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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
SICK Or CRACKED.

Edmund NJ. ALLEN. warden OF the
Joliet penitentiary, has been firm
believer in the honor system for con-
victs. He has put his belief into prac-
tice as far as ne possibly could. And
the other day his wife was murdered
by "trusty."
1t was a frightful experience for
the warden to 20 through. Has he
become embittered? Does he feel
responsible for his wifes death be-
cause it seemed 10 have come as a re-
suit OF his system? Does he now feel
that he was wrong and that there is
no honor among criminals? Not at
all Edmund NJ. Allen is a big
enough man TO look outside his per
sOnal grief ana nerve shock, outside
the pressure Of forces working to al
ter his life principles, and TO see that
tE csc principles still hold with all
their original power.
His explanation is:
There are two classes Of men
you can't trust, the sick and the
fellows who are cracked. l can
10 DOlnlnk ulln the ltSlSldtulC
makes il possible to classif the
men. We must divide them ac-
cording to their possibilities.
Some of them must be kept in a
stockade. on account of their
sickness or some twist in their
brains they can't be trusted.
Too long has pathology been con-
fused with morals. The sooner penal
authorities realize that the well man
is a good man, the better it will be
for all society. Few people are hope
lessly wicked because they want TO
be. There is usually some hidden
force at work making them abnOr-
NAL They are sick or cracked"
Prison reform demands that there be
adequate classification of mental and
physical types. Prison elimination
demands that children be looked after
in early life so they shall have no
chance to grow up sick or cracked
and therefore unfit to be trusted.
Sound minds in sound bodies make
for good morals. A man of the quail
ity which recognizes this even among
criminals ought to be given his chance
to carry out his ideas.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

have twice been turned down by Eng
land.
One thing is certain, and that is
that Germany will not give up her
submarine warfare against English
shipping, and this was not requested
by PreS't Wilson. Aside from offering
safety to American passengers, Ger
many'S submarine program will prob
ably not be changed in any particular
Much is said to depend upon Great
BriteinS attitude toward submarine
warfare and sea warfare in general
The sinking of the Armenian, or
rather the manner Of the sinking,
seems TO strengthen the nosition Of the
United States. The submarine acted
as any cruiser would have acted under
the circumstances when the right Of
search was denied. The Arm enian
was carrying munitions Of war for
Germany'S enemies and was entitled to
no more than the ordinary courtesies
of war which, in this case, were ex-
tended by the Germans.
That Pres't Wilson's policy is bear
ing fruit is very apparent, and it
should be a source of qualification to
the American people that, IN future,
the rights of neutral Americans will
be respected and there will probably
be no recurrence OF the incidents
which caused the diplomatic exchange
between this country and Germany.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
BIGGER INCOME TAN RETURNS.

The income tax collections for the
past year show a healthy growth over
the year before. in spite OF the fact
that there was less business done and
presumably less money made. Up 10
July the receipts were about $50
100000. which is SS.50O.0OO more than
last gears total. and the subsequent
ten days grace may bring S5,0OO.000
10 S19.00O.O00 more
The personal tax brought the big
gest surprise. For the fiscal year OF
1914 there was a total OF S2S.O0O 600
collected from S57.5oS persons. This
year while the number of taxed in
comes has not increased much. the
previous amount had been exceeded
by S13.OOO.O0O up To July 1. with sew
erai possible millions yet TO come in.
A large part OF the gain is due. Of
course. 10 the fact that the 1914 taxes
were only for a ten-months period
while the last collections are for q full
year. Much OF the increase, however.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08

An article in the New York Medical
Journal written by DR. Robert Able
senior surgeon of st. Luke's hospital,
sheds new light on the cause of can
Ger. and particularly cancer of the
mouth. 1T is calm but scathiuE ar
raignment OF tobacco. not necesSar-
lily when II is used nationally. but
when il is smoked or chewed in ex-
cessive quantities.
or 100 victims of mouth cancer
that DR. Able studied only ten we're
women. one OF these suffered from
a virulent case of tongue cancer. and
confessed 20 the habit OF dipping a
toothbrush in snuff and rubbing it on
her tongue because she liked the
singing sensation" Another smoked
a package Of cigarets every day.
OF the 90 men. all but one we're
inveterate smokers, the doctor re-
ports. Most OF them smoked cigars.
10 the number Of three 10 % a day.
Five -the-tongue victims
smoked only cigarets one OF them
consumed nifty day
Many Of the patients" SAYS the
doctor. used pipe which often
caused cancer 10 begin where the end
OF the pipe stem allowed the hot
smoke 20 come upon the tongue"
Thirteen Of the men had cancer
inside the cheek. and all OF these had
shewod tobacco as well as smoked. In
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION.
indianapolis Times

To advocate a more democratic
procedure of amending the federal
constitution, the committee on the
federal constitution has been organ
lied with headquarters at 67 Scherm-
erhorn St, Brooklyn, y. Y. Indiana
is represented on the committee by
John A. Lapp of Indianapolis and
Frank II. Streightoff of Greencastle.
Seba Eldridge. organizer for the
committee, has just issued a booklet
setting forth the needs for a more
democratic procedure in bringing
about changes in the constitution Of
the United States. The committee
declares the people at this time have
no proper control over their funda-
mental law. The belief of Eldridge is
that our institutions, as consequence.
do not reflect the will Of the people,
but do reflect the will of forces that
are opposed against the peoples true
interest.
Two amendments have been made
TO the federal constitution in recent
years, and those who stand on the old
system urge that this goes 10 prove
the people are able to alter their or
ganic law. 1t is pointed out by the
committee on the federal constitution
that the history Of the income tax
amendment and the amendment TO
permit a direct vote for United States
senator's 20 10 lnQlCdle lneIS IS neeu
for a change Of procedure in bringing
about amendments.
IL was IS years after the income
tax law was declared 10 be uncOnsti-
tutional that the people finally got the
constitution so amended as 10 pro-
vide for an income tax.
II was only when many states had
adopted indirect means for electing
their senators by popular vote. and
after all citizens were agreed in favor
OF the direct election of senators that
the people - last got the cOnStitu-
tional amendment by which the senate
has been carried closer TO the grass
roots The adoption OF the senatorial
election amendment was a ratification
Of extra-legal methods then being
used by several states.
While IL is true these i'm portant
amendments might have been adopted
earlier yet as Eldridge points out,
the old system cOmpels an almost
unanimous demand for an amendment
before il can be had. One more than
one-third OF the membership OF The
congress can prevent even the pro
pOsal Of an amendment 10 the people.
One more than one-fourth Of the
states can prevent the ratification OF
an amendment after II has been sub
mitted 20 the states. The control Is
not a positive majority rule, but an
obstructive minority rule.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
WHERE TT PINCHES.

The German-Austrian organs, which
have been so bitterly denOuncing Uncle
Sam for the sale Of arms TO the allies,
must be a trifle disconnected at the
capture. by the Italian forces, of lot
Republica."
Thees rifles. it is stated, were manu-
featured in Austria for Huerta at the
time he expected war with this coun-
try. 1t makes a lot of difference whose
foot the pinching shoe is on, doesn't
IT?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08

every case, the cancer started where
the t)bacco quid was held in the
cheek. or on the edge OF the palate
or tongue near by
Chronic irritation. Or. Able ex-
plains. may be set down as a funda-
mental cause. The use of tobacco
may be the original cause Of the irri-
tation. as when hot smoke from a
pipe continually burns the tongue. or
the tobacco may aggravate the irri-
tation when it has once appeared.
often a broken tooth or a sharp
tooth-edge causes the original infa-
nation that leads 10 the cancerous
growth. The one man Of the ninety
who did not smoke had cancer or
the lip, starting in a scar caused by
an old baseball injury.
Burning the tongue in any wJy is
dangerous. one OF the victims said
she had often burned her tongue with
hot coffee. About one-tenth Of the
patients. DR. Able said, plainly owed
their affliction either 10 a rough
tooth or to hot, burning drinks, or
both. The other nine-tenths of the
cases are chargeable to tobacco"
After such a warning it should
take little argument TO induce any
man who smokes excessively to cut
down his tobacco ration, and if he is
troubled with a sore mouth to cut it
out altogether. Usually the only de-
terrent from excessive smoking is BAD
nerves. But cancer is worse than
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08

is due TO an increase Of governmental
efficiency in handling the collections.
Last year the system was chaotic. The
attempt TO collect from incomes at
their source broke down. Payment
became largely a matter OF chance.
Now the system has got into better
working order. and the public has
better understanding OF it. Middle.
rather than dishonesty. seems to have
been responsible for most Of the first
failures 10 pay There Is little evi-
dence Of Intentional tax-dodging.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
PROHIBITION AND LEGISLATION.

statewide prohlDluOn went into ell
feet in Georgia on July 1. and on July
the Georgia house OF representatives
established a new rule as follows:
No member shall be permitted
on the floor of the house while in
an intoxicated condition, and the
dOorkeeper is directed TO keep a
close watch and eject any men,
Der who is intoxicated.
II looks as if it's up 10 the Georgia
lawmakers 70 do a little explaining.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
BLASTING AT THE G. o. p. ROCK


The exquisite hypocrisy on exhibit
ton at indianapolis. displayed by the
republican state machine endeavoring
TO "mollycoddle" the progressives by
plaintive attacks on the state primary
law, pretending to want them to par
ticipate in the republican nomina-
tions, has had monkey wrench
thrown into it's machinery.
William Allen White, the celebrated
progressive, who became famous years
ago by his editorials on What is the
Matter with Kansas" has this bit OF
interesting comment on Indiana pol
itics published in the July number OF
the Metropolitan magazine:
In Indiana the republican
party is in control of the Fair
banks machine. Mr. Fairbanks
may conclude to be a presidential
candidate. Jim Watson, who was
best man at the Taft funeral in
Chicago in 1912, has been shunt-
ed out of the race for senator by
the good old staIdpat promise of
something equally good" the
something being the nomination
for vice president after the boys
have gone around the track a few
exhibition heats with Mr.. Fair
banks Jim Goodrich, who has
been a carburetor in the Fair
banks machine for years, is
slated for governor, and Harry
New is on the books for senator.
The lOaves and fishes are neatly
but firmly wrapped in air-tight
packages in Indiana, and the
whole mess is sordid machine pol
l. Ii
back to the good old days or
Hanna and Mckinley. when Indi-
ana furnished the backbone Of
the Cuban postal scandals and
Ohio furnished the brains Today
the politics OF Ohio, Illinois and
Indiana--the republican politics
lis reverting to type; the type
being the sort of men who went
to Cuba TO loot. not the sort that
went to Panama to serve. The
republicans Of those states are
advocating no forward looking
measures. are promising no ale
waiting program for the cure of
unemployment. for the betterment
of the environment or the poor;
they are clamoring for high
tariff 10 fill the bellies and stop
the mouths of the poor while the
politicians fatten on the jobs
that come with republican as
CendanCy, and the tariff benet-
Charles flch pennies from the mil
lions. IL is a game TO make the
forty thieves blush in shame at
their moderation.
What's the matter with Indiana p
the republican party in Indiana. II
particular, Mr.. White might appro
priately ask. and then answer il quite
the same as he did his query on Kan
sas. What it needs is more men and
less he'll" And we are inclined t
believe that the majority Of progress
sives will be able 10 see the Kansa:
mans point There is nothing in the
republican party for anyone who wai
ever at heart a bull mooser--a bul
mooser from principle.-and this tall
ahoGt wanting them 10 participate II
the republican primary is pure bunk
I INDUCED in because the machin'
knows they can't DO il.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
1T CERTAINLY Is.

Now Austria must fight the Italians
alone because of vast German interests
in Italy which would be jeopardized
in event Germany declared war, which
means that Germany VIII send troops
10 the Russian frontier 10 release the
Austrians so they can go fight Italy.
The etiquette Of war is h too.
isn't IL?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
THE MEL TING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

where it lies upon his neighbor's
ground.
AND there you are. If you can't
settle it with your neighbor you can
go 10 the law.
THERE is no great evil without
some good. The attack on Mr.. Nor
gan has given employment 10 more
men guarding the person OF Mr..
Rockefeller.
The Color line i'm Landlords.
Detroit News-Tribune.)
Is there a property owner in De-
troit or suburbs white enough to rent
a house 10 a man with four small
children?
AS the Liberty Bell was carried
through Fort Wayne instead of South
Bend it is fair to presume that the
committee in charge considered the
greater need of it's inspiring influence
In Fort Wayne.
IF Union township goes dry this
month the psychological moment for
the construction of a trolley line be-
tween Lakeville and South Bend will
seem to have arrived.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08

Mrs. Horace De Camp, widow OF a
Titanic victim, swears that the crew
OF the life-boat she occupied didn't
know how 10 row Yet the Pacific
Mail Steamship Co. threatens TO quit
because il can't have crews OF cheap
Chinese and Lascars. under the new
law. and a lot Of bull-headed, sreedy,
inhuman Americans think the COM
pany is right
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08

BACK yonder in the DAYS when we
were taking sustenance from the pa
ternal table we were taught 10 eat
Whar was set before US by a process
so effective that only one result was
possible. If we didn't eat what was
provided we didn't eat and got
licking thrown in for good measure.
NOWADAYS the chief anxiety Of
the parent on the mothers side is 10
find something the children will eat.
ONE OF the principal functions Of
movie ushers is paging mothers and
nurses Of babies left reposing in their
cabs in the Hobbies. The circum-
stance is a tribute TO the absorbing
interest OF the pictures which have
the power to make the mother for
get her young.
THERE is women in Kansas
City who has a noble bat hopeless
mission TO which she is sacrificing her
life. Il am prepared" she says. Ito
marry my seventh husband. i expect
TO keep up my search until find the
ideal man."
No. We Think No More Of Money
Than of Our Right Eye.
&C. NJ. Trevelyan IN London Chron-
icle.)
For my own part travelling on
behalf of Serbia l was amazed at
Americas generosity TO a little coun-
try with which she had no political
or commercial connection.
When it became known that the
American doctors sent out 70 Serbia
were dying of typhus, there was a
positive COmDptitiOu amODO the doc
tors and students OF the universities
10 so out and share the risk. The
parents of some Of these lads con-
suited me about Serbia, its merits
and its needs. and gravely consented
to their boys departure TO the danger
zone.
Anyone who says that america is
thinking only of the dollars" is max
ing a cruel mistake.
THE latest pie machine turns out
1,S00 an hour, and yet when you call
for apple the waiter invariably says,
apple all gOne-prune or peach?'
IF your cherry tree hangs over
your neighbours yard you have a legal
problem which the courts have never
definitely settled. We have il from
high authority that a man has no
right TO plant a tree upon his land
to overhang and shade his neighbor.
The neighbor has no right TO modest
the tree. The man owning the tree has
no right TO go upon his neighbours
ground TO gather the fruit nor has
he any right in the branches over his
neighbours ground The fallen fruit
really does not belong TO the over
hung neighbor, but the owner of the
tree has no right TO take it from
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08
The Color Line i'm Landlords.
But What Is. Stronger Than TN
Average Poem?

bradley. 5. D., Globe.l
Rev. Bush Of Webster has pub
lished a book Of poems on the war.
The poems are expected TO emphasize
the need of peace and thus do their
part in stopping the great conflict.
But something stronger than poems
is needed.
WE have refrained from animad-
verting on the fly-the common house
fly-the dipterOus insect, which bred
in our open garbage cans and exposed
manure piles assumes q right TO
occupy our abodes and eat at our ia
bles and even to commit suicide in
our milk pans and syrup jugs--for
the reason that up to this moment it
had not made itself extensively con-
spicuous. Recent manifestations OF
our dome, where the hair ought to
grow. have provoked Us to action. We
have been further spurred by our
neighbor across the newsbOys' court,
who says the flies from our alley are
making his life miserable. SO we
take up again our war cry, Swat
'em,"
IT is your philosopher who inds
good in everything. One seeks to
console US for the ravages Of war
with the suggestion that Russia has
declared for temperance, France is
beginning to pray and England is
abandoning her 'alf-an'-alf. This
has it's appeal, still the prohibition
party and Billy Sunday could nave
done il much better.
C. N.F.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-08

The two Lo1g Island children who
went 10 New York with i cents be
tween them 10 see what metropolitan
life was like and were rescued from
starvation by a friendly policeman.
were no more foolish about II than a
good many thousand grown folks have
been.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-07
What Has Judge Swami Done?

District Attorney PERKINS began
his campaign for election this week.
and Of his Democratic opponent he is
reported to have said;
THAT Tammany Hall had an Interior
motive in putting up as its candidate for
District Attorney Judge EDWARD SWAMI.
and that. il elected. Judge SWAMI would
appoint his assistants from a list fur
n!shed to him by Fourteenth Street"
Judge SwANN's conduct in the fu.
ture must he inferred from his con
duet in the past. lie has occupied an
important judicial office for eight
years. Has he, in the performance of
his duties. displayed a subservience
to politicians %warranting the public
In believing that rs District Attorney
he would he II tool and creature of q
faction. Il puIpet of n boss:
Or has he 50 comported himself rs
10 merit the confidence reposed to-
day In his independence and integrity
by thousands OF his fellow citizens?
The answer to these questions is to
he found in the records of General
Sessions. ana until Mr.. PERKINS pro-
duces from this source evidence to the
contrary Judge SWAMI will continue
in The enjoyment of the reputation he
now bears.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-07

The resignation of the Greek Pre-
mier ~NENizEL.os. forced 10y King Con.
sTANTINr as the French expedition to
the aid of Serbia lands at Salonicu,
brings about n situation critical to
Greece and to the movements Of the
Allies in southern Europe.
NENIZEIos resigned under condi-
tons similar to his previous retire.
ment. lie was returned on the former
occasion 10y Il majority that left little
doubt Of the nations confidence in
him. VENizELos's contention has been
that under the terms Of the present
treaty Greece is bound to help Serbia {:
the King Is understood to have held
that the Premicr's programme in
as an ally Of France and England.
The peril to Greece herself arises
from the opposition of the people y
the -Teutonic %sympathies " their
ruler. TO the II rcngth Of the war party
and the danger of a serious break be-
tween CONSTANTINE and the Chamber
of Deputies over the refusal Of the
latter To vatify the Kings choice Of 4
successor to NENIZELOs.
With French troops already upon
her soil and more on the way Greece
must act quickly. The present French
force of 7OWW would avail little
against II Tcuionic drive in the Ral-
kanS. To compel the reembarkation
of these or to hinder the landing
of more French troops CONSTANTINE
would place himself in opposition TO
both the Allies AMI his " people.
His attempt to stem popular sentiment
.cstrnnges Greece from the nations that
have longest been her friends and
opens the door 10 revolution that may
cost him his rown.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-07
LABOR'S GOOD WAGES,
Now 1, the Time to Save for the Rainy
Dry That May Come.

To THE EDITOR oF The SUN-Sr: 4
DESPATCH in THE SUN Of October ! from
Pittshurg SAYS thar working men in that
city will receive the enormous sum of
332, 0OO, 00p for their labor for the month
OF September.
That such i sum should be paid the
workmen IN one city llon" seems al
most Incredible, Think of the people Of
Pittsburg who toll with their ihands got
ting more han $1,000, 600 a day, And
that Is only "a drop IN the bucket COM
pared with the grand total received each
month by labor throughout IT,, United
States FOR the mems skill, in making the
thousand and one things the nations of
Europe must have in order to carry on
tine war,
To earn is most satisfactory. but to
save IL Infinitely better. OF the thou
sands of families of working men IN
this country who are % living on the
fat of the land, how many can look into
the future and realize that the tim
must come before long, "A year, two
years, or three, maybe. hen the goose
will cease to lay the golden egg. when
smaller wage will again be the rule"
Can't some organization take the matter
up and bring the need of saving syste-
ma'ically and forcibly to the attention
of the great army 81 working men who
ar" now enjoying such unprecedented
prosperity" EcoNoMIsT.
WEIAkA. Tla. Ootoknr