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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16

pansion can only find in a Russian al
lance means to attain her ends. Rus
STA secures her a free hand in China,
and having secured herself from
the direction of Asia, she proposes to
concentrate all her forces on the
struggle with the United States and
on the consolidation of her position
in China"
1t must remembered that these ar
guments emanate from Russia and
have not openly been adopted by any
party in Japan. The spinal facts Of
the question are that Russia desires
Japanese aid in the war. Japan is
most reluctant to enter on any adven-
lures outside Of the Orinet and has
already declined French overtures to
send an expeditionary force to the
front.
But the negotiations with Russia
appear to have been reoponed and it
is clear therefore that the subject is
not closed. The alliance talk has
aroused great disquiet in China. Po-
litical observers in the United States
need not be reminded that a Russo
Japanse alliance would bea very diff
ferent instrument from the present
Angola panese alliance which at the
last time of renewal was specifically
drafted so as to exclude the United
State from its operations.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16

curt words the days doings OF an
army OF the fleet. Sometimes the ad-
miralty and the military authorities
consider that it is worth while sending
these messages TO the press; more
often than not not they don't.
One Of the messages seldom pub
lished is the work Of the mine
sweeper. To announce that so many
mines had been cleared on such
day in such an aera would be valua-
ole information to the enemy.
Competent authorities estimate that
Germany has scattered about 10
thousand mines in various waters con-
trOlled by the British feet Although
"A large number OF them have un-
doubtedly been laid by trawlers flying
neutral flags. many Of them have been
lust thrown into the water at Heligo-
land. at Ostend and at different points
OF the Baltic. and allowed 10 drift out
with the tide in the hope that they
would sink one OF the British ships
OF war. or ships OF commerce.
In t,se Baltic alone Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden. have picked up hun
dreds OF these mines which have been
washed on their shores uneXploded.
And vet for her vast expenditure Of
over million dollars in sea-mines,
Germany has little or nothing TO show
beyond the destruction of few travel
ers. and few neutral ships. as in the
rare cases where British trading ships
have been struck by drifting or sta
tiOnary mines. the damage done has
been of a more or less harmless char
acter The mine-sweeper. as one of
the most valuable of the navy, can
claim full credit for Shis
Most OF the work in clearing the
seas of mines is do..e by trawlers
which usually act in pairs. We have
quite a large fleet of trawlers and
critters engaged in this work which
is one Of the reasons why fish is so
scarce and dear. They set out at
, night so as to be in their working aero
by daylight. then they fish for mines
by a long rope stretched between the
two trawlers. Proceeding at a very
gentle pace. they lift the mine which
is usually about a foot and a half or
two feet below the surface.
II is no uncommon thing to find half
d.zen stationary mines brought TO the
surface by one rope. Once in sight a
well aimed rifle shot eXplodes them,
then the trawlers proceed with their
work until another shot is needed.
Apart from the number Of mine
sWeepers who have lost their lives
through a German submarine, many
have been killed by the explosion of
the mines they were gathering, and
in other cases the authorities have
lost track of trawlers. drifters and
their crews. They have gone TO sea.
never returned. and left no trace of
themselves. Still, this has not lesson
ed the supply of volunteers for this
dangerous work.
once the war is over, the mine
sweeper will go back TO his ordinary
vocation as a fisherman, sailor or fire.
nan.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16

use of that term. but merely an ar
rangement whereby American bank
ers provide the funds with which 10
pay for contracts entered into in this
country. The money remains here
and the loan is an incident to the
maintenance Of munition and other
war contract business that has re-
suited so benefcially TO the United
States and offset losses in other di-
rections.
This plan meets with more favor
among treasury experts than If the
supplies of the belligerents were paid
for in gold. The United States now
has more than twice as much gol
as any two countries in Europe and
it's further importation would upset
the rate Of exchange as TO drive trade
away from this country. There is in
the United States a total gold coin.
including bullion in the treasury. az
gregating the enormous sum Of 81
0556,732,13S.
Treasury experts say the raising
OF a billion dollars for the allies IN
this country would be a comparatively
easy matter. The banks Of the coun-
try now have more than $4,000. 000,-
900 of reserves that could be used for
loans Of this kind and under the pro-
posed plan not a dollar of IL will leave
the country.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
MINE SWEEPERS
AMONG BRAVEST
Liverpool Makes Largest Con-
tributiOn to Army of All
Parts of Empire.

LIVERPOOL. Sept I'm COM
parisOn with its population. Liverpool
has given more soldiers. sailors. and
war workers &c the nation than any
other part Of the empire.
The bravest OF them all are the
mine-sweeLers. The mipe-sweeper
earns but does not get a Victoria
cross every voyage. He is always en-
gaged in a forlOrn hope a work SO
dangerous. that IL is a wonder he re-
turns safely 70 his home so often. II
is not alone In the Irish seas that he
is Fisking his life so that ships may
pass to and fro in safety: in the North
sea. no longer the German ocean, IN
the Dardanelles in the English chan
mel. and the Arabian rivers and Per
sian gulf. you will find Liverpool sail
ors engaged in the perljOus task Of
Tnine-sweeping, and 80 rendering
easier. one cannot say easy. the work
of our submarines. destrOyers, cruis-
ers. and battleships
At present the British grand fleet
IS resting in "A spot unknown even TO
the censor. for strange az II may APP
pear. there are scores OF kilograms
which pass between the fleet, and the
admiralty. and messages from our
armies. which reach Whitehall with
out the censor passing a line o. It, or,
for the matter of that even seeing a
word OF II.
These messages record in so many
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
HE 8 NOT WORRIED
OVER SMALL PAY
BY Victor Elliott.

WASHINGTON. Sept. Govern
ment clerks who for the past few
years have been agitating congression-
al circles with q plea for higher sal
aries should consider the case of DR..
Albion P. Jameson, member Of their
fraternity
DR.. Jameson entered the office OF
the auditor of the treasury depart
ment in 1864 at a salary OF $1,000
year. He is still at work in the same
office and now is drawing $2,25O a
year He is married and has all the
cares that other g.yernment clerks
are heir to, but DR.. Jameson is rated
at half a million dollars, and is en-
jOying 1t quietly while his fellow work
ers are lobbying for more pay.
DR.. Jameson halls from Blooms
burg, Pa, a small town near Potts
town. He fought with the northern
army in the Civil war, going into the
civilian service as soon as he was
mustered out. He is 10 years old.
Here is how DR.. jameson accumu-
lated his half million. Shortly after
he came TO Washington he looked over
the real estate situation, meanwhile
savin every cent he could spare out
of his $1,000 salary. Before he had
been here long he decided that the
city OF Washington was going to move
northward some day. So he bought
little plot Of ground quite long
distance out in the country. When he
had that paid for, he bought another
little plot and kept adding to it as
often as he could.
The nearest street car line went to
a point called the Boundary. some
three miles from DR.. Jameson's coun-
try place. The doctor built a little
house on his place and lived there in
pastoral quiet His fellow clerks at the
office laughed at him and his muddy
rubbers every morning when he ar
rived from the country. for that was
before committing was developed to
the high art that ii has now become.
Meanwhile, DIR. Jameson waited
while a half century slipped away.
| Washington is not one of the great
American cities which have grown
over night, but. in it's dignified way.
Washington has grown. About 10
years ago a few seekers after more
quiet surroundings pushed out in the
vicinity of DR.. Jameson's place. Then
came a few more; then the cirline was
extended to a point only about a mile
and a half from the doctors property.
Today the carline runs through his
place, and asphalt pavements, water,
light and sewage systems hOneycOmb
his ground He has sold off a large
amount of his property put still holds
enough for his own home in what has
become one o. the most fashionable
residence sections of the national cap
ital
Patience thrift and judgment with
a leaving of pluck. perhaps, turned the
trick The clerks in DR.. JamesOn's Of
flee no longer laugh at his foresight;
in fact only the other day they ar
ranged for him an entertainment to
observe the 10Th anniversary of his
birth.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
NO OBJECTION To
LOAN To ALLIES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1J.-Sec'y of
State Lansing indicated today that
there is no reason why American
bankers should not make the pro-
posed loan Of billion dollars TO the
allies If they care to do so. Former
Sec'y BRYAN held that a credit loan
was not Objectionable when the mon
ey was TO be spent in this country
and Sec'y Lansing said today the de-
department still holds to that policy.
He denied that Germany had entered
any protest and added that if such
protest were received. the department
would inquire fully into the subject.
1t is understood, upon the author
ity Of one official Of the department,
that the proposed loan and the plan
under which il was 10 be operated,
were submitted to the state depart
ment and no objection was raised
against il. The administration con-
siders a credit loan as merely a de-
tail connected with the American eX-
port trade. The legality Of such
transactions has never been ques-
where private individuals have pro-
tested they have been informed that
the prevention Of the manufacture
OF war supplies under existing cir
cumst~nces would be an unneutral
act.
Quite a number or protests against
the loan have reached the White
House, but no attention has been
paid to them. Most of these mes
sages are from the middle west and
their character indicates. IL is claim
ed. that they may be the result OF a
prOpaganda urging the sending OF
such protests TO the president. a
precedent for a transaction OF this
character was set when loan or
sic, O00.0 900 was made TO Germany.
Treasury officials said the size of the
loan had no bearing upon the general
principal involved. II the one was
permissible, the other would be.
Treasury officials today called at
tention to the fact that the proposed
loan is not a loan In the accepted
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
TODAYS BEAUTY HINTS

To whiten and beautify the COM
plexion permanently We have found
no better preparation than a lotion
made by dissolvng four ounces OF
spurmax in a half pint OF hot water.
then adding two teaspoOnsful glycer-
in. This removes any pimples, shiny,
muddy Or saliow appearance, and Will
make any ones skin clear, smooth and
velvety 1t does not show or rub OF
like powder; in fact, il seems part
OF the skin; and for removing tan and
freckles is unequaled.
1t is necessary to shampoo more
frequently in the warmer weather be-
cause OF excessive dust and the fact
that the head perspires more and IS
usually more exposed to the weather.
The easiest TO use and quickest drying
shampoo that we can recommend to
our readers can be prepared very
cheaply by dissolving a teaspoonful OF
cathrox. obtained from your druggist.
in a cup of hot water. This rubbed
into the scalp creates a thick lather.
soothing and cooling in its action, as
we'll as very beneficial to scalp and
hair. After rinsing, the scalp is fresh
and clean, while the hair dries quick
ly and evenly. developing bright
Iuster and a soft flutfiness that makes
it seem very heavy. -AdVt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
JAPENESE SEEKING
RUSSIAN ALLIANCE
Toxic Press Urges New Minis
try to Take Up Difficult
Tasks.

TOXIC, Sept. 1S.-Sections of the
Toxic press for calling upon the new
ministry to go forward with two
twin tasks of increasing Japan's
naval strength and combining an Of
fensiye and defensive alliance with
Russia
This question, so momentous for
the future of the Pacific and the ORR
ent, appears to have entered 81 new
phase since the change Of ministry.
An extremely vigorous campaign is
being carried on in it's favor by the
Russian press and copious extracts
from the Petrograd editorials are
cabled to Japan and reproduced
here.
At times they are circulated by the
foreign office. and experienced OBJ
servers have found that this is a sign
that Japanese authorities desire to
influence public opinion on foreign
questions in a particular direction.
The arguments which are in ciTcu-
latiOn from Russia have taken a
much holder and more open tone of
late, and they bluntly state that a
RuSso-Japanese alliance is necessary
if Japan is to carry through her policy
in China and IL she is to resist the
anti-Japanese policy which is sssum-
ed to govern the United States ad-
ministration.
Bearing in mind the action Of the
United States in notifying Japan that
changes in the status Of China which
conficted with the Root-Takahira
agreement could not he recognized,
the Russians argue in the Toxic pa
pers that only by an alliance with
Russia can Japan hope to avoid
treaty revision after the war and re-
tain her recent gains in Chinese ter
ritory
The revision" is clearly expected
TO come from the United States in
conjunction with Europe. The third
power against whom the alliance is
TO be directed is specified as China,
and one Of the articles adds: More
over Japan desires to guarantee the
safety of her rear in the event of a
conflict with the United States for the
possession of the Pacific
Another plausible line of thought
suggested is that old conservative
Japan with its policy of external ex-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
COMMUNITY CIVICS

Community civics helps the child
10 know the meaning Of his commun-
ity life. not merely a lot of facts about
it." says a bulletin just issued by the
L. S. Bureau Of Education. This bull
letn was prepared by four members
of the committee on Social studies of
the National Education association
DR.. ]. Lynn Barnard. School Of Peda-
gogy, Philadelphia; F. w. Carrier,
pincipal of Wilmington. Mass, high
school; Arthur w. Dunn, specialist
in civic education, L. S. Bureau Of Ed
ucation, and Clarence y. Kingsley OF
the Massachusetts, board of educa-
tion.
The significance of the term COM
munity civics' does not lie in its geo
graphical implications" says the bull
letin, but applies this point OF view
to the national community as We'll
Emphasis is laid upon the local conf
munity because it is the one with
which every child-citiZen has most
intimate relations, and for that rea-
son it is easier for him TO enter into
actual cooperation with it."
The authors Of the bulletin make
clear that the term citizenship Is
used broadly The good citizen, :"
they say, lis a person who habitually
conducts himself with proper regard
for the welfare of the community of
which he is a = ember. and is active
and intelligent his cooperation
with his fellow members to that end. !"
Community ciy1cs, according to the
! bulletin, should ba taught in the ele-
mentary grades OF the public schools
and should be continued in more
: comprehensive course in the first
| year Of the high school. Many pupils
do not enter high school at all, and
those who do should already have be-
gun to acquire habits of civic thought
and action. The greater maturity of
the high school pupil makes possible
the development of phases of the sub
! ject that are impracticable in the ele-
mentary school"
Many courses in civics fail" the
authors think, because they fix at
! tention upon the machinery of govern
ment exists. They familiarize the
pupil with the manipulation Of the
social machinery without showing
| him the Importance of the social ends
| for which this machinery exists. A
! lesson in community civics is not
! complete unless it leaves with the
! pupil sense of his responsibility. and
results in right action. To attain
| these ends is perhaps the most diff
cult and delicate task Of the teach
| en-"
Much civic instruction declares
the bulletin, has been ineffective be-
cause it has left the pupil to work out
/ for himself the application - general
| principles. The translation of prin-
ciples into conduct is more difficult
than the comprehension of the prin-
| ciples themselves. While we urge
| that the citizen should engage in these
activities as far as opportunity offers,
| it is necessary to cultivate a motive
sufficiently strong to lead him actual
+ ly to do so. This motive is to be
found in the common interest. which
| includes his interest, at least until
such time as an ideal altruism may
! lead TO the placing of the interest of
others and of the community above
| the interest Of self"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
CUT THIS OUT
OLD ENGLISH RECIPE FOR CA
TARRHAL DEAFNESS AND
HEAD NOISES.

If you know Of some one who is
troubled with Catarrhal Deafness.
head noises or ordinary catarrh cut
out this formula and hand Il to them
and you will have been the means or
saving some poor sufferer perhaps
from total deafness In EngIsn .a
scientists for a long time past have
recognized that catarrh is a cOnsttu-
tional treatment.
SPRAYS. inhalers and nose douches
are liable to irritate the delicate air
passages and force the disease into
the middle ear, which frequently
means total deafness, or else the dis
ease is driven down the air passages
towards the lungs, which is equally as
dangerous. The following formula,
which is used extensively in the damp
English climate, is a constitutional
treatment and should prove especially
eficacious 10 sufferers here who live
under more favorable climate condi-
tons.
Secure from your Druggist 1 ounce
Of Parmint Double strength. Take
this home and add 10 il IA pint Of hot
water and ounces OF graduated
sugar; stir until dissolved. Take one
tablespoonful four times a day. This
will often bring quick relief from dis
tressing head noises. ClOgged nostrils
should open. breathing become easy
and hearing improve as the infiamma-
ton in the eustachian tubes is reduc-
ed. Parmint is used in this way as IL
acts directly upon the blood and muc-
Gus surfaces OF the system and has
a slight tonic action that facilitates
the recovery Of the patient The
preparation is easy TO make. costs lit
tie and is pleasant 20 take. Every
person who has catarrh should give
this treatment a trial
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
BUILDING BIG BUSINESS

view are the distinguishing marks of the Gre
alive faculty.
Brains have built big business, operating
through the biggest business building instru-
ment-ADVERTISINC.
Mr.. Business Man, are you building your
business or are you depending on it to "just
grow?"
IF you are building you cannot afford to ne
glect advertising your great constructive in
strument. Advertising cannot supplant quail
ity and service. But given quality and service
as a foundation advertising will make little
business big and big business bigger.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
CHAS. B.SAX eco.
These Specials on Sale From to IL A. M. Only
CHILDREN'S HOSE

heavy ribbed, fast black,
double knee, for these ,
hours only, pair. lie
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
To Quickly Remove
Ugly Hairs From Face
(Beauty Notes).

(Beauty Notes)-
Beauty destroying hairs are soon
banished from the skin with the aid OF
a delatone paste, made by mixing
some water with little plain powder
ed deIatone. This is spread upon the
hairy surface for or minutes, then
rubbed off and the skin washed TO re-
move the Temaining delatone- This
simple treatment banishes every trace
OF hair and leaves the skin without a
blemish. Caution should be used 10 be
certain that it is delatone you buy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16

Back of every great achievement in art, SCI
ence or commerce lies THE IDEA.
Brains built the Panama canal, not derricks
and steamshovels. Brains wage relentless war
disease, robbing microbes of their terrors
and transplanting vital organs. Brains painted
the Mona Lisa. Everywhere brains are the i'm
Pelling force whether the scalPel, the steam
shovel or printers ink is the medium of e1-
preston.
The arrogance of conceit has no place in the
brain which creates. Well-ordered efficiency,
fair sense of relative values, an eagerness to
utilize every legitimate means to the end in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
Well Directed Advertising Pays

ing man and with him take stock of wnat you have
been doing.
With lively realization of the truth that it Is
WELL DIRECTED ADVERTISING WHICH PAYS,
The News-Times renders SERVICE WITH SPACE
Your business possibilities well limitations
ta,zen into strict account when The News Times
makes recommendations. The advertisers success
Is
Call The News-Times now for an interview at
your convenience. There's no obligation. There
will be no annoying solicitation. Just frank tall
about your advertising needs.
Now Is the time to BEGIN BUILDING.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16
FRENCH WAR BREAD NOW.

PARIS, Sept 13.-The French wits
who shot so many clever shafts against
German war bread are in a quandary.
The French chamb Der has now voted
by Az TO 3 that France cat her own
war bread, which is 10 he called ma
tiOnal bread" or the war loaf" and
10 contain wheat flour. Indian corn,
barley or manioc. The object is to
limit the importation of wheat and
thus check the draining abroad of
French gold.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-16

The blanket curse upon advertising a needless
expense Is born of ignorance, surface Judgment
formed through failure to analyze. 1t
that there is anything to know about adver-
Using; that lack of results may from errors
In selecting mediums or preparing copy"
Some look upon advertising as game" They
take shot without seeing their target judging
what kind of shell is necessary. They miss the
Bulls Eye and blame the gun.
If you are business building and about to try ad-
vertisin for the first time talk your plans with
some one who knows. If you advertiser ard
your results are satisfactory call In adverts
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-04

Laredo, June 4-GeneraI Carranza S
Nuevo Laredo garrison has been
strengthened 10 800 This action IS
regarded as significant. II Tlew Of
President Wilson'S Mexican warning.
Washington. June 4-Ins0far IS
Carranza's influence goes. there is
Apprehension Of the cut
come Of President Wilson's ne-- Mex
ican policy. and there IS no assurance
that Villa or zapata vii conform t0
the plan outlined.
Ino ceiief prevails. however, rh&t
the rIes;daut mas dafin:Teir decided
&c 60 ahead ~-ith the task Of saving
Mckee from Itself. and that this vii
pe done. e~en though It IS Necessary
to send large armies into Mexico 70
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-04

Commencement exercises of Gen.
tral Union High School were held last
evening at the school audto:.,..;,.---.
which was crowded with parents -
friends of the graduates. 1t was ths
largest class ever graduated from the
school. and the repeated applause
snowed that all present were partici-
pants in the spirit of the occasion.
NJ f. Kerr, principal Of the school,
made a brief address On the ideals
r"hich have prevailed and the results
aimed at, urging the pupils to be guid-
ed by these through life.
Harry Krotz sang and was followed
by Thomas r, Wilson, whose thesis
was "One Hundred Years Of Peace"
an historical review Of the relation
ship between England and America.
Miss Margaret F. Hall told Of The