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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10
THE MEL TING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

! And Ferdinand. who's mumps he'd
spend
Had eaten some and sought the props.
To lay he wished that he were dead,
How could he kiss the fair Irene,
And then I stroked him on the head,
And stepped up front and saved the
scene.
WRIGHT ATEM.
A ROBIN and a bluejay fought over
some cotton rawlings in our back
yard, but converted the fight into a
grabbing match in which they Jared
quite equally. Perhaps an illustration
that IL is more profitable to grab than
TO fight.
WHILE on the subject Of birds it
might be timely to announce the ar
rival Of Mr.. Wren. Our readers will
remember the domestic tragedy of
last year 1t may be repeated, as we
have opened the wren house, but we
hope not There is enough human
distress without dragging in the birds.
What a Family of Ten Can Do.
(Cor Fl Wayne Journal Gazette
The family Of Myron Soles are
surely the champion egg eaters. They
consumed thirteen dozen eggs Easter.
There are ten in the family.
"A FRIEND" asks us to reprint the
little wren song from the Melting Pot
OF April, 1913:
Welcome to Jenny Wren.
With form petite
And lifting sweet
The song we know so well,
We welcome you
When skies are blue.
And yield unto your spell.
Beneath the pane,
Serene from rain,
Your house awaits your will;
With breadcrusts strewn
Across the lawn
From which to eat your fill.
PERHAPS this is not the time TO
talk peace, Mrs. Parkhurst, but what
a grand time to make it,
NO event in the history of the world
has produced less practical results in
proportion to the energy expended
than the alleged discoveries of the
north pole. 1t is six years since Peary
and Cook simultaneously claimed that
distinction, but outside of the justly
celebrated controversy there has been
nothing stirring.
BESIDES we knew all the time
the pole was there.
C. NF
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10
GOV. RALSTON'S DIXIE HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONERS.


Gov Samuel VI. RalstOn's appoint
ment Of Thomas Taggart 20 a place on
the Dixie Highway commission. may.
or may not bode evil for South Bend.
There is no question, however, but that
henceforth politics will be an i'm
pOrtant factor in locating the highway
route. Mr.. Taggart seldom does any
thing that politics is not taken into
account. IL is merely placing an
other string in that leaders hands. and
II does not require much OF a stretch
Of the imagination TO see in the gov
errors action, deliberate purpose
along that line. We had understood
that the commission was to be made
up OF men from neutral territory, but
apparently Gov. Ralston has found a
new definition for neutrality"
Still, where there is life there is
hope" It IS quite certain that IL the
genial Thomas succeeds in causing the
Dixie Highway 10 pay its compliments
20 his French Lick resort, II will not
touch indianapolis and the other In
diana commissioner is Carl Fisher OF
Indianapolis. Fisher is a man OF some
influence as we'll as is Taggart. Be-
sides he will have the hacking Of the
big automobile dealers and manufac-
turers OF the capital city. who are
usually among the fatter contributors
10 such improvements. If the high
way should be brought through In
dianapolis. through the influence OF
these men. South Bend will be the
logical point of juncture with the Lin
coin Highway. but
This will not prevent Hon. Thomas
Taggsrt seeking 10 make 1t appear
fight the route TO the last notch. A
man is entitled to some glory, you
know, for giving up when he is licked,
and Mr.. Taggart is one Of the best
losers" and one of the greatest adopts
at capitalizing his losses, that you
ever met Maybe this is what encVur-
aged the governor TO place him at the
forefront on the commission. Be IL
as it may. we half anticipate that the
greater debt, If any should ever fall
due on account Of South Bend be-
coming a Dixie Highway terminal,
will be payable more directly 20 Carl
Fisher.
The Chamber OF Commerce, which
has the interests OF the local public in
hand, in this matter. should leave no
stone unturned. and as we understand
il. they are not expecting TO. This is
a matter OF decided importance TO this
community and the apparently I'M
favorable turn II has taken by the first
of the governors appointments, does
not improve the prospect. 1t is no
time, however, TO lie down or go
idling. The Dixie Highway would
mean quite as much 10 South Bend as
the Lincoln Highway. and with both
roads through here, the value TO the
city would be simply inestimable.
If politics can be eliminated, the
fight over the route In which scores OF
cities are now engaged, is merely a
fight for the survival Of the fittest."
South Bend must expect TO have TO
prove its claims. The Chamber OF
Commerce is wise TO recognize this
fact. and happily, since the Chatta-
nooga convention, is proceeding more
with that fact in view.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10

up a favorable balance of trade at a
rate of something like $150,00O,000 a
month. This results from record ex-
portations of wheat and cotton, with
the wheat going at the highest price
! in history; from sales Of other food
supplies and OF clothing material to
Europe in great quantities at high
prices, and from expectation of ammu-
milton, ordnance and other war ma
terials and supplies, such as horses,
automobiles, motor trucks, aerOplanes
and barb wire. In a period of reduced
imports, the phenomenal movement
could not but give a huge balance
of trade in our favor. BY the middle
Of February some cheering news had
come from the great steel plant at
Gary going into operation after many
months of idlenesS. The large issue
of bonds by the Pennsylvania railroad
was Immediately and heavily over
subscribed, and the still larger issue
OF debentures by the New York Cen
trail placed satisfactorily. The banks
of the country have come into an eX-
ceptionally secure position, the fed
eral reserve law is working so we'll
that no more banking panics such as
we had in 1898 and 1907 may be ex-
pected, and the psychological factor in
business has obviously changed for
the better, so that merchants and
manufacturers are now looking conf
IDENTIFY for better things-Review of
Reviews, March 25, 1915.
John Black, a travelling man for the
Reynolds-Davis grocery of Fort Smith,
and who makes Hartford every Tues
day, has been SO busy selling gro
ceries he has never had time to no.
tice the hard times" other people
talk about
During the two years just past he
has sold 100000 worth of groceries
think of it, half a million--can you
conceive OF the immense pile of gro
ceries that would buy, and in that
amount there's just one note for SIT
that he has failed to collect on and he
says he'll get that yet-and he will,
too.
The firm for which he travels has
had II men on the road during the
two years and Zdr. Black has sold
one-foUrth Of the entire amount.
There is a moral in the tale for every
thinker. - Observer, Hartford, Ark,
March %. 1915
Things round about Wendell are be-
ginning to look up bit and the Hub
City is getting back on the map again,
this time in bigger letters than ever
before.
Many new people have come TO the
Wendell country this spring. bought
land and are developing il and build
ing homes, and conditions generally
are better here than almost anywhere
People coming here, drummers and
others travelling over the country, tell
us that Wendell gives more signs Of
thrift than any town Of its size any
where in the country. and even the
Wendell people can feel that times are
beginning to improve. - Irrigations,
Wendell. Idaho, March %, 1915.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10
AN UP-TO-DATE.

Who said villa was a mere bandit
chief?
Press dispatches state that his at
tack on Matamoras is being delayed
because OF an accident 10 an aerOplane
he is operating above the besieged
city.
That certainly removes him from
the Robin Hood class. If anything can.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Reminders From the Columns
OF The Daily Times.

The Ann ArbOr glee and banjo club
gave a concert at Goods opera house
under the auspices OF the Indiana
club The concert was followed by a
reception and dance at the club house.
What this town greatly lacks is
street signs
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Clapp have re-
turned from Randolph. y. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A jerks OF
Brookvilia, Pa, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. B. f. Shively.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10

The war correspondents are freely
admitted 10 the trenches. on the con
dition only that they write letters
home stating that the Notifications
and troops they have seen are irwin
chile
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10

II is suspected that the success of
sales for the benefit OF the Belgian
sufferers is not due so much to the
excellence OF the cause as the pretti-
ness OF the girls who tend the booths.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10

The stock market has had a pro-
nounced advance. but the lambs have
firmly resolved not to buy until prices
reach the top.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10

There is a general feeling among
legislators and city councillors. that
II the community wishes 10 keep up
legislators and councillors should be
sent out 10 view the Panama-Pacific
exposition at the taxpayers expense
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10

In these extravaganza times. your
best girl is no longer satisfied with q
treat consisting OF jitney bus ride
costing five cents.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10
HISTORY ALA NEW YORK.

Mr. Enthusiastically. who was IL
said Give me liberty. or give me
deathw?
Mrs Haberdash-Harry Thaw,
Duck
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10
HER MAKE.

Home is what you make IT,. OBJ
served Mr. Wombat, ponderously.
Mrs. Wombat was IN a half doze.
II make il no trumps." murmured
Oh Drfni
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10
JUST TURNED 1T.

He--How old are you2
She-I've Just turned %.
He-Oh, / see-32.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10

There Is nothing new in diploma
cy. The case of the W. II. Frye
was provided for i'm the treaties OF
1879 and 1928.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-10

While conservative observers scarce
~ hope for any boom in trade amid
the present unprecedented world con-
ditions. there are some evidences or
recovery from the worst OF the de-
preston. The United States Is piling
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-12-09
His Tribute to Women.

No matter what one may think
of the philosophy, of Robert G.
Ingersol, one must ADMIT that he
stands out prominently as an
American who was a master in the
use the English language The
following is his oft-quoted tribute
to women:
1T takes hundred men to make
an encsmpment. but one woman
can make home. not only admire
woman as the most beautiful object
ever created. but l reverence her as
the redeeming glory of humanity,
the sanctuary of all perfected
qualities of heart and head 1t is
not just nor right to lay the sins of
men at the feet of women. 1t is
because women are so much better
than men that their faults are
considered greater. A mans desire
is the foundation of his love. but
woman's desire is born of her love.
The one thing in this world that is
constant, the one peak that rises
above all clouds. the one window in
which the light forever burns, the
one star that darkness cannot
quench, is woman's love. 1t rises
to the greatest heights it sinks to
the lowest depths. 1t foreives the
most cruel injuries. 1t is perennial
of life and grows in every climate.
Neither GOODNESS nor neglect, harsh
ness nor cruelty can extinguish it.
A woman's love is the perfumer of
the heart. This is the real love that
subdues the earth; the love that
wrought all miracles of art; that
gives us music all the way from
the cradle song to the grand closing
symphony that bears the cloud
away on wings of fire. a love that
is greater than power, sweeter than
life and stronger than death. Eek.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-12-09

The teacher had set the boys this
subject for composition: What l
would do if suddenly came into
possession of $50000?"
One little fellow, chewing his pen
for some time. returned blank
sheet.
That" replied the precocious
youth, is what I'd do if had
$4,000.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-12-09
Notice.

On a basis Of $500 per month
you can secure Business Educa-
ton. Do not fail to take advantage
of this special offer which will soon
close. Graduates in demand.
1890 Hannibal Coml. College Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-12-09

Our s and 10c Counters arelitter-
" chuck full of Toys of finest kind,
Why 60 to Hannibal or Quincy.
Grand-L Leader Monroe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-12-09

Monroe,s only Toy Store. It
Leads in Everything Grand Leader
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-12-09

Look through this paper for sug-
gestions for Christmas.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-12-09

Chocolates, Peanut, Fudge. Brok-
en- Taffy, Mint Balls. Stick Candy
and so other different kinds ofcandy
going at l0c per pound.-Grand
Leader.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-12-09

Skirts nine yards around the
bottom, but shorter than ever, that
is the latest edict from Paris. The
circumference of our skirts and our
dressmaker's bill increase apace.
Petticoats al be used to hold the
full skirt out, for America women
will not give in to hoops. So our
skirts will hang and flap and float
as the wind may decide. By spring
we who follow the style will look
like lot of liberty bells in motion.
Heaven pity the fat girls--It will
be all right for the tall slender girl,
but the fat sister will be lost, but,
perhaps we will not all follow the
style. for Paris has lost much OF
her power since the war, and we
may not wear her circus tents"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05
ALL THE WESTERN ROADS
NEED HELP, SAYS FELTON,
Great Western President Denies At.
tending Caucus to Agree on In
creased Rates Demand.

CHICAGO, March 5.-That the rail-
roads operating throughout the west
must be permitted to earn more If
they are to keep pace with the publics
demand for increased service was the
substance of testimony given before
w. H. Daniels. interstate commerce
commissioner, today in the hearing of
the application for forty-one western
railroads for increased freight rates.
S. NJ. FELTON,, president of the Chicago
Great Western road. resumed his testi-
mony under cross-examinafion by Cliff
ford Thorne, representing the shippers.
who oppose the proposed increases.
DO you think the western railroads
ought to be guaranteed per cent
profit on their capitalization? asked
Mr. Thorne.
The railroads certainly should be as
sured reasonable profit" replied Mr.
Felton,
How about investments in other lines
of business-ought they to be assured
a definite prof1t?"-
THE difference is that other lines of
business are not restricted on the price
of what they have to sell, as the rail-
roads are" said Mr.. FELTON,. Under
present conditions one road is not earn
ing profit on half of what it would
take to build the road
All Need Help.
A. L. Helm. representing shippers in
Kansas, asked Mr.. FELTON, whether the
Chicago Great Western was typical of
the forty other roads which ask for in
creases.
DO you think all the roads should be
given increases just because one Of
them needs more revenue?" was the
query.
"One road is typical responded Mr..
FELTON,. The reason We are combining
our efforts is that all of us are in the
same need"
Luther Walter, attorney for certain
presidents ever met to agree on how
much advance should be requested
Denies a Caucus.
Mr. FELTON, replied he never heard of
such a discussion and that none took
place
Festus ]. Wade, st. Louis. banker,
appearing for the railroads, testified
that the value of railroad securities
had greatly decreased as investments.
1T is due to the constant TRADE
against the railroads, and it has re-
suited in discrediting the roads," said
Mr.. Wade.
The decrease in railroad values may
be explained in various ways. If you
are a democrat, you will blame 1t on
the European war. If you are a re-
publican, you may blame it on adverse
legislation, but the fact remains that
the deprecated credit of the railroads
is hurting not the railroads alone, but
the whole country. Many of the west
ern roads not now paying 2ividends
narrowly escaped receiversND BPS last
wear before the war. The war had
nothing to do with it"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05
UNDER COMPENSATION LAW.
Total of 5000, 900 to Families Of
Men Killed in Mine.

CHARLESTON. w. Va, March O.
State officials estimate that nearly
100000 will be paid out of the work
mems compensation fund to the fam
lilies of men who lost their lives In the
Layland mine of the New River and
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company,
where an explosion occurred Tuesday.
The estimate is based on reports from
Layland that the fatalities will num-
Der in the neighborhood of 150 The
widows will receive $50 per month and
IS per month for each child under fif-
teen years of age.
Five more bodies were taken from the
mine today. The latest estimate of the
number Of dead is between $50 and It's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05
DANIEL L. DRESSER Welded.
Marriage to Miss Marie Walther Sc
cret Since Last December

NEW YORK, March Announcement
was made today that Daniel Leroy Dres-
ser Of New York and Newport, one time
president of the Trust Company of the
Republic. was married to Miss Marie
Walther of New York December o. The
ceremony took place in Albany and was
private, SO that news of the event onIv
leaked out today. Mr.. Dresser was much
in the public eye a few years ago, fol-
lowing the collapse of the L. S. Shin
building Company for which the Trust
Company of the Republic. of which Mr.
Dresser was president, underworld 81
$50, 900 of the bond issue. Mr.. Dresser is
a brother of Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt
and Mrs. John Nicholas Brown The
latter is the mother of the boy who was
called ''the richest baby in the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05
SEEKING BIG MEN
FOR D. c. INQUIRY
Clark Wants Leading Men,
berS of House to Sit on
Joint Committee.
SENATE MEMBERS HOLD
preliminary MEETING
Senator Salisbury Says First Sitting
Probably Will Be Fixed for
September.

II can't get any one to serve on the
committee said Speaker Clark today,
when asked whether he had made ap-
pointments for the House member
ship of tho joint committee which is
to Investigate the relations between
the United States and the District OF
Columbia
1t is likely that another day will pa SIS
without an announcement as to the
congressman who will represent the
House on the tribunal which is direct
ed to report to Congress not later than
January 1. 1915. its findings and rec
concentrations in the matter of the
fiscal relations between the National
Capital and the federal Treasury
1t is understood that the Speaker
conferred with Representative kitchin
of North Carolina and also Representa-
tive Webb of the same state regarding
their willingness to serve, but that
both declined.
Representative Kitchin will be the
leader of the democrats in the next
Congress; Representative Webb is
chairman of the committee on judiciary
and will hold the same position in the
next Congress without doubt. They
are leaders and veterans and men of
the highest character and the House
has confidence i'll them.
Big Men for Committee.
The fact that the Speaker had them
in mind indicates to other members
interested in the appointments that
Mr. Clark is endeavoring to find a
committee of the highest ability, and
that, moreover, he will endeavor to ap-
point a committee whose report will be
accepted with confidence by the next
Congress.
The Speaker was in his office at the
Capitol today, and told inquirers there
was little chance he could make an an
nouncement today.
Senator Salisbury of Delaware, who
is to be d member of the joint con-
gressional commission that Is to re-
port to Congress next winter upon the
relations of the District to the general
government and to make recommenda-
tions as to definitely and permanently
fixing these relations, was at the
White House today.
Il do not think we will have meet
ing of the commission to get down to
real work before September" said the
Delaware senator. "Of course, / do not
know what the House members of the
commission will want to do about be-
ginning work, but / had an under
standing that I would not begin my
service before September.
Senate Members Meet Today.
The Senate members Of the commits
sion, Of which Senator Chiffon will be
chairman, are to have a brief prelimi-
nary meeting today, but no agreement
as to a time for beginning work is
likely to be made until the House
members are named by Speaker Clark.
Il believe the commission will 20 into
the subject of the relations Of the gen
erai and District governments very
fully and in fair and lust snir,, I
shall want to hear from some of the
foremost citizens Of the District when
we meet l hardly think that we
snail want to hear from everybody and
go over the same ground often, but we
shall want real informatio from who
ever has it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05
GERMAN SUBMARINES SUNK
IN BRITISH WATERS, IS CLAIM
US Reported Victim of French Destroyer;
English Collier Rams Another.
Hospital Ships Chased.

prisoners and have been sent to Mar
Seille.
Reports Loss Of Two Ships.
BREMEN. via London, March 1.-The
destruction OF two freighters by tor
pedoes III the English channel was wit
messed by the captain of the American
ship Golflght. from Galveston. which
arrived in the Wesrer Thursday morn
ing with a cargo Of cotton, according
to story printed in the Morgen Post.
The captain is quoted by the news
paper as saying the ships were at
tackled by submarine. One of them is
reported to have been loaded with rice
and the other with coal. The captain
says, the Morgen Post asserted, that he
passed safely through the mine fields
by following directions Issued by the
German admiralty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-05
PERMITS USING SCHOOLS
Senate Bill, Signed by President,
Provides Social Civic
Centers.

The House bill providing for the use
of the public school buildings of the
District of Columbia as social civic
centers was passed by the Senate with
out debate during the closing hours of
the session which ended yesterday. The
President signed the bill soon after.
The provisions of this bill are as
follows:
That the control Of the public
schools In the District of Columbia
by the board of education shall extend
to. include and comprise the use of the
public school buildings and grounds by
pupils of the public schools, other chill
dren and adults for supplementary
educational purposes, civic meetings
for the free discussion of public ques-
tions. social centers. centers of recrea-
tion, Fairgrounds. The privilege of
using said buildings and grounds for
any of said purposes may be granted
by the board upon such terms and con-
ditions and under such rules and regu-
lations as the board may prescribe
Services May Be Volunteered.
That the board of education is au-
thorized to accept, upon written rec
ommendation of the superintendent of
schools free and voluntary services
of the teachers of the public schools,
other educators, lecturers and social
workers and public officers of the Unit
ed states and the District of Columbia,
provided that teachers of the public
schools shall'not be required or COM
PEELED to perform any such services or
solicited to make any contribution for
such purposes. Provided further, that
the public school buildings aud grounds
of the District of Columbia shau be
used for no purpose whatsoever other
public school system and as further
provided for in this act"
The Senate passed also a House bill
authorizing the health officer of the
District to issue permit for the re-
moval of the body of the late Robert
Caldwell Culbertson from Woodlawn
cemetery to Rocky Spring cemetery.
Chambersburg. Pa.