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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

the American consul -ene1a3 O., i.ca-
don seem to discrcdit tlc .Ioi.... ..s
OF the British government.
1t is apparent that wh.ia anciaEd
has been insisting that ne- eele pur-
pose IN holding up American ships ana
cargoes consigned 20 neutral coua-
tries was To prevent the goods from
reaching Germany. she herself haz
been sending those countries great
quantities OF goods. She has argued
that the increase in our exports TO
Holland, Denmark. Norway and
Sweden was proof that they were re-
shipping the stuff to her enemies. And
yet England's exports have shown cor
responding increases.
Thus her exports of cotton to the
neutral nations adjacent to Germany
have doubled within the year. She
has shipped manufactured cotton and
wooden goods in greater quantities
than ever. Her sales of cocoa, coffee
and many other foodstuffs have in
creased enormously
And at the same time, tens of mil
lions of dollars worth of American
goods OF the same sort, consigned to
the same ports. have been held up for
months, or have been condemned by
British prize courts and bought at
prices dictated by Great Britain. The
relief expected as a result of concil-
iatory assurances from London has
not been realized.
1t is up 10 the British government to
show that it has not been using the
plea Of military necessity" as a cloak
to cover the illegitimate protection OF
British exDorters
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
THE MEL TING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

NO questions asked" may be in
teTpreted 10 mean disregard OF pub
lie safety. II Mrs. ogden Armour
accepts her stolen Jewels without do
ing all she can to bring the thieves
TO justice, we Opine she will be COM
pounding a felony. Crime is more of
an offense against the public than
against the individual.
"All things come TO those who
wait" even fine weather to the de-
leyed vacationist. The idea is that
things travel in cycles, and that If
one waits long enough the thing de-
sired viii come around to him. Oc-
casionally a man wins something at
roulette.
Diplomatic Circumlocution
News Item).
This memorandum, which DR..
Dumba gave to James j. Archibald
to deliver 10 Foreign Minister Burlan,
has been sent 10 the president by
Ambassador Page, 10 whom it was
delivered by the British authorities
An investigator has discovered that
women lose their umbrellas more fire.
quently than men. We thought il
was their purses. left on the counter
and street car seat.
That Upside Down Thing
CAS- it Appeared in the Valpo Mes
senger).
'HIHLEIM GILL
What has become Of the old-fash-
Toned scrubbing mother used to give
us with CASTLE soap?
Vt nearly exhausts the cipher box
to report the crop estimates this year
Wen have plenty TO feed ourselves
and a handout for the European DO.
We Ret Contents Mean Xittles.
(COr Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette).
Games. music and contents went to
the evenings entertainment and at
a late hour the guests departed vot-
ing Miss Whiledge a very able host
ess.
"AUTOISTS Escape Death. Head
line.
Unusual and remarkable.
CATALOGUING the car by his
pictures we would place him in the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
nor \ RI.STORER.

That Eastland horror raised the
deuce with certain big business at
chicago. and so the association Of
commerce came to the rescue. I'm
order to restore confidence in lake
frrmshigs." the association got up a
aembership excursion 10 cross lake
Michigan, in the steamer Alabama,
Public confidence is now roaring
ia deTision. Only a handful Of the as
FociatiOn members went on the excur-
zion, none took their wives and chill
dren, and the Alabama, being partly
a refrigerator. was in nice ballast.
None of the conditions surrounding
the Eastland affair prevailed and
those fellows operating death traps
will have TO await restoration OF con-
fidence by time.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
BLAND DIR. DUNIBA.

DIR. Konstantin Theodor Dumba, the
Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the
United States. is either an extremely
innocent and ohildike gentleman, or
an astute diplomatic plotter who has
deliberately wronged a friendly gov
eminent and people
The request OF this government for
his recall will, perhaps have a salu-
tary effect on some other diplomatic
gentlemen believed TO have been
somewhat similarly engaged
Inasmuch as Austro-Hungary is not
accustomed to intrusting important
EN- bassies 10 babes, it's hard to avoid
the conclusion that DR.. Dumba has
I been bluffing right along, that his
sympathy and apparent good will
were mere pretense, and. that he has
consciously betrayed the president
and the American people
Our history records no precedent
for the pernicious activity in which he
has admittedly been engaged. 1t isn't
likely that Austrian history does,
either.
suppose the American am basSador
at Vienna were shown, by autograph
letters. to have been engaged in plans
to "disorganize and hold up for
months the manufacture of muni-
tons" in the Austro- Hungarian en-
pire, and that he blandly admitted the
authenticity of the letter and defend
ed his action. What a roar of indig-
nation would go up in Austria! And
how long would ii be before the med
ding ambassador got his walking
paDerS2
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
Letters Of the People
CLEANUP CITY FIRST.

Editor News-Times.
In glancing over your morning
paper of Sept. Sth in your editorial
columns / ran across an item en-
titled. Cleaning Up the Landscape"
which is very good as far as it goes.
but why should you pitch upon the
poor farmer to begin your cleaning up
campaign, where the billbOards and
the signs are not viewed One-ninetieth
part as they are in your own city of
South Bend.
Let me draw your attention 10 one
street in particular which is noted as
one of your fashionable thorough
fares. and is known as ColfaX av. Did
you ever stop 10 glance at the oOndi-
ton OF the sidewalk and the side OF
the three-story brick building known
as the OWles headquarters If you
ever do you will ind billbOards from
top TO bottom, and public boards at
that also paste all along the side OF
tie sidewalk. You only have to ad-
vance little farther west and you
will find many more such nuiSances 10
attract your eyes.
am merely calling your attention
10 those facts. as believe il would be
we'll for not only the editors OF the
city papers but the fathers OF your
administration 10 begin their cleaning
up process nearer home where they
would have better facilities for look
ing after same. and not preserve their
sight until they get away out in the
country among the poor farmers 10
pitch their fight. as the farmers have
nearly all that they are capable of
taking care OF at the present 10 keep
the center OF the road in condition for
the man Of leisure 20 speed over at
the rate OF 60 miles an hour. and not
lar his weak liver. II not only takes
all the money that he can rake and
scfapo but at the same time a pile of
good patience 10 keep our chickens
and stock. not counting the danger 10
our little family. corralled I'm safety.
AN OLD FARMER OF CLAY
TOWNSHIP.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

1t is reported that Prest Wilson, in
taking up the military program for
next congress, proposes to root out a
long standing and expensive evil
He proposes, it is said, to demand
that useless navy yards and army
posts be abandoned or consolidated.
This, of course, will cause an awful
howl to arise from a lot of AKA con-
gressmen whose sole claim to recog-
milton at the hands of their constitu-
is that they regularly mulct
Uncle sam for the maintenance of an
army post or navy yard. which has
long since outlived it's usefulness
All the same. as this paper has re-
peatedly urged it's the first step to
be taken in a general overhauling Of
our dilapidated defenses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
1T WAS SURE TO COME.

We knew it, We just knew that
that Panama-Pacifc dental congress
couldn't ge: together without showing
up something calculated TO scare the
liver out of Us. and here's DR.. Fred
Mckay OF Colorado, with a new dis
ease of the teeth. called "freckles."
He says it's probably only a discolora-
ton but We know there's some deadly
germ in it somewhere. The uncertain
" is enough 10 make a fellow rush to
the dentists and have every tooth in
his head yanked
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

War is the great distorter OF judg-
ment Nothing else makes nations
so incapable OF estimating each other
correctly, or so little disposed 10 do
each other justice.
Even though ealmer than any Of the
beliigercnts, our own nation has
shown great alterations. Those Of US
who sympathize with the allies have
a reprehensible tendency 10 belittle
Germany and all things German. and
those who s-mpaLlize with Germany
have been still more contemptuOus OF
things British. The same majority
which. in the RussO-Japanese war, had
nothing but condemnation for Russia,
now finds that country an object OF
admiration.
The Europeans. of course, have gone
much further than We in their loss Of
perspective. Even the scholars Of the
beiiigerent countries. whose culture
should raise them above petty race
prejudices. seem as weak as their ig-
norant compatriots. IT has become
the fashion for writer's to belittle great
men. when it is those mems misfortune
20 belong &C. nations with whom the
writer's are NV at war. Thus Dan
nunzio. the literary genius Of Italy, is
described by the Germans as mon
KEY" An oxford professor soberiy
announces that Heine. the great Ger
man lyric poet, was only milk-and-
water Longfellow," and that whatever
nc nh nor
Kant was due 10 his being more than
half Scotch"
An English scientific writer de-
scribes the discovery OF "X-rays" by
Roentgen as merely a fortunate ao-
cident." and belttles German natural
science. Another condemns Goethe,
one OF the great world figures in liter
allure, because his deliberate and
colossal self-deveIopment." Another
Englishman finds that the Germans
have had no musicians Of Importance
except Bach and Mozart, and that ''the
Germans are now surpassed in music
by other nations"
The Germans turn culture values
upside down with the same enthusi-
asn. They see in the English merely
what Treitschke saw shallow utili-
tarians. narrow and selfish islanders.
hyDocrites with the Bible in one hand
and a pipe of opium in the other"
They are as sure as were the ancient
Greeks that all the rest of mankind
are "barbarians." Even for the
French. their teachers in so many ele-
ments OF science and culture, they pro-
fess little regard, and for the Italians
only contempt
In military matters the belligerents
show the same mutual scOrn, although
as the New York Evening Post point
cd out the other day, The French
must realize that they are using Cle-
man drill tactics. and the Germans
that their wireless is Italian, their
dreadnaughts English, their aero
planes. automobiles and submarines
perfected chiefly by the French"
It's a crazy world. Sooner or later
however. il will return to its normal
sanity. and then maybe the various
nations now engaged i'm a blind cam
paign of mutual depreciation, won't
hate us quite So much for having kept
our heads a little better than they did.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

a Brewer one Of Houston's oldest
and weaIthiest cotton merchants, has
died and left a viii with this in il:
Il leave this world without regret,
leaving open the question, is life
worth IivinE?'" And a reader wants
70 know what we think about it,
IT Mr.. Breyer wasn't fool he
wasn't honest with himself How can
any intelligent man die without regret
when he hasn't discovered whether
or not his life was worth while?
AS applied 10 human life in gem
eral the question lis life worth Hv-
ing" is not an open question at all.
Some things prove themselves per Sc.
The fact that we live is proof that life
is worth living Figure the origin of
man from any basis YOU please, the ir-
REPUTABLE fact remains that human
progress is proof that his living has
been worth while
The question is an open one only
as applied 20 individuals. and it is
then a question as to the objects in
living. The person who devotes his
or her life wholly TO himself or her
self Is quite likely to die in doubt as
10 whether the life has been worth
living on the other hand. there are
some whose lives have been so thor
oughly worth living that the dissolu-
;ion OF the mortal flesh destroys them
not.
But. q Lord, what a fool the aver
sge man is when he comes 10 make a
will especially If he undertakes 10
estimate the value OF his own life,
Millions Of graves would he empty il
men who thousht they had left wise.
philosophical disposition OF their es-
tates could come back and write cOdi-
clis 20 their wills. and the fellows who
would hurry back the fastest would be
those who had once thought they were
leaving this lie without grounds for
regret.
Was old Mr.. Breyer's life worth lv-
ing Tell US. how did he live?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

the present population of the United
States are detectives who must be
blotted out as reproducers Of human
life. At least that is what Mrs. Har-
riman and Some well known scientists
declare.
We are disposed to suspend judy
ment on this sterilization business un-
til We hear from Theodore Roosevelt
on the subject but, as a business prop
osition. we are willing 10 contribute
literally toward the fund being raised.
for the first proof of the printed list
OF the 100000 names on the roll
OF honor"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
dayton. Ohio. News

The peace talk is pleasant 20 listen
70, but IL ought not To be taken too
seriously. There is likely 10 be a great
deal OF IL before peace actually comes.
In the first place. Germany herself
mas not spoken upon the subject. The
"rumors" come only from ''prOmiSsnt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

We were just beginning TO think
that China had cast aside the old
fashioned prejudices and obsolete GUS
toms which have for centuries retard-
ed its progress, and was preparing to
take it's proper place in the forefront
OF enlightened nations, but alas. our
hopes are crushed as fiat as the wheels
Of the Chaplin street electric. car. The
Picking Gazette declares that in China
the man still rules the family.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
READ ALL OVER.

An American sea captain ENGAGED
"A Zulu boy for servant. This boz.
seeing his master reading one d y.
said:
What part Of the page. master.
do you read--the black part or the
white?"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
soUELCHING Personal LIBERTY

SQUELCHING Personal LIBERTY
Chieago's board of education has de-
clared that any public school teacher
holding membership in the Teachers
federation, or any kind of a labor or
garization, shall be subject to a fine,
suspension or dismissal.
The constitutionality OF such action
should be tried out TO the last court,
if necessary. Meanwhile, it is peril
nent to ask if their rule applies to
members of the Chicago board of edu-
cation themselves.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
RABIES VS.. FLIES AND DIRT.


american Journal of Public Health.)
From a careful analysis of three
months study. the object of which was
to determine the real relationship Of
flies and filth in their separate and
combined influence on infant mortality
Tho New York city health depart
ment feels justified in the foll)Wlns
conclusions-as outlined in the week
~ Bulletin of June 10, 1919;
Fly factor-Almost twice (1.9) as
many infants were attacked by dlar-
rhoea among fly-exposed as among the
Unprotected infants.
Dirt factor-The group of influences
other than flies and artificial feeding,
associated with a dirty home and des-
ignated as the dirt" factor. play a
similar part in diarrhOeal incidence
among infants. Almost twice 1.S) as
many infants were attacked by dlar-
rhoea in dirty homes as in the clean
homes
Artificial feeding factoT-Of some
what greater importance is the lnfiu-
ence of artificial feeding Almost tw1
and a half (2.4) times as many infants
were attacked by diarrhoea among the
artificially fed as among the breast
fed infants.
Flies and dirt factor-The influence
OF flies and dirt combined is &C similar
Importance TO that of artificial feeding
Almost two and a half Cd times as
many fly-expOsed infants In dirty
homes were attacked with diarrhoea
as Unprotected infants in clean homes
Dirt and artificial feeding factor
The infiuenme OF dirt and artificial
feeding combined is still greater
Three and a half $50 times as many
artifcially fed infants in dirty homes
were attacked by diarrhoea as breast
fed infants in clean homes. (In this
case. however. the influence of fly eX-
posture is not Ultimately
The above is important inasmuch as
il is the first really reliable informa-
ton worked out from 81 large num-
Der OF observations
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
WHIT ABOUT lit. TEppYq

Now comes the tidings that Mrs.
f. II. Hartman has launched q cam
paign for the sterilization OF 10000
600 Americans. after exhaustive ex-
periments have demonstrated that
sterilization is possible, Statistics
gathered reveal that 10 per cent OF
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

Advance notices are being issued to
the effect that when Sarah Bernhard
tours America, next November, her
audiences will not detect any evil
dences of her having a wooden leg.
Makes no difference if she comes with
two wooden ones, we won't try to de-
tect it
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

discovered a way to get three nude
female figures on its front page.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

Blessings on that dentists congress.
1t endorses candy, popcorn and pea
nuts, and life is once more capable of
hiss
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

Is there a man with soul so dead
that he can't rejoice over Britain's
raising the embargo on Christmas
tOVs2
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
JUST LIKE 4 BARRIER

Indignant Observation-Disclosures wills
did you drop that towel on my face
Barber-Because il was hot. sir.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

Sunshine! Reported that the
price of oysters will not go up. He's
quite a nice substitute for eggs and
meat, too.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

Mrs. Dents (eXcitedly)-Isn't ou
hits the club nearly every throw
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
Is ENGLAND HONEST ABOUT 1T?

England may not be guilty of bad
faith IN her embargo policy. but facts
recently submitted 10 Pres't Wilson by
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10

Taft's for preparedness but he
wants high protection to ride in with
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-10
BEAUTIFYING YOUR HOME.
dayton, o. NeWsD

The summer season is rapidly draw
ing to a close. This fact has been
impressed during the last week when
the mercury took a sudden drop and
caused many to seek their winter coats
in order to feel comfortable. 1t also
marks the end of beautiful lawn con-
tests in many cities.
These contests have been conducted
for the purpose of creating an interest
in home Identification. In many sec
tons of Dayton are numerous homes
where the owners gave their undi-
vided attention to seeing that their
homes were just as beautiful as nature
could make them. Flowers, roses and
green shrubbery were in evidence all
during the summer months.
The appearance of Jack Frost re-
minds one that 1t is time TO think OF
home Identification for next year. one
who has a desire TO make his home
beautiful in 1916 must not wait very
long or he will be too late. The United
States department of agriculture mas
lust sent out a warning to property
owners that it is time to think Sc
riously of next years work, and has
issued instructions regarding plantlnS
tulip bulbs and narcissus bulbs.
If any person desires TO have rlch
beds Of tulips or white glow of mar
cissus, il is necessary to think OF the
early spring appearance of your home
early in the fall The bulbs must be
planted before the ground is frozen.
The department says the work should
be undertaken as soon as or before an
early frost has begun to make the an
nual flowers in the bed look weak
ened.
There is more interest being shown
in the beautifying of the city now than
at any time in the history OF Dayton.
In face of this, it is evident that many
will heed the warning of the depart
ment of agriculture.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-13
AValentine arty

No day could be more appropriate to
announce an engagement than Saint VAL
entines Day. This is the occasion for
much festivity anyhow, and the girl who
wants to let her friends know of her good
fortune. couldn't choose q better time. II
you are at all inclined to be superstitious,
you may also be impressed by the old be-
lief that happiness Is supposed to follow
the couple who make their announcement
on the feast of good Saint Valentine.
The valentine party need not be such
an elaborate affair, and the little hostess
who wants to economize can do so beauti-
fully. In the first place, your lunch can
be very simple, consisting either of plain
Ice cream and cake, or sandwiches, salad
and coffee. A good idea is to go to one
of the stores and buy heart-shaped
cake cutter, and by cutting your bread
in very thin slices you can stamp it with
this very easily. Lettuce sandwiches may
be used; they are delicious when you
shred the leaves and season we'll with
salt, pepper and mayonnaise. Remember
to add the mayonnaise last, in fact, just
before you put the sandwiches on the
table. as it will make very soggy sand
wich If II stands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-02-13
Of "John Bredon, solicitor.''

he said. Lord Wimberley wishes to see
me at once, and has sent the car for me.
Will you go to Mr.. Hodson and ask him
to take my class for me? He will, I
know. as he's nothing to do at this
hour"
He made his way out into the hall, took
off his gown and put on an overcoat and
hat. The message from Lord Wimberley
had been peremptory, and John Erleigh
was not in a position to disregard 1t
Lord Wimberley might yet carry out his
threat and destroy the school-break down
the fabric that had taken so many years
to build.
Half an hour later however. when he
reached Monksilver, he was surprised to
find that Lord Wimberley was not in to
receive him.
where is his lordship?" he asked the
footman, when he was shown into the
library.
IT do not know, SIR" said the footman.
'I thought he was in here, but have no
doubt he will return in a minute or two.
IL you have an appointment with him.
Shall turn up the lights. sir2"
mo, thank you-the firelight is enough
for meat present"
The man left the room, and then Err
leigh seated himself in a chair by the fire.
1t was a high-backed Chippendale arm
chair with projecting wings on either side
10 keep OH the draught5 that were COM
mon enough in the sitting rooms OF the
18th century Erleigh took out his pipe
and began to fill 1t. When he had lit the
tobacco he leaned back and crossed his
legs.
There was. without doubt. trying in
terview before him. He did not exactly
know why Lord Wimberley had sent for
him, but he had very shrewd idea that
Lord Wimberley was going to cross-ques-
tion him about his wife's absence, and
probably also about Vertigan. II was
even possible that Lady Wimberley had
written to her brother-in-law, and taken
him into her confidence and asked for his
advice. 1t was not very likely, but all the
same she had no one else TO go to for
either advice or help.
Unpleasant visions OF very ugly scene
rose up before John Erleighs eyes as ne
watched the smoke from the pipe curl up
to the ceiling. He could not help remem-
bering that Lord WimbeFley was waiting
for an opportunity to ruin him. It was
possible that Lord Wimberley might think
the opportunity had now arrived, that he
could strike the husband without inJuring
the wife.
Continued Monday.)
Copyright, 1914 by the Associated Newspapers
Limited.