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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
FORD'S UNDERTAKING ONE FOR
A SUPERSTATESMAN.

Efforts to make appear, when it learned that
Henry Ford had sailed for home that he had tired of
his job may or may not have been spent in the right
direction To mind would have been sensible
say that had heard of the boost and additional
prospective boosts. the price of gasoline Despair
European situation plus disgust for the Rookie
Teller patriotism, may have united To turn
Mr.. Ford back literally making him sick. We doubt
that he lost heart despite the illness of his under
taking.
Which awfulness. rests quite much anywhere
with the inspired criticsm-inspired doubt from
here,-that welcomed him upon his arrival, even a
the neutrals. II the signs Alright the
press agents Of the and ammunition makers
reached Europe first. and if may call il such, the
eptaph peace cruise. appears have been
all in readiness here have it from Tdens Tegn
(sgns o. the Tines published Christania. Norway.
the morning of Oscar IFS arrival:
MIR. Ford lacks the knowledge TO embark such
enterprise. Mr.. Fords greatest asset is hkabIe
personality lie doesn't lack culture but worldwide
education"
The verdens Gang lthe Way OF the World put the
same idea bluntly:
'Ford is helpless as a child in attempting an exped-
ton Of this his lack of knowledge OF
the conditions in Europe"
Nobody here abroad has seriously questioned Mr.
Ford's good intentions But IL has been obvious from
The first that he not cut out To lead move
ment i'm world war OF such vastness and compleNity.
Even II the moment had been suspicious for peace
wasnt-the Detroit manufactures hardly the
TO put 10 over"
Il am a mechanic who happens to have made
money" AR. Ford once said modestly i'm newspaper
Interview. A mechanic with warm heart, liberal
hand and high ideals stl mechanic And if ever
r situation called for "a great diplomat familiar with
all the history Europe personalities of its rulers
the prejudices peoples the precedens Of its
diplomacy this situation does It's a job for super
statesman.
II is job too. for a who knows something about
how cope with the cussedness OF certain American
hnanciers-whose secret unassuming press asents.
these days. about thick the hair dos
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
TR Nt;I ~.

0Grand Rapids Mich. Herald
out OF the trenches by Christ
mas"
No,
~Coming back home for Christ
mas"
Thus is Finis written 10 the i'm
possible peace quest of Henry Ford
The great day which was 20 see the
climax To his altruism. sees the cur
tain runs down upon his broken
dreams.
Few viii be those who viii still
hurl shafts of ridicule al the broken
crusader after an impossible ideal
With failure come-failure that WIS
inevitable from the first hour when
b. Welded To a zeal that was an in
sonitv-criticism will make way Tor
sympathy. We are glad he is COM
ing back 10 his own United States
"a here the air Il full of sunshine and
the flag il full Of stars. lie VII he
welcome. very welcome-because. In
his proper field he is as great a
genius as this century has pro-
duced.
Mr.. Ford has had his lesson-an
expensive lesson - expensive not
alone in the money which now means
50 little TO the multi-mihlonaire- but
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
With Other Editors Than Ours

even more expensive in the bitter
disappOintments which have over
Whelmed him at his every step since
he fOrsOOk the judgment of friends
who knew better than he that he was
riding for as ignominious a fall as
overlook QuiXote when he challeng-
ed the windmills TO mortal combat
out Of the lesson, may We not all
take personal share of warming
warning to be intensely practical
even in our ideals? When we stand
in the presence Of the inscruttable
Mars, altruiSm is a broken reed.
The -pacifist clings to a rope of
sand. And if the nation-the re-
public-shall ever yield to the hyp-
Eotism that would hold it back from
preparedness equal unto sane,
practical, national needs; it will also
some day reap as bitter and as woe
full fruits-fruits that turn to ashes
on the lips-as has Henry Ford.
Great ideals we must preserve!
But national muscle also is our need
Shall not all sleepers now awake?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
BREAK YOUR MATCH IN Two.

There. haven't been so many forest fires usual
this year. the forest service say that
Of the principal reasons is the hint that heads
list Of ant-fre rules sent out from Washington
last summer
The rule is simply this Break your match in
before you throw il away"
1t may sound absurd. But il you've never tried it,
suppose you do You'n find that you can't break that
match in without burning your finger unless you've
first blown it out and held it for moment for the
glowing end to cool
Thousands Of hunters and campers in all the ma
tiona forests caught up that rule because il struck
their fancy and perfectly simple and easy. Most
fires in the woods have probably been caused by light
ed matches thrown away by careless smokers. Those
broken matches don't start any fires
II may TO the reader. however that there
far people throwing away lighted matches in
homes offices and public places than there in
forests. And most city from that very
II the simple forestry rule applied everywhere,
and every would break his match every time he
lighted his cigar or pipe cgaret and every woman
would break every she lighted gas. there
would be different tale tell in the years fire
statistics
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
GOOD SAILORS IMPORTANT Factors.

When submarine sunk the British ship Falaba,
there panic board, which contributed to the
loss of life. When submarine sank the Italian liner
AncOna, there still greater panic, with more
disastrous results. When submarine sunk the Jap
auese liner Yasaka Maru panic never had chance
There wasn't any hysteria. Excited passengers
quoted promptly loaded into lfeboats The boats
were lowered properly. with accidents. They all
noated. and they all had their requisite and
men, The time it took precisely the time the
Austrian submarine had allowed the Ancona before
sending her to the bottom And on the Yasaka Maru
soul
The panic on the Ancona due largely to the bar
Smelling ship Nevertheless if there had
been japanese the AncOna there probably
wouldn't have been any panic
The British have been world sailors many
turtles The Italians have been faring TO distant
for 1000 years Both nations have ancient and proud
traditions 1t is but generation since the Jap
discarded their little junks started
sailing the ocean with steel ships. And in all their
tests OF seamanshp in years, whether peace
war; they have shown themselves be sailors at
least 5 efficient any in the world
That's one OF the reasons why other powers including
the United States. their commercial competition
they're exasperatingly cool thorough and efficient
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
DECEMBER 80, 1915.
COLLEGE CREDITS FOR SUMNER
CAMP WORK ADVOCATED

Following the heels Of its program pessimize'
American history, supplying pupils in the public
schools with Of the dark side and less Of the
bright wars. n order they may be
frightened into wanting miltarsm, comes the
American Defense society wanting colleges to give
credit for summer camp work camp work along
military lines.
a score Of college presidents and professors have
been discovered support the scheme, and grouped
it makes somewhat formidable array. We would not
say. either. but that it might be good thing if enough
credits added demands for graduation that
their allowance would provide relief any of
the old curriculums. This is a day of psychological
reaction introduced and advanced quite Unquestion-
ably by capitalists who 10 fear that the American
people "Over-educated" that education
ought halted because thinking people harder
humbug. We could not for a moment condescend
support of any militarist program that would WORK
subordinaon intellectuasn any degree. such
the capitalists back of the American Defense society
for prohts.-and the college presidents and
fessors under their thumbs prone to launch.
The introduction Of vocational training in public
schools entering wedge this direction. As
supplemental rather than a substitute for other
learning, vocational training perfectly right and
proper but In many cases we find il introduced a
substitute instead OF supplementary, and that dis
tincty and emphatiCally wrong. Credits for military
camp work in colleges a substitute for credits
other work, is equally wrong. There may be more to
American Defense society's college camp" credit
system than appears on the face Of it, The movement
To popularize ignorance, that capital be less in
the tuture than II has the past
10y ntellectualism provoking unrest unconscious
ly, if not consciously. hitched onto it,
And there is such a movement. II has found voice
right here South Bend; incident criticism
the discussions permitted at our social centers;
voiced number voiced in the that
dangerous teach citizens civil government.
Well we're still teaching IT, and the hint is merely
dropped that the populace may take up
and forfy itself for American defense through
miltarsm. but continued promotion intellectual
ism. by ballots if you please, rather than bayonets
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
TO THE FAILURES.
est. Louis Globe Democrat)

est Louis Globe Democracy
In front Of Kings Highway
church the other morning stood an
easel bearing a placs.rd upon which
was printed these words: After all,
wasn't it your own fault? Take
heart and try again" That was the
whole of it, Not a word TO explain
its appearance there 1t was not an
announcement Of lecture or SER
mon. It was apropos of nothing. 1t
raerely stood and stared into the
street, asking Of all who came by
this abrupt. almost impertinent per-
sonal question. There were many
who passed along the broad and
beautiful highway that day who saw
it not There we're many. perhaps
who saw il with eyes that carried no
impression to the mind. But there
" ere some. there must have been
some. whom IL struck like the lash
of a whip For going up and down
this street, there are always people
who have failed in one way or an
other. in something big or something
little. or who have had a succession
Of failures. But big or little. seri-
Gus or trivial. il is characteristic OF
human nature TO place the blame up
on something or somebody else, to
find all manner of excuses for self
II wasn't my fault. If it hadn't been
for him or them or that, things would
have come out differently. But Is
that true? Let any man who fails
put himself under Indictment inter
rogate himself, analyze the circum-
stances and answer his questions im-
partially. Then let him condemn
with Justice II the fault is his, he
loses much in self-respect 10y wnin-
ing about the acts Of others. If the
fault is his he gains much by self
appraisement. by coming to just un-
derstanding OF his own abilities; ard
he learns. too. by this self-analysis
where he has gone wrong and how
he may i'm future avoid the mistakes
from which he suffers And then,
having found himself. having taken
his own measure. the remedy - Oft
en- seen TO he within his hands or
within his reach Many a success
has crown out Of failure. There are
many many men who can look back
over their lives and see that what
they thought were failures were out
the steppirg stones to success. Take
heart. and try again.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

who are asked to slide back into the
republican party. where the same
old standpat crowd holds control
are asking why they should be ex-
pected 10 take this slide. The sun
pOrters Of Harry s. New. who is
seeking the republican nomination
for United States senator. tell them
that they should come back and vote
for New, because il would not do at
all 10 nominate James E. Watson
They say Watson would be a drag
on the ticket because of the fact
that progressives are sore Al him
and will not vote for him. But they
fail TO tell all Of the truth. Watson
was the floor leader Of the standpat
reactionary faction at the republican
national convention at Chicago in
1912 and led the fight that drove
100000 progressive republicans
out of the party.
This, of course, is sufficient rea-
son why these progressives should
refuse TO have anything 10 do with
Watson. But il must be remem-
bered. too, that Harry S. New was
the chairman of the committee for
that same convention and that he
was in full charge of the whole bust
ness. He was just as deep in the
mud Of that convention as Watson
was in the mire. He made all of
the arrangements and was the high
mogul of the whole business. Wat
son came along afterward merely as
one Of the fighters for the standpat
program that was so ably favored
by New. In view of this fact. il is
difficult TO see how anyone can ex-
pect progressives to support a ticket
bearing the name of New with any
more enthusiasm than they would
support ticket bearing the name of
Watson.
They are both the same kind Of
republicans, and each has about as
much use for a progressive as the
other. The fact is that the progress
sive republicans have no place IN
light" when it comes to selecting q
candidate for United States senator.
and they fully understand it.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

should be allowed pass freely into all countries
The reed OF rubber gloves for the of physicians
and nurses is especially serious. a German re-
Gently died CT infection received from treating
wounded soldier without gloves The scarcity OF crude
rubber Germany Austria has made il impossible
TO keep up the supply.
England insists that she can't afford let rubber
gloves the enemys country because that would
release equivalent quantity Of rubber for making
automobile tires and other war materials. But even
If any appreciable difference could this
great by the quantity Of rubber required for
gical gloves the military hospitals, to
how any civilized nation sanction brutal policy
We have ceased 10 expect chivaIry in this war but
this going Refusing medical supplies the
enemy bad shooting wounded soldiers starv-
ing prisoners.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
THE NAVAL LABORATORY.

advisory 100000. likely that
any equal of the several hundred millions
tined go the national defense could be spent
more effectively. The plans have been prepared by
Thomas A Edison. whose competency for the job will
hardly be questioned They have the govern
ment Mr. Edison further promises to have all
the details construction worked office
his expense if congress appropriates the money
for building the plant.
The idea is to have about 100 of land.
the tidewater, with buildings and equipment ade
quate for the scientists TO work any ideas they
develop for increasing the efficiency of the
navy. The services Of the three scientists
posing the board given free. They acknow-
edged he the foremost experts America their
chosen lines their will deal with all import
problems that into the construction and oper
alton OF a navy.
Congress should not haggle the appropriation Of
s. modest a for sensible a purpose.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
The Kicker
BY Arthur Brooks Baker.

The heirs of all the earth. tbs said.
shall be the mild and meek.
VINO smile at every slap of fate and
turn the other cheek:
Who meet with non-resistance the
entertainments of the strong.
And never raise their voices to de-
nounce a single wrong.
They may inherit all the world. the
saying may be true,
But they'll not get possession till the
other folks are through
The kicker is a citizen whose voice is
never mute.
You step upon his corns and you
proceed to feel his boot.
He seeks the shining object of his
tropical desire.
And fights for it with energy, per-
sistency and fire
Whenever he encounters anything
that isn't right,
He's ready to display his pugilistic
skill and might.
The meek are fine and dandy in their
true and proper place
In service as a doormat for the rest
of all the race
But they would vanish from the
earth and vanish rather quick.
Except for protection of the fellow
who can kick.
Who says to tyrants: Don't Cypress
my brother soft and meek
Or I'll jump up and knock you 20 the
middle Of next week."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
THE REVOLT AGAINST CHILL
DREN.
(ChicagO Tribune.)


For a good many years now the
idea of women revolving against the
tyranny of men has been banded
about. II is now no longer shock
ing But a new kind of revolt is in
the air; this time also a revolt of
women, but it is against their chill
dren.
Women. it seems, are just begin
ming to feel the tyranny Of the
young people. Parents have lost
their influence. A suburban mother
complained to her club mate recent
~ that girls Of 16 were making their
own social standards. deciding upon
what they must wear in order to be
considered in the social whirl,
choosing their escorts after dancing
school. disregarding all the WI lie
their parents admonitions. Girls and
boys have risen TO a newer indie
pendence. and they seem to be en-
larging it.
The private back yard has yielded
10 the public playground. and be-
cause this is the children's century,
the teacher at school is whipless.
Parents. by force Of circumstances.
have relinquished their children TO
the community. but they have not
given the community the right to
discipline them. The school has no
right 10 say what children shall wear
and the right 10 supervise their
clubs and fraternities has been only
lately achieved
And the children are organized
better than their parents This is
especially true in the city. where
apartment jewellers are barely &C
quainted with their immediate neigh
bors The children Of their friends
90 TO other schools. The children
of a community know each other
and the parents do not Mary is
able to complain that all her friends
go TO the moving pictures in the
evening without chaperones and as
serts that TO be recognized she must
have a pair OF fur topped boots.
The children are led on by public
opinion among taeir companions.
but there is no parental public Opin-
ion TO check them II will avail
father nothing TO get out the single
II the mothers do not organize, their
one time authority will have 70 be
delegated 10 the teachers.
OIrENTInN EOR pRnEREGSTNES
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

say shoot those Bulgars on the
spot" for hauling down the Amer
lean flag But we're not so impetu-
Gus nowadays. While it takes longer
we find diplomacy much cheaper
in the end.
STEAMER Suddenly Disappears
off Penzance. Headline.
Perhaps the Pirates got her.
II. Y. 3. says that Judge II. was
EN- barrassed for the first time in his
life when. occupying a front seat at
the comic opera one of the singers
kneeled directly in front Of him and
sang a love song TO him. But the
judge alibis by saying he wouldn't
have minded it if his wife hadn't
been with him.
EDITOR NJ P.-Here is proof
that even South Blenders get TO
heaven:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
COLFAN and ST. PETER
WELCOMES YOU.

F. NJ. r.
YOUR prayer letter." writes H..
s. r. came duly TO hand, and I
FASTENED to partially comply with
your request. and that was to send
a copy of the letter to the last named
individual who had received it, or
rather, the first one who had sent
it. / suggested the idea TO him that
as those who had already repeated
the prayer had become familiar with
it. their repetition Of il might have
greater influence than from those
unfamiliar with il and who might
stumble over the words and lose
the effect in repeating il before the
throne of grace"
Now, isn't that a helluf a way to
treat a prayer letter?
Get ready for the wagon, the we'll
known water wagon;
It'll drive around for you at mid
night Friday night;
And it'll get you If you want TO
climb upon the upper deck
Whether you are soused or sober.
or only just a little tight
c. N. F.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
THE MELTING POI
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.
TIL, ETIRT.

THE FTIRT.
We thought she loved but US alone.
This dainty sprite Of five.
And many acts Of tenderness
Kept our hopes alive;
But. in a mood OF coquetry.
She dealt US cruel blows
You and Or. c." she said.
Are both my truly beaux."
THUS far. having received no sug-
gestiOns for New Years resolutions
don the project Of publishing "A list.
assuming that the public is so good
it doesn't need them. or so bad there
IA no use trying TO save il.
WIVES who expect-if not de-
sire-their husbands 10 kiss them
before leaving the house for the
office should provide themselves with
physicians certificates that their lips
are free from harmful germs. The
same should apply TO young couples
anticipating matrimony. Those who
indulge in clandestine OSCILLATION will
of course take their chances.
WE never heard Of women catch
ing the grip from kiss. They don't
put enough into it TO get anything
out.
WE see by the papers that the
ontOnte has loaned O.OOC 900 francs
of our money 20 Greece.
LIMITED draft for the British
probably means going the limit
or will.
THERE are so many places 10 go
these nights that we don't attempt
to make a choice. We stay at home
and read the L. II. J. or some other
useful work
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
VERY HUMANITARIAN BPITAlN NOW
BLOCKADlNG THE RED CROSS.

Great Britain have reached the limit IN the
way Of bsockades when she forbids the shipment
OF hospital supplies the United states 10 Ger
many. Austria. Bulsaria and Turkey. The Red Cross
society has large quantity Of supplies gathered IN
New York. unable 10 forward them be-
the British government spite Of formal denias
has prevented this shipment
This action Is contrary to the agreement made be-
tween the belgerens shortly after the beginning Of
ne war. which IL was determined that medical stores
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

The of big gun for life is
more than $4,000 second without counting the cost
the ammunition. The $4,000 make.
The firing of a shot takes one-tenth of second After
rounds-which take altogether seconds dis
charge-the gun is erOded that it's Thomas
\. Edison is busy trying harden the bore lining
to lessen the erosion and proong the guns life
a few seconds
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

National City bank Of New York gets $4,000 for
lending Argentina $4,000 600 for six months juicy
money that London banks used get. New York
banks sending any peace ships Europe
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30
Or. "a Erenchman Said. There Is
Nothing More Unpleasant Than
to BE ObScurcly Hanged

"a Line O. Type or Two.)
Sir: Old Cap Shuey OF South Bend
whose alley "gerridge," as he calls
il, abuts upon a popular price I'M
dertaking establishment. was dis
coursing on the advantages Of a S4S
funeral. and concluded with. "But
then, who wants TO be buried like
an Onion?" Sib.
IF old Gov Dix were alive he'd
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

The American Red Cross now proposes to stamp out
the typhus plague in MeXicO-if Gen. Carranza will
permit As a rule. however. the First Chief" would
rather let MeNcans die than them helped by
Yankees
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

DANES Villa 10 be spurious. We guess that Villa is
foolish to abandon honorable to become mere
bone for wives to fight over
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

EUR band carriers produce charming effect. says
journal devoted fashions for way up sassety Now
on whom do they get in their effect and how?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

Under old treaty with the Chppewas northern
Wisconsin is likely be declared dry Cold day for
Demon Rum when the Indians BEGIN TO soak him
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

Its way below in Duluth But then nobody Is
com PEELED stay Duluth considering the popular
price tickets on sale 10 sunny California
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-30

Henry Ford's has been iled in Nebraska for
the president the republican ticket. Now
indeed may William jennings wall -Ettu Brute 80