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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28
Statesmen Real
and Near.
By Fred c. Kelly

WASHINGTON, Jan 2S.-With one
exception Oscar Underwood is called
by his first name oftener than any
other congressman. He is a man of
quiet dignity. but it is not the kind
of dignity that says Hands off, or
that requires the prefixing of Mister
Oscar not only takes no offense when
his associates call him by his first
name. but really prefers that they do
so. After he moves over 10 the SEN
ate he will not care a continental
whether he is addressed as senator
or not. Just oscar is good enough for
him.
We have already noted an excep-
ton. There is another member
called by his first name even Oftener
that Underwood. If you were to try
to guess the name OF this man YOU
would probably hit on somebody who
has been in congress a great many
years. And right there is where you
would go wrong. For the man re-
ferred TO has been here only one term,
and will retire on March next. Rob-
ert n. Gittins of Niagara Falls is the
man addressed Oftenest by his first
name. Anticipating your question, il
may be stated that Gittins is called
Bob by nearly every one in the house,
simply because he calls most Of the
others by their first names.
And do not get the impression.
simply because Gittins has been here
less than two years and calls every
body by his first name. that he is a
fresh young person. He is a mixer,
and he likes human beings. Having
I a kindly feeling for everybody he
meets, lie falls naturally into the way
OF using first names as a sort OF lid
litter TO open up the stove OF ac-
quaintance.
Gittins has had an odd career. He
went 10 work when he was 3 years
Old as a clerk in a lumber yard at
was still a clerk. a quiet, law abiding.
trustworthy young man, who had the
I respect of all who knew him.
If he had any serious vices no one
suspected IL. He was about the last
fellow IN Oswego that anybody would
have thought capable OF going off on a
tangent the way he did. In fact. IL
anybody had told what was taking
place in Gittins's mind. everybody
would have come TO BOb's defense
and declared that il simply wasn't
true.
And nobody was more startled or
more worried than Gittins's father
when he heard from his sons own
! lips what he was planning 10 do. Bob
came home from work one evening.
seemingly in excellent spirits. and ate
his supper with apparent relish. Then
as he reached for a tOothpick, he fall
tered:
Father. I've got il into my head
that / want TO be a LAWYER In a
week or two I shall quit my job and
go away 10 law school"
For moment or two the fafhe
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

the majority. To give the people, he
declares, the virtual direct reins of
government, serves 10 quiet rather
than TO excite their nerves; their nat
ural sense Of responsibility acting as a
sort Of balance-wheel. We agree with
him that responsibility in the indi-
vidual, very frequently has a very
quieting effect. and since the whole is
but the sum OF all its parts, it might
work out quite the same in the af-
fairs Of state
Anyhow. We Americans like TO talk
about government by the masses, and
majority rule, and all that sort of
thing. which is decidedly ideal, and so
far as we know. real enough insofar
as il has gone. At least. we have not
taken very many backward steps DIR
ing the years that have gone, since
the sovereignty of the individual be-
gan it's political development our last
step has been the election of United
States senators by direct vote, and
though twenty years ago il was con-
demned as perniciOus, no one is worry
ing nov about it's proving a failure.
Maybe, as Sen. owen suggests, we
are really playing a joke on ourselves
by resenting the initiative, referen-
dunn and RECALL, after all
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28
SENATOR OWENS REMEDY FOR
PUBLIC UNREST.

Sen. Robert 1. owen, of Oklahoma.
needs 10 be congratulated for his de-
votiOn 10 a cause, incident TO his adj
dress. Thursday, before the Indiana
assembly. Coming into Indiana on
the heels of the recent defeat OF the
proposal of a constitutional conven-
ton, and flashing into the face OF the
legislature the well-known arguments
for the initiative. referendum and re-
call. as reasons why the issue should
be revived, illustrates the kind of per-
sistence that people sometimes need to
be made OF, TO overcome a popular
prejudice. even though il may have
accomplished nothing more.
But IL we read the reports OF the
senator's speech Alright, and note the
punctuations by applause. apparently
the issue, at that is not yet deed.
That he had an appreciative audience,
even the stand-pat newspapers are
admitting Evidently there are still
men in the legislature who have not
been showed under by the fact that
the people. favorable 20 a new consti-
luuonr lost out III the Odll4t LOT a
convention that was waged last fall.
There is a bill before the house now.
literally calling "a convention without
an advance referendum vote. Sen.
Owen may have helped this bill bit.
or ne may not, but the legislature was
Afforded some light on new constitu-
tions. and constitution making.
But new constitutions aside, We
wonder IL il is really true what Sen.
owens said about the initiative. ref
erendum and recall making the peo-
pie supreme in the affairs OF govern
ment Would il really have . ton
dency 90 do. what he says IL would
do and has done. where il is in vogue
serve 20 quiet the public unrest >
We have generally been taught 10 sup
pose shat ii result exactly oppo-
site He says it is the minority
rule. such as exists az present-the
government by "a sort of ruling class,
that Is responsible Tor the unrest OF
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

was too shocked to make any reply.
Then in tone of compassion he
began:
Robert, / have always endeaVOTed
TO bring you up the best 1 knew how.
You are now p years old, and 1 sup
posed You were past the age when
your mother and l need worry any
more about you. / have always
thought you were industrious and TAX
ing an Interest in your work. What
has come over your
Bob swallowed hard and started TO
defend his course. but the words stuck
in his throat.
Most young men of your age"
went on the father. ARE married and
thinking about educating their chill
dren instead of talking about leaving
their positions and going off to col
lege themselves. l suppose now you'll
be coming home with queer clothes on
and a mandolin under your arm"
Gittinss mind was made up. how
ever, and nothing that his parents or
the neighbOrs said could sway him
clerkship, went and has his life in
sured, borrowed a little money on the
policy, and worked his way through
law school. He not only became a
lawyer, but did time in the New York
state senate before coming To con-
gress.
Shortly after he had been elected to
congress Gittins spent a day in his
native town of Oswego partly for
the purpose of receiving the plaudits
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28
FUNK LOSES HIS POSITION?
Rumored That He is No Longer With
Rumely Company.

LAPORTE, Ind, Jan. est is the
general belief that Clarence Funk
president of the Rumely Co. is no
longer connected with the Rumely in
terests following the appointment Of
a receiver No official confirmation of
this report could be obtained at the
Rumely Office in LapOrte Wednesday.
In view Of the fact however that the
receiver is to have a salary Of $4,000
a year it is not considered reasOna BILE
that another $4,000 year man
should also be retained. This was
the salary that Mr. Funk received.
Those in position to judge say that
it is extremely improbable that Mr..
Funk will be retained.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28
THE MEL TING POT
COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.
Back to the Moods.


You ask what l want, what l long TO
do next,
You think that your question, will
leave me perpleXed;
Well il won't, for / want 10 20 back
TO the wood.
To Hawkins YOU bet. with its right
neighborhOOd.
To the timber is right. where the work
is some hard.
To lumber away with Dad for a paid.
OH laugh if you Will and say | would
rue
But I tried it one winter and weather
ed it through.
fell for the drifts. and each wind that
did blow,
Never d day when twas not ten be
Giant naples fell toward the hill and
the lea,
Forming beautiful picture for me.
Backward and forward the crosscut
we drug,
And went without water, twas froze
in the jug
But Dad and we lads made plumb
dandy crew,
When 1 tried it that winter and
weathered it through.
We camped in the woods near little
brook bed,
Made home every week with the old
lumber sled;
How the splinters and dust would
bother US all,
AS we rode from the job on the old
lumber haul.
We smoked and made merry mid the
clanking of chains,
And the woods took the echo and sent
back refrains.
Yes the citys all right but I'm telling
you
The best place is Hawkins I've
weathered it through.
1t hurts when you leave it to mix with
the thrOngs,
It's tough TO remember the skids and
the tongs;
That's why I'd go back to that old
timber town,
To grasp an old AK and bowl timber
down.
So you see when you ask what L want
to 90 next,
can answer you girl, for I'm never
perplexed;
oh! I'd sure pull stakes if it wasn't
And blow back to Hawkins, and
weather it through.
THE kaiser's birthday was cele-
| brated by renewed activity along the
User. The kaiser's birthday is some
thing to die for, but we don't know
what.
AS long as the treasure holds out
| TO burn
The ambitious Mex. will take his
| turn.
c. Y. F.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28
Talks on Temperance
By JAMES c. KELLY

I NTEMPERANCE is human fraiy. 1t is a sure
indication of the triumph of greed vanity jealousy
other primitive instinct the intellect.
Intemperance thrveS amid ignorance. The demagogue
always leads mob of lower average mentality than his
Ignorance bigotry and greed the crooked poll
ticians best cards. Injustice and graft BOTH the
inevitable result of ntemperance.
Inenperance the ancient enemy of civilization. 1t
denomafe broadly all the blind alleys along the road of
progress Since the beginning of history, Incorporate
wars Incorporate prosecutions have been annihatne
the fruits of civilization just the present conflict is
devastating Europe.
Both national culture and individual greatness
founded upon true temperance The faddist may shine
amid his brilliant stage setting but the scenery quickly
shifted. Fortunate indeed, is he if his effort wins him
scant paragraph in history. The Jealous upifter may
forcbly command obedience. but the excitement
he finds instead of his dream of adorng conormance
horde of soothing enemies, who glory in his failure.
Temperance in the individual indicates not only brains,
but culture Just inemperance has its penalties,
temperance brings its reward 1t means confidence
and friendship instead of distrus and enmity.-Adv,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28
CITY IMPROVEMENTS AND CIVIC
PRIDE

Absence Of a local civic pride IN a
nonresident property owner, contrary
20 qualifying them 20 demonstrate
against or petition for a change Of
quality OF an Improvement. same as
resident property owners, is one point
that might be urged against the South
Bend-Ft. Wayne street Improvement
bill introduced in the legislature Tues
day by Senator Summers The bill
was prepared By the city attorneys Of
the two cities and introduced at their
request Aside from this one poins it
looks like a wise measure.
Under the old law, sought TO be
amended, it has been construed that
only concrete foundation could be
used for paving, thus creating a viz
tual monopoly for concrete manufac-
turers. The new bill admits Of open
specifications, allowing the use OF
gravel or other material, such as the
board OF works or affected property
owners. may. by proper resolution or
petition. specify.
Also under the old law 30 per cent
Of the assessed valuation OF piece of
property had TO represent the maxi
mum cost Of an Improvement. The
new bill allows three-fourths of the
abuttins property owners by petition,
10 authorize the board to make i'm
provements that cost the equivalent of
the full value of the affected property.
Again, the old law does not permit
the city TO grade a street and assess
the expense against a.butting property
without also paving the street. This
BIZ permits grading without paving.
Tt Z CITY may grade and curb, or grade
without curbing, or curb without
neutrality-suspicious. a very desirable
thing TO do especially in an outlying
district.
The only point Of criticism is thai of
allowing nOn-residents TO join in the
petitions or circumstances, either with
regard to foundations. or change in
the quality Of an Improvement. From
a monetary standpoint, and in adher-
ence to the principle that decries
taxation without representation"
the voice Of these nonresident prop
erty owners should be heard, and yet
without a civic pride. and only a mon
etary interest to consider they might
still prove strcng enough 10 upset a
very desirable improvement, or change
the quality OF 1t. very much TO the
chagrin Of the people who have to live
in the vicinity of that Improvement.
The interests OF these residents,
as a rule, are purely OF an investment
nature. They care naught for the
welfare of the community, in general.
but only TO collect their rents and
reap their returns. Ordinarily they
will not wish TO spend an unnecessary
cent, while those who live here, and
have to tolerate the situation, may
want something in the particular To-
cality that is extra fine, or more in
disputably permanent.
We hardly anticipate that the crit
icism will defeat the measure. The
point may not be raised in the legisla-
ture--but here it is for the cOnsidera-
ton of the people of South Bend, and
for the administration TO ponder over,
for whatever It may be worth.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28
~BUUD NOW. =

A wise suggestion TO help the unem-
pIoyment situation is made by The
Manufacturers Record and it appears
10 be producing practical results
II is often observed that the gravest
problem may have the simplest sciu-
ton
The Records slogan. which is being
rapidly adopted in many sections is
Build Now" the idea being that all
improvements that have been planned
for the near future be carried out as
soon as possible
While this would result in immedi-
ate and immeasurable benefit to the
unemployed, its basis is not charity
but business.
The nan who builds now gets the
advantage not only Of the low prices
OF building materials but also OF the
low price Of labor.
Dealers in building materials in
Cleveland. o.. have announced a con
siderable reduction in prices TO all
who VIII build now. Building trades
firms in Augusta. Ga, have united
in an advertisement Of reductions
from 1 % 10 > > per cent. In many cities
the movement is gaining headway.
It is an idea which should partic-
ularly apply to all municipal public
works. This is the basis of the ex-
tensive movement in New York city.
There is nothing that smacks of
charity in this. nothing of socialism
in it; it is simply sound business.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

of those among whom he had grown
up to mature manhood. The first
person hG met after getting off the
train was an old man who had known
him from the day he. was born. This
old man called him to one side and
began to whisper:
"Bobbie," he said, I've often Won
dered about your case. and / want
you TO tell me something. Did you
quit that good job you had here of
your own accord, or was you fired?"
Copyright, 1915, by Fred c.. Kelly)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28
IL il the wise weather man who
occasionally cOnsults the almanac.

WE do not blame Quilhot Had we
done what Quilhot did we should have
exercised whatever right we had 10 re-
fuse To testify. That right, as we un-
derstand it. is that no man can be
compelled 10 criminate himself.
BETWEEN Mr.. McNutt of the
Grand Trunk and Mr.. McNitt of the
Nandalia there is no more difference
than between and /, except that they
represent different railroad systems.
THE light of the sun makes the
earth glad place for the bugs and
the beasts and the old human race,
for II happens so rarely in this moist
cline of ours that it lends Us relief
from snOwfalls and showers. A sun
shiny day is something to keep alive
in our minds and dream in our sleep.
1t makes the long winter endurable
when without it 'twould be little COM
fort for men. l.. c. L.
l. g. +. expresses a thought that
comes often 10 us. that in our deeper
natures we are butterflies, rioting in
the sunshine and glooming in the
gloom. Yet for a large portion of the
year we are grubs, grubbing out an
existence under the shadows.
The Noes Have IL.
(Cor TT. Wayne Journal-Gazette.)
A surprise party on Mabel Noe was
given Saturday evening, Jan. %, in
honor of her birthday anniversary, by
her schOOlmates at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Noe visited with
Mrs. Noes grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Biddle Of Ligonier, Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mr.. William Noe had the misfortune
to lose a horse last week, death caused
| by collie.
NOBODY denies that John d.
! Rockefeller has done a large amount
of good with the quarter of a billion of
dollars he has given away, nor does
anybody commend the manner in
which he acquired the riches which
/ make such a magnificent benevolence
possible. What the rest of the world
would like is a better distribution in
order that Ii may for a part Of the
/ time at least vary the monotonOus role
of beneficiary by playing benefactor.
THE way the stlge attractions are
! jumping on South Bend this week is
a caution to income tax collectors and
/ boost to the h. c. OF l. They seem
/ TO think South Bend has a potful Of
/ money and each is trying to get here
\ first.
THE little old News Times seems to
/ have brought a hectic flush to the
4 CT oeks of certain senator's who alb
/ hOr having the spotlight of publicity
thrown upon the proceedings of the
! legislature. They would like to choke
the press. but the press is unaccom-
mOdating, it refuses TO be choked.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

The Ground hog will soon make his
annual trip out, but not by the front
door at which the farmers boy has
prepared the shiny steel trap with a
bright red checked apple.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

Some people are going to all the
dances now because Lent is soon COM
ing. and after it comes they will keep
dancing because they need the recrea-
tiOO
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

Greece orders all her reservists in
Canada to join their colors by March
LIST. Sounds as if Greece were going
to haste Turkey.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

The habit OF living in the outskirts
makes room for gardening. and gives
the children healthful life. To many
OF as. such home would look far
better than a tiny fiat or crowded
block
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

1t is just one merry holiday alter
another, for the old Boy. War has
made fish so scarce in northern Eng
land that they're talking of cutting
two days of fasting out of every week
i'm Lent
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

In view Of the general opinion that
this nation should be better prepaI ed
for war. the small boy is already prac-
ticing craftsmanship on the windows
of the reighbors woodshed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

The new president Of Mexico doesn' t
seem to wear any necktie. but Pancho
Villa will no doubt be glad to provide
him one in a few weeks.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

as intellectual as the intercollegiate
debates
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-01-28

Missouri's legislative commission
announces that SO per week is the
minimum wage upon which a working
girl can live and that thousands Of
them are existing on $3.50. 1t is a
$3.50 distinction between living and
existing, you see.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07
GIRL SCOUTS.

Motion pictures showing scenes at the
Girl Scouts rally held in Rock Creek
Park last summer attracted many Girl
Scouts to Loew's Columbia during the
latter part of the week. Scenes at the
girls camp known as Sunflower Lodge
also were shown. The money realized
from these benefit pictures is to be
used for the local council Of Girl
Scouts.
1t is the plan of the local council to
make a campaign for good leaders. 1t
is not hard to find girls who want to
become members of the organization,
it is stated, but it is difficult to obtain
women who will make the right kind
of leaders. This city has the largest
number of registered scouts, and it is
the ambition of the local council and
all of the captains to interest at least
twenty-five new members each month.
Alexandra Carlisle, a well known
headquarters last Friday. Her inter-
est in the Girl Scout movement is keen,
and when she is spending the summer
at her place in Bedford, Mass, she is
the captain of a large troop of Girl
Scouts. Her sister-in-iaw, Mrs. Pfeif-
fer, is the assistant captain during the
winter
The residence of Mrs. J. B. Kelly, at
Woodbridge, was the scene of a merry
Halloween party last Saturday night,
at which both Girl and Boy Scouts
were present. Practically all of the
guests wore masquerade costumes.
Games, dancing and refreshments were
on the program for the evening"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07
custom which became quite general,
and remained popular for many years.
More Recent Devices Shown.

The collections of the museum, which
include several examples of different
forms of apparatus under the above
subdivisions, are supplemented by eX-
amples of more recent devices. One is
finder pistol, an English adaptation
of the flint and steel in gunlock,
which threw sparks on some finder.
What was known as a fire piston was
made by the Siamese and Malays. This
comprised a cylinder of wood with a
closely fitting wooden piston, a smart
thrust of which kindled finder within
the cylinder. A lens for focusing the
sunlight on finder is shown as an eX-
ample of a method first employed by
the early Greeks for kindling a fire.
Other apparatus includes what was
known in Germany in 1924 as hydro
gen lamp, the hydrogen, being derived
from the action of acid on zinc, was
made to play on spongy platinum, thus
causing it to glow: a match light box
of about 1909, from Vienna, consisting
of bottle of sulphuric acid into which
splints tipped with chlorate of potash
and sugar were dipped, and matches of
sulphur and phosphorus, as well as
an electric gas lighter. The latter ex
hibits bring the series up-to-date and
cover in a general way the develop
ment of fire-making from the earliest
days to modern times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-07
ANNAPOLIS.

Special Correspondence of The Star
ANNAPOLIS, November 6.-Mrs. Law.
renee Bailliere held the first of heI
Wednesday receptions in November
this week at the Peggy Stewar,
House." Hanover street. She was as.
sisted in receiving by Mrs. Iden, wife
of Surgeon John H. Iden. U. S. N; Mrs
Laws, wife of Commander George w
Laws L. S. N, and the Misses Mary anG
Eliza Magruder.
Mrs. Griffin, wife of Commodore
Thomas D. Griffin. U. s. N, will re.
ceive on Wednesdays in November, and
Mrs. Arthur Newton Brown, "A State
circle, will observe Thursdays as he,
"at home day" throughout the season
Mrs. Raymond Stone. wife of Com.
mander Stone. U. S. N. retired), re
ceived on Tuesday at her home at Muir.
ray Hill. She was assisted by her sis.
ter, Miss Suydam.
The usual Wednesday afternoon re.
ception was held at the superintend.
ent's quarters this week. Mrs. Eberle
wife of the superintendent, was assist.
ed by the following ladies': Mrs. Hines
wife of Commander John Fore Hines
U. 8. n; Mrs. Osterhause. wife of Lieut.