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South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16
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South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16
Late News of
Surrounding Towns

BERRIE.N SPRINGS.
Mrs. John Burbank is i'll with the
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Valentine
Of Benton Harbor were visitors here
Sunday.
Mrs. NJ. f. Strong returned Friday
from a few days visit at the George
W. Casemen home in Benton Harbor
Roy Dec has purchased the prop
erty owned by Mrs Mary Hagerty and
will move his family 10 town next
month. He viii have a public sale of
his stock and farm implements.
Mrs. J. d. Plat has returned from
n two months visit with friends in
Portland, ore.
Mrs. Frank Ward returned Friday
from a two weeks visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Couch, in South
Bend.
d. II. Patterson Of Benton Harbor
vas a business visitor here Saturday.
c. o. McOmber was a weekend Wis
itor with friends in South Bend.
o. c. Wallsgott of Eau Claire was
a business visitor here Saturday.
A large crowd was in attendance
at the town hall Saturday evening at
the recital given by Mrs. Bess Gear
hart Morrison for the benefit of the
Berrien Springs Boys band. This
was her third appearance here inside
of six months and she was greeted
by an enthusiastic audience. The re-
cital was followed by a candy box So
cial and neat sum was realized for
the band.
Frank Starkweather of Niles was a
business visitor here Saturday
T.. +. Garland left Tuesday for a
business visit OF two weeks in Roswell.
n. Mex
Miss Lana Lord of Niles was n
weekend visitor with home people
here.
Mrs. John Reiber of St. Joseph was
n weekend visitor at the home of Mrs.
W. F. Reiber.
The Wednesday club will meet We'd
nesday afternoon with Mrs. Ellen KEEP
hart
Misses Georgia Harper and Viola
Green have gone to Galien where they
will engage in the poultry business.
Miss Edith Mccullough. who has
been confined te her home with the
grip the past two weeks returned to
her work as teacher OF the fifth and
sixth grades. Monday
Mrs. Flora f. Davis. who is in St
Joseph this winter. visited friends here
Friday.
Mrs. William Shuler has returned
from a weeks visit with relatives in
Chicago.
The Aid society of the United Breth-
ren church met for work in the base
ment OF the church Friday.
a male quartet from the Emmanuel
Missionary college furnished the mu-
sic for the Farmers institute at Niles
last week.
South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16
WHEAT TAKES DROP
ON LOCAL MARKET

Wheat's drop in price of 1Sc and
the decline in egg quotations from
soc TO csc were the principal changes
in South Bend marEet conditions
Monday.
Local prices fell with reports of
sharp declines in July wheat at the
Chicago exchange. In all probabil-
tiles, the $1.40 figure quoted here
Monday will stand for a few days, as
market conditions in Chicago seem
20 he firm at the reduced figure.
Corn, rye and oats were unaffected
by the drop of wheat, corn being
quoted at 75c. rye at S1.0O and oats
at SIC Monday. the same prices that
were in effect Saturday.
Eggs suffered the certain results
OF warm weather a decline of sc a
dozen being recorded yesterday. That
this figure will be slightly reduced
in the next few days was the opinion
of local provision dealers Monday.
No change in butter prices was
reported. but a radical reduction is
expected today, when the weekly
quotations from the Elgin market
South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16

are expected to cause a drop in price
South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16
HEARING ON FOR TONIGHT
Assessments of Bowman Creek Sewer
To BE Discussed.

Two important matters will be be-
fore the board of works at its reg
ular meeting tonight which will be
held at city hall. Taxpayers who are
assessed for the Bowman creek sewer
will have a hearing on the assess
ment roll and the advisability Of
building the Michigan St sewer and
installing the new pavement will be
discussed. The Bowman creek sewer
Is practically completed and the cost
reaches $149.125.62. The indirect as
sessment of the sewer is $134. 4.213.06
while the direct assessment amounts
to $14.912.56.
Cards have been sent to all those
assessed, giving the amount of each
individual assessment and other facts
regarding the Improvement. All those
assessed are requested by the board
of works to bring these cards tonight.
South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16

ID. T. Pate OF Madison. Ind. is visit
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Philhs
Ben Yerrick of South Bend was
calling on friends here this week
Leo Martin is visiting relatives in
CHICAGO.
Mr and Mr.. John ScarbrIgh spent
Sunday WIN relative IN Hamlet
Mr. and Mrs O. n Fish visited
relatives in Sharpsyille the first OF the
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer St John and
daughter Audrey. were guests II
friends IN Plymouth sunday
Born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lay
men. a daughter. Feb s.
Miss Gayton ard Miss Renard were
in South Bend Saturday
Miss Ida Griewank OF Laporte
s-isited here several days this week
with her brother. George Griewank.
and family
Miss Esther Bailey went TO Plym-
South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16
STOVERVUIF

Mrs. Emberson Palmer spent Sun
day with her daughter, Mrs. Edward
Schafer and family.
Mrs. Peter Scbafer has returned to
her home here after spending several
days with her daughter. Mrs. William
Kelley of Mishawaka, who has been
i'll.
Mrs. William Reason. sr., is Sc
riously i'll at his home here.
Mrs Otto Donnuck, who has been
seriously i'll at EpwOrth hospital, is
improving.
Mrs. Edward Palmer. jr.. who has
been visiting relatives and friends
here, has returned to her home in
South Bend.
Mrs. George Stalk, who has been
spending several days with her sister
Mrs. j. Harvey Leach, has returned
TO her home in Bremen, Ind.
Mrs. Ezra Wahl and daughter
Halle, were guests of Mrs. w. L.
Schafer of this place Sunday
Harry Palmer left Sunday for an
extended visit with relatives nd
friends in various points i'm Ohio, in
Guiding Columbus, Newark, Marion,
Dayton and GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Harvey Leach, who has been
i'll with grip for the past two weeks,
is improving.
South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16
SHOPS WILL START WORK

LAFAYETTE Ind. Feb. 16.-six
hundred men will be given employ
ment on March 1 when the MOnOn
railroad shops here will be reOpened.
Word came from the general offices
of the company in Chicago that the
shops would resume operations on
that date.
South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16
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South Bend news-times., 1915-02-16
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
TAXES FOR 1914

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-08

THE SUITS-If we were to tear off the
uckeIs on the Suits and give you pencil and
'ei' YOU to place your own price on them, there
Ism single Suit in our store that you wouldn't
marx much higher than the price We have on
Not IN the history of Retail Merchandising
~ ne past quarter of century, have Suit
10 Ike these ever been offered by any store
Il any citY and the most direct way of testing
"t value OF this assertion is 10 attempt to
..t',h me value Of these Suits arE where else
lie city So. from every standpoint the
ra.S alone are Sensational Gilt Edge Invest
nenls But when. in addition. YOU are given
The Washington times., 1915-01-03

Five Civilized Tribes. he hopes to find
opportunity Of repaying, Is an unusual
one. and one which shows the caliber
Of the man better than anything else.
Descendant Of Chief.
While yet the West was a wild and
unsettled country. q Kcntuckian from
Boyle county. dissatisfied with the out
come Of the civil war, Joined the flood
Of westward pioneers In 1875, and Jour-
neying overland to Fort Townsend, In
dian Territory, in the heart OF the
Choctaw Nation. established himself as
In the school. which even then was
supported by funds Of the Indian ma
tion. there was q young school teacher.
She was auarter-hloOd Choctaw. and
her heart was bound up in her people.
through whom. It Is said she could
trace her ancestry back to Pushma-
taha, greatest OF all Choctaw chief
The young kentuckian met and mar
later boy was born to them. That boy
was Gabe E. Parker.
Remote from civilization, in a coun-
try entirely lacking educational facili-
write. at his mothers knee. Then the
officials Of his mothers nation. the
Choctaws. undertook his education.
From the tribal funds he was sent to
the common schools Of the nation. then
to Spencer College, where he grad
uated before entering Henry Kendall
College, where he received his degree
In 1880.
Remembering that the tribal moneys
OF his brethern. with whom ne had
been associated since early childhood
had made possible his education. he
entered Spencer College as an assistant
instructor. and IN three mouths was
Later he became identified first as
superintendent Of Armstrong Academy,
. school for Choctaw boys at Academy,
,s; where Ssr ne ne maine % until &C October
his work among his brothers. to become
Register of the Treasury.
But when a short time ago the posi-
tion OF superintendent OF the Five CIV
saw the opportunity for which he had
been waiting-a chance to repay the
brothers Of his blood for the aid which
they had given him IN boyhood
II believe IN the capability and pos
regard as a distinct race OF men II
given the same advantages and oppor-
tunities as the white man to show ad-
vancernent In every line" he declares
THAT is why l am proud to be an In
portunity Of proving my faith In them.
and at the same time, while going about
my daily work. in measure repay
them for what they have done for re.
III l am an educated man today, with
a place among my fellow men, it IL
because they helped me. and am OF
their blood to the core. The only hope
Of the Indian is to become part of the
body polite Of this country. ] will do
what I can, with all my heart. to bring
this about. Although tho ultimate fate
will be that the red man Will be swal-
lowed UP In the tide Of white MANI
l want to see the India n
element Of the ultimate fusion an non
orable and a At strain"
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
K|TCHENER'S HOME
IS SLEEPY VILLAGE
English Leaders House, Small
and Decrepit, on Road Near
Lakenheath, Suffolk.

LAKENHEATH, England, Jan. D.
A visit to the ancestral home OF the
kitcheners here impresses one with the
facts that Lord Kitchener is not an
lrishman. but Suffolk man. and that
war and rumors OF war have little sig
rif1cance in the free, hard air Of the
English countryside.
One reaches Lakenheath from Lon
don in a couple OF hours. The village
IS a sleepy old Suffolk town in the
ridst OF the fens--a city of one street.
emo church, ono Inn. one graveyard.
but with profIsion Of farm land and
farm animals. and an almost Dutch
abundance OF whirring wind-mills.
This is K!tchener's country. For
Kitchener. like the Duke Of wellington.
is called an Irishman merely by the ac-
cident OF birth. He was born in Ircla nd
because his father happened to be sta
Toned there at the time. He is really
OF tho old Suffolk yoeman stock, az
may be easily proved by pointing to
me eleven Kitchener gravestoncs in the
Lakenheath churchyard.
Is Proudly Slow.
S.akenheath is hardly what one would
call an up-to-the-minute town. 1t Is
frankly. proudly. "slow." 1t talks the
suffolk dialect. 1t shares with thou
sands or exactly similar AGRICULTURAL
villages In Britain a leisurely contempt
tor what gees on In the outside world.
they discuss all subjects. but in a far
or. detached way. There Is no doubt
Ing their patriotism. firm and solid un-
questioning patriotism. and the town
has furnished its share Of recruits as it
has for every war since the beginning
of things.
The old Kitchener house is a half
mile or SO up the moor road from tho
Half Moon Inn. II is a small. decrepit.
old farmhouse. now labeled the "Rook-
cry" II is of brick and cobbIe, with
the regulation four windows in front
and smaller false window frowning
down from over the door. Behind Is
the farlnyard. crowded with geese and
chickens and COW and q dog. For
more than 200 years that house and
farmstead was the home Of Lord Kitch-
!hcr's forebears: On his mothers side
lie fs Chcvallier. family of long
stt nding in Suffolk, despite the French
rame.
Kitchener Graves Prominent.
In the churchyard. which has re-
Gently been repaired and restored at
Lord kitchcner's expense. the Kitchener
graves occupy prominent place. There
are no elaborate monuments-they have
the same as the other village dead.
The first k'tcheners inscription is as
follows: Here lyeth the body OF
Thomas Kitchener. who came from
Rinsted in Hampshire in the year 1893.
an agent to ye Honorable Sir Nicholas
stuart Bart. and departed this life
April ye 5th, 1881. aged sixty-fve wears"
He was Lord kitchener's thrice great.
Bv his sid" lies John Kitchener, his
son: who is honOred with a poetic cpl
taph:
Stay. mortal, and depart not from my
stone,
But stand and ponder well where I am
gone:
Death quickly took my sense and
strength away
Ard laid me down in this dark bed Of
clay.
Consider Of it and take home this
line
The grave that is made next NAV
chance be thine"
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
OUTPUT OF ], s, LEAD
GAINS 100000 TONS
Domestic Product Exported to
Europe for First Time in
Years During 1914.

3hs year 1914 was marked by an in
Grease OF nearly 100000 tons over any
preceding year In the output Of lead in
the United States, according to c. y.
Seibcnthal, expert Of the Geological
Survey.
There was also 4 heavy decrease in
the tonnage of lead Of foreign origin
treated In the United States, and for
the the. arst ,I time In years domestic lead
time the average price OF lead was the
lowest IN this country since 1898
Ths production Of refined lead. de-
stiverized and soft. from domestic and
S37.079 short tons. worth at the .,veraRe
New York price 34l.S92I62, compared
With %s2.4s0 tons worth S4O.Ss6.4s0 in
asas' as and. and with M tSo'ss4 tons In 1912,
estimated output. of 1880 tons OF anti
and 1859 tons in 1915
OF the total production. desilverized
advertised soft lead. Is estimated at si2.-
2S7 tons. against 25O.67s tons in 1918
and 22l .4S0 tons In 1919, and tiesilver-
ICED lead Of foreign origin comprised
SS'ssS tons, & compared % pa with 59;Sss trns
production Of soft lead, mainly from
mississippi valley ores. Is estimated at
!sS.6?7 tons, compared with 161. 800
IONS IN 1913 ana l9l,6l4 tons In 1911, :,
the largest prior output Of soft lead.
Tho total production Of lead. desilver-
ized and soft. from domestic ores. was
thus about b1l.7S4 tons. almost 100, 900
tons more than In any previous year
and $4,000 tons more than the total
output Of the country from both domes-
tic and foreign sources in any previous
year.
The imports Of lead arc estimated at
1,764 short tons OF lead in ore, valued
at S7%3. 1892: 1883 tons Of lead In base
brllion. valued at 81, 029. 2SS and 142 tons
OF refined lead. valued at 50. IM--a total
OF 8. .SO4 tons. valued at s1.7S2.3l6, COM
pared with 57.145 tons valued at g. 1885,
ST IN 1913. OF the 1914 imports about
eo.Vo tons. or nearly three-fourths,
came from Mexico. against l7,Si7 tons in
i9lS and 7s.I2S tons In 1912. the decrease
being due to domestic strife in that
country. From Germany came 2.26S
tons. from German East Africa l,2S
tons, and from Chile about $50 tons.
The exports CT lead Of foreign origin
smelted or refined In the Urited States
again show i'is decrease. bcinc csti-
mated at 2l,la3 tons. against 5i.325 tons
IN 1913 and 1913 tons in 1912
Exports OF domestic lead were esti-
mated at 62.s2i short tons, valued at
about Nsc4.GN
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
Cumberland Valley R. R.
Free of Mishap in 1914

Congratulations have been extended
to the employees Of the Cumberland Val
ley railroad in letter from NJ c.
Kennedy. president, on their record Of
transporting S.25o,UO tons Of freight and
2Uo.0U passengers during 1914 without
inJuring passenger or having single
wreck, In the common acceptance Of
the term. The most serious accident
sustained by an emp!oye during the
year was fractured ankle. and mot
SO much as a finger or toe has been
amputated." says the letter. The wreck
crew was called only seven times during
the year. and then only for minor mis-
haps in yards Oh on industrial sidings
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
CARDS LATE,
MOTHER ENDS LIFE
Christmas Greetings From Chill
dren, Delayed in Mail, Find
Divorce a Suicide.

CHICAGO. Jan. g. Mrs Pearl Drib-
bleglst mourned all New Year Day be-
cause she was separated from her
children, and had not received from
them the Christmas cards expected.
Mrs. Dribblesist had been divorced. and
the court gave her husband custody Of
the children, ,..
"1've waited since Christmas Day for
the kiddies to write." she told Mrs.
James X. Fisher. with whom SHE lived.
Life is not worth living any more II
I have lost my children's love-" Then
she went to her room.
An hour later Mrs Fisher found her
unconscious, lying across the bed. A
bottle which had contained chloroform
was found beside her.
Doctors came and tried to restore
the victim to cons ciousness. but 1t was
Of no avail.
A few hours after death two cards.
with New Year greetings scrawled on
them IN childish handwriting. arrived at
Mrs. Fishers home. They were from
Mrs. Dribblegist's children, and had
been delayed in the mail.
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
Coal Output Decreased
60, 600, 900 Tons Last Year

Though the coal mining industry Of
the United States has just passed
through the slough of despond.' accord
!nP 70 Edward w. Parker. statistician
OF the Geological survey "a decidedly
hopeful tone prevailed at the end Of the
year. and the opinion Is generally OK
pressed that the reced.ng tide had
reached Its full ebb. Mr.. Parker de-
clares that, though the industry passed
through nine months of distress last
year. optimism prevails regarding the
coming yesr.
According to Mr. Parker's estimate,
States In 1914 was about $40, 600. 600 short
tons. decrease Of about 90. OOO, 900 tons
compared with the record output of 1918.
Practically all OF the decrease was in
the output OF the bituminous mines.
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
Plan Anti-Alien Labor
Law for California

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. Am
anti.alien labor bill. patterned after
the one In Arizona, which has become
the subject Of International interchange.
will no among the first measures intro
duced at the California Legislature
which opens tomorrow. according to As
semblyman-elect NJ. II. Browne. Mr..
Browne has the bill drawn and says he
will present it az soon as organization
Of the Legislature IL effected
The measure provides that all en-
ployers with more than hve persons on
the pay roll shall employ at least 50
per cent American citizens,
Necessity Of providing employment for
Americans prompted the measure, Mr..
Browne said
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
Cotton Gin Owners Plan
To Test Federal Law

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Jan. 3-Suit to
test the constitutional.ty Of the Federal
law which requires cotton gin owners
to furnish periodical reports gratuitous-
ly to the Department of Agriculture.
was authorized by the ginners' asso-
ciat'on, in session here. 1t is contend
ed by the ginncrs that they should re
ceive compensation for the report A
proposal that information be furnished
directly to cotton exchanges and
private institutions was approved
Ve'gh Cockrum. Of Memphis, was re-
elected president Of the association.
state managers elected include DR.. ].
NJ. Pierson. Florence. Ala; r. r. JOY
ner. Brownsville. Tenn. and A. E.
Repult. Plantersville. Miss. NJ D. Wag-
Eer. Memphis, was appointed to act as
manager for Georgia.
The association will meet next Janu-
ary In Atlanta, Ga.
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
War Makes No Change in
Berlin's Olympic Plans

BERNE, Jan. 3.--As to the fate Of
the Olympic games to be held IN Berlin
in 1916, foreign countries have expressed
doubt whether they would be held. The
international Olympic games commit
bcrtin. has informed the German OIym-
&c games committee that 1t expects to
hold the contests I'm Berlin In 1916. II
adds that If any changes have to be
made bv the Germans they could be
arranged at later date. His excel
lcncy General Won Podielski the chair
man of the German imperial Olympic
games commission, expressed his
thanks for the loyal declarat alton on the
part of the International commission
received through the German embassy
In Bcrne, Switzerland.
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
Tipped Off to Robbery,
Officers Capture Thieves

MARKSVIILE. La, Jan. a-After
being informed that the store Of L. B.
Roy WAS to be robbed. six officers Sc
crcted themselves in the place and shot
two of the thieves when they APP
peared.
Frank Buurdelon. who escaped three
Years ago from the Louisiana peniten-
tiary, where he was serving life sen
tcnce. received u load Of buckshut in
the back. arms and shoulder. and was
seriously hurt. Curtis I.afourlc was
shot in the head. and physicians say he
will die. Clement l'rouilette WAS Cap
tured unhurt. and q fourth snan .cs-
capped. The thieves did not return the
fire. The officers refuse to say who
told them of the robbery plan.
The Washington times., 1915-01-03
|GabeE. Parker, Indian, and
Proud of 1t, Goes to Repay
Debt of Gratitude TO Race|
Leaves Treasury to Supervise
Affairs Of Five Civilized
Tribes and Help Brethren
Who Aided Him as Boy.

Gabe E. Parker, who prides
himself upon being. an Indian to
the CORE" has just left Washing.
ton, after resignins As Register of
the Treasury, to become superin.
tendent Of the Five Civilized
Tribes.
His going marks the beginning
of what he deems to be an oppor.
tunity to repay his red brothers
for the aid which they gave him
when a boy.
He has plans, but will not dis
cuss them. LET results speak
for themselves" he says.
BY KENDRICK sCoFIELD.
He IL an Indian. and he 10 going TO
pay . debt Of gratitude.
That 1t means the assumption Of a
heavy responsibility. the duty Of guard
ing the human welfare and the tribal
finances Of moro than 100000 fellow red
men, only whets his eagerness to be
about his work.
Hts plans deal to the minutest ex-
treme with the betterment Of the In
Tribes. Of whom. a. the son Of a woman
Of the blood.
an opportunity to serve; and with the
sctivities a. Superintendent Of the
Creeks and Seminoles, he gladly re-
linqutshed his post as Register Of the
Treasury and left Washington last night
quarters will be.
No Blanket Indian
Gabe E. Parker u q monument of
what the Indian Of the present can be.
There il nothing Of the painted brave
Of frontier days about him. except his
raven hair ana his high cheek bones.
Nor Is there anything Of the ''blankst
INDIAN as popular fancy pictures him
today.
He is not gigantic Of stature rather
not more than the medium IN body and
build; He u quietly dressed and
quietly spoken, except when he dis
cusses the vanishing race of his breth-
rem: Then his deep blue eyes flash.
which normally almost refutes his I'm
dian blood. to lend to his lean features
the tlnge Of aboriginal bronze for
which one may have looked In vain.
:. As he te1k8 he clasps both hands be-
hind his head. a. II he were looking
upon the past Elories Of the dweliers Of
the plains and trying to read from them
some hint OF the future OF his people
Whether the red man survives in the
guise OF a useful citizen, or whether he
sinks into q racial oblivion, ID a mat
ter OF supreme importance to Parker.
Believes In Indian Race.
or the ultimate, so far as the Indian
is concerned. he believes that his tribal
brothers and all Of the 10000 red men
in the country must. to survive. live
the lives Of Americans II the passing
of tribal life and tribal traditions,
tribal tongues and customs spells any
thing Of tragedy to the Indian, CANE
K. Parker declares that the Indian
should willingly pay tho price for tho
sake of his race and blood.
Nor is this man a mere sentinentalist.
volving a great sacrifice. He Gays:
III l can do my days work in the
world among surroundings and under
which will better my race,
then wish to do my work In that
way"
And that il all he will tell OF his
plans. adding results speak better ,
than promises or intentions."
The story Of his debt Of gratitude,
which while performing the duties OF
his new office a. superintendent OF tho