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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
THE REIIIONAL RANK.

The first step has been taken in the
organization of the Chicago federal
reserve bank. The certificate of in
corporation has been signed by rep
resentatives from Fl = national banks
in the reserve district located in Chi
cago. Detroit indianapolis. Mil
waukee and Sioux City, Iowa.
The next step will be the election Of
& board of directors. All of the 957
banks in the district will participate
in this, the election being conducted
on a plan similar 10 that in use in
social clubs. The directors Will then
elect the officers All this will occupy
several weeks so that it viii be wen
into the summer before the bank is
in operation. The organization and
operation will be similar TO that cf the
ordinary bank except that the reserve
hank will not receive deposits from
individuals Accounts can be opened
by banks only.
The reserve bank Is intended and
expected To have an equalizing effect
on circulation and save business from
the fluctuations which at times Sc
ricusly embarrass il and less frequent
ly demoralize il. There are periods
when banks are unable 10 give their
customers the accommodations they
need and this condition the reserve
banks are expected 10 relieve.
II the plan works out as anticipated
the country Will be much better pro-
tected against panics than ever before
The relief from stringency which the
regional banks viii afford will give
greater confidence and stability TO bus
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
HUNGER AND THIRST.

AS a story of the perlIs of the sea
the experiences of the crew of the
steamer Columbian rivals in horrors
the most imaginative works of fiction.
The tales of dangers and suffering
thrill the reader and excite the deep
est sympathy.
The four survivors last rescued
form the center Of interest in this har
rowing recital They are all that is
who hastily left the burning ship in a
boat In two days their small stock
of biscuit and fresh water was eX-
hausted. Then they subsisted on the
leather of their boots and the rain
water they caught with their clothing
and wrung out into a receptacle. one
by one as the days passed the men
died from lack of sustenance and were
Immediately consigned 20 the sea. be-
cause. as the narrative runs. there Is
no telling what man will do when he
is starving or furnishing of thirst.
Even in their extremity the men
shrank from the horrors of cannibal-
/ Ism, preIerflng 10 die fdlneT tnan I'VE
by feeding on their fellows. Such a
! situation is almost inCOnCeivable TO
the well fed people of the land. where
/ food and drink are so abundant as to
scarcely require special thought. The
person who has gone without break
fast or is deprived of any regular meal
b by untOward circumstances regards il
as a great hardship and complains
4 bitterly. Multiply that deprivation by
forty or fifty and substitute a few
/ drops of dirty rainwater for the
abundance OF pure cool drinking wa
! ter the average person enjoys and per-
haps some idea of the predicament Of
the men i'm the boat may be formed.
/ 1t is denial that bring appreciation.
In the midst Of plenty 1t is difficult to
realize that it could be otherwise. that
I by any possible train of circumstances
one could be deprived of his daily
! food and drink. Even the hobo who
solicits handouts from door TO door
could not fully comprehend that.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

its native diamond is causes noisy but
orderly and good natured crowds TO
gather and promotes the democracy
Of the American people. and it's infiu-
ence on the foreign population in
this country is that of the melting pot
in fuseing metals 1t makes a cosmo-
politan crowd composite. In the
strongest factors in promoting good
feeling on the part Of the natives to-
ward Americans.
Why not, while the Indicators are
in conference. arrange an armistice
between the factions in Mexico and
send dozen or more baseball teams
down there 10 make a tour OF the
cities, playing games between them
selves or with Mexican clubs? The
odds are eight to two that If given a
rob the mediators of their occupation.
II would be cheaper than for the
Mexicans TO fight it out or for the
United States 10 intervene, and il
would be bloodless
Let's get away from the idea that
war is the only arbitrament to which
nations may resort TO settle their diff
ferences or that The Hague and Mr..
Carnegie are the only angels of peace
available. Baseball will accomplish
more in three months to break down
the barriers than all the cannon and
! guns in the United States army and
navy.
There is something in the crack of
bat, in the flight Of a ball and in
a player getting under it which
strikes a popular chord in the human
! breast
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

II the experience at Vera cruz is
worth anything II would be easier to
restore peace and good government
in Mexico with a league Of baseball
clubs than with AN army OF soldiers.
What the people OF Mexico need is a
common ground 10 stand upon. and
baseball would provide IT,
An invasion Of Mexico by a base
ball league with "A schedule covering
the principal cities would make the
warning people forset thir differences
just as the game in Vera Cruz be-
tween American soldiers and a team
of native players caused the people Of
that city 20 forget that the American
players were part OF an invading
army. Greaser and Gringo sat in the
same bleachers and blended their
voices In roofing for their respective
teams
Baseball is "A civilizing and pacifyins
Influence wherever IL Is played on
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
HAVE YOU 4 TITLE?

Are you president, vice president or
superintendent? Do they point you
out as manager Of this department or
that? Is there a large cumbersome
handle TO your name that suggests
brains and ability of an unusual ma
ture?
There's a regular scramble after
business titles these days Few of
these are earned and deserved. Most
OF them are conferred TO tickle the
vanity OF the individual We are get
ting so stuck up nowadays that we'd
never think of holding down a job.
No. indeed.-we fill position.
And we don't stop at that; we want
10 waste time and motion by throwing
an altogether unnecessary halo of i'm
portance around the Job" by Great
ing managers" assistant managers"
second vice presidents and whole
lot OF other senseless sword Shaping
I that has the mOnarchial system beat
en- 10 a FRAGILE.
Remember this:-vour job is as big
/ or as small as you make it.
/ Give a big man a small job and
/ you'll see il blossom into man
/ hood. Give a big job TO a small man
and before long there1l be no job
at all A title is just as big as the
man who wins it, It's greater to be a
! kingmaker than a king. II you want
the guinea stamp" Of a title. by all
means coin one Maybe it will help
your business and standing. But never
forget that it will never be bigger than
I Won are
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

play until Il adds nothing. in our es-
timation 10 the enjoyment Of IT, Tar
dy audiences are more 10 blame we
| imagine, than the players, who il
seems would like to get through with
it and go 10 supper.
THE young journalists OF Notre
Dame mixed so much discretion with
their wit that we have come out of
our seclusion and assume response
bility for everything they said.
TWENTY years ago the Iamented
c. A. Mcdonald wrote these verses
which may not be malapropos just
now:
PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE.
This Week.
Now's the time that the candidate is
hustling
Nows the time when he counter
feits his glee.
As he meets his friends and neighbors
in his busting,
And pretends in each a special
friend TO see.
| How he shakes your hand and looks
at you so kindly,
How he asks about your children.
crops and wife;
/ 1t would seem that he worships you so
blindly
That for you pleasure'd he to lose
his life
Next Week.
| Where are now the oft met ranks of
jolly fellows.
Who last week made our matters
all their own?
At the thought of them my hardest
fancy mellows
| Where, Q where. have all those jol-
ly fellows flown?
Many, many were there called, but
few were chosen:
| Those that failed now look on life
as sad and drear
! From their faces has the genial
smile been frozen,
Many friends got nicely left again
this year.
WHY" writes II. l. S. waste good
champagne by putting it in an A. B. G.
| cOcktail?" More TO the point why
waste a good cocktail by introducing
extraneous matter?
We Got His Number.
Talk about service on the street car
line
1t certainly is just fine(?)
We asked the con TO call the street,
| But we failed to hear him bleat:
/ He took US TO the end of the track
Another dime, please. To get back
BY "ONE WHO KNOWS
The waistline of fashion so oft changes
| its bands
| That a man hardly knows where to
lay on his hands
G. NE.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
Twenty Years Ago
Reminders From the Columns
Of The Daily Times.

The Three 1 railroad filed a mort
gage for 100000 to secure funds for
right Of way. construction. etc.
Atty J. Z. Neff was in Goshen yes
terdGy on legal business.
Hlr. and Mrs. John w Teel and
daughters left for an eastern trip.
Painters at work on the stand pipe
tower found bricks loosened by spar
rows picking out the mortar TO get
the lime.
The Birdsell plant was employing
the largest force in its history and
work u 10 3 hours in some depart
ments
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
! = ! J J = ! < X \ X = )
X WHAT THE PAPERS SAY ,
MIR. TAFTS VIEWS.
X X x \: X X = X X x x X

Win IAII+S VIEWS.
When Mr.. Taft was president the
Mexican situation had not reached
the acute stage which developed under
the administration of his successor,
but 1t contained a sufficient number
or perpleXing phases TO require the
state department to keep in constant
close touch with the southern repub-
lie. and Mr.. Taft's comments upon the
policy of Pres. Wilson will therefore
be read with general interest. In his
address in New York Sunday he made
II clear that he is a strong advocate
of peace. Indeed. he depicted the hor-
rorS Of war in figures so impressive
that il is almost unbelievable that any
patriotic citizen will refuse to heed
his advice to uphold the hands of the
president in his effort to find a way
out of the present difficulty without
unnecessary bloOdshed.
According to Mr. Taft the best ex-
pert estimate of the force required to
garrison the necessary towns, sup
press guerrilla warfare and tranquil
ize Mexico is 400 900 Ii would re-
quire two or three years to accom-
plish the task. he said, and the ex-
pense involved wiuld amount to a
million dollars a day. If these figures
are accurate we might spend a billion
dollars in the effort TO give Mexicans
an orderly and responsible govern
uleIls NllnOul INTO account the
thousands of American lives which
might be sacrificed. 1t is small won
der that the American people have
little enthusiasm for war;
Mr.. Taft believes that in the offer
of mediation and our acceptance, an
important step has been taken toward
future settlement of international
differences in the western hemi-
sphere. He believes that what we
have to contend with in Mexico is the
disease of revolution, and that if we
are forced into war because of Mex
lean anarchy. il should be understood
that we go into it, in the words of
Pres. Wilson, lin thes ervice of man
kind. Ii is regretab BILE that the ex-
president felt called upon to mare an
otherwise admirable address by the
charge that the present administration
has brought Intervention and war
closer by lending its influence TO one
of the cOntending parties in Mexico
Wheeling Register
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
STATESMEN
REAL AND NEAR
BY Erred G. KELLY.
BY FIRED q KE1lLx.

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator
Miles Poindexter was the victim of
wierd physchic experience on the
night OF the sixth of last April. He
remembers the date because-weI
the date has an important bearing on
the story.
The senator went to bed on the
night Of the sixth feeling as we'll as
usual. In fact as he looks back on
the strange experiences of that night
ne distinctly recalls that he was in
particularly good spirits at the hour
of retiring. Shortly after midnight
he found himself in the throes of
nightmare-and then awoke with a
start. Previous to that time he had
not had a good nightmare for years.
He was at a complete loss 10 figure
out why he should DE bothered with
a bad dream and wake up suddenly
in cold perspiratiOn on the sixth of
April.
Moreover. why should his dream be
about an election Until the moment
when ne reused himself. he thought
he was running for something and
that. at every step friends and foes
alike swatted him in the face with
large ballot sheets. each containing a
huge cross after the name OF his OPP
pOnent. Even after allowing for the
exaggerated effect that a dream gives
a thing. POindexter an awakening
could scarcely shake off the idea that
he must have been seeking office just
a few seconds before He sat up OF
his launches in bed for two or three
minutes trying 10 analyze the situa-
ton. but gave il up and went on bach
To sleep.
Now II poipdaVtaY-'S o,tesr 1iftfa az.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

FOLLOW your bunch is the slogan
Of a new faith which ought 10 be
popular with a class of creatures like
human beings, willing to take a
chance on anything In the elemen-
tary stages OF this faith we followed
ours on a certain clay bank horse and
had 10 borrow money to get home.
WE have been favored with a copy
of La Follette's ST., 200 supplement TO
the Congressional Record. 1t might
be appropriately and alliteratively
called LaFollette's folly were il not
that the folly belongs with the leave TO
print. At that. the country got its
moneys worth il white paper counts
for anything.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

expect that panics will be escaped they
should be less frequent and severe
under the new banking system.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
MUSIC WITH MEALS.

AT the usual time a very fine buffet
luncheon was served. which all en-
joyed. during the beautiful strains Of
instrumental music produced by a
piano player.-Fort Wayne Journal
Gazette.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
SUSPECTED.

Il feel sure that the young student
who has taken the fifth floor back is
no student at all"
Why >"
He studies too much"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
Can You See the Point?
Congressional Record. }

Mr.. Mann. Mr.. Chairman, reserve
a point OF order on the amendment
Mr.. Cramton. Mr.. Chairman. I
would like TO say l do not know
whether it is subject to a point OF or
der or not. If il is
Mr. Mann There is no doubt about
il being subject to a point of order.
Mr.. Cramton. l am in doubt wheth-
er the point Of order should be sus-
tanned or not
Mr. Mann. Well. if the gentleman
wants to argue the point of order. we
will dispose of that very quickly. Give
Us the reason for the change.
Mr.. Cramton. If I can discuss the
whole proposition together
The Chairman. The Chair prefers
to hear the gentleman on the point Of
of order.
Mr.. Mann. I will reserve the point:
there is no question about the point
of order.
WHY married women like to dance
with other men: MY husband" writes
one, steps on my toes"
WHEN a man says he has nothing
TO do it is usually the case that he has
something to do he does not wish TO
do or which he would like to postpone
until tomorrow. If so inclined he can
always find something 10 do without
searching beyond the reach of his
hand
The Symptoms Are UnmistakabIe.
Cor. FIT. Wayne JOprnal-Gazette.)
Mr.. Louis Nenderly will soon be
seen running an automobile as he has
purchased one and is practicing to
run il.
DELAYING the raising Of the cur
tain until $50 and prolonging the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

A French delegate to the interna-
tionsl congress of women in session
ir Rome advocates salaries for wives,
proposition husbands should view
with alarm.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

The statement that sentiment in IA
vor of arbitrating canal tolls has a
silly sound. Questions of national
honor cannot be arbitrated, and that
goes two WayS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
FAMOUS FIRMS.

Coming & Going.
Even * Anon.
Worse * Worse.
NeatneSs & Dispatch.
Rough * Ready.
Beer & Skittles.
Fine and Dandy.
Rank < File.
Blood & Thunder.
Neck & Neck.
Far & Near.
-COlum bian s
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

After all that has been endured
from him it would seem the country
might be spared another term in the
senate for ]. 3. Foraker.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Huerta is the premier buffer, but
it is the buffer who bluffs and gets
away who commands our reluctant
admiration in the end
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Fifteen persons were bitten by dogs
in one day in Chicago. There are so
many in Chicago that each cannot
have a day all to himself
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

After a long and becoming silence
Mr.. Beverage arises to ask, What is
there TO mediate Mr. Beverage
should subscribe for his county paper
and keep posted
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

THROUGH THE YEAR WITH
LO\GFEIILOW.
The False takes away the birth
right and the blessing from the
Tame. Hence it Il that the world
30 often lifts up its voice and
weeps. Hyperion
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Now that Roosevelt has returned
what as Goldberg would say is he go
ing to do with il?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Opening polls at eigh; O'Clock in the
morning is a delay which costs pri-
mary elections many votes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Swearing he will neer consent Car
rama may be glad 10 climb into the
band wagon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

If Japan is melting a war Of races
she must be hard up for a fight The
easiest way for her TO find trouble is
TO interfere i'm Mexico.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Colorado still being unable to man
age her own affairs the federal troops
will remain sometime longer
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Niagara Falls, Ont. is now the
American Hague. and for the next
few weeks will be center of interest
fnr the whole world
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

There's little. if anything. in name
in baseball Southern quality appears
10 be every bit as good as Central.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Urrutia saved his neck by escaping
to Vera Cruz. but when the time
comes what road will Huerta take?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Then rift broke in the clouds
and a shaft of light came through. 1t
was not the first time Poindexter had
been mistaken for Richmond p. Hob
son, and the resemblance is indeed
striking.
But what puzzled POindeXter then,
was about the nightmare. Why
should he dream about being defeated
for an office simultaneous with the
actual defeat Of his double? Did all
the people who have taken him for
Hobson think about Hobson's defeat
so intentiy that the thought waves
got to him while he slept? Did some
Of the thought waves come wireless
ing themselves to him all the way
from Albania? or was the whole
creepy com binatiOn of circumstances
nothing more than coincidence?
Who knows? All, who knows?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

the voter in some instances had an
EN- barrassment of selection
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Detective Burns is accustomed to
tongue lashings such as Judge Hill
gave him. Still, it may have been de-
served
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Representative Percy r. Quin. of
Mississippi. is an exceptionally modest
man. but he is also at times an alb
minded man. For that reason
he gave an exhibition the other day
of what might have been construed
as gross immodesty. He had just
made a speech on the floor OF the
house When he sat down everybody
applauded Having had his mind fix
ed on his subject he did not realize
when ne sat down that the applause
was for him. and so he absent mind
edly Joined in the applause. He APP
plauded louder than anybody else
until a friend came over anG brought
him 20 himself with the remark:
You must have liked that speech
Copyright. 1914 by Fred c. Kelly
All rights reserved.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Dr. ROmulo s. Naon. the minister
Of Argentina. which is the A. of the
so-called A. 3. c. republics which fig
ure in the Mexican mediation plan. is
persuasive person. II is said TO
have been ne who talked T. Roosevelt
into making his recent trip to South
America.
one person after another interest
ed in South America went to ROose-
welt and tried TO show him what a
great thing it would be for science,
humanity and himself. if he would
make a trip over that continent and
get acquainted with the people. But
T. r. seemed reluctant to make the
Journey Then Naon got hold of
Roosevelt. told him that he, T r.,
had a message for the South Amer
lean people that. whatever il was,
they painted to hear He stated the
thing with such suavity and exhibit
ed such an engaging personality that
almost Immediately after the inter
view Roosevelt determined 10 make
the trip.
Naon is really the Roosevelt Of
Argentina-that is. he represents the
extreme progressive thought of that
country.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

Now. IL Poindexter's queer little ex-
perience had stopped right there, il
would not be worth mentioning at
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

all. one would simply say that he
had eaten too heartily of Welsh rab-
bit or lobster Newburg before retir-
ing. and let il 90 at that.
But the next morning when Poin-
dexter got on a street car TO go to
his duties. up at Capitol Hill, his seat
mate. who was a total stranger and
could have known nothing about the
bad dream turned TO him and re-
marked:
We'll. / was sorry TO learn last
night about the election against YOU"
Instantly Poindexter thought of the
dream in which some election - he
knew not what-had gone violently
against him. others then knew about
his dream. The thing was uncanny!
What election do you mean 30
asked POindeXter eXcitedly at the
same time giving himself a clandes-
tine pinch on the thigh to verify his
belief that he was really awake.
Why. the election down in your
state. of course" replied the stranger
giving him a funny look II supposed
you were down there Oh. we'll. I'm
derwOOd's a good man. but I've been
rather in sympathy with your side"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

TWENTY years ago the Iamented
c. A. Mcdonald wrote these verses
which may not be malaprOpos just
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20

THE young journalists o. Notre
Dame mixed so much discretion with
their wit that we have come out of
or seclusion and assume response
bility for everything they said.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-20
THE MELTING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POIIIICK WITH LIS
Me- TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

play until Il adds nothing. in our es-
timation. 10 the enjoyment of il. Tar
dy audiences are more 10 blame. we
imagine, than the players, who il
seems would like TO get through with
il and go 10 supper.