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South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26
THE WAR BABIES" LEGEND.
(Manchester Guardian)

NMdnCleSleI Gudl uldlJ
In the whole history of the invidl-
Gus art of fouling ones own nest there
has probably never been so complete
a masterpiece as the war babies"
outcry Of a few weeks ago. 1t Is diff
ficult enough TO think with charity or
those who began il, though the num-
Der of ordinarily sober minded people
who helped to spread IL by accepting
and passing on wild statements on
the slightest evidence or on no evi-
dence at all shows that IL is TO be
reckoned as part OF the psychology Of
war, like the amazing story of the
Russian troops who travelled through
England last September For those
newspapers which exploited 1t for
their own sensational ends as the
story of the moment 1t is impOSsi-
BILE to feel anything but contempt.
They adopted a tale that was idle
where il was not deliberately mis-
chievous, and, without taking any
thing from its vagueness. added every
thing 10 its circulation; for the mo-
ment they turned an uneXamined ru-
NOR into a national alarm. Had they
examined il they would have found,
that il was impossible to discover JUS
tification for a tithe OF the statements
that had been made. The Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty TO Children,
W HiCH may Dt ldhCn dS bClliS JNSN
about as we'll equipped for making the
inquiry as any organization in the
country. has just completed one into
the statements on the. alleged increase
and prospective increase in the num-
Der of illegftimate births. IL has COW
cred the whole of the country, and il
should settle the war babies for
ever. Where women have been living
with soldiers as their wives there will
be some illegitimate births-the only
thing which can be said 10 be true
about the Outcry, and, of course, not
new one. The rest" after through
inquiry, proves to he an unwarranted
libel without any foundation in fact,
both on the conduct of the troops.
which is reported as very good" and
on the girls and women in the neigh
borhood of the camps. Those who had
assisted in spreading it are not 10 be
congratulated on this way Of doing
their bit" in wartime.
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

The Welsh miners. upon whom the
British navy depends for coal, strike
mainly TO force the government to
take over the mines.
The common folks do the fighting
and dying for the government. Why
shouldn't the government be directly
responsible for their living:
European governments have more
fights on their hands than those that
are going on in the trenches. Peace
nath ITS red hot fights not less than
war. as you'll observe when peace
comes
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26
TOO ALMIGHTY AGREEABLE

Germanys reply in the Nebraskan
case is so almighty good and kind as
10 be a bit suspicious. 1t says that
the Nebraskan's captain didn't have
any flag or other signs up and so got
torpedoed, but Germany is eager to
make full reparation.
If we can only get Germany to
paying for what even she alleges to be
our mistakes. we'd better put the dove
of peace on a full setting of eggs right
away.
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26
THE CLEANNEss OF DICKENS.
(kansas City Star

You have noticed, Of course. that
with growing and mentally acquisitive
kids in the house you never worry
about their picking up a Dickens book
and reading IL. You run over in your
mind the scenes and characters and
themes OF Dickens. You do not think
OF anything that would hurt your
growing boy or girl Yet you cannot
think of Dickens as flabby. or insipid
or weak You do not wish all writer's
TO be Dickenses. But you cannot with
hold gratitude from the great Eng
lish master for his glory of cleanness.
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26
STUDENTS WHO EARN THEIR

University of Chicago students
earned last year. through jobs sup
piled by the university employment
bureau. the respectable sum OF S14S.-
SIS. And that's only part Of the story
There may have been just as much
earned by students who obtained work
through their own efforts.
The wage-earning activities Of the
students embraced nearly every trade
and profession. Some Of them earned
their college expenses as musicians
or entertainers az receptions dances
and theaters. others did housework
and cooking-a5out $4,000 worth
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26

OPTICAL DELUSION.
You'll think it somewhat doubtful
w men We told you all I've seen,
And you'll say I'm just a little on
In my solid ivory bean.
BUT
/ saw an honest politician
with conscience that was pure.
l saw multi-milhonaire
A-working in a sewer.
I saw a railroad magnate
That wanted cheaper rates.
/ saw a sweet young servant
IhatRever broke the plates.
I saw a street car comp'ny
That ran their cars on time.
/ saw jitney bus that ne'er
Manned a person on their line.
I saw z man in congress
That favored working men.
1 saw guilty banker
That was sentenced TO the pen.
l saw a daily paper
Without a single error.
l saw a city editor
That would not cuss or swear.
You may think that I'm a liar
And tell me where 10 60
But | saw all these things happen
In a moving picture show.
ARTHUR /. KAISER.
Michigan City.
THE boat lurched a little and
every ybody rushed 10 the rail-" is the
captains explanation of the EastlanC
horror And it sounds very human
Yet why should it be possible for al
the people who could get to the raj
20 capsize the boat? The answer Is
speed and ease of handling. Safety is
sacrificed TO competition
AS we remarked. our note 10 Ger
many was cOuched I'm the friendlies
terms, such as those used by one who
has a high regard for another anC
would hate 10 see him make a mis-
take. In fact, we have talked 10 Ger
many as one would 10 a brother We
wouldn't like 10 see go wrong or stay
wrong after he had gone. Now, the
best we can hope for is that Germany
will manifest the same deep and sin
cere regard for us.
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

sci for the defense, thus narrowing
the choice Of a judge under the law
virtually TO but one man in each case,
the prosecution and the court appar-
emily have opened the way for COM
plants by the defense.
No complaint Is made against the
special judges chosen, so far as is
known, but exceptions have been
taken by the defense to the methods Of
the court from which a change OF
venue was taken. 1t would be graft
flying indeed if the election cases could
go through on such a basis as TO leave
no possible future question as to their
absolute fairness.
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26

and inflicted serious damake on thelr
Uursuers That was the fortune OF
var. and nobody dreamed that neu-
trails must abandon their lawful rights
because a belligerent ship of war had
suffered in a conflict with merchant
ship"
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26

4 couple OF New Jersey robins used
a two-dOllar bill, they picked up. in
building their nest. A great many
humans might prohtably initiate this
robin wisdom by putting their money
into home.-E. St. Louis Qll.) Jour
ual.
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26

The nineteen fifteen wool clip, now
being marketed, brings a high water
price in West Virginia, 3 cents per
pound. Cotton pants for US. Dad
burn that low tariff anyhow! You
never can tell whether it will go off at
the muzzle or the breech.
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26

With Utah and Vermont on record
as the only republican presidential
states, it's simply gall for Ohio to have
three offerings for that nomination.
South Bend news-times., 1915-07-26
THE MELT TING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.
After Its Tail?

After Its Tail?
tDetrOit News.
lLOST@Small male white poodle Vi
cinity Selden and Third: doesn't
hear we'll has habit OF turning
around. a ddress. etc.
SOMEBODY has attempted 10
stampede us by raising an alarm over
the decrease in the supply of button
material But this does not scare us
We recall that our Amish friends have
always used hooks and eyes.
80" Would Answer for Most OF Them.
(London Observer
Mary Roberts Rinehart, whose story
X" is running as a serial in the
! "COrnhill," seems TO share the record
for short titles with Mr.. +. Dyne Dem
ton. who 20 years ago published a
novel entitled b Three-letter titles
She" Eve" kim" Fan, q"
Now" etc. are fairly common. but
the author OF "Why?" surely missed
an opportunity. since the -" alone
would have served the purpose.
HAS il come to this that there IS
no judicial on political body so poor as
to do the traction magnate reVerance ,
Why i'm bleat elder day those in au-
thority sat at his feet and ate from
MS nanQ-9FS. ATE from MS u1sNi.
Why Not Start a Radish Museum of
Natural History?
CLawrenceville, H., Republican,
This office acknowledges the re-
ceipt of mammoth raddish from the
garden OF Geo. Deon of this city. 1t is
solid and resembles a dressed hen
| when lying on the table.
Demetrius PappatheothOrOkO
mountorgOtOpoulos of 525 18th St,
Moline, H.. is again occupying most
| OF the first page on account of win
ming the long name contest.
MONEY. we are advised by the f.
nance highbrows, is in somew hat bet
/ ter demand, but we don't see how that
| is possible Speaking for ourselves, we
are no harder up than we were just
| before the last pay day.
| nisoty.
THERE is limit to even impecu-
AND we find it every Saturday
night. c. y. F.
Washington Journal., 1915-12-10
1riedcnlanSs llnerIdJrOdcmbcit.

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lleberreTe trei6en f6 irgenomo III @lbanien oer Wtontene9ro Dernra
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llnter1hib1ung pom Seiten Der Gng0noer blteb aus, lmo ne Doiae pupoH
mar, SAP Serbien at eriferen oufgebort bat.
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MAIDEN miro, ihbt ob5hportcn.
gbme 3meifa lit oiehr @ieb, 0n bic 9retii0e &e9ertne Der eng
Iid1en beriebt hat, cine nnecnebme lleberraidpng fir Seutldlano ro
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mmq. Oies 6eoetct en Seg fir Oeutihlano mo lcine @erpinoTn
cine NieDerluge 0ugegen mir lene oemoe. n2SoItonl
Washington Journal., 1915-12-10
DIS IrGiibentsn gptidaft.

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1ienitaa oil Den 9ongreb geridyhten Heoe beo1ente, tauen loeH mapteH
@merifner ouf bic 9aruen. %Scrl Der 9rGitoent gegloibt gotte, DOB Der
Sdpoa ieiner @orte ciaen m6dygen GinOrud ouf oc Wtrtgheocr pcs
0onoreiIes orsnben mir0e 10 nnBte er eS benl Terlelcn Der Sotlgd1f
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moren. 8eniq 9eio0 fono Der Inrag fnr Gerltartumg OS 9eercs uWp
Ser Worine, iauie onoere @oriGI1oe, ole cr oorbrafte.
Seoermonn mGB cs iApn longe, ooB OaS @orpf lmlerer Me9Ernn9a
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beonoers fun0, ais er pom ugeuhicn gHrgcrn" OeleS Suroe@ lpruH. Que
gcrrot an ibrem Batter omr Aoopiplonne bernbt botten 9iernltf nelnfe|
der IroGoent fcinen onoeren, ais Die 9eutmp ipmie Die SrndD Nmerltoncr
sic af fb cine frcuebahe 5duO 9eIaoen butten Cine Selco9nna
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rifaner nit offer @aDolt lrnnbfen, nnp od nc ln Nu'uel ~ mm w en ~
zen, nonnte er lie jbt TerroRr. SSp'l'W
Washington Journal., 1915-12-10
2euiouicruna ben Neaiernnas. nnO staatsanaetenien.

Dem @r6loenten ionic Dem GonereB limo berettS petdieoeHtltD
0eIudbc INN @enTonierung Der &cgerrngs= iome Staatsangefeuifn nh
t,rhrpitpt nprnen. 0s 0abin mar uaes Bitten ertolglos, no me eS
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auerHa limo Die &eeieruneSongerelten nbt 70 sludlld ssos ltugr
man bier nod, einem Nfonre, ociien &rdftc ibm nbt mebr gtotten, 1clner
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iono uon orotor lit un0 Ct i1 infolge 0eIen Dener bafen nn6.
sam lit e. ehne oltbefonntc Iahadc, bob mertfantlhe Ge9erlngs'
ondete0te leoer nr elm icbr geringcs gebut be5ieben.. Ntgt 'aten
ibre @1tsqoben ofS 9~ptpenO9tc beibronfen. Bon etnenl SpareI ~ ~
oieem Toae acknowledgements feline &eOe. lno menn nod oas @eValf
omshIphf mpppn lol Damn ioh, Elm armcr 0rnih leben? Nad) pelcn
Sohren 5ourer @rbet im 0ien1e Der Gegierung, pcnn er ipcgen lelneS
6ohen @Ihrs oOr aus anoeren @rilnOc1 leie Stelltlg ou19epcn nuB,
nirh or ot ms GIeno oetoBen. sat man Oenn fen M1tgetubl fur olee
9eute? Snalenoc, ia SlmocrttauicnOe bon Dollars lperocn pt ais9e9e
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nid1t beiler perncnoen? Nfund6e Npt, mond5c Srdne cnes bilflopn @renes
f6nrte geniat iperoen, fails Die Ne9ierung lbilfreib ein9rirtc: Us mare
nr NJ minidhen, DB BON einflufremcr Settle On &ongreB cine Sorla9e
uuterbretet mer0en mnrbe, bic Die 9enfionierun9 Der &egierungs- uo
StootsonqeIeGten pordbe. NpNtu
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-18
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
Victim Recently Re-estabiished H.
stitutiOn at Scene Of Early
Failure.

E.eesburg, Ga, Feb. lS-lrwin
Oliver, get-rich- quick banker. whose
'emarkable career attracted national
attention was assassinated from am
ouah last night ut the door Of one
If the chain of banks he had re-es.
.ablished recently, following his re.
ease from prison in Mississippi.
Oliver. Drawing the wrath OF hun
.ireds of residents OF this section
yno lost their savings when his
;anks failed several years ago Tor
,eariy S25O,00O, had returned here
0 resume his financial career, after
) court in Mississippi decided that
! twin brother was guilty OF the
crime for which ne had been serving
? term in prison.
Olfyer was convicted on the
,harge of bigamy when Federal otf-
.ials found it impossible to obtain
, verdict against him for the failure
If his banks. He contended that a
win brother was the man who had
married several women, who claimed
MIN AZ their husband. and finally
convinced a Mississippi Judge that
>,e was telling the truth.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-18
CARD OF THANKS.

The executive committee Of the
EapIes' celebratiop desire 70 express
their thanks to the following for their
assistance in making the affair sue
cess Hon. Thomas J. Fisher Mayor
Of Alexandria, Charles I. Goods
chief of police; Sergeant HlklnSoH
and Officers Rawle5t, Garvey, Men
olson, Reed, Gill, Kerns, Miller and
Talbot; Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, The Kramer Flora
Company, for floral decorations, the
Central Automobile Co., Charles
King and Sons, for red lights, Rem
schell Auto Sales Co., Robert Port
ner Brewing Co., Arheuser Buscl
Brewing Assn, Erwin Schwarzmann
Dr.. T. B. Cochran, I. c. Howard
Herman Friedlander, J. G. Graham
K. ". Ogden, N. f. Parker. J. D
Knight, P. W Garvey and others Il
he named later.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-18
WOMAN ASSAULTED.
Negro Boy Makes Attack in Room
in Washington.

A negro. giving the name of Jack
Malone, II years old, is prisoner al
the Third precinct in Washington
charged with assaulting Mrs. R. S
Clements. 17i5 + street northwest
and breaking into the house.
According TO Mrs. Clements, she
was telephoning in room in her
apartment on the first floor about 2
O'Clock yesterday afternoon when she
heard a knock on the parlor door. A
second later some one tapped on the
door near which she was sitting. AS
she arose, still holding the receiver.
the door was thrust open and a negro
stepped in.
She started back, but the negro
grabbed her, Mrs. Clements declares.
She struggled with the black man.
and as she felt herself being over
powered began screaming. Her five
year-old son, Ralph Clements, hear
ing the screams, began to cry. The
two attracted the attention Of Mrs.
Charles R. Flanagan, who was in a
room across the hallway.
Mrs. Flanagan rushed in, and see
ing the col0rcd man, hurried back to
her room and procured revolver
As she came out the second time the
negro rushed down the hall and on:
of the front door.
Mrs. Cleemnts and Mrs. Flannigan
followed and as they ran into the
street. where pasSersby were at
tracted. They chased the man down
f street to Eighteenth. where two
Joined III the pursuit.
along with several new pedestrians
As The ncgro reached the corner Of
New York avenue and Eighteenth
street. Policeman A. A. Starkey. Of
the third precinct, ran into the
street and arrested him.
A welt across Mrs. Clements fore
head is said to have been inflicted
oy the negro She declares he also
struck her in the mouth with his
list.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-18

Fifty thousand dollars in jewc'ry
was stolen from the home of Mrs.
Freedrick Jost, Philadelphia society
woman, by we'll dressed young nan
Yesterday afternoon, who hoodwinked
the butler into believing him friend
of the family and left ten door un-
guarded while he went to procure
writing paper for the man TO leave
note to be given to Mrs. Jost OF.
her return. When the butler re
turned with the note paper, the man
had disappeared.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-18
NEWS OF THE DAY


President Wilson has been advised
by the Secretary of Agriculture that
there is no danger of a food shortage
in this country as the result Of the
extraordinary demands by Europe
upon the supplies of the United
States. President Wilson called upon
the Secretary Of Agriculture for an
opinion soon after he received Mayor
NIitchel's letter urging an embargo
on wheat expectations. 1t is believed
that this opinion by the Department
of Agriculture will end consideration
of ali embargo by the administration,
at least for the present.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-18
Eye Witness Declares Aus
t,'ians Guilty Of Revolt
ing Acts
MEN ARE MUTILATED..
CHASTITY Collection Of Photographs
Shows Awful Atrocities by lnya-
ders of Servia.

London. Feb. 1S-One. of the most
ehastly collections of photographs in
existence was shown yesterday by
Nicholas Valdau Georgovitch, secre-
tary of Prince Alexis, of Seryia. They
were taken by official photographers
in the district ravaged by the Aus
trians during their advance into
Serbia, and all who see them cannot
help getting the impression that
Germans are surpassed by their allies
in the matter of atrocities. wound
ed Serbs" said Vladau Georgovitch
"were usually finished off, if found
living on the ground, by Austrlans
who also amused themselves by prac-
ticing mutilations"
One photograph showed corpse
dressed in a half tattered uniform,
with both eyes put out. The BODY
showed marks of bayonct thrusts
that had passed through both cheeks
and nothing was left Of one hand
but bones, all the flesh having been
cut away. Another prostrate soldier,
who had been shot down by bullet
in the back, grinned up at the sky
without any vestage of mouth. A
large pile of mutilated and tangled
corpses were shown in haphazard
heaps all over the floor OF cellar
-Four murdered youths of Ia or TO-
dressed in civilian clothes, were Pno-
topraphed as they lay on hillside.
One had empty eyesockets and the
head of his neighbor had been mash
ed in by rifle butt. The brother
and father of u. woman were stand
ING by her lifeless body in a garden
lust as it had been left by the mar
auders Both her legs were broken
and her breasts were cut away.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-18
SCHOOL GIRL INJURED
Now Under Physicians Care Follow.
ing Hazing Party

Parvis. Miss, Feb. lS-Miss
Louise Lee, student at the Girls
Agricultural College here, Is under
q physicians care as the result, II
Is said. of hazing activities of other
girls at the institution. 1t became
known today when school authorities
started an Investigation that Miss
Lee collapsed Sunday night when
girls in ghost costumes appeared at
:. window of her room. She was UNI
conscious for more than two hours
and since has suffered severely from
the shock, physicians say.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-02-18

structions 10 avoid any action which
might arouse this nation.
Attention was called this morning
to the care exercised by the German
submarine U-l6 when before sink
ing the French steamer Vile de
Lille officers from the submarine
were careful to board the vesseI and
make sure that she belonged 10 a
helligerent nation.
1t was further suggested today that
the statement by Great Britain that
she was preparing even more vigor-
Gus measure to protect commerce
from the German decree might indi-
cate determination on her part to
adopt the suggestion previously made
of mining the Straits Of Dover. This
passage is but twenty one miles wide
It would thus be practical, it is stat
ed, to construct an impossible barrier
against submarines thereby forcing
the German navy either to abandon
its plan of submarine raids iu the
British channel OF forcing it to send
the submarines at great risk around
the northern end of the British Isle.
The belief is entertained that sec
ret instructions have been lsued
German submarine commanders to
handle American vessels in the war
zone with care.
/ 1t is pointed out Germany has fifty
! four interned ships in American
ports. In case of war. the United
States would seize these. They are
an invaluable part Of the merchant
marine which Germany expects to
rehabitate after the war, Their pre-
sence in American ports it is believed
by officials here, will tend to make
the Germans more cautious about
their conduct toward American ships
cargoes and lives IN the war zone.