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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
PUBLIC OPINION As 4 LOBBY
TOR THE PEOPLE

me law passed by the legislature
tie famous House Bill 40. 49-per-
hitting property owners against whose
estates special Improvement bonds
have been issued, TO pay them of in
advance of maturity, became effective
Thursday without gubernatorial ap-
proval. Exactly why the measure
should have such hard time getting
through is not difficult TO guess. The
purpose Of the law was simple enough.
II was calculated TO assist the less
wealthy individual should he acquire
the ability TO pay up and save little.
Bond-holders naturally preferred that
the indebtedness be left TO run
through the full period.
II works out this way:
Under the old law, property owners
unable to pay cash for certain i'm
'provements. were permitted to elect to
have bonds issued against the i'm
proved property for the amount Of the
assessment, payable in ten years. with
interest semi-annually. The city be-
came guarantor Of the bonds which
were turned over 20 the contractor
and disposed of by him at his liking
This rule continues TO prevail, but with
the proviso that if, after one year the
party whose property is assessed wish
es to pay UP, he can do so at the end
of any six-month period by preparing
six months interest in advance. Under
the old law he could not pay in full
until the end of the ten years without
paying the full ten years interest
Sen Summers, Reps. Hagerty and
Hepler. and with them the senators
and representatives from all the sec
ond class cities of the state, worked
hard for the passage of this measure,
and with 1t a number Of others of
principal effect in such cities, but most
of which were lost somewhere in the
shuttle. Not only the bond brokers.
etc, appear to have been busy about
the legislature, but the manufacturers
of asphalt. concrete and brick, may
not have been without the presence Of
more OF less oily legislative counsel
lors and agents there on the ground.
There is a lesson to be drawn from
the situation. Cities wishing improve
ments in their fundamental rights, to
be granted by the legislature. would
do we'll to have such plans whipped
well into shape before the legislature
convenes. and in addition, see what
can be done toward creating a public
opinion favorable to the desired
changes.
OF course, it would perhaps at the
same time, serve TO create a more de-
termined opposition. but as was evil
dent ct the recent session of the as
Eembly, the morning of the day has
dawned when legislators are going to
take more Of their tips from the public
opinion back home, and less of 1t
from legislative counseIlOrs and agents
in the employ OF special interests.
What is needed, therefore, is a
healthier. more intelligent. public
opinion back home. Give the menu
bers of the legislature something of
that sort and they'll feel it more than
the presence of the paid lobby 1t
will also serve to Undue the senators
and representatives with a healthier
more intelligent conception of home
needs, and why they are necessary.
a healthy, intelligent public opinion,
is very best kind Of lobbyist for
the people. possible OF conception.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
ALHS FAIR IN THIS WAR.

They are spraying their enemies
with burning oil.
Even the nightmare which inspired
THE War of the Worlds did not
vision a weapon so horrible as this.
At the same time comes a report Of
the attempt of a submarine TO sink a
hospital ship.
The man on either side who invents
a successful method of poisoning the
air the foe breathes, or poisoning the
drinking water will be hailed as his
country's savior and given a cross Of
honor. no doubt
And over here we still harp about
the rules of civilized warfare"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

some dividends, l came to lady and
a little boy. She gave me one fare.
"a ticket for the boy, please L
said.
4 gave you a ticket, didn't II
Ives, ma am, but L want one Tor
the boy. He's way over the age limit,
and I'll lose my job if 1 let him get by
without paying. Somebody will re-
port me, and l need the work.
d" What do 1 care about your work =?
Go on and collect your fares and don't
bother me-
but rye got to have a ticket for
the boy | insisted, noticing that she
was getting madden all the time.
"a ticket for the boy, please 1 re-
peated. Then she jumped up and
shouted:
"'Well, why don't you ask him for
a ticket? He doesn't belong TO me! p"
WHAT SHE LOOKED LIKE.
did you see that hussy who sued
our son for breach of promise? 20
II did"
what did she look like?"
''She looked to me like a son-kist
lemon. Judge.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
GRAIN GAMBLING.

Chicago grain brokers refuse to let
Uncle Sam see their books, in his in
vestigation of charges that gambling
in grain has raised the price of the
peoples bread.
Some day. we are going to treat
gambling in grain, which makes folks
go hungry, just as we treat gambling
in ivory chips, which only parts fools
and their money. That is. we are not
going TO look upon it as business but
as gambling, and suppress it.
What has become of the old fash
toned proposition to Jail the fellows
who sell wheat without any to deliver {?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
CALANnTOUS RESERVE.

Listen TO this little calamity wall by
Vanderlip, head Of the National City
bank OF New York:
The National City bank has
43 per cent reserve and the big
gest line o. deposits il ever had.
Money is piling up here and all
over the country.
We'd like TO know how liberal Van
rowers. If il isn't more liberal than
most other banks. Vanderlip is threat
ened with 143 per cent reserve.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
SAY BUYING is DONE
ONLY IN SMALL LOTS
Poor Roads and Unsettled Weather
Conditions Retarded Progress
During Past Week.

NEW YORK, March 13.-Brad-
streets Review for Saturday says:
Poor roads, unsettled weather or
small lot buying in larger lines are
probably responsible for the feeling
of disappointment visible in many
markets. These features contrast with
increased operations in heavy manu-
featuring. diminished idleness. actv-
ity in ship building. a slight improve
ment in spring retail trade at some
few centers, some expansion in mail
order business. excellent winter wheat
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
TWO CENT RATE FAVORED
Petition is Presented to the Public
Service Commission.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March Ia
The Fort Wayne and Northern Trac-
ton Co. Friday petitioned the public
service commission for permission to
establish a fiat two cents a mile pas
senger rate on all its lines.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

law" and be able to dodge all its pc
culiar angles.
The moral is that saloon keepers
should become lawyers and judges. in
which case they Will not be presumed
TO know any law. and can have their
technical violations overlooked
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
HIGH CLASS OLD MAIDS.

Let the American youth of means
have his Tuxedo patched and pressed,
The war is, going 20 produce the
largest crop of royal spinsters on rec
ord. Why. there's going 10 be just
crowds Of princesses, and duchess
cites and countesses reaching out for
marrying men
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

Why complain that times are hard,
gressional Record, the fat copies of
which yield a sizeable return from the
Junk man?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

How is it that the zephyrs Of March
are always able to wait until there is
a good number of people looking be-
fore they proceed to blow mans hat
off into the middle OF the street?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

Bryant Howard, jr., says his third
wife is "a gem" Having had wives
that were vindictive. selfish, jealous,
meroenary and notoriety seeking. ac-
Cording 10 his view, Bryant ought TO
know a gem when he sees one Bless
ings, young people. and may Ma How
ards check book never run out Of
numbers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

Although il is very humiliating not
10 have the new wide skirts of the
spring styles, this is not sufficient
reason for a girl 10 absent herself from
church on Easter Sunday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

Reading the newspaper in their
comfortable easy chairs. many men
wonder why the soldiers in the cold
trenches with the bullets flying around
them don't get out and do something.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

Discipline seems 10 be pretty poor
in the schools, as a boy can make the
most inexcusable error on the ball
team, and yet not have 70 stay after
school and get an extra lesson.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

II a man would take the estimate of
expenses he makes when deciding
about buying an automobile, his wife
would get a new parlor carpet this
epring
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

After taking around a United States
protest 10 the warning powers, the
American ambassadors know about
how a spring poet feels when he takes
his verses 10 the newspaper office.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
Rheumatic
Fever

In the treatment OF Rheumatic Fever
many physicians employ purgatfves. but
DR.. NJ. p. Greed thinks that a mild laxative IL
better. When the patient is bilious be gives
calomel In small doses. one-hfth OF a grain
every hour until grain has been taken.
Then after four hours he gives the patient
a han ounce OF citrate OF magEesia, with
syrup of lemon TO disguise the taste. or ne
keeps the bowels open with the mild la1a-
tive "Actotds." The diet should be light
and all animal food should be excluded az
far as possible from the dietary For the
pain and fever be has found nothing equal
to Anti Kamnia Tablets, giving two tablets
every to hours as required. These
tablets may be obtained from al druggists
in any quantity desired. Ask for AK
Tablets. Unexcelled for Headaches, Neu-
ralgias. and All Pain.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

Automobiles seem to be selling free
", while the necessaries of life drag
little. The difference is that auto
mobile dealers almost always adver-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

count Of the illness OF her sister. Mrs.
Belle Weiser, who has typhoid fever.
Mrs. q. w. Noble Of Oak Park, III.
is a guest Of her son, W. a Noble and
family.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

Ii was an old theory that the hu-
man species il composed of two
distinct races, the men who Dor
row and the men who lend, and
this theory seems to- have worked
out in practice.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

The high price of flour has led many
newspapers to publish articles urging
women TO make their own bread, but
not many husbands have said anything
about il.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

The British steamer Thordis reports
having rammed and sank a German
submarine off Beachy Head aad is
due TO get the reward offered by the
British admiralty The bounty Oh sub
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

marines promises to create a new in
dustry as remunerative as coyote trap
ping in west Texas
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
TWENTY YEARS Ago
OF The Daily Times.

The second floor Of Sam Stude-
bakers livery barn collapsed and
smashed several vehicles.
The Brownies" party at Turner
hall was attended by more than zoo
children.
j. w Shdler is visiting his brother,
Glenn, at the Valparaiso institute.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

An +. Tenth St conductor offers this
one.
My car was pretty well crowded
as il usually is--and / was doing a
football rush TO get the company
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

The president can't go 10 San Fran
cisco. but probably a good many peo-
pie will send him post cards of the ex-
position.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
GOSSIP.

Lou saw Ethel yesterday, and we
had the loveliest confidential chat to-
gether.
LUCY thought so: she wouldn't
talk to me today.-Fun.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

At the army posts they are now
preparing for war by trimming the
hydrangea bushes and the rambler
roses
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
THE MELTING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

| issuing, CT silly marlborough serving
a warrant upon them-as if they
should subpoena Satan. Prospero in
his boat. with his books and wand
about him, suffers himself 10 be con-
Veyed away at the mercy of his enc
mics TO an unknown island. He might
have raised a storm or two, we think.
on his passage. His acquiescence is
in exact analogy 10 the non-resistance
OF witches TO the constituted powers
What stops the Fiend in Spenser from
tearing Guyon to pieces-or who made
IL a condition of his prey THAI Guyon
must take assay of the glorious bait
we have no guess. We do not know
the laws of that country
THE allied battleships lying out
side watching for the Eitel Frederick
are going TO be seriously inconven-
fenced II the German cruiser is per-
mitted TO remain three weeks at New
port News, but as a matter of accom-
mediation they will wait.
Is She Raising Something or Merely
Reising?
(Cor. FIT. Wayne Journal Gazette.)
Miss Gertrude Raising returned to
Fort Wayne, Monday. where she is
attending college. after spending the
week end at the home of her parents,
DR.. and Mrs. L. Reising. south OF
town.
1T pains us that the Portmortemist
should attempt TO cast aspersions up
on golf by saying that when he comes
to news of the game he reads the
headline and quits. Though not
sportsmanlike the Portmortemist may
be excused as his education in the
only really scientific outdoor game has
been sadly neglected.
WE note bv the Mt. that it is
planned to have a "Nanetian" night
as the closing feature of our Fourth
Of July program. 1t is not quite clear
to us what a ''Vanetian" night is, but
il meets our hearty approval One
must have some kind of a night to
wind up the Fourth and we don't
know why it shouldn't be "Vane-
ton"
NOW that the schoolma' ans are
to be pensioned we trust the men will
not emulate the example of the wo
men who marry old soldiers as a safe
ty first measure.
Spring Fashion Week has MOI belied
it's name;
A week of sunshine exalts the city's
fame.
c. n. F..
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION.

MAY i PRINT a KISS upon your
lips?"
Eyes. provided you promise not to
publish Fun.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
NOT MUCH.

Bess-Do you think much of
Jimmie?
Tess-No; only about "a hours a
day.-Fun.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
Statesmen Real
and Near.
BY Fred c. Kelly

WASHINGTON, March 13. - Story
books tells us that place of fame and
eminence are attained only after
hardship. According to the story
book idea, the man who reaches the
position of chief justice of the United
States supreme court, for example.
should first have a mighty tough,
hungry time of it. He should have
shaved for his keep while gaining his
legal education, eating the husks from
low-priced boarding houses, and
sleeping on bare floors. And he should
have waited for many months in
cherries office before enticing in his
first client. Moreover, the fee from
his first client should have been not
TO exceed $3.50.
None of these story book elements,
however, comedies with the facts in
the case of Chief Justice White.
The moment White was ready to
practice law down in his native Lou
isiana. a case came and dropped right
into his lap, like a gift from the gods,
and netted him a snug little fee of
something like $4,000.
Scarcely was the paint dry on the
sign Edward Douglas White, Attor
ney at Law" when the head of a
hank in Whites town came to him
with a highly attractive proposition.
1t seemed that the bank was about
to fOreclOse certain mortgages involv-
ing a total of a great many thousands
of dollars. The legal details involved
were comparatively easy. but the
scale OF attorney fees allowed by law
was rather high.
I'm the absence of any agreement"
explained the banker TO White, the
attorney fees in this matter might
amount to more than 10000 We
think that would be excessive for the
service rendered. The law makes no
objection, however, to an attorney
agreeing beforehand 10 accept less
m oney than that"
And he made White an offer of
5000 or thereabout to perform the
work required.
Naturally White was pleased at the
idea of $4,000 for an initial fee. But
the thing seemed too good TO be true.
Ii seemed 10 him that there must be
some trick or catchword to the propo-
sition SO he asked the man how il
happened that he, an unknown law
yer, was picked from out of clear
sky to receive a fee that would have
appealed TO all the older lawyers in
tOwn-laWyers of influence who could
do favors for the bank.
"Tll tell you why" replied the
banker. Years ago. when l was a
messenger at the bank that / now
head. your father was a director Of
the institution. 1 got an ambition to
be promoted 10 a place as teller. Your
father helped me TO get it. From
there 1 afterward rose TO "a cashier
ship. and on up. II was my hope
that I might some day repay your
father for his kindness, but 1 never
found the opportunity. The best that
have been able TO do. YOU see, was
10 try to do favor for your fathers
SON"
Frank b. Willis. governor of Ohio,
can eat almost any article Of food
with a great deal OF relish And he
is not only a hearty eater. but a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
AN ECONOMIC MYSTERY.

AN ECONOMIC MYSTERY.
Old Bill Brown, he lives in our town,
An amt ever done a days work
yet;
He eats three meals an wears good
clothes,
But he never was arrested for debt.
How he manages to get along
is more than We can explain or tell,
Business don't seem TO bother him at
all,
But he's always got a boss to trade
or sell.
IF, asks the esteemed New York
World, a progressive republican is not
a republican, what is he? That's what
we would like TO know
THE movies having demonstrated
that the heroine may jump in the
river and come out dusty we no long
er wonder that a booze fighter may
fall in the millpond and come out
dry.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
The Incongruities of Witchcraft.

ESSAYS OF EId.
l have sometimes thought that l
could not have existed in the days OF
received witchcraft; that l could not
have slept in a village where one OF
those reputed hays dwelt. Our ances-
tors were holder or more obtuse.
Amidst the universal belief that these
wretches were in league with the au-
thor of all evil, holding hell tributary
to their muttering, no simple justice
of the peace seems to have scrupled
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13

Frank b. Willis. governor of Ohio,
can eat almost any article OF food
with a great deal of relish. And he
is not only a hearty eater, but a
careful shopper when seeking food.
He has an especial prejudice in favor
OF table d'hote meals. and likes 10
try new places in search of table
d'hOte bargains. There is something
about sitting down 10 a meal with
the total cost thoroughly understood
beforehand. and then freely helping
ones self TO anything on the card.
That. Willis finds. is a great aid 10
digestion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-13
When the Mail Carrier Is the Goat.

Sir: l don't like TO answer letters.
but when we are watching for the car
rier at our house and he goes by with
out stopping, the names we call him
would make his ears burn. At such
times we are firmly of the opinion
that he'll get no present from US next
Christmas. Nj.
IN the dictionary, which has a con-
slant struggle 10 avoid becoming old
fashioned, annihilate is defined Ito
reduce TO nothing; to put out of exist
ence; to render null and void: to alb
rogate." But if there is anything left
of the contending armies in Europe
the war correspondents must be put
ting a new Interpretation upon 1t.
The Chitina leader., 1915-02-09
LETTING POLITICS IN

A New York fnancier appearing before the Federal
Industrial Commission in its investigation of the great benevo
foundations opposed the suggestion Of state federal
control participation in them the ground that would
'et politics n.''
Now without discussing the ACCESSIBILITY nadvsablity
of ettng politics in there broader aspect that deserves
thought. Why should it be readily taken for granted
where and every tme that potcs must be kept out Why
must politics be Ismael thing abhored and contaminat
ing from which decent people withdraw their skirts? Yet
nrus to politics the management and control of all
governmental affairs national state and local. Is there not
sort of contradton in this popular attitude toward
politics. at moment decryng it uncean and vile and at
the next turning to it most vital affairs touching
individual home and every business in the land?
Why must politics be abhorren? Why should the mere
suggestion Of Getting politics An all sufficient
men for keeping out? Granted that politics has earned its
bad why should it be allowed to continue to merit it!
Who responsible for those who through popular ndf
ference the guby of voters led by the by partisan
politicians for their profit have made politics what it IS
the people whose Indifference and gubiy has permitted
them to make it so? And if there many fields which
the thought of letng politics n alarms the public is
not time for the people begin energetic movement
to make politics worthy of managing the business of city,
state and nation?
The Chitina leader., 1915-02-09

With regard to the proposition to give each of
Presidents separate baesp to the canal opening it
all right if they do go together Fortunately, have
baesps enough to carry them separately It might speak
better for the charitable Judgment of politics if they
friendly enough to like to travel together But if not might
well batteshps. And if the Presidents don't want
them why not give Alaskans chance?
Senator Lodge asserts that the Panama Canal is 'miser
ably and most nadequatey protected Colonel Goehas
that is fully protected The public will pick its favorte
authority according to it's political predictions But Judging
from previous expenditures it might be interesting learn
what will cost to protect the canal according to the Senator
taste And then that hight be better appropriated for
the building of Alaskan railroads.
After all those promises from Washington about the
report Of the Alaska Engineering Commission being about
ready to give to the public reminded of the small boy
watching his companion eating apple and anXious waiting
for the and then to be told there amt core
Fairbanks contemporary claims that practically both
houses Of the coming Legislature will be controlled by
elected Wickersam tickets Delegate Wickesham will be
there to confer with Them and they and DESIRE
they will have opportunity for making local and federal
legislation harmonic for the good of the territory
And the fact remains that the winter is well nigh drawing
to end and not vet has traffic the Copper River North
western Railway been inerfered with.