We
want coal 1 have TO take a piece II
my hand and argue with them fOl
| half an hour. But l always get the
coal. But as for water, Good Lord
/ It's easier To get wan rooge, whicf
even the kids in this country drinl
/ instead OF beer"
Dublin'S His Country.
/ I thought | was paying him a com
/ pliment when ! asked if ne came from
Scotland-fOr he had the accent.
/ NO blooming fear. Dubhn's M
country, though the blooming Ger
mans did think we would not night FOL
4, the old country.
Il met You near NeauVais
yes. We spent the night there.
why. the Germans were said 10 b'
in the town.
| Devil a wan Of them. We've beer
| looking for them four days and nights
/ They're lost We've got a sergean
| who always knows where they are
but he's not here just now. What j
il the folk say when YOU ask them tn
! way"
''Toutdroit
Yes. that's where the serSean
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

The cure" for tuberculosis which
aroused such sensation in this
country when Dr. r. r. Friedman.
the Berlin physician. came here in
the spring OF 1918. has just been
made the subject of report by the
United States public health service.
This remedy was So widely herald
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

BILLY" Rockefeller's health may be
expected to take another hopeless turn
before he's tried on that criminal in
dictment.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

There is only a difference in degree
between the crouch of the politician
voted out OF job and that of one who
failed 10 be voted into one.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
Rejecting a Great Principle.
(AShley. Mich. World


For the past few weeks the pub
Usher OF the World has put forth
special efforts TO secure the news Of
this locality and at a great eXpendi-
ture Of money has endeavOred to give
the readers Of the World a paper
worth the money, but during the past
three weeks has taken in the large
sum OF $500 with which TO pay for
type. ink and paper, rent, heat and
general office expenses Now, kind
readers, we cannot exist this way.
Kindly step in and pay your account
and see the smile on the forces
faces.
THE return Of Uncle Joe" Can
non TO congress furnishes an in
stance of the mutability of politics.
The arch standpatter was supposed to
have been decently and permanently
buried, but like the cat. chloroformed
and drowned, he has come back to
sun himself on the steps of the cap
itol.
Thus the cannon that is discharged
In course of time may be recharged.
G. n. T.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
COAL Us. COTTON.

Hicke-Have you joined this buy
a-bale-of-cotton movement?
Wicks-No sir. What ] had 10 join
was the y-a-load-of-cOal movement.
-BOStOn Transcript
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

Fashion cannot accentuate mans
waist line much more without decree
ing that he shall wear corsets.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

Right now there are politicians who
doubt that 1.-The voice of the people is
the voice of God"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

More evidence of our unprepared-
ness for war-our assistant secretary
of war wears a wrist watch.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

crop. there are places apple jack
can't be made-except on the sly.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

All the able bodied men on both
them are prisoners of war
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

After all, the figures of increasing
business are more important to the
most of us than those of election re-
turns
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

No. Aleck, the war news censors
didn't screw the lid on tighter to give
election news a chance at the first
page.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

The best excelsior is made from
Eastwood or linden. Aspen and cot
tonwood. however. supply nearly half
OF the total amount manufactured.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

Buy pure. fresh candies for the
children. You'll find them at The
Phila on sale Saturday, 20, 25 and
soc b.-Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

Congratulation OF winners by losers
is just as sincere as ever. no more nor
less.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

Hungry Belgians will smell no faint
on Rockefeller grub.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

Carranza and some Turkish politi-
clans belong to the saIhe tricky breed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

When it comes to wars, 1914 will be
the champion year for all time.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

pull with John Bull than our cotton
and oil men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

Evidently some Mexicans are also
expert news ceESOrs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06

Don't rub it in on a loser by re-
minding him OF his predictions.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-06
THE MEL TING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US

laborious dragging of filled bags all
I the long way home through the dusk,
\ the hulling, the spreading on the roof
Of the woodshed TO season and the
iinal triumphal storing away I'm the
attic.
\ Great Question settled.
At a get-together meeting OF both
the Giva and Dontgiva factions OF the
/ Dam club, held at 5 a N. IN the edi-
torial rooms. the final vote on the
! prohibition was taken. The result Of
the ballot. with the returns in from
/ all precincts, stood Ia to /, the liquor
interests triumphing.
The statement given out by ]. AXE.
leader of the drys. follows. as near
as the censor would permit: We'll.
we lost. but we put up a great fight.
Every dry voter turned out at the
polls. SO we have no alibis 10 offer"
Doc Keith, who since his flop To the
vets, has been made floor leader OF
the majority party. gave out the fol-
lowing statement: The right tri-
umphed again. I don't want TO mean
anything personal. but this ]. AXE,
who is leading the opposition forces,
is crooked. He is going under an as
sume1 name, so as not TO hurt his
credit at the various grog emporiums
where he owes bills. Some day the
truth will come out. and j. AXE Will
! be depOsed from the minority party
| leadership"
With the liquor question definitely
decided. the club is planning TO start
some OF the other phases OF its win
ters work.
MURRAY. Sec.
ANY majority says our political
| philosopher, lis better than none"
which none will deny. "A minority"
he continues, lis a vacuum. which
| is hateful to nature and repulsive to
mankind. But" he reflects, "of what
value is a majority without cohesive
quality? Hence in the last analysis,
we must depend upon Wilson"
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-29

FOR REGENTS OF THE U.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-29

place OF residence, 6UU W. MagnOIla1
St; place of business, 600 w. Mag
nolia st.
Gilpin observer., 1914-10-29

1tl0 .4fcHEEE
p a Address. Central City. Colo. !;
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-21

gang. 20 named after Rocco Piccielii,
alias "Zump." and the police say
''The Tub OF Blood" was their head.
quarters.
Tho other members OF the eans
were Stephan0 CantansAro. John Rig
10. alias Tho Chicken: Anthony Ga.
daitys. alias Burke. and Alfred Leh-
man. alias 6midt. Smidt and Risso
wore arrested In Lindhurst. N. j., on
Sept. ~. last year. after . series of
bomb explosions. They made q con.
fcssion duplicating the mon named
above ~ tho other members OF the
gang. and those In turn confessed 10
exploding over forty bombs In New
York City and also to tho murder OF
Charlie Lem. who was slain In hts
laundry. East Houston street. In Az.
gust. 1919.
The four prisoners were arraisned
before Coroner Healey and ut the re-
quest Of Assistant District Attorney
Skinner we're sent to the House OF
Detention A. material witnesses.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-01-21
HER RIVER PLUNGE
MAY CAUSE DEATH
Mrs. Apirian, in Hospital, Is Now
Threatened With Pneu-
mOnia.

Mrs. Goldie Apirian. a widow. OF No.
12t East One Hundred and Seventeenth
street. Is In Harlem Hospital. threat
ened with pneumonia as a result OF q
dip In the Harlem River last night.
Mrs. Apirian fell into the water from
the pier at Ono Hundred and TWEEN
tieth street shortly before II so o'clock.
She was seen by Frank Smith. the
morgue keeper. and by the crew OF the
Department Of Corrections steamer
William n. Wickham. which was tied
up to the pier. John Seaver anS
Frank Henneberry fished her aboard
the steamer with bOathoOks. gave her
first aid and sent her to the hospital.
Tho woman's arrival there was the
first word which her daughter. Mas
Isabella Apirian. had had Of her since
yesterday morning. Then Mrs. Apt
rian started for tho Presbyterian
Hospital to have an injured foot
treated. She did not return all day
and at 0 o'clock last night Miss Apt
rtan reported her mothers absence to
the police of the East Ono Hundred
and Twenty-sixth street station and
an alarm was sent out for her.
Mrs. Apirtan was questioned In the
hospital to-day. but she could not
tell how she had spent the time yes
tsrdsy sfts. Tsavins H. Prsebyesr.
Ian Hospital nse bow sha ~ hap.
peAe1 - faii late ths ytveg.