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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
BROWN SWEETS FOR BROWN
BROTHERS.

Tie Chicago chocolate drop indus
try has been given a big boost by the
European war. our friends, the Fill
ipinos, it seems. have a deep-seated
and ineradicable craving for the rich
brown sweeties. Germany used 10
minister TO this demand, but war has
interfered with the continuance OF the
traffic. Manila, which is the principal
port Of entry for chocolates, sent an
appeal to Uncle SAN TO help out and
Chicago responded with a consign-
ment of 100000 chocolate drops
which has just started on its westward
way. with the promise of more to
follow.
Chocolate is the best and most
harmless pickup" known TO a stimu-
lant-loving world. Somehow that
cargo of candy gives one a new re-
spect for the Filipino as we'll as a sort
of b~rotherly feeling-or should one
say s~isterly for the little brown
lovers of Americas favorite little
brown sweets.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
ENIBATTLED CHORUS MEN
est. Paul Pioneer Press.)

British arms received a fairly Sc
we're d~rubbing from Paul Scott Now
rer the correspondent of the Dispatch
in last Mondays issue. But n in
teresting particular he failed to men
ton. He cid not bring out the fact
that the war has made such a severe
drain on the chorus men of the Lon
don stage that the demand has had to
be supplied by importation from
America.
1t is difficult 10 imagine the debOn-
air chorus man in the trenches hope
lessly damaging his manicured hands.
mussing his clothes and breaking the
refulgent gloss of his plastered hair.
That is the first thought which occurs
to us upon learning of the dearth of
his kind in London. And yet we can
not withhold respect for In man who
volunteers TO place his life in the bal
ance for his country's cause. Whether
he is a chorus man or not he Is no
~mOllycOddle and the very fact of the
n~ear-actor's affiliation with an insipid
fraternity makes his passion of sacri-
flee the more striking.
1t is a tradition of the profession of
humor that it's members are a glum
and broOding lot. And what shall we
think of the serious possibilities of an
eX-member of the Silly-Willy Burles-
uuers when he is picked up after a
charge with a bullet through his
heart?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

None OF their lines running direct
" from the ferry to the Expo. the
United States Railroads Co, OF san
Francisco. has got an injunction
against the municipal lines because
the iatter's lines do so run.
It's .he regular street railway war
fare. II you don't accommodate the
public. don't let anybody else, no;
even tie city. do so, And the fran
chise hogs can find courts TO clap OF
the injunction. In this case. for Pat
rick CaIhoun's notorious old concern.
Judge Sturtevant OF the superior court,
did 81.
Backed by the mayor. the municipal
management continued 20 run the cars
over the same tracks and over that
same injunction. Also. the people of
the city reared with rase because
their lines were the only ones running
from the ferry 10 the Expo grounds
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
LOW RATES FOR MONEY.
New YORK POST

The new federal re rye banking
system was inaugurated on Monday.
November Is. about the time that
money rates at New York which had
90 be ruled at s per cent in September
and October had begun TO fail. Early
In November rates for 90 day loans
we're down TO 6 per cent. Today they
are ? II and 2 f-2.
This decline has occurred in face
~ the stock exchange reopening. re-
newal OF active Wall street specula-
ton and such revival OF general bus
mess activity that exchange of checks
ar an the cOuntry's clearing houses.
which IN November below the previ-
ous year ran last month II per cent
above 1914.
But the bank reserve position 'suf-
1ctenuy explains the anomaly. As
compared with the middle OF Novem-
1er after the reduction Of reserve re-
9uirements the New York banks have
t3dod So 100000 10 their surplus re-
es- since they began operations
November the u fede-al reserve
anks have added SAP. 500 600 10 their
original gold reserves yet their redis-
counts have increased only $4,000
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
RIGHTEOUS WARS.
(RockpOrt. Ind. Journal

The advocate of peace at n price
is silly in the extreme. Had il not been
for the var for independence we
woulG not be living in a land Of liberty
but in a monarchy. Had il not been
for a war 10 prevent the secession Of
the southern states we would not have
the union today. All the secession
lists asked was to be let alone-let
them depart IN peace and set up a
government OF their own with slavery
as its chief cornerstone. Had Lincoln
been a peace at any price" statesman
like Bryan the union would have been
destroyed and instead Of one great
country the United States would
DOUBTLESS be divided up into a number
OF petty powers and would likely be
in war as they are in Europe.
The war for the preservation Of the
union was a stitch timely taken that
prevented this country being torn into
shreds o only with the north against
the south but the east against the
west.
Wa should never be wazed except
in the cause Of liberty and justice but
when necessary it should not be
Stunned.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

Stone and Webster, Milk St. Bos-
ton, franchise grabbers. own practi-
cally all the street railway lines in
Texas. For many years "old-fashion-
ed railways" as = < ". so style them
in their advertising matter. have been
transporting passengers between Dali
las and Fort Worth. Galveston and
Houston. Fort Worth and Waco. etc.
The people of Texas have been abund-
antly grateful for the service thus at
forded.
After these pioneers of progress had
settled up the country sufficiently to
make the carrying of passengers a
fairly Temunerative occupation. along
stone and Webster and parallel
their rails between the points named,
and some others. with electric lines,
to the immense financial detriment of
the railways.
Now the auto-bus, as superior, in
the opinion of most folks. 10 the elec-
trio cars as the i~nterurbans are to the
steam lines. gets into the game.
Wherefore poor little Stone and Web
ster wall and gnash their teeth at the
injustice Of it. Quite analogous cases
though, and the shoe fits lots others
besides the Boston operators
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
DISTINCTION AND DIFFERENCE

Bound by the ties Of sociability-or
high finance-to the local utility apron
strings: unable TO read. or digest plain
English. or unwilling 10 meet a situa-
tiOn squarely after it has digested it.
II Is but natural that our contempor-
airy. should try 10 m~isconstrue criti-
cisrn OF the traction interests OF Terre
Haute-and Indiana, which includes
South Bend.-fOr their anti-jitney suit
Instituted before the Public Service
commission. as criticism, not Of tpe
traction interests. but. Of course. of
the commission.
Nobody has presumed, so far as we
know. that the ruling of the commits
sion would be such as TO e~xaggerate
its powers III favor Of the traction mo-
nopo1ies. this. even though it was
pointed out that it would be an ex-
aggeration Of such powers for il 10 do
so. The criticism was of the combin-
ed greed and gall Of the traction mag
mates in asking the commission to do
such a thing. That the Illinois COM
mission. under the Illinois law. may
have rushed 10 the rescue Of the trac-
ton interests by declaring the jitneys
common carriers. is one thing, but
whether the Indiana commission will
dc the same under the Indiana law,
is quite a different thing. 1t is quite
widen tina the traction people did
not regard the Indiana commission as
having such power last winter. or they
would not have asked the legislature
TO pass q law granting It,. and as the
power was not granted, we anticipate
tina under existing law it would be a
considerable exaggeration Of the com
missions functions to assume powers
that after such manner were distinct
~ withheld from it.
OF course, nobody knows what the
commission will do. 1t may set itself
up as a legislative body and delegate
to itself new functions. or it may not.
There are. however. two republicans
on the commission. and all they need
TO do is to win over one bipartisan
democrat. we anticipate, and the suit
against the jitneys will have been won.
In all the suits before the commits
sion so far IT has always been the re-
publican members who have stood as
the protectors OF the utilities through
fear OF injury 10 their securities, and
wherever the people have won it has
been due to the three democrats
standing together. We are not so fear
full ef the commission as an institution
as we are of the two republican mem-
bers. and one possible wavering dem
ocrat-which we happen 70 have a
''hunch" that the traction interests
taink they can depend upon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
WOMAN \ L


A woman and 10000 mice.
You think that a woman who will
stand for one mouse is a heroine
among her sex. What do you think
OF a woman who studies. handles, lives
with ten thousand mice?
II was important that the medical
world should know mu@e about the
heredity of cancer 1t was estimated
that the per cent of heredity was Is to
20. 1t is now known hat it IS 40
to so per cent The effect of this dis
covery upon diagnosis can hardly be
over-estimated. Every little bit Of
new knowledge on any scOurge means
a step toward scientific triumph over
It. who makes this newest step to-
ward triumph W. the dread cancer?
a woman. with mice.
DIT. Maude Slye. p%athologist at the
university Of Chicago, shut herself UP
for months in a separate building
with thousands of mice. n studied
over a thousand cases of cancer found
in ten thousand mice. She proved
that cancer of any particular organ
can be passed on from one genera-
ton 20 another as certainly as color
OF eyes or hair. She produced strains
OF mice that were absolutely cancer
proof. Moreover. she proved that
proper treatment as 10 cleanliness. ex-
ercise and avoidance of injury dimin-
ishes the percentage in cases of even
the most inbred Of carcer-mice.
II in the case of mice. why not in
the case OF man?
Behold woman, timid. frail, unfit
for the risks and crises of public ser
vice, shut up alone in a house with
ten thousand mice, working for mems
lives. Honor to the brave ~self-sacri-
hcing DR.. Maude Slyel A hundred
mice would scare Us out through the
very ~clapboards of that house.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
START RIGHT.

The taking over by the government
Of the Sayville wireless plant is a
proper though belated action. At the
very beginning. not OF the war. but
OF the discovery of wireless teleg-
raphy. the United states should have
pre-empted the right Of operating. it,
self. all stations powerful enough to
maintain direct communication with
other continents. We have let a num-
Der Of good things slip into the hands
of private ownership in the past and
now find ii hard 20 pry them loose.
II is just as important for the United
States 10 retain control. and have full
knowledge. OF ali lanes OF communi-
cation with European countries as il
is 70 control the imports and exports
from and 70 those countries.
II is. as well. entitled TO the profits
OF operating such radio stations. if
there be any profits. and should bear
the loss if there be any loss. Ia other
words. they should be owned by Cncle
sam and operated for the lament of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
WHEN YOU LOOK HARD AMERICA
HAS 1T.
CWichita, Kas., Beacon.)

(Wichita, Kas., Beacon.)
Now comes Uncle Sans geological
survey and tells US what it is that
makes armOr plate hard. It's chro-
MUM, says the survey.
Uncle Sam has been looking into
the chrOmite question, especially now
since the war has cut off the principal
supply for this country. The survey
has found that California has a large
number of deposits of chronic iron
ore and is the chief source of chro-
MUM fn the United States. Although
metal chromium occurs in a number
of mineral deposits it happens tina.
chronic iron ore Called chrOmite) is
practically the only ore mined as a
source of crOnium.
ChrOmite a a wide range of uses.
Because il doesn't melt easily, 1t is
used for lining furnaces. 1t yields
strong cOlOrs, especially green and
yellow and much of it is used in the
manufacture Of pigments, dyes and
various compounds as well as for tam
ming leather. But because chromium
gives to steel a marked degree Of
hardness it is largely used in the man
u~facture Of steel for armor plate and
armOr piercing shells as well as for
making high speed tools.
The American market for chrOmi-
UNI has been supplied almost wholly
by imported chromite, but according
to the geological survey. the rapidly
growing uses and demands for il with
increasing facilities for transpOrta-
ton, should lead TO the greater deveI-
opment of American deposits. Since
the war began American production
has been steadily increasing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
SIEGEL's CONVICTION AN EXAM.
PIE

Orlando, Fla, Reporter-Star.)
The fact that Henry Siegel one time
merchant prince waived stay OF exc
cutiOn and accepted sentence to serve
10 months in the penitentiary for de-
frauding his creditors is a favorable
sign of the time. II was not until re-
Gently that ~swindlers of high order
were given prison sentences and usu-
ally when such a thing happens the
defendant is able 10 cheat justice.
SiegeTs sentence was light i'm cOmpar-
ison with the enormtty OF his crimes,
but even 10 months in prison will be
sufficient 10 bring him to a realization
OF the truth that the day Of high
handed dealing without fear of pun
ishment is passed. The example af-
forded in the Siegel case will have its
effect on others of the same type.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

and hat injunction was a blow al
public convenience at a critical time.
Now ZONES Judge Trout. tie is
presiding judge over the superior
court; a fellow member of that court
with ~Sturtevant. Trout stays Stur-
tevant's injunction for As hours and
he-assigns the case for trial by Judge
Seawell. another OF ~Sturtevant's fell
low-members Of that superior court.
We guess that it's all legal, correct
and according TO precedent. but we
would cherish a pen-and-ink drawing
OF Stu%rtevant's judicial temperament,
IN these trying times.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
\ Matter of Ease and Eyes

edinburgh Scotsman.D
When sci" and 'ie" both spell "e."
How can we tell which IT shall be?
Here is a rule you may believe,
That never. never will deceive,
And all such troubles will relieve.
A simpler rule you can't conceive.
II is not made of many pieces
To puzzle daughters. sons and nieces
Yet with il all the trouble ceases.
after &C" an "e" apply;
After other letters Il"
Thus a general in a siege
Writes a letter TO his liege,
or an army holds its field,
And will never deign TO yield
While a warrior holds a shield,
or has strength his arm 10 WELD.
Two exceptions We must note,
Which all scholars learn by rote,
Leisure Is the first of these;
For the second we have seize.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
SAFETY RS MAYBE.

w. w. Mcbride. recently resigned
solicitor in the department of state,
will sail for London next week at
tired in a made-to-order, non-sinkable
rubber suit. He declares he will
sleep in the suit and defy submarines.
1t would be just like those pesky
Germans. though, to puncture Nc
Brides suit on purpose, while he is
wading about i'm the deep.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
HORRORS OF EUROPEAN WAR
Graphic Description of Hardships En-
dured ON the Firing Line.

This %uncensored communique from
our special correspondent at the
front throws new light on the terri
BILE experiences of those whose duty
calls them to the s-anguinary fields of
war-smitten EurOpe.-Editor's note. ]
LHospital Evacuation, Ambulance
Service, June 27.-TwO nights ago l
slept in a hayloft full of soldiers. Last
the roof leaked. Night before last 1
slept in a hayloft full LOT soldiers. Last
night I slept with a span of mules.
If l have my choice tonight again 1
will sleep with the mules. The atmOs-
phere of Flanders is immense.
Am writing this in a quaint little
Belgian cottage With stone floor and
red tiled roof. The picturesque green
shutters fail to exclude OlfaCtOry evil
dence of flourishing family Of piglets
just outside.
SIB.
THE trouble with maintaining neu-
trality is the danger of becoming the
goat.
c. y. F.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

600, and their circulating notes only
SIC, 100000.
Their gold reserve against all liza
bilities in November was SO per cent.
Ordinarily this percentage would have
been progressively reduced by the in
crease of their loans if not of their
circulation. But with OF
the private banks as abundant as they
are no inducement existed for reds
counting paper wish the reserve banks
whose ratio Of gold holding to out
standing liabilities is now 9S per cent
Money rates have declined because
this is the only country in the world
whose bank position has grown stead
lily easier since last November and be
cause gold is flowing to us from al
quarters Of the world.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
Wen we All know.

He never fails to stick his fist
Into my humidor.
And cram his pipe as fun as he is
able;
The while he cracks the chestnut that
I've heard SO oft before.
II left My pouch at home upon
the table"
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

indianapolis NeWS.)
The man carrying grips with labels
on them said TO his companion on the
rear of the car:
you've a new automobile, l hear"
Yep
Take you anywhere. L suppose"
Yes, everywhere but in soci-
ETY."
"U-mmm, we'll you nus be driving
a Ford"
"Surest thing. v know
"Colligegavenue," yelled the con
duCtoI. And nobody laughed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
MERELY \ SUGGESTION.

Cheers for the Sons of Colorado!
They would have all Colorado, on Aug.
list. anniversary of C%olorado's state
hood. engage in three minutes of silent
prayer for peace in Europe.
Good thing! Good thing But why
% make it out-loud prayer and tag
on one minute for the owner of Colo
RADIO, the meek and Lowry Rockefeller?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

CCor. TT. Wayne Journal-Gazette)
Charles Grin and family, Prof. Sam
Gier and DR.. Frank Gier and families,
of Hillsdale, Mich: Mr.. and Mrs.
CLAUDE Durham of Quincy. Mich,
spent the day with Grandma Grier at
Lake George. the occasion being
grandma's eightieth birthday.
THE enlistment of our justly cele-
brated inventors in the service of the
navy department means progress IN
the art of war, which in its turn sig
nifies r-etrogressiOn in the arts of
peace. In support of this proposition
we need cite only the eminent exam
pie Of Germany, which successfully
disposes of the theory that prepara-
ton for war means anything but war
in the Interpretation placed upon 1t
by governmental powers.
THE Friend Clothing company of
Friend, Neb., is engaged in the hu-
name occupation Of ''outfitters for
mankind"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
The Ultimate Goal.

(NeW York Ilmes.)
Mr.. Bowen was having dinner with
the Reillys. and the seven-year-old
son of the family was present.
And what are O going TO be wAen
you grow up, young man ?" asked Nr.
Bowen of the little boy.
We'll" replied the boy thoughtfully
after I've been a minister 10 please
mother. an a judge 10 please father.
I'm going 10 be a policeman
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

his people. just as the mails are. and
the cable should be. There viii come
a day when the people will be awfully
sorry they turned the wireless privi-
fcge loose.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

Turkeys sultan is reported very i'll
as the result of a recent operation.
The poor old chap is hardly in shape
to stand another me o and yet
the allies are talking of removing his
harem. Too cruel
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
\ DISADVANTAGE.


NW dSninBtOn POST
Truth said the ready-made phi
l%osopher, is stranger than fiction"
Yes. replied the cynic, but IL SUI
fers under the disadvantage Of seldom
being SO well expressed"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

Long Beach, Calf, unveiled a Lin
the spelling is so bad that everybody
is buying a chisel for correction pur-
poses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

Montenegro shows little inclination
to give up Scutari. regardless of pres
sure from her allies. And the out
side world will be we'll pleased TO see
her hold on 10 the prize which was
stolen from her after she had SO hero
ically won it in the Balkan wars.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16
THE MELTING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.
Round III BLOCK.

~ hOOND lii BDOth.
Willie is a "leetle deer"
His mamma SAYS none better;
Billy is a little dog.
Billy Is a setter.
Orthography-O. great gee whiz-
Aou queer so many m~akeups,
AS dear nor sitter neither is.
While both Of them are pups.
Billy belongs to Willie:
HoWe'er for mutual sins
Ihey are known as W1lliebilly,
otherwise the Deviltwins.
Willie's in IA flower bed
At the earliest dawn.
While Billy's blood 1 try to shed
For scratching up the lawn.
At the latest dusk they caper
To their near by home,
Willie casting stones and paper.
Billy with a bone.
AS they trotted by 1 sighed:
20, Ia like nothing better
Than 10 tan his nasty hide,
And kick his little setter"
HOS.
IT has taken an immense amount
of litigation, expense and newspaper
space to establish Harry Thaw's SAM
y, and now hat it is established
shall we say 10y "a jury OF his peersE-
what becomes of the roof garden scene
in which one of the characters in the
tragedy was dramatically assassinat-
ed? Must the audience go back "a
that. or does the statute OF limitation
or the acquittal Cf the defendant on
the ground of paranOia eliminate IL?
WE sincerely hope this is The end OF
the case. and that Thaw will confirm
the verdict of the jury by conducting
himself in accordance with it. sym
pathy has mad little opportunity for
expression in this instance, except in
behalf of Thaw's mother and sisters,
who seem 10 be the only ones concern
ed who have really suffered. Ii was
a bad lot in a bad mess. in which 1t Is
questionable who of the principal par
Elephants got the worst Of II. White
was killed, Thaw was immured in an
asylum, his wife, the rag and bone
of contention. vas afflicted with the
contumely of her sex.
THE deduction is that a few per-
sons, so disposed, are capable of Gre
ating a lot of unhappiness and dis
tress for many.
IF" writes l.. d. E, Il appear to
be in a pansive mood as 1 walk the
streets wi5n downcast eyes. don't be
deceived. l am merely Ogling the ap-
parent shoes on the more or less dain-
ty feet of femininity."
WE have it from the inspired ad
writer that From Mrs. GordOn-Hy-
phen-Jones of AuriferOus av.,
through wholesome Mrs. Middleclass
Of Comfortable st, clear down TO
freckled Fanny Finnerty. who pastes
labels in the canning factory. women
join one great sisterhoOd in the eter-
nal quest of beauty. of feminine love
Illness" And. in some instances, we
may add. it is some futile pursuit.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

Assassin Hollis brother-in-law seys
that Holt is an educated fool" 1t
shows that a little learning may be
Il terrible thing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-16

II
Boys will be boys
Until 21-no more.
Girls remain girls
Up 10 "a.
Louisville Courier-Journal.