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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-15
INVITA- TON.

Your presence is requested
at the ELLSWORTH store, Thurs
day, February 18th, to look
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Millinery.
Garments and Hats that are
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The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
New York Hotel Arrivals.
New York. March 31.-Arrivals from
at gotham hotels today

BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES.
Palais Royal. dry goods, etc. II. j.
Roberts, silk and dress goods. % West
Twenty-third street; S. Kann's Sons &
Co., dry goods, etc, Miss A. HaSan.
waists and dresses. 215 Fourth Avenue;
Woodward & Lathrop, dry goods, etc,
S. ]. Watts, house furnishing goods, S3i
Fourth Avenue
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
RUSSIA WON'T HELP
ENDANGERED MISSIONS
Americans in Urumiah Promised Aid
by Turks. Who Say They Have
Sent Troops.

Through Ambassador Bakhmeteff, the
Russian government yesterday expressed
to the United States government regret
that It was not in a position to send
Russian troops to protect the American
missionaries and native Christians at
Crumiah in Northwestern Persia. Re-
ports received at the State Department
from consular officers and through other
channels have stated that many of the
native Christians have been killed and
the American missionaries threatened
in mob attacks on the missions.
The British and American consuls at
Tif1is appealed to the Russian commander
protect the missions. This was referred
to Petrograd, which now replies that the
thing cannot be done. The Russian gov
eminent felt itself unable to send a large
force to Urumiah. and considered that to
send a small force would only aggravate
tho situation without assuring the Chris
tians Of adequate protection.
The Turkish authorities at Constanti-
nople have promised that all due protec-
ton will be given the missions at
Urumiah not later than last Saturday.
with orders to permit no molestation of
the missions. The Turkish government
has also denied that any violence has
occurred there. While II is not doubted
here that attacks have occurred. it is
believed that as soon as the regular
soldiery of Turkey arrives at Crumiah the
missions will be safe.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
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ESPECIAL Correspondent Of The Washington Herald.
New York, March 3l.-Roi Cooper
Megrue. the young playwright who has
put over two whopping successes this
season, was talking to a theatre ticket
broker at Forty-second street and Broad
way one day last week when a pale,
thin girl passed the ticket counter. The
broker looked at her. and sighed.
She's a nice GIRL" he said; too bad
she's mimic"
"A mimic?" came from Megrue, look
ing puzzled. what do you mean"
Cant you see she needs moro red
blood?"
you mean anaemic.'
"All right" said the ticket broker.
Have it your own way. But I'll bet
you SO you're wrong"
Speaking Of personal friends" and
absolute facts'-which nobody isn't-it
has been discovered that at 36N Broad
way there is a LADY masseuse."
Although you may find harp in every
symphony orchestra and In many thea
tire orchestras, there are less than a
hundred people in New York who are
really proficient harpists.
Less than forty harpists are members
of the musical union and Of this number
more than half play by ear. Most people
have an idea that harping-not on one
but on many strings-is practically e
feminine occupation. Not so.
Only twelve Of the forty harpists OF
the musical union are women. Harps
are used mostly to decorate studios and
music rooms. incidentally the dance
craze has caused a big run on the new
style Of banjo. All of the dancing pal
aces have banjos Of the new kind. They
have the same keyboard as the mando-
lin and the banjo drum body. Anyone
who can tinkle the mandolin can play
the new style banjo.
The actorines along the Broadway
henyard can tell you some doleful tales
this jobless season. Talk about Bel
gians, I'll bet they don't starve as
cheerfuly as us actresses" said gloomy
spear toter near the Columbia theatre
entrance the other evening.
"A job she told the circle around
her waiting for their Johnnies. is as
scarce as a nootral Dutchman. A lot
of these hungry lookin'. washed out
sketches you see waikiki up and down
Broadway will tell you they are art
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01

ists-'boiling the pot while We work on
serious art stuff-but II the truth was
known in plain United States English
they are just poor Hams and Harnesses
out of a Job. Trying to stave off the
undertaken by grabbing of a free luncn
now and then.
Seriously the merry-merfy folk have
had a most bitter winter. Many of them
are months and months behind in their
board and hotel room rent, but they are
the least complaining of all the out-of-
works. They would give a benefit to-
morrow-it necessary-for others. It has
required real make-shists to get bread
the butter to come on more prosperous
day.
Copeland Townsend Is back at the
Hotel Majestic, which may not mean
much unless you remember the palmy
days Of the famous West Side hotel IN
der Townsends management. Already
the hotel on Central Park West at Sew
enty-second street IL taking on new signs
Of life and gayety.
Ten years ago under TCwnsend's man.
agement it was the favorite spot in the
social life of the West Side and then
he was lured away by q big hotel down
town, but now he is back and the corri-
doris are filed with gay throngs nightly.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
India Tribesmen. Looting, Killed.

Simla. India, March 31.-Two hundred
maurading Zadraus tribesmen were killed
and 800 wounded in a fight with Indian
regiments near the Tochi River on the
AfShanistan border.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
GERMAN NATION
BR|BED, HE SAYS
e. F. Nesbit Declares Demo-
cratic Concessions Were
Price of Militarism.
DEMocRAcYDEALr BLOW
Frank Warne Says immigration to
U. S. Will More Than Double
After European War.
DEMOCRACYDEALT BLOW

That the European war has dealt .
serious blow to democracy in Germany.
because the people Of Germany were
Eiven al the rights Of a democracy. not
for their own welfare. but for the benefit
Of the great military system which that
country possessed At the outbreak Of the
war, was the declaration of Charles F.
Nesbit, superintendent Of insurance Of
the District at q dinner Of the Beta Theta
Pf Fraternity at the University Club last
aight.
THE mass Of working people Of Ger
many were given pension funds, employ
ment bureaus, pure food laws and other
democratic rights. but these were given
a. Q bride In the interests of a military
system. We have often heard of the
representative of q vast number OF peo-
pie falling the prey to bride. but it is
the first time we have ever seen a whole
people bribed."
That the United States should take
some definite action now to limit the
enormous influx OF foreigners to this
country at the close Of the European
war was urged by Frank Warne, who has
studied extensively the immigration prob
lem.
Formerly We had an influx Of 10000
foreigners q year" he said. but when
this war Is over that number will be
doubled. and the democratic rights of
American citizens may be sacrificed to
this flood. The American people do not
seem to realize that these immigrants
are being shipped to this country by big
corporations, the railroads and the
steamships. because they are cheap
labor
Dr. Frank B. vrooman. brother Of the
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. dis
cussed some of the moral aspects Of the
war. and several other members were
called upon for short addresses.
Among those present were: T. NJ.
Spaulding. NJ. F. Kerbey. D. NJ. Hildreth.
L. T. Breuninger, T. D. Sloat. c. E.
Caldwell, C. n. Warrington, s. W. Whar-
ton, v. L. Clark. H. c. Lubs. Frank
warne. c. W. Warburton. Myron S. Bag
ley, F. V. Hall, ". V. Cox, Frank G.
Carpenter. Joseph A. Arnold, c. f. Park
er. c. s. Bradley. B. II. Ransom, W.
+. Belcher L. l.. Cook, II. NJ. Miller,
p. D. Merica. E. c. Lathrop. H. Il.
Cox. and Carl s. Vrooman, Assistant
Secretary Of Agriculture.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
CHINDA AND BRYAN CONFER.

Japan is believed to have made a
partial reply yesterday to the in
quiries Of the United States" on the
relations between Japan ana China as
affecting the trade opportunities OF
the United States. Baron Chinda. the
Japanese Ambassador. had a long con-
ference yesterday afternoon with Sec
rotary Bryan. following the appearance
Of press dispatches that a crisis has
been reached between Japan and
China. After the conference neither
the Secretary of State nor the Am
bassador would say anything in detail
as to the questions at issue between
the two governments.
1t is understood by officials here that
there will be a new question to study
when the final agreements between
China and Japan have been offcially
proclaimed. That question will be. to
what extent Japan's newly acquired
rights will be exclusive" II ex-
elusive, at all, they will be in direct
eontravention of the open door policy.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
dope" DOCTOR HELD
RECORD DRUG TRADE
Eight Thousand Grains of Morphine
Prescribed. Beside Quantities of
Cocaine, Evidence Shows.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special to The Washington HeraId-
New York. March 3.-Dr. Leopold H.
r. Hibbe. of 80 East Twenty-seventh
street. a graduate of the University of
Berlin. was convicted yesterday of fail
ing to keep a record of prescriptions for
habit-forming drugs a. required by the
Boylan law. He was remanded for one
week for investigation.
1t was learned DR.. Hibbe had in eight
cen months given prescriptions for six
ty-eight ounces of cocaine, sixty-five
ounces of which were put up in a Third
avenue drug store.
According to a report filed in the dis
trict attorneys Office. one of the largest
durg firms in New York during the last
year sold only three ounces OF cocaine
on prescriptions.
In addition tc the cocaine sales, evil
dence has been obtained that DR.. Hibbe
in one year gave prescriptions calling
for 5000 grains of morphine.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
OBITUARY..

Funeral services for Mrs. J. H. Thomas.
wife of the assistant attorney of the
Interior Department. will be held at
$50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
chapel at Glenwood Cemetery. Inter-
ment will be in Glenwood. Mrs. Thomas.
who died early Wednesday. was well
known in Washington musical circles.
having been violinist. Her husband
and two children survive her. as well
as her sister. Mrs. w. N. Weston.
Funeral services will be held this aft
ernoon at Wright's chapel for Wilfrid L.
Harries, a Spanish-American war vete-
ran. who died Tuesday following short
attack of pneumonia. Interment Will
be at Arlington National Cemetery with
military honors He was a brother Of
Brig. Gen. &c. ~ge H. Harries, COM
mander of the District National Guard,
and DR.. William A. Harries, clerk In the
Pension Office.
George W. Ashton. plumber OF this
city, died several days ago at Lees
burg. Va, from exposure, it was learned
here yesterday. Mr.. Ashton. who, 1t Is
said, was doing a job at Leeeburg, had
fallen in a creek while fishing. and, aft
or regaining shore. slept on the ground.
The body has been brought here for
burial.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
HUNDREDS OF SHOTS
! PASS IN SKY BATTLE
German Planes. Coming to Defense of
Captive Balloon. Lose in Action
with British.
By BERNARD BELANCoURT.


Amsterdam, March 31-A thrilling air
and sea fight took place at the German
naval base of Zeebrugge, Belgium. on
Monday. in which two German airmen
were killed. At the same time British
warships fired upon German submarines
which were trying to make their way
from the naval base to open sea. Armed
German trawlers which were planting
mines were chased into Zeebrugge Har-
Dor by English men-of-war. News of
the operations was received today from
Sluis.
A hostile aeroplane attempted to bonn
bard a captive German balloon, but was
driven off by four German Taubes. Then
more hostile aeroplanes appeared. and a
fierce fight ensued in the skies, hundreds
Of shots being fired. One German aero
plane fell among the dunes and two
aviators were killed. The Germans were
finally driven Off. and the allied airmen
continued scouting along the coast, al
though shelled continuously by hidden
German batteries.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01

President Wilson today is expected to
accept an invitation to deliver an address
at the annual Grand Army memorial
exercises at Arlington National Cemetery
on May 30. The invitation was extended
Mr.. Wilson by Col John McElroy. act
ing commander of the Department Of
the Potomac, G. A. R., who stated that
Gov. Willis, Of Ohio, has accepted an in
vitation to attend. Last Memorial Day.
after having accepted an invitation to
address the Confederate Veterans, Presi-
dent Wilson declined to address the local
Grand Army men. but later changed his
mind. 1t Is believed Mr.. Wilson will ac-
cept the g. A. r. Invitation this year to
wipe out any resentment which might re-
main among members Of the Grand
Army.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
Y, W. C. A. Protests Car Tracks.

The Young Women's Christian Asso-
citation, which purchased property at
Thirteenth and I streets northwest in
1872 at a cost Of s11o.NI. with the inten-
ton Of erecting a permanent home for
the Y. W. c. A., at a cost Of $c5O.Oo0. yes
terday filed protest with the Public
Utilities Commission against the proposed
laying Of car tracks in between Seven
teenth and Thirteenth streets by the
Capital Traction Company on the ground
that the railway extension would impair
the value Of the property.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01

Argentinas 1915 wheat crop is esti-
mated at $4,000 tons.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
DR.. Marden's Upift Talks.

BY ORISON SWEET MARDEN,
Of Pushing to the Front" Etc
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01

fit by thinking Of dog which lies down
fiat on its side with every muscle re-
Taxed and no energy manifested any
where except in the automatic breath
ing-everything at rest. a perfect pic
ture Of peace and repose. He found that
the mental image Of this picture of COM
plete relaxation helped him to let go Of
his muscles in the same way, and that
he was sleeping and resting much better
than he had been able to do previously.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-01
BACK TO HONEYMOON HOME.
Mr.. and Mrs. LonEworth Will Re-
turn to Former Residence Here.

Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth probably will occupy the house in
which they spent some of the days of
their honeymoon in Washington when
Representative Longworth takes his seat
in Congress again next fall.
The house is one of the handsomest In
Washington. Many of the wedding pres
ents presented to the daughter of Presi-
dent Roosevelt at her marriage in the
White House are in storage here and will
be taken out to decorate the Longworth
menage.
Evening star., 1915-12-23

have Immediately been made to re-
take it, if possible. 1t lies just north
of Cernay, which is few miles to
the northwest of Mulhausen. If Sc
curely held it commands series OF
roads to the east, defensively for the
Germans, aggressively for the French.
If in French hands it renders the use
of the roads in the valley between
the mountains and the Rhine virtual
ly impracticable. 1t rises about $500
feet above the sea and fully 5000 feet
above the valley. Its sides are in
places precipitous, and at the out
set of the war were wooded, though
much of the forest has been leveled
by shell fire and for defensive works.
In view of the strategic Importance
of this height it is to be expected that
the Germans will renew their efforts
to recapture it.
Evening star., 1915-12-23
Growing Sentiment for Retirement

Chairman Fitzgerald of the House
appropriations committee says that
the government must sooner or later
come TO the point of providing prop
erly for the superannuated employees
OF the public service, and that senti-
ment for. such legislation is growing.
This statement is TO be welcomed, not
merely ior the sake of the veteran
clerks OF the departments, but on ac-
count of the needs and interests of
the government itself If sentiment
is growing in favor of some system
OF civil retirement it is because the
bad business OF neglecting the mat
ter is coming to be realized 1t is,
indeed. impossible to study the mat
ter without reaching the conclusion
that the United States is standing in
its own light in not making proper
provision for the systematic clear
ance of its civilian ranks of those
who have passed their point of real
usefulness.
There are many reasons why a civil
retirement system should be adopted,
and not one sound argument against
it may be adduced. The bulwark of
the opposition to this method of pre-
venting congestion of the superan-
nuated in the government offices is
based upon Discrimination to estab-
lish the principle of retirements. Yet
tba ooverppeut is doipo met tb, .
very thing for its officers of the army
and the navy and for its judges and
lattehy for its life-savers. Why it
should not for its own sake retire
its veteran clerks, who have served
faithfully and valuably for many
Evening star., 1915-12-23
Booker Washington's Successor.

The successor of Booker T. Wash
ington at Tuskegee is Maj. Robert
X. Motion, a man of full negro blood,
in the prime of life-forty- eight-who
has spent years at Hampton lnsti-
/ tute. the alma mater of DR.. Wash
ington, and is in thorough under
standing OF and agreement with the
ideas and plans respecting the col
ored race which made DIR. Washing
ton one OF the most useful men of
his generation. He will bring to his
new duties, therefore, prestige
which should prove very important.
Familiar with Hampton, upon which
Tuskegee is in large part modelled,
and familiar also with the needs and
characteristics OF his own people,
Mai. Motion should be able to carry
along and further develop the work
to which his predecessor, to the ad-
vantage of both races, set his hand
and seal
This paragraph appears in the an
nouncement of Maj. Moton's cleo
ton:
Motion shares Washington's belief
that the negro must by hard work,
chiefly on the soil, and by self-con-
tanned and self-respecting behavior
be content gradually to win the re-
spect of the white race and place of
his own in the world of today. Dur
ing DR.. Washington's last years
Motion accompanied him on many of
his trips, filled engagements Wash
ington found it impossible to fill and
in large way took much OF the labor
on himself"
The only criticism Dr. Washington
ever encountered came from. men of
prominence of his own race, who
thought his appraisement of things
subordinated intellectual development
to work with the hands. AS they
phrased it. he could see nothing for
his race but service at the bottom,
and so made no appeal to the higher
ambitions.
The criticism was shortsighted and
unjust. What DIR. Washington had
in mind and gave his life to was the
uplift of the masses of his people.
Those OF exceptional qualifications
would, he knew, take care of them
selves, and find their own employ
ment in their own way. But the
others, the great majority, needed
guidance and opportunity, and could
only hope to better themselves and
help better the communities in which
they lived by addressing themselves
TO work within their range
Such is the meaning of Tuskegee
and such should continue to be its
meaning. 1t is one of the most i'm
portant institutions in the country
Its fame passes the boundaries of the
country. 1t has justified a hundred
| fold all the assistance of financial
and other character it has received
And to the extent that the spirit OF
its founder rules its from his urn will
it continue to deserve and to receive
whatever may be necessary for its
growth and usefulness.
Evening star., 1915-12-23
Hartmansweilerkopf.

The war dispatches tell of san
culinary fight for the possession of
Hartmansweilerkopf, in Alsace, which
resulted in French conquest of the
peak with the capture of 1900 Ger
man prisoners, followed by a counter
attack in which the Germans retook
some of the lost positions. This emi-
nence has been perhaps most bitterly
fought for of all the points in the
long western line of conflict between
the Germans and the allies. Not
even the Labyrinth, in northern
France, where some of the bloodiest
fights of the war have been waged,
compares with Hartmansweilerkopf
for frequency and fierceness of the
fighting. The peak has changed
hands a number of times. and has
never been abandoned by either side
as hopelessly lost. Whenever it has
been taken by assault preparations
Evening star., 1915-12-23

years and are no longer FIT to serve
further, is not plain.
Representative Fitzgerald says that
the problem of superannuation is the
problem of the constantly increasing
proportion of overhead expense in
national administration. A civil re-
tirement system would doubtless for
few years add slightly to the cost
of administration, but it would be
good investment. But it is quite pos
sible that under such system the
actual cost of maintaining the depart
mental service would be smaller. The
work might be done with fewer peo-
pie if the standard of efficiency were
raised. Large reductions in force
might be accomplished in such cir-
cumstances without throwing cruelty
out OF employment men and women
who have been in service for decades
and have no means of sustenance
other than their diminishing salaries.
The government is virtually now
pensioning its superannuated clerks,
by holding them in some of the de-
partments on the pay rolls after they
have ceased to be of value, out of a
spirit of charity. In those offices
where different rule obtains and the.
veterans are dismissed ruthlessly be-
cause they cannot keep up to mark.
the efficiency of the working force is
lowered by the destruction of the.
corps spirit that such dismissals
cause 1t would be far better for
the United States to pay few hun
dred veterans a part OF their salaries
as retired compensation and fill UP
the ranks with younger people than
to pay them perhaps more and hold
them on the rolls and thus choke pro-
motions.