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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE"

Seats are now selling for the en-
gagement of Cohan and Harris latest
farce hit. 1T Pays to Advertise" due
at the Oliver theater for two nights
commencing Tuesday night. Dec. Z.
with a matinee on Wednesday,.
The many good things always
found in Cohan and Harris successes
is the best reason TO explain the en-
thusiasm shown for this engagement.
1T Pays 10 Advertise experienced
an unusually long run in New York,
being stationed at George NJ. Conan
theater on Broadway for one solid
year, gaining the greatest popularity
of any farce in recent years. ROi
Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett
are responsible for this farce, which,
in addition TO a love story that wins
tle enthusiasm of the feminine pOr-
ton Of an audience, is fine philosophy
for the successful business men Of
the country. Cohan and Harris will
send their own players to this city
which is an added guarantee for
splendid entertainment.
Rodney Martin, a rich mans son.
who has been the despair of his
father because Of his Inclination
TO go 10 work, is persuaded, through
love for his fathers pretty stenOg-
rapher to go into business after his
father has disinherited him. Rod
ney's father is a soap king. and the
son decides TO go into the same bust
ness and adopts a strenuous adver-
Using campaign to attract the atten-
ton of buyers. Father doesn't believe
in advertising and tries to dissuade
his son. the only result being TO
make the boy plunge more heavily
into the advertising game
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
COCK o. THE WALK"

Playgoers who have seen Otis
Skinner in some Of his greatest tri-
mphs-"Kismet," The Honor of
the Family" The Harvester" and
Francesca da Rimini"-have eX-
perienccd a real and absorbing pleas
ure. because those great achieve
ments take rank with the best of
stage creations. The opportunity Of
seeing Mr.. Skinner in a new comedy
is afforded by his forthcoming ap-
pearance here at the Oliver opera
house for one performance on Thurs
day evening, Dec. 9, in Cock o. the
Walk" written especially for him by
Henry Arthur Jones, the eminent
English playwright. Mr. Skinner,
who is an actor OF amazing versa
tility. Will appear as a genial BO-
hemian Thespian. who possesses a
prodigious gift for quoting the lines
Of The Immortal one" 1t will be
a treat 20 see Mr.. Skinner in "A
character shaped and patterned for
his personality and in which he is
sure 10 duplicate his triumphs Of
the past.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
The Foreign Office Doesn't
Realize the War.

Take for example the Allies naval policy A
note from The United States dealing with the
question of our blockade is on its way Tha.
note must be answered, not only by Great
Rritain, but by the great alliance The traders
and the Government of the United States muss
realize that they have to deal not only with
Great Britain, but with the country OF
Lafayette--in a word. with the whole great
company OF nations that is defending the i'll
terests the freedom and the ideals of ths
United States less than OF Europe
Fourteen months too long has Great Britain
worn the appearance of being alone responsible
for The inconv enience to neutrHls involved in
the naval warfare OF Germany And II ia more
than time that our allies openly assumed their
share of this responsibility. Ii is more than
time also that concessions ceased TO be made
solely by and in the name of Great Britain
which are nevertheless OF vital concern solely
10 the alliance as a whole
Our allies have right 70 ask va TO accept
the entire Odium of the inconvenience to neu.
trails caused by British naval action taken on
behalf of the alliance. And Great Britain has
no right 10 commit the Allies TO compromise
with neutral interests at their as well as our
expense. and TO the advantage OF Germany
Now to the coordination OF allied dpio-
macy and the establishment OF a common dip.
lomatic centre Far from the fighting line in
a country uninvaded-at least as yet-the &C.
cupants OF the British Foreign Office have
been sheltering behind our navy, whose efforts
toward victory they have nevertheless ham
pered and thwarted at every turn.
We talk OF Welsh miners in particular
and trade uniOnists in general, not having
realized the war but the people who seem TO
have realized IL least and whose generalization
has brought about the most terrible results
the occupants Of our Foreign Office.
II has been found that visit TO the fighting
line is a sovereign cure for generalization on
the part OF industrial workers. Those charged
with managing our foreign affairs in war
time need something more than a mere visit
10 the front; they need TO live constantly in an
atmosphere which enables them 10 gain and to
maintain the realization Of the war.
London, with its illusOry atmosphere of peace
while war is raging. is not the right place for
the Allies diplomatic centre.
Let IL be at Havre, let IL be at Boulogne, let
il be in Paris. but let il be anywhere nearer the
front than WHITEHALL Let ii be so near the
place where men are suffering and dying for
our country that the roar OF the cannon and
the cries Of the wounded will ring louder IN the
ears Of the managers of our foreign policy than
do the walls OF neutral and especially hyphen-
ated traders. and the whispers OF advisers and
officials OF German origin.
Let them be in some geographical situation,
let them be so situated geograp hically that they
are forced 10 understand with their very souls
well as their intelligence. that nothing stands
between them and the Allies and disaster bu
wall made OF the living bodies OF heroess
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
THEATERS
.sTHE BIRTH OF \ NATION

When d. w. Griffith set TO work
to select actors to play the various
parts in his great spectacle. THE
Birth Of a Nation" now running at
the oliver. he had in mind all the
while the idea Of engaging only those
who in appearance and temperament
reflected the parts assigned them. In
selecting Henry B. Walthall to in
terpret the part Of the brave and
heroic little Confederate Colonel
he undoubtedly acted with much
wisdom. Mr.. Walthall portrays the
part so admirably that'it would seem
he had been playing parts Of this
kind all his life. Mr.. Walthall is a
member Of the well-known Missis-
sippi family Of that name. Miss
Miriam Cooper, who takes the part
of Margaret Cameron" the eldest
daughter of the Camerons of South
Carolina, at whose home many or
the scenes are depicted, is a south
ern girl born in Georgia, being a d.
rect descendant of Charles Carroll
Of Maryland, one of the signers OF
the Declaration of independence.
Miss Mae Marsh. who plays the part
of the younger sister" in the Cam
eron household. is a Californian by
birth. her parents. however, being
related to the Slidells Of Louisiana
Of Mason-SlideH fame, the elder Sill
dell being a commissioners of the
Confederate government 70 England.
1t will be remembered that Mason
and Sidell both being commission
ers. were taken from the British
steamship Trent by Capt Wilkes OF
the United States navy, which came
very nearly plunging the United
States into war with England. and
which no doubt would have follow
ed had not Pres't Lincoln made the
necessary apology. assuring the Eng
/ lish government that Capt Wilkes
i'm his ardent impetuosity had made
a mistake England received the
APOLOGY graciously and the incident
came to an end, though it provided
! one of the most sensational episodes
in connection with the war between
/ the states. Miss Lillian Gish, who
plays the part of Elsie Stoneman,"
the northern girl, is a native Of
| philadelphia
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
KIDNEY TROUBLE MEANS
TERRIBLE TORTURE

Hundreds of sufferers from pains
III the back and sides, bladder and
urinary disorders, lumbago. rheuna-
tism, dizziness. puffy swellings up-
der the eyes or in the feet and
ankles, nervousness. tired or worn
out or headachy feeling. don't seem
TO realize that the greater part of
the sickness today can be avoided
by keeping the kidneys working
properly. If you suffer from any of
the many agonies that accompany
weak. clOgged-up or diseased kid
reys YOU should not neglect yourself
another day and run the risk of Sc
riOus complications. Secure a pack
age of SolvaX. the wonderful new
kidney remedy which is very mex
pensive yet acts quickly and surely
on the seat of the trouble. You'll
be surprised how entirely different
you'll feel in a very short time
1t don't matter how long you have
suffered, how old you are, or what
YOU have used. The very principle
OF Solvax IS such that it is practic-
ally impossible 10 take it into the
human system without beneficial re
suits.
Solvax is pleasant TO take. gives
quick relief and has been so uni
formly successful that Wettic1's
Original Cut Rate Medicine Store
viii in future sell it under a positlV
guarantee Of relief or refund the
money. No other kidney remedy
ever had a large enough percentage
Of cures 50 that it could be sold in
this manner. A guarantee like this
speaks volumes for the merit Of Sol
Wax.
There is no time like the present
TO do a thing that ought to be done.
If anyone has kidney trouble today
is the best time TO begin curing it.
Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
Because

Because il contains the kind
of nourishment that those suf-
fering from lung troubles need
but do not obtain from their
food. is why Father Johns
Medicine has been so success
full for so years in treating
throat and lung troubles.
1t is a food medicine free
from alcohol or poisonous drugs.
Remember. it is guaranteed.
Not a patent medicine.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
By ChristabeI Panknurs,

- HE candid Ro-nhar-'. the ks'Sc~'s U.s.
scribe. whose book PUBLISHED s+'ors 30
war gave so accurate vs-r:Sa ns ga
~orld of the war that eas &c come. ~ ~
given Us a new warniDg TLJrb L l. 80 -
death to TO heed.
Writing OF The Mistakes OF the Alies," hs
makes It cloar that Ia cIs CpiniOL Germans
would be lost n tSe varaou& at.ieS "a
tons knew how 10 coorJ'rate ,neir erJT.a
He points out that 81 GreA BrtAin h.a ~
pared for the i2ssead - trusting % tns
military efforts that "'leI Curuiries wo1N
make if Italy had c1.-.cd the at re no
ginning: if Russia 30 been fully equipped aul
furnished with mnnificns. theu much would
have been changed. "Belgil N, +" ne says was
conquered before the French and the English
We're able to come tc her aid"
The Bernhard criticism IL summed ~ IL
these words: THE Powers Of the QuadrUpls
Entente have committed me strategic rau't or
not co-Ordinating their action"
Bernhard is right in this
The allies have everything on their side
They have first and foremost a just cause
They have numbers They have wealth They
have resources Of all kinds. They nave by far
the greater store of ability and enthusiasm at
their service Then why cannot better results
be shown at the present hour?
Bernhard has given us the reason-want OF
coordination in policy and action!
To this reason we would add al least two
others. These are firstly, generalization in
Great Britain of the meaning of the war, espe-
cially generalization at our Foreign Office,
The second reason is German influence In our
midst. weakening us financially and especially
weakening us automatically! German infu-
ence in its most dangerous form consists in
the presence Of men OF German origin as
officials in Government offices, and even in
the Foreign Office itself.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
AT THE IASAILF.

The Geraldine Farrar picture of
Carmen viii be shown again at the
LaSalle today. Miss Farrar is one
Of the most famous Of women artists
and is recognized as one Of the great
est actresses of the day. Her reputa-
ton as a prima donna is well estab-
lshed among the lovers Of opera,
and her delineation of Carmen" is
a revelation of power and dramatic
skill Thrilling action, magnificent
landscape. beautiful portraits, and
well-constructed drama makes this
an extraordinary production.
Theda Bara will be seen in a VIII
liam Fox production Of Carmen" at
the Surprise today.
The LaSalle offers a new bill on
sunday entitled The Seventh Noon, "
a wonderful dramatic production
featuring Ernest Glendlnning.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
AT THE ORPHETNI

Beginning Sunday a new bill will
feature Master Paul the boy violin
ist, and the Mystic Bird, known as
the canary Caruso. The bird sings
from a cage on the stage while his
young master plays through the
audience. The little sOngster catches
the pitch and follows the medley of
the violin in a wonderful manner.
Sig. Franz troupe of European cycl-
lists; Arthur Rigly. a black face COM
edian; Nine. AsOria and company
in classic dances; and Rice and
Francis in a musical comedy offer
ing. complete the bill
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
AT THE AUDITORIUM.

on today's bill at the Auditorium
are "A Thing or Two in Movies" a
two-reel Selig comedy; Romantic
Reggie" a Fitagraph comedy, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Drew; "A Broth
of a Boy" an Edison drama, featur-
ing little Andy Clarke. and the Selig
weekly of current news.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
CHARGED WITH SHOOTING.

MADISON. Ind, Dee. Isaac
slater, so years old. is being held
here charged with shooting Leon
ard Lanham. - years old at Han
over Landing Thursday. Lanham
may die.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
At THE STRAND.

The Strand is pleasing good sized
audiences with popular tabloid must
cal comedy. The present bill, The
Show Girl" contains a number Of
musical novelties. laughable comedy
scenes and entertaining dances by
the girl chorus. a new bin Will be
shown Sunday entitled Thu Mas
queraders.''
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-04
Harmony Speeches Made.
QUIT I.ENrBERG.

BUCHAREST. Dec. 4.-The Aus
TRANS are reported to have evacu-
ated Lemberg. owing 20 an epidemic
of scurvy. The victims are said to
number 200 every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-12

strong price at the Pullman ticket office window
 The tipping system is a pestifer- ous nuisance, no matter whether on Pullman car, in hotel or elsewhere. Yet, when the Pullman porter only makes a mere S27.50 monthly wage and his eating costs him over dollar a day, regardless of other expenses, how is he going to live if he doesn't get tips?
 So, in final analysis the burden of blame seems to be on the executives of the Pullman scompany, and let us hope that the federal commission now conducting the inquiry may do something to induce the Pullman company to pay it's own employees in stead of showing the obligation off upon the public
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-12

bilious to be governor. Another was a judge Still others were in offices of trust, and powerful because of that fact. They were taken in the net along with habitues of low barrooms and brothels. and all have been convicted in court to- gether. Some confessed without waiting for a trial
 If graft is eliminable and election frauds preventable in our public affairs. the steady drive must be along the lines fol- lowed by this Indiana official The nneu
 higher up are the dangerous offenders They organize the crimes committed. and supply the means for committing them. And they divide the great bulk Of the swag secured. If 1t is graft. they pay their tools but pittance. If it is political preferment, they enjoy that wholly The poor creatures who slug or repeat, or do both. at the polls are never qualified for office, and never expect or get more than the price of days work.
 It is reported that the investigation may go further; that the campaigning in Indiana last year was reckless and un- scrupulous elsewhere than in Terre Haute, and that the success just achieved with the Terre Haute cases may encour- age the authorities to follow up charges of like nature that have reached them from and about other localities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-12
A Plea for the Rooster

Not for some little time have we heard anything about Rooster Day, but it is about time for some dys- peptic governor to come to the front again with a revival of the crusade started year or two ago for radi- cal thinning of the rooster popula- tion.
 The rooster day idea may be looked upon with more or less levity by the general public, but the rooster can hardly be expected to view the propo- sition through mirthful eyes.
 The rooster seems to have become cataloged along with the idle rich and other fifth wheels. But, even though enemies of the rooster may brand him as vain, swashbuckling flop; clamor that he tolls not, neither does he hatch; designate him the l. w. w. of the barnyard, and call him an egotist- all this the enemy may do, and yet one may contend that the rooster has many admirable qualities, and while he is being sacrificed on the altar ol egg eugenics, many man possessing all of the vain and worthless char acterists against which the rooster critics protest, goes on his merry way undisturbed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-12
Today's Bond Election

That Birmingham proposed S1,- 250,00 bond issue will receive "a ma jority of the votes cast at today's election seems well assured. There should be an overwhelming majority. Financial problems difficult of so- lution confront every municipality from time to time, but this is not one of them. The bond proposition for funding Birmingham's floating debt is as simple as it is business-like. As the chairman of the bond campaign in a public statement says: "It> seems unthinkable to us that an issue which had the indorsement of every civic body, all the banks and practically all working men of the community, could fail of ratification"
 By the issuance of the bonds not one dollar will be added to the city's debt. The interest rate will be re- duced, and "posterity will pay for per manent improvements of which pos terity will be the beneficiary" As has been frequently pointed out during this campaign the bond issue will not prevent nor will it postpone the equal ization of taxes. It will release for circulation at this time large amount of money and will stimulate business in very appreciable degree.
 The bonds will be divided into two amounts-$750, ,000 and S5O0,000. Each voter should use the two ballots. One ballot will provide S750,000, which is to pay off the city's deficit already due. The other ballot will provide $500, ,000, which will pay off the debts of the city for the current fiscal year, but which will not fall due until October 1. It is of very great importance that voters mark and de- posit both ballots.
 The opponents of the bond issue advance no argument that would hold good anywhere as business proposition. The city is now confront ed with crisis. The failure of the bond issue to carry would mean bankruptcy. Such condition would be calamity, and Birmingham would not get over it's effect for long time to come.
 If Birmingham has any civic pride it will be manifested today in full vote The larger the vote the larger the majority for the bonds. Every qualified elector should do his duty and see that his neighbor goes to the polls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-12
WAR ECHOES

Louisville Evening Post: When the late Lord Roberts of the British army went to South Africa to win the earldom he received for crushing the Boer revolt his only son, an officer of much promise, was fighting in the same war. Lord Roberts had not been in South Africa two weeks before this son was killed at the desperate engagement at the Tugela river.
 Most of the men who are now ho&ding high rank in the warning armies have sons or near relatives in the field. The son of Admiral von Tirpitz. the head of the German navy, was captured some weeks ago after a fight in the Baltic sea. Prime Minister Asquith and MT. Lloyd George both have sons at the front The son of the prime minister Of France was killed six weeks ago.
 The press dispatches from Paris carry the text of a touching and manly letter written few days ago by General d'Armade, who has been commanding one third of the. whole French line, in regard to the death in battle of his 1S- year. old son, the French officer saying.
 q have no need to tell you that it is a great pain, but We could offer to God and to France nothing more beautiful, nothing more pure and nothing more generous than that child. We are proud of him, but after the war we shall mourn him until death."
 The spirit of this letter is elevated and noble. There is nothing vainglori- ous; nothing boastful; nothing cynical It is a great price the French are pay ing for the preservation of their ma tionality, and the loss falls impartially upon all, and no one seeks to shrink from bearing his or her part of the bur den.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-12

from desire to evade the terrible coss of life involved, is not yet apparent. Al the eastern end, Russian successes, plus the activities of the allies at the Da rda nelles give hope for an early termination of the war. The most san suine opinion is that before the end or summer we will see the end of the war, '. hile the least optimistic fix it's ces- ss tion about the end of the year. W ma. the effects of peace will be. once re- stored, 1t is difficult to measure IL means another period Of readjustment to vastly changed conditions several of the belligerents will have to face n perfod of severe exhaustion. First efforts will be confined Go reconstruc- tion work or the rebuilding of homes, factories and railways, as well as res toration of fields and highways to usable conditions. 1t is quite possible that each of the nations will snow greater recuperative powers than at present anticipated.
 "rhe belief in early peace, the inn proyed financial situation. the recent ruovancy In the stock market, the more. reasonable attitude of legislation toward business, all tend to inspire confidence in the future. Many persons have overlooked the fact that a num- Der of industries are reapipg abnormal profits from war contracts. our farm- irg classes are also very prosperous. The steel trade future is more pfonls- ing. Each day the belief that we have turned the corner and are on the way to better times is strengthened; hence the present activity in stocks. con ditions are favorable to continuance or that activity, accompanied by sharp fluctuations. dependent upon the vicis- situdes of war;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-12
MEN HIGHER UP

From the Washington Evening Star 6HE result of the trial at Indianapolis of the men charged with election frauds at Terre Haute last Novem- Der should have wholesome effect on
 the politics of Indiana. Many details / of how such skulduggery is conducted were brought out, and the reskessness of man. aging politicians when overeager for sue cess revealed It was a story of a cor rupt top controlling and directing a corr rupted bottom
 In fights against graft and in those against election frauds there are always references to men "hgher up." But the l matter seldom goes beyond reference. Such men are rarely exposed Whatever is done is directed at the tools of such men. and there ends. Only the tools are punished. Those who have profited most by the crimes committed remain under cover, and are left free to repeat their performances at the first opportunity with new tools, easily procurable in cities, large and small where wastrels congregate. [ It is eminently to the credit of the fed- eral district attorney in Indiana that in taking up the case of the Terre Haute elections he prosecuted his inquiry until he reached the men higher up." And several were pretty high. One was poll tcian of statewide acquaintance and ann