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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

Judging from the official statement
Of the state department, the United
States government is quite optimistic
over the prospects in Mexico.
Well. the Mexican situation has
been so bad that almost any decided
change must be for the better. Indeed.
the future for Mexico does appear
much brighter than for months. for
which most Americans are sincerely
thankful With prosperity crowding
back upon us. our Golfers overflow
ing, erstwhile sources OF investment
abroad closed 90 us. American capital
viii find its mecca I'm Mexico. Unless
the Carranza administration proves
intractable. which promises TO be the
stumbling block. there will be ire
mcndous development In the southern
republic brought about by good United
States dollars during the next decade.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18
MORE WAR. LATER ON.

a (AmeTlCan) manufacturer is
not helped much if foreign con-
troll of raw-material prices out
weighs his protection. And prob
ably any tariff commission We
may have must, sooner or later,
take hold of the question of ex-
port duties-Collier's
To be sure. After Europe has sue
cess fully committed hari-kari, let's
amend our constitution ard 20 in for
a worlds war OF our own, not a war
of powder and blood-thats too
brutal-but a war of robbing and
starving the consumers the world
over, which is much more genteel
and Christian-like.
With foreign raw material prices
higher, after this silly throat-cutting
is finished, We'll put up a high pro-
lection wall If the foreigner takes
our lesson and puts up some walls Of
his own, Wen retaliate by slapping on
export duties. having first punctured
our constitution so as to be able to
do il legally. We've got the consumer
by the nape of the neck He's ct to
do both the work and the starving.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

be Congressman William T. Hum
phrey of that city
The secretary of the treasury on
his western trip did some viewing Of
postofhce sites but when he came TO
view the one in Seattle. not having a
boat he had TO take long distance
view Of it, The site was under six
feet OF water. the overflow of Elliott
bay, and it was surrounded with a
lovely growth of cattails.
The United States bo&sht this site
during the Taft administration, while
Humphrey was congressman for that
particular postal district and it was
presumably on Congressman Hum
phreys recommendation as well as that
Of site inspector (who is now sep
arated from the service) that the site
was purchased for $169.5O0.
Anybody who will give Uncle Sam
half this sum for the bog now will
get a warm hand at Asst. Sec'y New
tons office. There is a strong odor
OF real estate speculation messed up
with political pork harrelism about
the affair, and the name Of Humphrey
is likely to'become nationalized in the
inquiry
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18
Letters Of the People
NOTE ON GOOD WILL.

Editor Nsws-Times'
This idea Of the hygienic effect Of
money on men is illustrated in the
following figures - 1000 prosperous
Persons die at an average age of AZ
years; 5000 of the middle class at 80
years, and 10000 poor at the age of
81 Now these figures at first glance
lock like a knCck-dOwn argument. But
those who argue from them that
wealth is a promoter OF health and
longevity overlook one important con-
sideration which strikes at the very
root Of their philosophy.
Health begetS wealth, instead OF
wealth begetting health.
1t must be remembered that a large
proportion of mankind is born into
this world with hereditary disease or
enfeebled constitution, which disquali-
fies them for the active pursuits of
life, and consequently, unless they be-
come heirs to wealth, they must live
and die poor. Look over the country
now and learn the history or it's
Nealthiest men and what do we find
Two-thirds at least have been archi-
tects of their own fortunes.
They have amassed their wealth by
that indomitable perseverance and in
dustry which they could only have
maintained uuueI the
of a vigorous physical organization.
What chance for those Of less power
Of endurance to gain wealth or even
competency when they are inter
rupted in their business pursuits by
sickness, and tn harvest they may
reap at intervals Of comfortable health
are at once absorbed in the expense
which follows?
If. as statistics indicate, the average
age of wealth over poverty is only
about II years, the argument is in
favor Of the latter; for if, with good
health to start with and subsequent
wealth TO enable them TO live as they
choose, rich people cannot exceed an
average of u years over the majority,
we may justly conclude that wealth,
with it's usual designations, shortens
the lives Of the possessOr.
A few men use riches as if il were
a loan from God-strewipg the paths
of Indulgence and suffering with bless
ings.
Many men value riches only be-
cause they enable them to live in
sluggish idleness and 70 crafty in full
measure their stimulated passions
There is. howeyeI, happy medium
| between wealth and poverty which
promotes mental ease and social COM
fort and beyond this boundary il
would be we'll If none could pass. In
asmuch as man can carry nothing with
| him at the close Of life, except a
record OF good works. ne who pos
sesses a competency for or during life
! enjoys all the pleasures that money
can buy.
The general tendency Of wealth is
not benevolence. There is more true
/ benevole -ce exhibit 4 among the poor
est than the wealthiest classes. In
creasing years bring with them an
increasins respect for men who do
not succeed in life, as the words are
commonly used.
Heaven is said TO be a place for
/ those who have not succeeded on
/ earth; and IL is surely true that celes-
/ tial graces do not best thrive and
\ bloom in the hot blaze Of prosperity
Let him that would move the world
move first himself" Let him that
/ can contribute literally 10 Good VIII
week
+. z. Mcclellan.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

What Lord Kitchener Is going to
the near east for, nobody outside the
British war office seems to know pre-
cisely, though many have guessed.
But it's possible 20 hazard pretty
safe guess. He viii probably try TO
do In the Balkans what he did ia
South Africa.
When the Beers had held out
against the British armies until the
prestige of the British empire was
threatened. Kitchener Of Khartoum"
was sent TO suppress them He didn't
do anything Observation-Disclosures
er isn't the melodramatic sort. He
tackled the job as a sort of engineer
ing problem. He started from the
cape and built a row OF blOckhouses
across the little end Of the continent,
half a mile apart. facing the Beers
most advanced outposts. That made
a fence Of fortificatiOns the Beers
couldn't cross. Then he forced them
back a few miles and built another
line Of blockhouses across South AT
RIGA. he repeated that labOrious, ;e-
dious operation, little by little crowd
ing the Beers back and wearing them
down until their resources were gone
and their spirit was broken.
Kitchener may try something of the
same sort in the Balkan peninsula. He
will see, OF course. 20 the tightening Of
Britain's political and military fences
in Egypt along the Suez canal. and
around Gallipoli, and in India if the
need appears. But his main task
seems TO lie north Of COnstantinOple.
II nc can cut through between the
Teutons and the Turks. and then with
the aid Of the French and Italians
and possibly the Greeks, slowly roll
the invaders northward out OF the
Balkan peninsula, he will have won a
bigger triumph than he won in South
Africa, and make German defeat al
most inevitable. It's a job worthy OF
X. Of K"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

For the first time in history. the
United states is 20 see a woman run
ming for the Office of vice president
OF the United States From present
indications. Kate Richards O'Hare, a
well-knOwn woman lecturer and au-
thor. is TO be nominated by the So
cialist party for the vice presidential
Office. Candidates for president and
vice president on the socialist ticket
are now being selected by party ref
eFendum.
a strong sentiment exists for the
nomination OF Mrs. O'Hare for its eff
feet in the suffrage states Twelve
states now have presidential woman
suffrage and the recent results in the
eastern states show the immensely
strong suffrage sentiment in them.
The socialists believe that the time
is ripe for vote getting by putting up
a woman candidate on their ticket,
and suffrage leaders generally are in
clined 20 think that such action on
the part OF the socialists would prob
ably drive one or more OF the old
parties into putting a suffrage plank
in its national platform.
Some politicsl VIII the tail wag
the dog2
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18
THE ACTUAL RESOURCES.

Says Britain's chancellor Of the ex-
chequer:
Our people have not only got to
learn that in this war eXtrava-
gance is a crime, and that econ
omy, parsimOny even. becomes
the highest of national. virtues
but that we must look To the indi-
vidual acting alone in his own
home for the foundation Of the
national resources
We see Germany financing itself,
feeding itself and successfully fight
ing three of the greatest nations, sole
ly because individual resources have
been made national resources.
Looking at our own country. we
and that we have food crops worth
five and one-half billion dollars; that
we have more cash on hand than all
OF Europe. that our credit is unap-
preached; that our trade prospects are
such as the world has never before
seen.
= These things look great, but they
are only a p-rt of our strength. To
these things. in a crisis. can be add
ual resources would mean to the ma
tional condition, and the total WOULD
be something unheard of in the
worlds history. Imagine all our peO-
pie living economically, even persi-
moniously. as the British chancellor
puts it. such is the real test of ma
tional strength. as Germany is prov
ing and as Britain has got to prove.
Talk OF preparedness, in the shape
Of adequate navy and army, much rs
you like, but the crucial test comes
when every individual is asked to give
up extravaganza. luxury, even com
forts for the nations sake. and that
sort Of preparedness can only be at
tanned through patriotism promoted
by justice.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18
THE MELTING POT
COMET TAKE POTLUcK WITH U.S.

SHERMIE.
Into our hearts came Shermfe,
Into our hearts one day;
And SO fair was his face
And so winning his grace,
That all Of us begged him 10 stay.
Into our hearts came Shermie,
In through an unlocked door;
And the lure Of his eyes
With their blue of the skies
Made us captive forever more.
Into our hearts came Shermie,
And now if ne fingers away
We wait for his smile,
With it's innocent guile
To brighten and gladden. our day.
Into our hearts came Shermie.
What does his future hold?
/ We know only this.
That his sweet baby kiss
Is worth more than uncounted gold.
d. s. NJ.
OUR enterprising news assemblers
seem 10 have overlooked a card when
they missed the musQuash (slang for
muskrat) dinner partaken of by sew
eral NJ. D.. S at the Indiana club, OF
we misread our paper. At any rate
such a dinner waS served and those
who ate pronounced the piece de re-
sistance a chef d'ouvre, or something
like that And il may have been, but
there is something about a musquash' s
tail we fear we could never overcome
STILL, We can see we are narrow
and place prejudice before fairness
But. il should be remembered. we
have not had the experience in delving
into things that the NJ. DIS have.
KELLY pool, which has been saved
from oblivion by the art OF a cartoon
list, has its counterpart in the rotation
triangle we witnessed recently in a
local pool room. wherein a peculiar
combination of doctor, undertaken and
brewer commended for the high balls
II was apparent to the spectators, il
not 10 the brewer, that an entente eX-
listed naturally between the doctor
and the undertaken, but in spite of the
combination the brewer held his own
THE man or woman who can and
refuses to give SOMETHING for Coco
VIII week could be described in nc
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18
RAH FOR VILLA.

That Gen. Francisco Villa is en-
dowed with wit as well as military
ability is indicated in the following
from his latest pronunciamento in
which he declares he is not a dead
one by any means, cor words 10 that
effect. Re Venustiano Carranza, he
remarks.
Should I ever have Carranza in
my power. instead OF killing him
I would shave him. This would
do him greater harm, because
then he would be shorn Of that
false front which to the ignorant
indicates intelligence.
Maybe Villa is right Lots Of men
bluff their way through this suscept-
lble old world on the strength OF a
flowing beard. hguratively speaking.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18
IMMORTAL HUsLPHREY.

Some kind OF an inquiry is bound
10 be started IN congress this winter
the purpose being 10 md out how the
government came 10 be saddled with
a postofhce site under six feet Of
water in the city Of Seattle. The cen
trail figure Of the inquiry is likely 10
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

There are a round dozen German
steamers. a German cruiser and a
collier informed at Honolulu, in addi-
ton to the great number of the
kaiser's vessels in New York and
other United States ports Maybe the
quickest way to get a first class mer-
chant fleet would be to start some
thing with Germany.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

There IRE only 5000 exhibits in the
governments suit against the former
directors Of the New Haven railroad,
and it will only take three or four
months to get them on record. Some
of the more optimistic lawyers hope
that the trial can be completed in six
months, but it may take a year.
Which would you rather be, one Of
the accused directors, or the trial
Judge, or the court stenographer?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

Chris Ross. who ran for mayor Of
Columbus, O., says his votes averages
him five and one-half cents apiece,
but he gained 10 pounds in flesh and
had the time OF his life. The only
thing that keeps us from running for
something is that blamed five and
one-half cents. We'd be sure to get a
whaling big vote but not enough.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

| more opprobriOus term than that Of
| Stacker. This is a time when every
South Bender is expected 10 do his or
her duty, as the case may be.
The Psychology of Color.
| (From a Kansas City Star Interview
with Frank Alvah Parsons, Presi-
dent of the New York School
of Fine and Applied Arts.)
Yellow means light, cheer, and is
the sunshine of color.
Blue is the ice Of color, and means
rest.
The fieshy woman who wears red
commits a crime against herself
! Orange is the lOudest and crudest
! color OF al. The one who wears il
would enjoy living under an elevated
I railway.
| The boy who wears a pink necktie
| is liable 10 be mistaken for his sister.
Bright red is blood, the color Of
passion. 1t infiames a bull and would
| a human if he was still human and
not so calloused.
| Light colors mean youth and femin-
| " and laughter.
Dark cOlors mean dignity, and for
mality, masculinity and often depres-
sion.
The color a woman chooses adver-
1
We Wouldn't Put it Past Him.
(The Docket
jamie Overalls V. Obie Overalls
DOcketed in the sixth district court, at
| Paris. Texas. 1t seems that jamie is
disposed to get rid OF her Overalls.
Query? Is it proper for a lawyer to
assist in the removal?
THE true spirit of philanthropy was
manifested by a dear little school
miss, who brought her contribution Of
a penny for her Good Will week offer
ing. Being asked if she had a choice
as to how il should be applied she
knitted her brows for a moment and
then said she would like part TO go to
the Orphans home and the remainder
to the tuberculosis camp
WE see by the papers they are still
pulling off bicycle races in different
parts of the country.
AND we wonder what for
c. n. =.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

Mrs. Gait declares she will make
her own hats. Gee whiz! it may be-
come the fashion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

Keep your financial eye upon Mexico,
we say
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18
sss*ssss.s
GOOD WILD.
BY Ruth Marie Frain.

.
Good VIII is in doing for others
AS YOU wish them TO do unto you;
In sharing your last with your
brothers.
In giving each his just due;
In bringing a bit OF the daytime
TIC souls struggling on through the
night:
In leading them EDWARDS 10 sunshine
In making hearts happy and light;
In each lowly life il is being
y friend and a star SSnt 60 guide;
In each Lowry man it is seeing
The image OF Him-Crucifed.
Japan and China have existed and
increased without one OF the articles
OF diet which 10 America seems an es-
sential-milk. There is practically no
production Of milk in either of these
ceuntriel
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18
We Wouldn't Put il Past Him.
(The Docket

jamie Overalls V Obie Overalls
Docketed in the sixth district court, al
Paris. Texas. 1t seems that jamie is
disposed to get rid OF her Overalls
Query? Is it proper for a lawyer t
assist in the removal?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-18

more opprobrious term than that Of
Stacker" This is "A time when every
South Bender is expected 10 do his or
her duty, as the case may be.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-14
Discharged Employe
 Slashes Foreman of
 Arms Go. With Knife


 The police have been unable to find the man who assaulted Frank Lana fr1o. aged 3S. 138 Hallett street, while on his way home from work at the Arms plant on Boston avenue shortly after o'clock last evening.
 Lanafrio is a foreman of the con struction work at the new plant and yesterday he caused the discharge of his assaiIant from the employ of the Stewart Construction Co. When pass ing Berkshire avenue at Hallett street he was attacked by the discharged em- p1oye and slashed from the corner of his mouth to his right ear with a. long keen edged knife,
 Lanafrio was very weak from the loss Of blood and was assisted into the saloon of Michael Ouch at S66 HalIett street from where a call for the Elmer Egency hospital corps was sent. Lana frio was then removed in the ambu- lance to the Bridgeport hospital where his condition is very much improved today.
 Detective Sergeant Edward Cronin and Detective James DooIey who were assigned to the case have failed to find any trace of the assailant up to press ho1F today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-14
YOUTH SEVERELY
 INJURED WHEN CAR
 KNOCKS HIM DOWN
Jitney Drivers Auto Hits Eugene Desroies Gives
 Himself Up to Police.

Crossing State street at Lafayette street about 11:30 this morning de- livering telephone directories for the S. N.8 B. Telephone Co., Eugene Des- roiess aged IT, who said he lived at 409 Exeter street, was struck and knocked down by a jitney car driven by J. E. Tucker of 22 Congress street. He received a fracture of his collar bone, contusions to his right leg and a fracture of his right shoulder blade.
 After the car struck the young man the jitneur proceeded 15o feet before he brought his machine to a stop. Seeing Desroies picked up by pedes- Main street without inquiring as to the victim, according to the emer- gency hospital corps.
 Arthur A. Goodyear, a district wire chief of the Telephone Go. brought Desroies to the emergency hospital in the conpany's delivery wagon Here he was treated by pr. J. H. Beaudry.
 The jitneur gave himself up at po- lice headquarters at 12 o'clock and claims that he has two witnesses to prove that he was not travelling at an excessive rate of speed. He also claims that he stopped with the in tentfon of inquiring as to the extent of the injuries suffered by Desroies and that by the time he had returned to the scene of the accident the lat ter had been removed. As the aeci- dent is a. matter for the civil courts to decide, Tucker was not held at the police station.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-14
Registrars Appoint
 Election Assistants

The registrars of voters today an nounced their appointments of assist ant registrars for the various districts. They are:
 Democrats-First district, John M Sears; Second district, John J. Ford :; Third district, George F. MulIigan; Fourth district. James We1ch; Fifth district, Howard A. Sullivan; Sixth district, Francis A. Lang; Seventh dis trict, William Heron; Eighth district, James Brennan. Ninth district. James Corco-an: Tenth district, John Bro1- ley; Eleventh district, James DooIey; Twelfth district, first precinct, Thom- as Callahan; second precinct, Charles F. Gr.nrod
 ublicans-F'irst district, Leonard T. .Cort; Second district. Charles H. Rritto; Third district, Allen Anderson Jr.; Fourh district, Frank #Roraback; Fifth district, Charles J. Ketcha1n: Sixth district, Louis F. Blair;# Seventh district. E. H. Liefleld; Eighth district William H.. Hughes; Ninth district, Fred A. Brill; Tenth district, Albert J. Dimond; Eleventh district, George Sherwood, Jr; Twelfth district, first precinct, William F. Tferney; second precinet, Richard A Brown
 The lappointTnent of each is for elec- ton day and five days preceding and the salary is $25.