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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

A clean. comfortable bed in a clean,
comfortable room. a shower bath,
clean nightshirt and slippers and the
use of shaving and other toilet uten--
sils. all for the price of ten cents
that is what is promised by the Rufus
r. Dawes Hotel association, which
plans to establish a chain of poor
mems hostelries in various cities
throughout the country. The first
one is TO be built in Boston, and South
Bend. though not on the list. might
well hope to be in the later stages.
1t is in no sense charity, as the
Rufus Fearing Dawes hotel ir Chicago
is TO some extent That institution,
built as a memorial 70 the son of Mr..
Dawes a Chicago business man, has
served as a sort Of laboratory for the
working out of hotel to provide re-
spectacle accommodations very cheap
ly on a paying basis. Mr.. Dawes and
have solved the problem. The new
chain of hotels will be run as straight
business institutions. With the low
rate mentioned for lodging, and SINH
lar rOck-bOttOm prices for nourishing
meals. and patrons paying for every
thing they get, a return OF four per
cent on the investment is expected
What the system may mean for the
big cities. especially during a hard
winter. may be judged from the fact
that in the first years operation OF
the Dawes hotel in Chicago it accom-
modated 10000 guests and served
1000 meals.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

The shipbuilding productivity OF
the United States has increased enor-
mously since the war began All our
shipyards ON both the eastern and
western seaboards are running AT ca
pacity. Five Yards on the Delaware
river are now building as merchant
men, and the New England yards show
just as striking an outbreak Of ac-
tivity great shipyard is being built
IN Alabama, and others are projected.
Many OF these new vessels. perhaps
most OF them. are for foreign nations.
European shipyards are SO busy now
with naval work that orders for trad
ing vessels naturally come 10 US. in
spite of the higher cost OF building
the same.
The result is that the countr< is
rapidly setting the best equipment II
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

The Indian may be constitutionally
lazy, but under the prodding of the
Indian bureau he is getting a consid-
cradle amount of work done The
red men have been furnished three
times as much seed as usual this year.
And that isn't at all like the traditional
missionary philanthropy that sends
wooden blankets TO tropical savages.
The Indians really plant the seed and
tend and gather the crops.
The department has been short of
money but has managed TO push the
agricultural development work on the
reservations anyhow. X has bought
$780, 900 worth of cattle, horses and
sheep for its Indian wards largely out
of their own money-for many Of the
tribes have good sized incomes from
property held IN trust by the govern
ment An equal amount Will be spent
likewise in the next twelve months.
If the Indian is going 10 cultivate
his land, it's just as important for him
10 have live stock and seed as it is
for the white farmer Under such
aggressive encoura cement" the more
progressive tribes are rapidly becom-
ing economically independent
Another factor seems to be helping
them. toO-the infusion of white
blood. Little more than half of the
Indians are now Of pure blood. Little
by little the white race is absorbing
them. And in spite Of the tradition
that a half-breed combines the worst
traits of both races. the Caucasian
blood has been proved to give the off,
spring more physical stamina than the
full blood Indians have. 1t appears
also 10 give them other superior
white mans characteristics; all that
is needed is a fair chance for them
10 develop. Aggressive encourage
ment" in agriculture is an admirable
method
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

has ever had for turning out merchant
craft Of all types and sizes. we shaii
soon have facilities for building the
great merchant marine that the ma
ton needs and wants. When the Val
ends. foreign orders will fall on ana
our shipyards will be free 10 Work Tor
American shippers and help restore
our flag 10 the seas.
But viii the shipyards get the orders
for American ships? That will de-
pend on whether congress relaNes the
severity of our seamens law. IL is
possible now. at war rates for trans
portation. to operate ships under the
LaFollette law at a profit in the Euro
pean trade routes. When prices be-
come normal again, most Of our ship
owners may follow the example of the
Pacific coast companies, and sell the
ships they own-not to mention the
improbability Of their buying any new
ones-if they are not enabled TO COM
pete with the foreign owned lines on
more nearly equal terms.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

have not subsided even though appar-
emily turned back incident 20 their
first attempt The councilman are re-
ceiving an anonymous draft of a new
ordinance now. almost humane in
some OF its provisions. but still quite
unquestionably. bu, another Of those
Shiny. understanding "tendrils" OF the
traction octopus.
not so much is said about the public
safety on this occasion as formerly:
that is with respect TO financial indem-
nifty for damages. the only bond pro-
posed being one for $1,000 TO protect
the CITY. but as against what, we are
not prepared to say We have heard
that the traction people in their inter
est for municipal protection have dis
covered that the city would be 60
blame should a jitney bus run over
someone and Kill them, and would be
liable for damages, but we know OF
no lawyers save traction blunder-
busses who Will confirm it. ON the
other hand. the ordinance looks TO us
like a carefully prepared trap set to
catch the city. rendering it liable by
the acceptance Of such a bond. in
which case $1,000 would amount TO a
mere pittance.
Yes the law requires that jitneys be
licensed, and not only jitneys. but
every cab, carriage, coupe. coach, ON
nibus, automobile. sleigh or other We
hicle, carrying passengers for hire.
They must pay SIS for the first outnt,
SO for each second. and 50 each for
as many after that as may be taken
on. Kindly enough this applies only
to persons. not to corporations.-and
what do you think? These license
holders are required 10 operate their
contraptions lin strict conformity with
the provisions Of the traffic ordinance,
socalled, of the city of South Bend. -
some slam. we should say, at our traf-
fic ordinance. "socalled."
Indeed. yes. the traction octopus,
quite apparently, continues on the job.
While an ordinance like this might be
complied with and the jitney business
still live. it is an entering wedge. and
pretty good thing, due to its appar
ent source, to leave to it's anonymity.
Besides, you know, the traction people
of the state. have now put the jitneys
up TO the state public service commits
( sion. and seem TO have some sort OF
advance assurance that they are go
ing to get them regulated from there
so what is the use OF the city
meddling? We have it pretty straight
that the traction lawyers have it all
figured out exactly how the commits
sion can arrogate TO itself powers that
the legislature expressly refused Ia
grant it. this with perfect impunity
and so, what is the use?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
COURTS AND THE PRESS.


An Outburst from the sitting Judge
in the Thaw case against trial of
cases by newspapers will invite re-
pewed attention to a recent utterance
of Mr.. Taft. in which the former pres
ident suggested an amendment TO the
federal constitution authorizing the
legislature to pass laws. "to protect
the administration of justice against
the abuse Of the press"
The complaint in the Thaw case ap-
pears 10 be that while the authorities
were getting ready to communicate
with Evelyn Thaw, some enteTpriSing
reporters had actually hunted that in
dividual out and obtained from her
various interesting and more or less
pertinent expressions relative TO her
former husband. especially the terror
she always feels at the prospect of his
release from custody.
Danger TO the ends Of justice from
this source would be easy to exagger-
ate There is good deal of high and
mighty bunk about the saCredneSs Of
the bench. which reflects not so much
sOliCjtude for the ends Of justice as
the fear that faults Of judges and
dereliCtiOns of court attaches may be
brought to the attention Of an un-
sympathetic public. To forbid the OBJ
tainment and publication Of inter
l
be a measure Of doubtful advantage
TO the ends OF justice. for il might
easily happen that such activity sup
piled the only check upon a court
that was ruled 10y some political or
business influence
In any acute conflict between the
courts and the press it is highly i'm
pOrtant that the press be kept free TO
! print those facts which are sought to
be suppressed by the courts for when
the ends sought by the court are such
as to be gravely menaced by the pub
/ LEGATION Of the truth, then there is al
ways the potential danger at least
/ that the cause Of true liberty lies
somewhere between the two extremes.
/ 1t is never safe in such cases to as
sumo that the court is wholly right
! and the newspapers are wholly wrong
1t is a discOuraging fact that in all
/ this discussion Of the freedom of the
press. both newspapers and judges
seem TO ignore entirely the cases
where the press and the bench are in
full accord and proceed 10 ride rough
shOd over some object or individual
\ that both OF them seek 20 destroy.
/ All treat the problem as IL il consisted
wholly of conflicts between editors
and judges and take no account what
ever OF situations where powerful
| newspapers are able to secure the CO.
/ operation Of judges for their own
/ purposes.
The citizen who has gone up against
such combinations as that will find il
hard 10 get excited over efforts Of the
\ bench 10 prevent the publication OF
I facts which some particular court
wishes 10 suppress. We have had in
/ stances OF this sort of thing in New
\ York Chicago and possibly Atlanta.
! In Indianapolis. however. there have
! been many instances where judges
have shown fine spirit OF independ-
ence in rendering decisions in direct
conflict with the demands OF arrogant
newspaper lictation
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
FUMIGATING PALACES.
Saturday Evening Post

Fumigating is another pompous old
practice that is suddenly finding it
self on the scrap-heap For many
year il has been decreed that when
children have recovered from their
cases Of diphtheria or measles or
scarlet fever the board Of health man
must come and plug up all the cracks
Of the doors and windows and then
kill off any remaining germs in the
house by burning horrible chemicals
like a medicine man exercising the
devils.
Slowly the doctors have come to
doubt the value of fumigation. They
do not yet agree that il is entirely use
less but they have little faith in il
for most diseases The surgeon who
kills the germs on his operating in
struments by steaming them for half
an hour under high pressure at a tenn
perature much above the boiling point
OF water is not inclined TO believe that
all the germs in a room will choke
TO death on bad fumes Furthermore
the doctors are discovering more and
more about the manner in which in
fictitious diseases are spread and this
added knowledge in most cases does
not warrant the belief that the germs
hang round in the air of house after
all the cases have fully recovered. The
questions now are as TO whether there
is need for any disinfecting measures
after most diseases. or whether more
effective measures than the old fumi-
eating operation should be taken. Tn
dOubtedly there is sound reason for
undertaking more vigorous disinfec-
ton. Paint. new wall paper fire. air.
soap and boiling water are best able
10 take the enthusiasm OUT OF any
lurking germs.
For some months now the New
York board Of health has been doing
no fumigating except after cases Of
smallpox. and for a longer period has
been dOinG no fumigating i'm Brook
lyn The figures by boroughs on the
numbe OF infectious disease cases. are
not yet sufficiently complete 20 Justify
a claim OF fun proof for the new the
cries; buL on the whole. they seem
20 bear out very well the idea that
fumigation did not amount 10 d great
deal Apparently there have been
no more cases Of measles. for instance
since fumigation was abandoned than
there would have been If fumigation
had continued. as indicated los the
number Of cases in the corresponding
months OF previous years.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
MACHINE Guns.

An American military expert sug-
gests that the infantryman Of the
future may be a man with a machine
gun. a lot of hand grenades and a
short-bladed sword. like that carried
by the ancient Roman soldiers"
1t doesn't seem a very fanciful pic
ture. either. TO anybody who carefully
follows the shifting tactics o. the war.
The rifle has lost its prestige. II is no
longer the indispensable weapon of the
infantryman. II isn't always effective
even in a charge. for we read nova
days Of soldiers leaving their guns be-
hind them in the trenches and charg-
ing only with hand gFenades. 1t is
of little use for defense. for one ma
chine gun is worth as much in re-
polling an attack as a hundred rifles.
The bayonet hasn't lost it's usefulness.
but even that is being replaced, in the
French army, by a knife or short
bladed sword
The machine gun is coming TO be
the arm of the infantry. The Ger
mans. who have made best use of it,
have perfected a type SO small and
light that one man can carry il on
his back. and can operate it alone
when he sets II down.
If the tendency is carried to it's
logical completion, and every soldier
is armed with a machine gun instead
of a rifle. what chance will any man
have for his life against any other
man? Imagine every citizen in this
town hunting his neighbor with a gat-
ling gun, with dynamite shells burst
ing all around. That's what war seems
to be coming to-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

alive, children invent games and have
loads OF fun without the help of a sal
aried play teacher or a salaried story
teller OF course. there is need of
play grounds, and they must often
be public Fairgrounds in cities dense
ly populated.
In the general tendency to find
somebody or something to pity and to
reform, the uplifters proclaimed
discovery that supervised play was
of large value to society The play
spirit was TO be developed and guided
until a well-rounded character result
ed. Lots and lots of lessons were to
be learned from play. Discipline,
give and take kindness. politeness,
and so forth and so on. 1t is reason
able TO suppose, however that self
government and Self-cOntrol would
more likely be developed were chill
dren left to their own devices on the
playfield than when directed TO do
this and that or refrain from doing
this and that by a cantankerous.
though vastly philanthrOpic and sal
aired playmaster or playmistress.
You may buy any number Of finely
wrought toys and learn that COM
mon ClOthes-pin, picked up as the
baby crawls about, is more priced
than all the rest. Children may be
surfeited with suggestions directions
and gifts. and turn for relief TO a
few old and common things which
they imagine TO be horses. soldiers.
flying machines, or almost anything
else, and with which they have no
end Of fun
Too much supervision takes the VII
tally out of play and makes it at
least half work
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
THE MEL TING POT
COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH U.s.
"WHATCHER THINK ABOUT THE
WARP"

w hAlNl1Ek THINK ABOUT 1HE
WARP"
You hear II on most every lip,
No matter where YOU go:
Up IN the north mid snow and ice
And down where palm trees grow.
II the same old worn-out question
Ihat you all have heard before;
OuNe asked IL many times yourself.
"Whatcher think about the war"
! bought brand new photograph.
With a record thrown in,
me machine itself was not worth
much.
Twas mostly made of tin.
l wound II up, il started off,
But oh. how it did roar.
All the doggone thing would say:
Whatcher think about the war ?"
built good sized aeroplane
And flew away on high
/ met the man up in the moon
And talked with the bright old guy.
he asked me all about the earth,
And what I came up for.
Then he sprung that same old Ques-
ton:
Whatever think about the war ?"
took trip to the frozen north.
To see the northern pole,
I travelled for a thousand miles,
But never saw a soul.
At last / met some Eskimos,
But their ''glub-glub" made me sore,
The only English that they knew:
"Whatcher think about the war p"
That great inventor. Edison,
Is working for us now,
He's going to fix our coast defense,
To which the world will bow
He intends TO make a muffler
our ears TO cover DER,
To muffle that old threadbare phrase
''Whatcher think about the WARP"
ARTHUR L. KAISER.
Michigan City
ABOUT the least the president can
say to Germany is that he regards the
killing OF American citizens as an un-
friendly act. For Americans to trav-
el abroad at this time is folly. of
course, but that is no excuse for being
unkind 10 them. The demented should
be objects of tender consideration.
BUCKETS Of huckleberries coming
in off the marsh suggest that great
American triumph, the huckleberry
pie. We can eat huckleberry pie until
we are purple about the month.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
sUPERVIsING PLNY.
IIacOma Ledgerl

'AoNplld Ledger.
They may be considered somewhat
old fashioned. nevertheless the views
expressed 10y Mayor Phillips Of Aber-
deem viii strike a responsive chord in
the minds OF great many persons who
think the present generation is rum
ming wild on the question OF provid-
ing entertainment. Mayor Phillips
thinks children are entertained too
much Tor their own good and do not
have enough practical work 10 DO
II - no wonder they get notion
that they have numerous rights. bat
rev duties. So much is done for them
that their sense Of duty TO others is
poorly developed.
instead OF going TO so much trouble
ana expense OF providing entertain
ment Tor children. il would be better
70 leave them. TO a large degree. 70
their own devices. Naturally ina gin
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
NEVER AGAIN

"Oh. Percy dear, your birthday gift
was SO beautiful" remarked the young
lady. with her best smile. And you
unlntentionally left the price mark on
thirty dtllars."
oh, how. careless OF me-" replied
Percy.
And I see YOU bought il at Payne's.
Now. ] know you wouldn't mind taking
il back and exchanging it for one of
those thirty dollar muffs they have
I'm the window, would you2"
oh. not at all. with pleasure
An hour later that young man was
lamentiug the foolish act of buying a
present for ten dollars and sticking
thirty-dollar label on it.-TOp
Notch
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

(COr. Ft. Wayne Journal-GaZette.)
What might have terminated in a
fatality occurred at Long Lake Sat
uroay. The Hillart family of Logans-
port, were spending the day at the
lake. Thaddens Smith and Clifford
Hilkert went out on the lake IN a
boat when Hilkert went in swimming.
firing of that they rOwed 10 the shore,
where young Hilkert was standing
in about two feet of water he col
lapsed and fell in the water. He was
taken out Of the water and given aid
when in half an hour he was all right
again
GOOD form in golf" comments a
critic. pertains not so much TO the
shape of the player as TO the manner
in which he gets away with his
stroke" Still. it adds something TO the
scenic effect if the player in Knockers
is not bow-legged.
NOTHING new" sententiously re-
marked Gov. Whitman after reading
Becker's statement. Which translated
TO Becker's understanding means
nothing doing.
THE statement that the camera
men of West Union, w. Va, have been
stimulated to unusual activity by the
adoption of overalls by the girl berry
pickers finds no response in our ar
tistic soul. A girl in overalls. how
ever. does satisfy our conception Of
the grotesque.
1T is all right for DR.. Barker to tell
us how TO live a hundred years.
BUT how are we going TO compel
ourselves to do il?
c. y. F.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
no ROOM At OTHFR TIMES.

The trolley men in Rhode Island
insist that their trips are too long.
This complaint is made only by the
men on duty at low tide
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

Very much as we expected. the
worms that have been seeking 10 eat
.aeir way into the cts ordinance books
with law 10 suppress the jitney bus.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
CHICEKENS TO GIVE WARNING.

The British plan TO teach hens to
give warning when airshipS appear in
the offing will. We fear. prove futile.
What Will a hen have 10 fear from a
blonde German aviator?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

a Los Angeles woman was granted
divorce because her husband was
seen eating grass. If he had been
eating it out OF her hand, it would
have been perfectly proper. OF course.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

Krupps works are said 10 be threat
ening 10 strike. which if they do, will
spike more German guns in thirty days
than the allies have in twelve months.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
AND MAINTAINED HIS BALANCE.

Orville Wright has sailed around IN
the clouds a good deal. but he has al
WAYS managed 10 keep his feet on the
ground.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

The fine steamship Baltic sailed for
Liverpool, with 314 passengers riding
over a cargo of ammunition.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

Morgan is walking around. BE
every shadow makes faces at him.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23
Why NorrvP

(Reply 10 A. L. X. issue July 2OD
Why should just one poor insects sting
Provoke you TO SO rash a thing2
Why drown and let those Shiny crea-
lures
Make hash Of your Cherubic features?
The earth holds maidens Just as fair
As fishy mermaids i'm their lair.
Brace up Don't show that fatal vel
low.
There's lots OF ''Jills' without a fell
low. r l. L
CassOpOhS.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

THE NJ. p. almanac: Keep a blan-
ket on the foot of the bed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-23

YOU see what it is coming to-
writes : ID. j. Riding home in
iitney with my wife she said: My.
Samuel. wouldn't il be nice if we could
have one
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-06-11

namely: the production of both meat
and eggs. Birds of this type are most
generally kept on American farms.
Fowls of this class are good layers,
good weighers, and good payers. They
hold a medium place in nearly all re-
spects between the egg and meat type,
IN some degrees combining the good
qualities Of both. They are quiet in
disposition, mature quickly, are good
sitters, and good foragers.
With proper feeding, housing, and
attention, they have proven their
merits and intense value to their
breeders.