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South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
TACT OF THE JAPANESE.
(TacOma LedEer. }


In the copybooks and grammars
used in the schools 80 or 40 years ago
there was a saying that talent is
something but tact is everything. A
pertinent comment on tact is found in
the recently published excerpts from
the diary of John Hay, secretary OF
state at the time of the war between
Japan and Russia. The Russian am
bassador TO the United States got it
into his head that our country favor
ed Japan He was a sensitive, COM
planning sort of person, and whenever
newspaper contained an article that
manifested a dislike of Russia, he call
ed on Mr.. Hay TO complain of lack
Of neutrality.
There were articles unfavOrable to
Japan, too, but the Japanese, accord
ing to Mr.. Hay, the Japanese ambas-
sadOr never complained Instead, ac-
cOrding to Mr.. Hay, the japanese am
bassador made ii a point 20 talk of
the friendship Of the United States
and Japan Mr.. Hay considered him
clever and more tactful than the Rus
sian ambassador.
A recent instance Of Japanese tact
was afforded at the meeting OF the
National Educational association IN
Oakland, when DR.. Yamer Kin, wom-
an superintendent of the wOman's S
hospital at Tientsin. China. attacked
Japan in the course of her address
on Chinese education She charged
that japanese teachers in China had
taught useless forms so that IL be-
came necessary for China 10 exclude
such teachers. And then the Chinese
woman speaker launched into a gen
! eraI attack. saying that China had
no respect for her island neighDors.
So intense was the feeling that the
| boycott Of Japanese goods was prac-
ticed even By Chinese school children,
who would not buy q pencil made IN
Japan. The Chinese woman said the
/ japanese would find that wrong could
never bring about gain.
IN view OF the fact that DR.. q. r.
I Uychara OF MeiU university, Japan.
was present and was next on the pro-
gram. the audience became excited IN
anticipation OF a reply But the Jap
| anese professor bowed graciously,
read his paper and made not word
of reference TO the Chinese woman
| speech.
That was tact.
When asked afterward why he did
not reply. he said: If this were my
platform l would answer. l care as
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

We needn't feel so big about it,
Indiana isn't the only state where men
OF prominence in Terre Haute and
Indianapolis,-have bought votes in
blocks Of five and bet on the elections.
And elsewhere, as here in Hoosier-
dom, it appears TO have been "A herit-
age Of all parties-born Of sort of
bipartisan understanding, and ex-
posed only under the stress of the
moment. more from partisan de
sign, it may be, than from altruistic
motives.
Take Texas as the other example.
Since the time when the memory
OF man rEnneth not to the contrary
it has been a hallowed custom. in the
border counties OF Texas. TO buy the
Mexican vote in real close elections.
There was never any hard feelings
about it,
Either side could vote them with
equal impUnity for the Mexicans
themselves always maintained an atti-
tude of absolute neutrality. 1t simply
boiled 1own TO a contest of skill;
adeptness ia the art of approaching
the Mexican vote on its blind side.
Illegal?
Perish the thought
Twas a badge of honor to corral
the biggest floating vote" especially
in presidential and congressional cleo
tions.
Now. one Waller T. Burns. federal
judge, passes sentence on five Nueces
county men of real prominence-four
ex-officials and one merchant-for
stealing measly little county election
last fall with the aid of the imported
Mexican vote.
Does he lecture them on their duty.
as good citizens. to preserve the sane
tity of the ballot and send them away,
chastened by a fine of 25 plunks? He
does not; no more than did Judge An
derson in the Terre Haute cases.
Judge Burns sends the three most
prominent citizens to Fort Leaven-
worth for a year and a day and as
sesses fine Of 900 each. The other
two, less prominent, get six months in
Jail. and S2.5OO apiece.
Thus is another ancient industry put
on the blink and thousands of worthy
Mexican vote peddlers bereft of their
occupations. No wonder banditry
reigns along the Rio Grande.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

1t grips and holds; it makes one vision,
through tight closed lids. the very
scenes of carnage the writer witnessed.
but il causes the inmOst soul 10 grow
sick with terror at the thought of
what is yet TO come to Europe And
then we OF America turn from the
dread picture TO breathe a prayer of
fervent thanks that this half of the
globe is still blessed with peace, pros
perity and happiness while the other
half. in its madness. destroys itself
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
WORSE THAN SHERIDAN SAID.

Statistics of battle losses. tales of
death and disaster. which one year
ago would have horrihed the entire
world now pass unnoticed by even the
most compassionate among us. The
inevitable effect Of protracted slaugh-
ter is to render us callous to grief;
familiarity with death but breeds con-
tempt for death. even in its most re-
voting form.
Still. the dispatches from Europe
now reaching us picture conditions so
appalling as TO demand attention and
chill the blood OF the most hardened.
During the past seven days. according
10 reliable estimates five hundred
thousand soldiers have fallen on the
1900 mile battle line. extending in a
huge crescent from Riga on the Baltic
10 Ostend on the North sea Think Of
IL, Fifty men have been shot down,
many 20 never rise again. every min
ute OF every hour day and night. for
the past week And the struggle is
waxing fercer more brutal, more de-
struotive each lay. Dante in his fan
tastically horrid. dend-peopled night
mare never pictured he'll half so
hideous as the following excerpt from
a correspondent account of the night
ing during the great allied offensive:
What the soldier saw from his
shell-battered trench when rock
ets and star lights Illuminated the
grim spectacle was the cleaning
point OF a bayonet. handled by an
infuriated soldier wearing q mask
which gave him the appearance
OF a bowling demon. From dis
tance the battlefield formed a
phantasmagOric spectacle. Lit hy
greenisn lights. the rays OF which
pierced fensC clouds of smoke
and poisonous gases. the troops
were seen swaying ia a titanic
struggle where uo quarter was
given or asked. All around flames
leaped from concealed batteries
belching high explosives and
shrapnel.
The description is graphic indeed,
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

$12O, 600, 900. For the eight months
of 1915 the trade balance in our favor
is more than one billion dollars.
During the next four months our
great staple products will move out in
tremendous volume and the year end
trade balance bids fair to reach un-
dreamed of proportions. This under
low tariff measure. What our tariff
prophets don't know would fill many
volume, wouldn't it?
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
CARRANZA's PROGRAM.

With. & IN. Villas army driven, in
the last FIVE months. three times as
far northward in Mexico as the Rus
slams have been driven eastward by
the Teutons: with the resistance of
the cOnstituuonalist rebel practically
crushed. and Gen Carranza apparently
destined ruler OF the new Mexico, it Is
OF special interest 20 know what the
First Chief" is going 70 do with ne
country
According to an interview With Car
rama printed recently in the New
York Times, his intentions appear 10
be good Gen. Carranza maintains
that the revolution has been economic
rather than political The restoration
OF the political administration without
trouble he seems 10 take for granted,
once his army is in complete control
The problem he has set for himself,
then. is the economic regeneration Of
the country.
This, he takes pains 10 explain, does
not mean at all the confiscation Of
property. Whatever wealthy Mexi-
cans may suffer. the rights Of foreign
ers are 10 be safeguarded with scrupu-
lous care All foreign-owned property
destroyed or taken during the revOlu-
tionary struggles is 10 be paid for,
according to the findings of an impair
tial commission composed of MeXicans
and representatives of interested for
d
sesses such great national wealth that
both these obligations and the present
national Indebtedness can be taken
care of without difficulty within a few
years.
Foreign business men and foreign
capital he says. will be welcome in
Mexico. The country needs them; its
resources cannot be developed and
utilized without them; it's domestic
prosperity depands on them. But
4here is to be an essential difference
from the old Diaz regime
.iDuring the days Of Diaz' he re-
minds us. the natural resources of
the country were exploited by few
rich friends of Di4z who were given
special concessions. only those few
developed the country. others
Mexicans as well as foreigpers-had
no opportunity whatsoever. Mexico
was a land of special privileges. The
result was the present revolution"
Hereafter ali the mines, OIL fields
and other great sources of wealth are
to be exploited on different basis.
The owners are TO be protected, but
the government is to derive a fair rev.
enue from their operation. There will
be greater. more democratic opportu-
nifty for foreign capital than ever be-
fore: but there will be no foreign mo-
nopolies, no toleration of foreign graft
or foreign tyranny or foreign meddling
with Mexican politics. The Mexican
government will be the business part
ner of the "gringo" capitalists on an
equitable business basis.
There is nothing in this plan that
any foreign capitalist. creditor or gov
ernment can legitimately object to. 1t
is merely what Mexico should have
done long ago. If Carranza can put
these principles into effect he will be
a friend not only Of the Mexican peo-
pie. so much of whose natural heritage
has been stolen from them, but of all
the citizens OF this country who have
or expect 10 have legitimate invest
ments in Mexico.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
TIE NAME OF THE TOWN.
(Terre Haute Starr


(Terre Haute Starr
Once upon a time a passenger on a
nOrthbound train, unable to see the
name painted on the end of the sta
ton building. addressed a small boy
on the platform with the inquiry,
What place is this. scn?" To which
the boy, with a look of surprise, re-
piled. "Tipton, whadye spose?"
That child, not having travelled, ma
turally regarded his own town as a
place that every one must know at
sight. 1t is hardly likely that mature
residents Of the small towns and vii
lagos of Indiana hold the same opin-
ion of their homes, yet they act upon
the principle that passing strangers
must instinctively know in what place
they are, or else are Indifferent to the
dissemination of such knowledge;
that is. they are not interested in ad-
vertising their home towns by post
ing their names where all visitors can
see
II is the exceptional village or small
town that has the advertising spirit
sufficiently developed 10 have caused
a banner or a more substantial sign
with the name of the place painted
thereon to be erected in a conspicuous
spot In these days of much autOmo-
bile travel this oversight is a matter
or regreLful comment among the peO-
pie who would better enjoy their
jaunts into regions hitherto unknown
to them If they might more readily
know their exact whereabouts and be-
come more definitely acquainted with
the villages through which they pass.
They find signs specifying the speed
limit on the main roads. at the en-
trance 10 most towns, and it would be
a simple matter to have the name of
the town boldly set forth in the/same
place or in some central point
AS il is the passing travellers often
find themselves later unable TO ident-
ify many places through which they
have gone except as "the village with
the beautiful elms." "the town with
the yellow school house" the place
with the picturesque bungalow" etc.
Time was. not SO very many years
ago. when the smaller Indiana towns
were not especially attractive. Now il
is different Many Of them. with we'll
kept yards, beautiful flowers agd vine
covered houses, are charming spots;
their ragged edges no longer offend
and they deserve 10 have their fame
20 abroad. They should hang their
banners on the outer walls"
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
CUPID TO THE RESCUE.

CUPID TO THE RESCUE.
Offsprings they Of race eugenic-
With a theory YOU know
Sire and mother with credentials
Had these children cold az snow.
Twas their prime and pure intention
To perpetuate their kind.
Mold eugenically a being
Strong OF limb. and strong of mind.
But this couple with mission
saw the years pass on apace.
While beside their lonely hearthstone
Sat no little winsome face.
Then the God Of Love in passing
Sensed the reason-did his part
Twanged his bow and sent his arrow
Straight to each cold, saddened
heart.
When on mothers waiting bosom
Lay nesting curly head,
Cupid danced in maddest frolc
As cold eugenics wept and fled
Cupid gibed the happy parents
Capuves now TO loves strong sway.
Without my help, Ha. ha, eugenics."
And madly chuckling flew away
f. L. T
THE noted American surgeon. Dr.
Joseph \. Blake. who threatens TO
quit the American ambulance service
in France because it is not operated
TO suit him, must he a finicky person.
If there is anything wrong with the
service we certainly would have heard
of it from old Hi Sibley
WE are not given 10 boasting, but
we cannot refrain from pointing with
pride to the newspaper story that
$1,000 worth of pearls were de-
stroyed by fire in a South Bend pawn
shop At the same time we are anx-
ious TO know who, if anybody, had
$4,000 worth of pearls to soak.
Yes. We Had Noticed It.
Sir: Had you noticed COT course
you had) that the word seems to have
gone out to the faithful of the repub-
lican fold to cut that eulogistic stuff
concerning Pres't Wilson. The ijes
of something or other are drawing too
near. In my innOcency 1 was begin
ming to think that our chief magis-
trate was so universally acceptable
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

The war news is always pretty clear
and definite-until you read the dis
patches from the other side. We've had
something new in the annals of his
tory lately-battles won by both sides,
if the reports of the rival command
ers be accepted
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

Orphan asylums report that there is
a far greater demand for girls than
boys in this country. It's another
proof of our peaceful proclivities.
Warlike nations always prefer boys.
It's safe to say that in the European
war zone today one boy is rated as
worth about three girls. Only in
America is the feminine sex rated at
its real value or-as some cynics as
sert-more than its value.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

If the INDICATED "S O. S" wireless
call which startled the entire Pacific
coast last Saturday was a Joke" as
is reported, there is a joker some
where at large who should be restrain
ed, for the good of the public. Holler-
ing wolff" just for fun, went out of
fashion, with McGuffey's fifth reader,
years ago
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

Former Mayor Schmitz of San Fran
cisco failed in his effort 10 obtain a
"vindication" in the recent primaries.
He doesn't understand this new San
Francisco that has grown up since
but San Francisco understands him
better
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

OF the 10 recalls or dismissals of
foreign ENJOYS to the United States,
previous to Dumba's, three were of
French, three of British, one of Rus
sian and two of Spanish representa-
tives. Up to Dumba, Uncle Sam never
had had to boot Austrian or German
enVoys
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

The Balkan poker game continues.
Serbia stands pat, Bulgaria bets her
army. Greece meets her, and Rou-
mania studies her cards. Meanwhile
Germany is getting ready to raid the
house and England is setting it afre.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

That Brazilian who asks the United
States commerce department where he
can buy $4,000 razor blades must be
thinking Of starting a lady barber
shop.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

AS beautiful picture or loves labor
lost. observe ex-Pres't Taft's effort to
coax California back 10 the old-fash-
ioned southern Pacific republcanism.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
SOME ROOM.

About one year ago. Uncle Sans
trade balance reached the high water
mark OF 100000. 600 In August this
year our exports exceeded imports by
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
The Dublic will doubtless welcC

The public will doubtless welcome
the opening of the trust" baseball
series. If for no other reason than
that during the progress of the titanic
battle OF the diamond, the war news
will be relegated TO the inside pages.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
THE MELTING POT
COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

that his reelection would be unanim-
Gus. ID.
N fact. il has been quite obvious
for some time that the z. o. p. press
had lost sight Of our well-knOwn pres
ident. but as the Pot is neutral both
in war and politics. We had refrained
from reference 10 it. Ii is ouI ex-
perience. however. that the silent
knock is a poor weapon. The more
some things are ignored by some peo-
pie the more conspicuous said things
become. For example-but everybody
is probably tired OF examples, so We
Will refrain.
But Why Boil Jelly?
(Cor. Ft. Wayne Journal -GaZette.)
Mrs. Charles Penn accidentally fell
while lifting off a pan Of boiling jelly
and is suffering from a badly burned
hand and arm.
THE church conference is not 50
different from "A political convention
in its general features. and we are
not prepared 10 say that some OF the
details OF proceedings are not similar.
But there is this difference that the
candidates are seeking the places
where they believe they can do the
most good. The emoluments OF the
profession are larger or smaller as the
case may be. Mostly smaller. and the
choice places go 10 those who through
ability or experience, or both, merit
them. Perhaps in no organization is
the merit system so closely adhered to
as in the churches.
Perhaps Bro. Ralph Got Tired.
(Cor. Burr Oak Acorn.)
We surely feel much alone
Since Bro. Ralph took out the phone:
Now we can't give him a call
Because he took il off the wall
OK the authority OF q New York
dancing master a four-inch space be-
tween partners Will be the rule for
dancing position this year The rule
is a good one from a sanitary point
Of view, but we do not understand
sanitation governs in cases of this
kind.
GLAD to see the president is going
to the ball game. To see the players
mop up the diamond with the umpire
Will be a pleasant diversion from the
unpleasantness in Europe and Mexico.
c. y. F.
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

Blasting a subway sky-high while
traffic is on ought TO be a terrible les
son To New York. but will il?
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05

Showing that she's civilized. Chinas
to put in force income taxation. Jan.
1sr
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

a guest, and so l have avoided this
controversial topic"
South Bend news-times., 1915-10-05
But Why Boil Jelly?

(Cor. Ft Wayne Journal-Gazette.)
Mrs. Charles Penn accidentally fell
while lifting off a pan Of boiling jelly
and is suffering from a badly burned
hand and arm.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18

YanktOn, 15,-ZdejSi Monday
Club, sdruzeni to obchodnikU, Cd
byvaI svoji schulz kde sc mluvilo
o zbudovani mostu pres feku.
Most by byl ocelov5, V n6kolika
Gdstf, jenz dohromady by byLn
1900 stfevicU, Il ty by byly zhoto,
veny pres hlavni tok feky. X tenn
to by vedla siInice ma kIlcch o.
bou stran COZ by Ginilo delku 1900
sttevieu. NGktefi Geln6jSi obGane
osloviIi ma pfedm6t tento shromaz-
d6ni, a ]rozhodnuto ma konec by sc
odbJvaIa hrOmadna schGLe obGanu
v operni SIM, kdo by Sc N6c objas-
Mia. Neni pochyby re most pres
feku u Yankton onOmu mGstu We
lice pomohl a Re by to byla drbra
v6c, ale neschazi neil n6jak vypo-
G;sti, zdali by naklad vynalozcnJ
ma most Sc vyplatil,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18

Pierre, 16-Na dotaz vFboru cd
dohytka generamf nayladni dav&
svuj nahIed, re neni mic V zakonu
jerz by dovoIovalo okresnim komt-
sarum povoliti pence ma potlaGova-
nj cholery We vepfov6m dobylkn.
Tfz re komisafi nemohou vice pc
wolff ne Iii $500 ma chudou farmu.
To ia dotaz Z Gregory okresu kde
pfi voIb6 Sc odhlasovalo, by okres
koupil 100 akrG pozemku pro clru-
dou farmu ma nichz by Sc daily pos
taviti ve$ker6 notu6 budovy. Jcz
to ale M blIotu nebyI uddn Obnos,
okrcs tamui ncnuze vice povoIiti,
neil %6kon pfedpisuie.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18
Scotlan, -Minulf ctvrtck kdya

Scotlan, -Minulf ctvrtck kdyz
manzeI6 Kirb Dumire hyli mfst6
ptislo popla5n6 znamenf, re jejich
obydli hori. AG jejich obydli je t
asi mill vzdaleno Cd hqsiGsk6 stani
ce, piece asi 40 hasit1 vzdor SIZE
hu Sc pustilo k mfsto, ale kdyz pfi
ieli celf upachtenf k mfstu vySel
jim vstfic Geo. Dunmire, jsnz byd
Ii vedle a sd9loval Jim, Re ohen jiz
uhasil. Chen patrn6 povstal neo-
patrnosti eeledina, kterf n6co de-
lal S gasolinem kterF rozliI a ztoho
Sc vyvinul piyn ktert vSbuchl pfi
napaleni sirky. Nabytek We tfech
svetnicfch byl poskozen.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18

Wagner, 15-Minuly patek zde
davali koncert manzel6 John Ko-
necny jenz bydli We Friend, Neb
Oba jsou slept, avsak to Jim neva-
di, nebot oba jsou znameniti hu-
debnfci. Pf. KoneGna ssebou nosi
psacf stroi ma kter5 dovede hbitn6
psati-John Stedronskf, ienz byI
Glenem nedavn6 le~gisIatury, pc
SVEN navratu, vyprav6I velmi zaji
nave jak to v Pierre chodilo. Pan
Stedronsky, pry Vynechal jenom
jedno zasedanf a bral beast NJ
vsech pfedm6tech, a mnohdy oslo
vii zakonodarnu ma dGlezit5ch We
czech.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18

Harley Smith, star % roku,
jenz rentovol farmu u Bon HON.
me zemfel nemocnici V Yankton,
minulf patek ma nemoc ledviD.
Jeho bratr Will minul5 ttvrtek SC
.odstGhoval do Kansas, k rodiGnm.
RodiGe zesnul6ho sem yfljeli a wa
Ii 81 telo do Kansas, kde Dude poh,
fbeno. ZesnulJ pred pGti roxy,
jak 81 mnozi pamatujem, 81 tfikra
te stfelil do celia z rajfIu GmysIu
sebevrazednem.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18

PfcdminulS patek zemfeIa We
SVEN domove severn6 cd Tyndall
pr. Antonio Sip, pc nemoci jedno-
no roku trvajici. Pohreb zesnul6
Sc odbfval v ned6li ma presbyter-
MIN hfbitov6 mezi Tyndall a Tabo
rem. Iesnula byla asi 20 roku sta
ra a zanechava zde jednu dceru a
Gtyry syny.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18
rlat'te TaXY.

Po ID, lednu budom miti 1pInS
sezuam taxu pro Tabor a okoli v
obou o~krcseeh, Bon Homme q
Yankton, a op6t nabizlme svIch
sluaeb ku zarrsvenf DAM tenn, kite.
II ncmaii ptihodno sani do okrGS.:..
Milo sidIa jeti. NaSc sluzba ie spo
lchlivA poplatek mirnf. Darf6,
p6dIelaif pokut6 po rrrnim dub
nu .... .-. "
ADV. , - Tabor State Bank.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18


Tfetf sGitanf lidu v tonic stdtu
Sc Dude konati poGinaje v dubnu.
Okresni auditofi, jenz mali dohled
We sv5ch okresech mad sGitanim
rozdajf listing k vypInGni aseso-
ram asi 6 dubna, a listing k tyto
pozaduji dosti d1kladn5 popis kaz
deho. DIE zakona kazdf Okres
must dodati statu vypln6n6 sGitaci
listing do Is Gervence. Ma Sc "a
to, Re tento tfeti census Dude mno
hem dokonalejsf nezIi predchdzejf-
CT sGftani.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18

Legislature jenz prav6 zasedala
SC vyznamcuayala, tim'&e v$c Slo
vice obchodn6 nezIi jindy, take
proslo mijo hIoup}ch zGkont
NejhlavnejSi. legislnce jenz tyly
prosazeny jsou: Now primarni
zakon, kter} v$4k Dude m(ti doh
ru pred nejvySSim soudem, nebQt
Sc pochybuje, ae zakonodarna ma
pravo zrusit zakon, ktcr3 lid 81
zvoliI dvakrate; totiz Richarls6v
.zdkon; zaruka b%ankovnlch vkla-
.dG; zruseni trestu smrti; zakon
ienz dovoluic p5ti- Scstindm porot.
cur yyn6sti rezsudek V, cipilhieh
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-03-18

Lesterville, 15-V. j. Wagner
jenz ~vlastnil hostinec v Huron,
zreutovaI obydlf Smeikalovo a mas
tehoval Sc do mel Sc svou rodinou.
-Manzele Jan Koneeu5 2 Friend,
Neb., zde davali koncert minute
dterF, ktery Sc velmi lfbil. Oba
isou slepf.