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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

The idea is entertained 10y some of
the older type of merchants. that the
good repute OF their firm is spread
from mouth 70 mouth in conversation.
and that they do not need TO adver-
Use in the newspapers
That condition may have prevailed
many years ago. when people had
nothing else TO 90 bat gossip about
their neighbors. In those times every
one discussed an OF his home pur-
chases with an his neighbors.
To-day a man who depends upon
conversation and gossip to spread the
news of his store. viii not ind that
his place OF business is much FIRE.
ouented. People do not exchange in-
formation about their domestic habits
as they used TO- You have little idea
whether your neighbors buy their
goods Of smith. Jones or Brown. The
world Is fuU ~ wide interests. and tn,
bargains one may ind ia "a certain
store are ordinarily known only tC
those that ind them
Tbe newspaper is the only efficient
laeans Of acQuajnting the public with
E9s business news OF the town. For
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

one person that will learn something
about a given store by word of mouth,
a hundred learn about il through
newspaper notices.
The advertising columns OF news
paper are read just as attentvely as
any sensation that may appear in the
news columns.
The results of the two policies are
obvious In one case a merchant
drags along. with only a small part of
the community knowing anything
about what is happening in his store.
In the other case. practically every
one knows when that merchant has
special bargains, and what can be
done IN his store at any given time.
Can there be the least question as 10
which kind OF merchant gets the bust
urerF
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31
CARLISLE FOR GOVERNOR.

Indeed, the republican party might
do worse than make Col Charles Ar
thur Carlisle its candidate for COVER
nor in 1916. South Bend. most surely
would welcome such a nomination. He
is Of the sort of man that the repub-
lican party needs, furthermore, to ce-
ment the party together While re-
publican he has always been consid-
crate of the progressive movement.
and it was he who perhaps more than
any other one person. served so we'll
last year to encourage lots OF bull
moosers back to the g. O. p, in the
18th district.
Still he has been faithful After
being defeated for the nomination at
the republican convention in 1912, he
came back home and became the re-
publican goat in a race for congress,
and then took up the work of reunit-
ing the old party as perhaps no one
else in these parts. OF course, we are
not ultra-desirous of the republican
party making itself too strong with
bull moose vote-getting candidates,
but if we were we know of no one
whom we would most surely suggest
TO head the republican ticket in the
state. than Col Charles Arthur Car
Isle.
We are glad TO observe that he has
expressed his Willingness to make the
race for the gubernatorial nomination
once more.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

TO. w. 4. b.
o Double L Aye Bee.
You've cast a slur on me-
It's made me sore
Ly anxious 10
Return the compliment
TO you.
But what ! want 10 tell
Would not listen very we'll
So you needn't worry
Double L Aye Bee.
O Double L Aye Bee,
What's wrong in the top story?
] often won
Der why you're
Always criticism me
by thunder.
If you don't like my wit.
You never have to read it,
So you needn't worry
Double L Aye Bee!
r. NJ. II.
THE last best sign of returning
spring-the temperance Of Heine
Tieman and Eddie Coffey.
GREETINGS to Grandpa Beane,
the venerable editor of the Goshen
Democrat. May his gray hair, if he
ever gets any. never be brought in sor-
Received by Music House.
Dear Sir: 1 will not be able to make
a payment for a couple of weeks be-
cause we have a IL pound boy.
Hoping this will be satisfactory 1 re-
main
WHEN Ben Johnson wrote. Drink
to Me Only With Thine Eyes" the fin
est little love song we know came out.
AS the VI. z. is specializing on snatches
of good things-to cOUnteract our
dOggerel, we suppose-why not give
that just as a hint to readers?"
+. 5. T.
SINCE you mention it we will look
up the old song and read it again.
The Banks of Honey Drew Swarms.
(Burr Oak Acorn.)
The Swarms family of Orland spent
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31
SCRAPS.

Emperor Francis Joseph OF Austria
is a considerable real estate owner in
France, with which country he is at
war. He owns one of the grand old
buildings OF Nancy, which he has en-
riched with gifts, and kept in good
restoration by his money. He also
owns the church Of the Franciscans
at Nancy, wherein are the tombs OF
the Dukes Lorraine. from whom he
was descended. He gave Nancy
cathedral the beautiful stained glass
windows. He gave Nancy museum
the life-size oil portraits OF himself
and his empress. Elizabeth. which
still hang in a place OF honor. And
his donations Of valuable historical
and art objects, during a half century,
have won him the title of "benefac-
tor Of the museum"
Baron Erland Nordenskjold, the
Swedish explorer, who has just re-
turned to Stockholm after two years
spent among cannibal tribes on the
frontiers Of Brazil and Bolivia. reports
that he discovered there important
ruins Of stOne-age civilization. lie
brought home with him 50 chests OF
scientific material, notes and photo
graphs. His Swedish companion in
the expedition was murdered by the
natives, but Baron NOrdenskjOld
made the trip, accompanied by his
wife, without mishap to either.
There are records Of dwarfs who
have lived almost 10 the century mark,
while giants generally die young.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31
BELGIAN BREAKS
PRISON; ESCAPES
THROUGH GERMANY
Jules Liaudat Walks Fifty
Seven Days, Covering $50
Miles to Get Into France by
Way of Italy.
BY Franklin p. MerPicl1.

PARIS, March 29.-After u most
daring escape from a prison camp in
Germany and an adventurous trip
through Germany, Switzerland and
Italy, Jules Liaudat. % years old, has
rejOined the Belgian fifth line regi-
ment, in which he fought at Rerschot
last August.
With so Of his comrades he was
captured in the German attack on
Malines. They were placed in a wood
en- compound at AiX-la-Chappelle, fed
on soup and potatoes. forced to sleep
on straw and worked very hard at
road repairing Their guards were
five landsturmers.
The prisoners had noticed that
they were left unguarded by the sem
tinels for a few minutes each day
while the guards went to get the
soup. On Dec. 1, the Belgians lay in
wait for the return of the sentinels
at the entrance to the compound.
As one of the Germans came back
with the customary cauldrOn of soup
he was set upon and strangled. He
was able to utter a cry, however, and
his comrades came running TO see
what was wrong. One after the 9TH
or they were shot down by one Of the
Belgians who had picked up the re-
vOlver OF the strangled soldier.
Makes for Germany.
Then began wild dash for liberty
under the bullets of a company Of
Landsturm brought to the scene by
the sounds of the shots. The Belgians
ran in zigZags to avoid Icing hit. AL
most all Of them made toward the
Dutch frontier. Not so with Liaudat
who did not wish TO be interned in
Holland until the end of the war. He
had conceived the more desperate
plan of crossing Germany and reach
ing Italy. To this bOldness he prob
ably owes his life, as the landsturm
men. feeling confident that he would
be caught later. fired only few shots
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

after him, whereas in the opposite di-
rection almost all the runaways were
brought down.
Once we'll on his way, Liaudat
gained in confidence and succeeded in
walking to Merestret without being
questioned. He went round the out
skirts of the town and on to Limburg,
where he found some old clothes in
an abandoned house This allowed
him to discard his Belgian uniform,
now all tattered and torn. Thus dis
guised he continued his journey as
tramp, without papers of any sort
and with no money. He was obliged
to pose as a deaf mute when he met
people and beg food by signs. He
slept in bitches. behind hedges and in
old timble-dOwn barns. The weather
was extremely bad and his sufferings
were great, but the brave Belgian
kept on and with the aid of signpOsts
along the roads he found his way
through COblentz, Mayence, Mann
helm, Carlsruhe, Strassburg and Err
stein, finally crossing the Swiss-Ger-
man frontier and reaching Basel.
Poses as Swiss.
While in German territory he was
often stopped and questioned by
police and military patrols, but he al
ways signalled that he could neither
hear nor speak and when paper and
a pen were offered to him he would
write "Ich bin SchweiZ" (Q am
Swiss). This was his passport.
Not content with reaching SWitZer-
land. Liaudat continued his tramp by
Thun and Briga over the Simplon
pass to DomodOssola. He succeeded
in reaching Genoa on Jan. p. Since
his escape. from AiX-la-Chapelle he
had been walking for 81 days and
had covered a distance of roughly
$50 miles. The latter part of his
Journey was less difficult, for in both
Switzerland and Italy he found people
fairly generous in giving him food
and shelter. The Belgian consul in
Genoa kept Liaudat housed and fed
for some days until he received his
passport allowing him to enter
France
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31
THE MEL TING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jones. on
the banks OF Honey lake.
TIED TO their Art:
Russell Hubbard
Fisher Baker
GilliOm ScheIlinger
Fishel.
EASTER being a movable feast why
not shift il TO harmonic with the
Easter bonnet?
Our Meanest Man.
Worse than he who steals the wash
Hung out on lines on Monday,
Is the guy who says, I'm buy a
drink"
When he knows full well it's Sunday.
S. II. c.
IF that picture The Spiri, of '76,"
wherein only one Of the soldiers has a
headache typifies war as it was in
those days, just how many medicated
cotton bandages will the heroes of the
present war have TO be swathed in by
the artist who would adequately pic
ture The Spirit of '15"?
c. w. c.
Her mouth when she smiled was
spread a mile:
There was chagrin with every smile.
She smiled she thought TO make a
dimple,
But others knew twas but a pimple.
II. s. +.
WHAT" asks f. l. c., is clergy
mans knee and what is the cause of
it?" ON inquiry we respectfully refer
to a joint committee from the Min
isterial association and the St. JOS
eph Medical society.
PRECEDENTS like promises are
often made to be broken, or if not
made for the purpose are so con-
structed they can be broken. But the
remarkable thing is that the breaking
OF a precedent has never caused list
in the grand old ship of state.
Query: What Was the Price of Votes?
(Terre Haute Case.)
Lewis Watkins. cOlored, testified
that he earned $47 by voting and
shooting craps with other repeaters
on election day. He said he voted
about 19 times.
LAST call for March lions.
9. y. +.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31
BITS OF INFORMATION
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The Irish river in Siberia is 2.000
miles Ions. and drains 100000 miles
OF territory.
Peruvian petroleum is said To rank
next 10 that of Russia in its suit
ability for producing high grade
lubricants
Riley Bradford of Friendship Me.
has the oldest continuous subscrip-
ton 60 Portland paper This sub
scription has been in the Bradford
family ever since the paper was first
issued in 1900.
The United states agricultural de-
partment is endeavosing 10 acclimat-
lie the jaboticaba tree from Brazil
which. unlike any other tree. bears
its fruit and flowers on the bark. The
fruit is like a grape
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Reminders From the Columns
OF The Daily Times.

The receipts of the South Bend
postonice for the UScal year ending
March 81 were S5S.599.37.
The Northern Indiana Teachers as
ISOLATION opened its annual meeting in
South Bend. The attendance was eX
pected TO reach 1000.
The County Sunday School associa-
ton decided on canvass of the city
tor statistical and other purposes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

expires. 1t begins TO look as if by that
time she would not be wanted in as
Austria seems 20 be about ready 10 do
her own dickering for peace with
honor"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

Bread dropped 10 five cents in Chi
cago yesterday. Keep those 15-inch
guns busy. Elizabeth. You are scar
ing a Chicago stock gambler into fits
every time you sSoot at a Turf.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

A Long Beach judge sentenced two
15-year-oId culprits to a thrashing in
court by their mothers in lieu of a
Jail sentence. They were well spank
ed. Hail 10 that Judge!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

George Drumheller, whose ranch
covers thousands of acres near Walla
Walla, Wash, received a check for
$200.262 for his wheat crop OF 2OO,-
262 bushels. To move this crop re-
quired $50 cars. or four solid trains.
Linen. coated with casein TO
strengthen il and make it smooth, has
proved available for aeroplane wings.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31
WHAT SHE DREADED.

A story is told by a Paris newspaper
of a young woman. The newspapers
said that if the Zeppelins came all
persons must go down in the cellars.
She told her friends she would not go
down into the cellar 81 do not care
a fig for the Zeppelins," she said. ct
is no use asking me. ] Will not go
down into the cellar" But why? ?"
asked her friends. Because" she
replied, 81 am afraid of spiders"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

If the EitcI FREDERICK should
make n dash for the ocean prob
ably that il all that would be left
TO tell the tale.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

William Lorimer CORNER L. :. SEN
ator, has again pleaded not guilty to
the L-aSale St bank wrecking charge.
lie has done that SO often that he
now probably believes il himself
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

Cost you $500 fine if you aren't Gu
legislature. Terrible blow To people
who want to run away to Vermont to
marry.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

n Italy is going 10 join in the war,
in order 10 share in the division OF the
spells. she had better get busy tsfore
the six weeks period set - @ispatches
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

French and German shells are
knocking people down in Switzerland.
The president Of Switzerland might
ask the president of the United States
what 10 do about il.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31
Seeing America
First
by Fred Kelly.

Direct from Diary TO Consumer:
This diary thing is. of course, all
bluff. If l really were keeping a
diary, though, L would make a note
of the man | Jaw in a Chicago
restaurant. He ordered a meal that
came 10 an even dollar. Then he asked
for a little pitcher of cream, which
was 10 cents more. When the waiter
came around with the slip the man
discovered that he had just $1.05 in
change, or five cents less than he re-
CURED aside from the tip. | saw him
open up a wallet and pull out one
lone bill, which happened TO be a
fifty He seemed to shrink from the
idea OF breaking that fifty just for
the sake of a nickel. He looked at
the slip and then at his $1.05. Then
his face suddenly showed the light of
inspiration.
Here's a dollar five" he told the
waiter in a breezy tone full of good
cheer, but you want a nickel more,
don't you? Well, I'll give you back
half of this cream
And before the waiter had recovered
his compOsure the diner had showed
the half filled little cream pitcher
toward him, seized his hat and bland
~ departed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

One is impressed in going through
Kansas with the bigness of the farms
and the sma illness of the barns. Judg-
ing just by what one can see from
the Santa Fe railroad a Kansas
farmer builds his barn in indirect ra-
ito to the size OF his farm.
1t must be difficult. one imagines,
TO be neighborly in Kansas. Folks
live far apart in Kansas and the
roads look black and squshy. But l
am assured that after travelling
through New Mexico. Kansas viii
seem fairly gresarious-an compare
lively cOngested.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31


A few minutes ago 1 went into the
lavatOry to try out my new safety
razor Three other men were there
shaving This makes nine men L
have seen shaving today on the train.
And every one OF the nine without a
single exception made one or more
remarks Boosting of the peculiar
toughness of his beard, the peculiar
way his beard grows, or the difficulty
BARRIERS have shaving him. l am try
ing to recall if / have ever known a
man SO modest that ne would not
brag about the wiry, manly quality
of his daily growth Of beard.
We Just stopped briefly at EmpOria,
kan, the town definitely affixed to
the map by William Allan White.
The first time l ever heard of En-
poria was when ! read an article by
William Allan White, entitled New
York and EmpOria," in which the au-
thor sharply contrasted the advan-
tages of EmpOria over the well-known
eastern metropolis as a place of req
dence. Now, the average town of
the size of EmpOria does not neces-
sarily size up as an idyllic dream city
when viewed from tie railway sta
ton. This is true of EmpOria, and 1t
occurred to me that, little as L like
y
had to move to New York. l might IN
time be able TO reconcile myself to
the change.
Having this in mind L went out on
the station platform and engaged an
innocent bystander in conversation.
spoke to MIN about his fellow
townsmans article, and asked him II
the average emporium would take the
same view as White.
"Well. | don't know he replied,
wrinkling his brow and seeming to
weigh the proposition with judicial
impartiality: Il was in New York for
the first time year before last, and in
some respects it wasn't so bad. The
subway had fnny smell to 1t, a
smell that | never noticed anything
quite like anywhere else. But that
Of course. was q small matter The
thing that struck me most of all was
where woman would dry clothes
and where a man would go III the
evening 90 loaf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-31

DECIDUOUS TREES-Vauey cot
tonwood Dopulus fremontii wizlize-
nia), mountain cottonwood (populus
angustifolia), mountain ash fraXi-
nus velutina). box elder (acer negun-
dO).
EVERGREEN TREES - Arbor
vitae, cedrus deodara, box euOnymus.
SHRUBS-Althea SNOWFALL mock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-10
HUBBARD LAUGHED AT DANGER WHEN
 HE READ WARNING

"As important as the direction of yesterdays wind,'' said Elbert Hub bard, just before the Ll1sitania5 sailed when he was asked what he thought of the German Embassy's warning.
 Fra Elbertus," as he was known is in the list of missing.
 MT. and Mrs. Hubbard were mar ried in this city 10 years ago by At torney Fred FaIlon as justice of the peace. Jokfngly, he said last week:
 ST used to be on friendly terms with the kaiser. but don't know how I stand with him now, for you know I have written some thing he may not have liked.''
 Mir. Hubbard knew about the Ger man embassy's warning, but he thought it about as important as the direction of yesterdays wind. He said he would make no effort to get into the 1ifeboats if the German threat was put into practice unless there was some spare room for him. He said he knew the value of adver- Using and that if he was torpedoed by the kaisers navy men while on his way to see the kaiser the publicity would be fine boost for the Roy crofters left behind up at East Auro- ra- 'If get through safely,'' he added, "and the German emperor won't see me in Berlin, I'll be pa tient awhile and see him later at St Helena
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-10
Great Forest Fire Subdued
 In NeWttOWn
Fire Warden and Relays of Men Kept Busy Throughout the Night Protecting Many ImperiIled Dwellings.
Hundreds of Cords of Wood, Already Piled, Are in Path Of Destructive FianeS-Loss is Great.
Special to The Farmer.5

Newtown, May 10.-The most stub born forest fire the fire fighters of Newtown under Town Fire Warden c. F. Conger have ever fought ragged all Sunday and last night, and had not been conquered today, although a hun dred men scurried along. it's Hanks and by back firing managed to keep it away from the dwellings, It began in the Lebbon woods near the southern boundary line of the town in a sparse ly, settled part of the town, and when first seriously noted had spread in widening circle between Botsford and the High Rock road, where woodmen have piled up several hundred cords of wood in the past two years. Some of this was seasoned, and together with the cut tops of the trees made the heat SO intense that the fire crew could not save the timber. Against a stiff northwestern wind the fire per sistently climbed up the height of Great Ring all day Sunday. When it surm ounted the crest of the hill last night it presented an appalling spec tacle to the denizen of Newtown Cen ter, and a score of automopi1es with loads of volunteers and sightseers rushed by different routes to the area of devastation.
 Fire Warden Conger had te1ephoned all the deputy fire wardens for help about noon Sunday who responded
 
 first at the front, and at nightfall these were supplanted by new recruits and every four hours during the night i a new detachment of recruits, or men freshly restored by sleep met the ad- Vancing column of fire. All night long by motor Conger shifted his men with the result that although six dwellings with barns were at times in danger, not one was burned.
 As this is written, the fire on the side towards the hamlet of Botsford l Hills is under control, the buildings in the burnt over are so well patrol1ed that danger is past, but the path of the fire to the eastward will, be stayed only as soon as Halfway river is reached. it is thought by the fire war den. However, the cultivated lands of l Zoar will operate as a safeguard for Stevenson which lies directly in the path of the wave of flame.
 No estimate could be made of the damage but practically. every line of fence has been destroyed, besides the loss of several hundred cords of wood, and huge piles of slabs left by the s-Wyers are heaps of ashes, or fam ling volcanoes. Besides much young sprouts have been injured mortaIly, as most were budded. Several hundred acres have already been swept by this I most extensive forest fire in New lost and no dwellings consumed is due to the hard work of the fire fighter under the capable Town Fire Warden I Conger. The fire is supposed to have started from sparks from railroad locomotive in the early hours of Sun 1 day, and was not discovered in the tsparsely settled region along the Mon roe line until it's fnsidious creep brought it in view of the people oi
 Botsford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-10
BUILD UP THE HOME TOWN

BUILD UP THE HOME TOWN -'tIf you want to live in the kind of a
 town, Like the kind of town you like, You needn't slip your clothes in a
 grip
 And start on long, long hike Y ou'n only find what you left behind For there's nothing that's really new. It's a knock at yourself when you knock your town, It isn't your town-it's you Real towns are not made by men
 afraid Lest somebody else gets ahead When every one works, and nobody
 shirks,
 You can raise a town from the dead. And if, while you make your personal
 stake,
 your nefghbor can make one too, Your town will be what you want to
 see.
 It isn't your town-it's you !'' By the way, do you know that your own home town has a retail jewelry store which offers the type of stock and service found only in large cen ters. Better think of this store when in need of jewelry, silverware or cut glass
 M.J .BUECHLER, The Reliable 4s FAIRFIELD Av.. Near Middle st