davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
TO MAKE BINDER TWINE
MillOEccd Will be Used i'm Manu-
featuring Product.
News-Times Special service:


LANSING, Mich, Oct. 16.-Cloth
and binder Irvine from milk weed
stalks which grow i'm profusion on
north Michigan pine lands bids fair
for realization. Experiments con-
Quoted for the public domain com
mission by the American Wooden
mills. has demonstrated that a firm.
long wearing fabric which takes a
dye as well as wool can be made
from the fiber Of milk weed. Binder
twine better than sisal can also be
made from il, it is stated.
Further experiments with
methods OF production and cultiva-
ton are being made and it is be-
heved that material which would
manufacture 500 suits of clothes can
be produced on one acre from a
crop of five tons of stalks. which
will yield one ton of fiber The
yield, if methods Of cultivation prove
satisfactory. Will net the farmer
from $500 to $1,000 per acre.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
IAN OLD SWEETHEART OF
NINE

There is enormous local interest
in the first production Of An Old
Sweetheart of Mine" the new com
edy adapted by Robert Mclaughlin
from the Hoosier foIk-songs and
stories of the late James Whitcomb
Riley. II will be seen at the Oliver
theater for two days, Friday and
Saturday matinees. This play cpl
tomizes the exquisite sentiment,
gentle humor and shrewd philosophy
OF the Riley verses. II was approx
ed by the poet himself shortly be-
fore his death and is presented by
with his publishers, the
Bobbs- Merrill company. In a ro-
mantle love story of the early seven
ties-the scenes laid in the Riley
birthplace, Greenfield. Ind. are de-
picted the village law office, the JEFF
Thompson home, the odd Swimmin'
hole" and a happy climax is reach
ed tout by old Aunt Mary's." From
printed page to dramatic stage
come trooping a dozen Of the most
familiar Riley characters, including
that most beloved vagabond, The
Raggedy Man. Orphant Annie, Pa
tience, the Thompsons Aunt Mary,
'Lizabuth Ann, Squire Hawkins, Jap
Miller. Phil Flash. Eek Skinner.
philosophic DOC" Sifers, Townsend.
the medicine fakir, and the Boone
county lad who ran away from his
law books 10 join a medicine show
and become poet OF the people.
The thousands, young and old, who
revere the memory of the Hoosier
bard will rejoice to see the quaint
characters Of his creation visualiZed
in a spoken drama that has pre-
served the very essence of his world
famous verses. The sale of seats
will open on Wednesday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
THEATERS

wife" newly married, gets many
husband.
Irene Huyck, the princess Of Mon
AGO. is the star of the show. For
looks she ranks high and her sing
ing and dancing are above the ordi-
nary. Supporting her are a bevy of
girls and the usual quota of men.
The song numbers were good, those
scoring especially heavy being Hon
eymoon Cottage" Teach Me How to
Swim" Honolulu Lou" and Love
Comes But Once"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
G0MPERS TO GIVE TALK
AT INDIANAPOLIS SOON
Union Leader Will Discuss Attitude
of Labor to AdanlsOn
Bill.
News-Times Special Service:


INDIANAPOLIS, Oct 16.-Sam-
uel Gompers, president Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. will speak
in Indianapolis Wednesday night
oct. %. according to announcement
OF Otto Ray. president OF the In
dianapolis central labor union. The
meeting will be at Tomlinson hall.
Mr Ray said ne expected Mr.
Gompers would deal largely with
the attitude of labor to the Adam
son law and that the speech would
have political significance only as
it concerned labor issues in the
campaign.
Charles Fox OF Terre Haute. pres
ident OF the Indiana State Fedora
ton is also TO speak
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
BROADWAY AFTER DARK"

Broadway After Dark will be
presented at the Oliver theater next
Sunday afternoon and night The
story deals with the unequal strug-
gle Of men and women, and main
tains that the same moral code
should prevail for both sexes.
The play is under the manage
ment of the Halton Powell company
which has given it a picturesque
scenic production, and a company Of
competent players.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED
Battle Creek FaCtS InfantiIe Para
lysis Epidemic.
NeWs-TImcs - -:

BATTLE CREEK. Mich, oct 1G.
Measures 10 safeguard LEGAL chill
dren against infantile paralysis were
taken by health authorities when
the public schools and 81. Philips
parochial school were closed. thea
ter managers We're advised TO bar
all children. under IS. the Willard
library was closed TO children under
Is. and sunday schools were asked
10 discontinue sessions until further
notice. There are IS known cases
OF infantile paralysis in Battle Creek.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
WILL ASK THAT VOTING
MACHINES BE BARRED
Petition to be Filed i'm Terrc Haute
Says They Can be
Manipulated.
News-Tines Special Service

news Times Speci1l services
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 16.-
Joint action of the four leadins
political parties today resulted in
the preparation of a petition which
will be filed in the circuit court
asking that the election officials be
enjoined from using voting ma
chimes in Vigo county in the COM
ing general election. The petition
sets forth allegations that il has
been proved in the federal court
that the machines may be manIpu-
lated 70 register fraudulent totes
1t is further charged that parts of
the machines have been removed
and cannot be replaced in time for
the election. The petition asks that
the election officials be directed to
use the Australian ballot system.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16

BUDGET INCREASED
Berrien County VIII Spend $3.50, O3O
During Next Year.
News-Times Special servtce:

news lLler NDt@-lhA SeTfAt-
ST. JOSEPH. Mich. Oct. 16-It
will cost Berrien county $3.50. $50
TO take care Of the expenses for the
ensuing year, according TO the re-
port OF the finance committee. which
submitted the annual budget at the
meeting OF the board Of supervisors.
There is an increase Of $2I.8OO
over the budget last year. and the
chief increase comes in the general
fund. raise from $4,000 20 $S5.-
600 and there but a few cuts made
in the other funds. although the
building suffered the most. a reduc,
ton OF $500 being made. The ap-
preparation is only $500 for the
ensuing year. The county buildings
are in good shape. however. and will
not require much expenditure
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
SOLDIER MARRIES GIRL
Couple Meets First Week Troops
Are on Mexican Border.
News-Times 500 serrtce:

LLANO GRANDE. Tex. oct 10
Harry Southern, formerly of G
company. LIST Indiana infantry. sun
day married Miss Eva Copeland OF
Laferia. Tex. daughter Of a Llano
Grande concession man. Southern
met the girl. a pretty Texan blonde,
the week the first regiment arrived
al the border.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
PURE FOOD SHOW OPENS
Feature of indianapolis Exhibition
VIII be Public Wedding.
- -Times Special Serrt,e.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. oct. 10
The annual pure food exposition
was to open formally tonight in
Tomlinson hall The show has the
support OF all the retail grocers OF
the city. The show is designed to
show the latest preparations Of
foods and the newest inventions to
add comfort and convenience for
Homework. A feature of the show
will be a public wedding.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
WILL PROTEST CONTEST
Rose Poly Authorities Claim Oni-
cials Were Incompetent.

TERRE HAUTE Ind. oct. I6.-
Authorities Of the Rose Polytechnic
institute will protest the Hanover
Poly game played Saturday and
forfeited 20 Hanover. Coach Hal
Menord has announced. The pro-
test viii be based on assertions that
the officials were incompetent. the
neld was not inClOsed. spectators
were on the field and because Of
the playing OF Johnston whom Rose
declares to De Ineligible
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
Automobile Is Struck BY Train nj
Crossing i'm Bath. Mich.
vs-Times Specia. Service:


BATH. Mich. oct 16. - Barth
Huntington Of Lansing and James
Grove OF HHlsdale. representatives
OF the International Harvester Co.
were instantly KILLED ~ Cushman
crossing one-half mile vast of here
when their automobile was struck
by a Michigan Central passenger
train
The two men had been working
i'm this vicinity and were on their
way 10 Lansing when the accident
occurred. The crossing is considered
one OF the worst in the state.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

Auten Post No. S G.. A +. will ex-
tend a vote OF thanks TO the party
who will return TO the old court
house, the camp kettle taken from
SpringbrOok park during the centen-
NAL celebration. IL was used in the
camp FIRE scene and was greatly
priced as a Civil War relic.
w. II. II. RITTER. Post Adjt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
GOES UP ON RAMPAGE
Man shoots Woman and Her Broth
CT and Slashcs Himself.
New s-TImes Special service:

Wv 3 : IIIIt~ fNTffsF'IaI Nf'TNI1N.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. oct. Il.
Mitchell Gonova, 43 years old.
shot and probably fatally wounded
Mrs. Alice NJ. Raymond. shot and
beat her brother. G. A. Cakes. and
then after hring a bullet into his
own body. slashed his throat with
a butcher knife. His wounds also
are expected 10 result fatally.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
HUNTING COSTS MORE
War Causes Guns and Ammunition
to Increase in Price.
News-Times speciaI servlee:

COLUMBUS. Ind. Oct 16.-War
on rabbits. squirrels and every other
animal the hunstman seeks. will
cost more this year. The war is the
cause. the dealers say. and hunters
admit the explanation is plausible
in this instance. In some cases
ammunition has almost doubled its
price within the last two years
Some guns also cost 20 per cent
more than last year.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16
ELKHART TEAM WINS
CLOSE GRID BATTLE
Athletic Club Team Defeats
Topeka TO, PREM Max
ing touchdown.

News-Times Special Service.
ELkffART. Ind. Oct. 16.-Ihe
EIkhart Athletic CLUB football team
defeated a Topeka aggregation at
the Driving park Sunday, by a
score Of z 90 6. The visitors claimed
that they had not been defeated
during the past three seasons. PREM.
carried the ball over the line for
the locals The Elkhart Athletic
club viii play the Silver Edge team
OF South Bend here next Sunday.
Charles Zimmerman, IS years
old. OF Chicago was found asleep at
the New York Central depot early
Sunday morning and was taken 20
the police station where he admit
ted that ne had run away from
home He is being acid pending
word from his parents.
The seven weeks old child OF Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Miller. 2IG y. Main
s.. died Sunday morning, Services
viii be held at the home Monday
afternoon and interment will be at
Grace Lawn cemetery.
PrOctor's Blue SOx played the
Goshen Greys at Goshen sunday
% tie game. The game was called
in the eleventh inning. A number
of the Elkhart fans complained of
unfair umpiring and II was decided
10 disband the Blue Sox for this
season. Hill and Series were bat
terry for the local team.
The Elkhart high school football
team was defeated at Grand Rapids
Mich. by the Central high school by
q score OF $50. The Michigan boys
had the advantage Of superior train
ing and outweighed the local team.
They also introduced the oregon
formation boys to a great adyan-
tage.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16

William -. Bergan has moved his
law offices 20 Suite sol Farmers
Trust Bldg.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-16

Pr. Paxson. dentist. Farmers Trust
-Advt
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-06

Just who is to benefit by the Lever cotton
bill which has been passed by the House,
Why don't the Southern Senators and Con-
gressmen keep their constituents posted on
these proposed bills and tell them how the
cotton grower is to benefit?
This headline in a New York newspaper
is enough to give the Germans Mysteries:
"U. S. seeks array of facts on sinking Of six
ships" And maybe after twelve are sunk,
there will be something else sought besides
facts
Atlanta householders are worrying over the
"augur burglar" who bores holes in walls; no
wonder they should worry. After the first of
May, he will reap harvest, in sundry cellars
of Atlanta's wise male virgins who stored
liquids.
While the season for lynchings in Georgia
seems to have ended, there is wave of suicide
that keeps the undertakes reasonably busy,
and the whites are sharing honors(O with
the blacks.
Because it bought too much fancy fxin's for
itself, Baxley bank has been forced to close.
Thirty five thousand of the depositors' and
stockholders dollars went into the furnish
ings, and not so much in the vaults
Left alone in the house of relative on
whom he was dependent, an old man, Of
seventy, sick and penniless, committed suicide.
And we still weep gobs of tears for the way
the heather treat their old folk.
It is said now that, while Mr.. Wilson had
promised to take only one Presidential term
the thrifty candidate meant six-year term,
Mr.. Bryan informs us.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-06

Bethany, by Thos. E. Watson. A Romance
of the Civil War, with vivid pen pictures of
plantation life, before the war Bound in
cloth. Price, $1.00, postpaid. The Jetferso-
MAN Publishing Company, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-06
Talk by Managing Editor, and Few Paragraphs.

things for which The Jefersonians have been
fighting are being bitterly attacked by the
powers that would like so we'll to see all such
publications as The Jeffersonian, Menace,
Yellow jacket, American Citizen-in fact, all
those which appeal to the best in true Amer
lean sense-Which are for religious freedom,
freedom of the press, the free public school,
distinct and separate from the clerical, and
the absolute right Of every man and woman
to choose for themselves their spiritual as
well as their temporal ruler.
ALICE LOUISE LYLE,
Managing Editor The Jefersonians.
You are familiar with the old saw of the
loose button we'll, like many another idol, it
has fallen. Man found button, wrote note
and hung it up with the button, where he
found it; girl owning the coat belonging to
the button, found the note, left another, and
we hope they will Give happy ever AFTER"
as they have married.
Noting some of the efforts of Atlanta to
become city of sweetness, refinement, mod
esty and light, as evidenced by the pages of
the daily papers printed there we give, for
what it is worth, the suggestion that an ad-
vertising censor be appointed, to look over,
and cut out, some of the ads appearing in the
daily papers
In discussion lynchings in the South, and
Georgia in particular, it will be we'll for the
Northern press to recall that, while the South
has always been careful of the honor of the
Nation, it has also taken decided stand on
the question Of the honor Of its women, and
there is no choice between the two.
A negro, stealing some wire from an cleo
trio light pole, was electrocuted, and we won
der which of the Northern papers will be
first to scream against the Southern town in
which it happened because there wasn't bell
or a red flag to warn the niger that the wire
was loaded?
Isn't it an amazing thing that a former col
lege president, and a professor before that,
should veto an immigration bill that sought
to reduce illiteracy in this country? Mr..
Wilson has put himself on record with for
mer President Taft, by vetoeing the pro-
posed Burnett bill.
Many middle-aged mans blood will Jingle
when he reads that the Indians are to act as
scouts for Uncle Sans soldiers going into
Mexico, and there may be some quiet search
ing for the dime novel of yester-year, for some
of the Dare Devil Dick tales
We always knew that if Mr. Roosevelt was
given breath and time enough, he would talk
himself into a hole, and he has His back
tracking on the denunciation of Mr.. Wilson
prove the argument.
At any rate the Governor of Texas doesn't
think that fair trial cannot be given criminals
in Georgia; he has honored the extradition
Vio+o,, NJ L 70 opJ
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-06

"Waterloo" is a classic. It touches the
depths of romance and tragedy. By Thos.
3. Watson. Beautifully bound in cloth.
Price, postpaid, SOC. The Jefersonian Pub
fishing Company, Thomson, Ga
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-06
A Book All Young People Should Read

You hear so much about Caesar
wouldn't you like a brief, up-to-date
sketch of his marvellous career, his
creation of the Roman Empire, his
murder and his great funeral?
Wouldn't you like to know about the
noble pair of brothers, the Gracchii9
And about Marius and Sylla? And
about the Great Instruction of White
Slaves led by Spartacus?
Also the immortal love-story of
Antony and Cleopatra!
All this, and much more you will
find in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1916-04-06

It is said now that, while Mr.. Wilson had
promised to take only one Presidential term
the thrifty candidate meant six-year term,
Mr.. Bryan informs us.
The sun., 1916-09-10
'hsho sy AzmASrer J9SAss s4uEHS

hard to discover the girl. although she
and the flower she holds might be the
starting point of the picture. What
the eye would perceive would he little
more than an abstract pattern in
which the head and body and access
sories would look very much as though
seen through a prism with the result
that all the planes would appear dis
tinc;ly separate and sharply divided
by straight edges.
THE futur!st would not paint the
girl at all. He OF ali these painters,
would he most retrospective. Instead
Of making this girl his starting point
he would approach his subject very
much as a mus.claA might-to record
his own memory, his own mood n
his own varied sensations after re-
turning from the ball. In the one pic
ture he would lave overlapping i'm
press!ons of a floor crowded with
wh!rling dancers. musicians and mus!-
ca. notes; an arm around a girls
waist; u taxicab. a horses head. hoofs
perhaps as he recalls their beat upon
the pavement.
"PoSt-impressionism. reacting against
the atmospheric subtleties Of impress
s.onism with its n~aturalistic interest
in the exact quality Of light and color
of n given scene, emphasizes form
rather than light. design rather than
elavish imitation. In his feeling for
design photographic truth has fire.
uuently been ignored. and tho post-iin-
pressionist has offended through his
distortions. Tho leaders in the post
imurpssipnig famp arc ~t'pyunpC Van
Gogli, Gaughiu ana Mat!ssc.
"Cubism. as its very name implies,
Is the gcometrical theory of art. The
Importance of geometrical relations is
central. Tho cubist's conception of the
picture departs even further from the
object than tho post-impressionist's.
This may be carried up q the point OF
absolute abstraction. where the OBJ
The sun., 1916-09-10

the glaze ran thin. REDEEMED through
the influence Of IL" tire. and hN-nt
quite dark At the uncovered foot low
EYER. his WIS tn" exception. 'u IN"
contrary. AL IN" southern k:.uS used a
'uars,r 'LtN, containing much moro
iron. IN consequence nf winch II" war"
l. not -, hard, ,rarS'r and burns rcd
o.: h''k Wherever the uu@,aI"l surface
i, cNpuse'l To- tie heat If the bl.n.
Now ,~hlnc-tc-rh"u, Ia" ancient
~'h'anSnan. Ia" great 'oran'r c"u'rr
from "a" sung times on. il situated
practically in III" heart Of china and
there IL seems t. a certain extent both
claNs wcr" found. When In" court
rctrcating before tho continued inva-
sion of TntHi trlnos. lu -, i',l south
aud founded u new capital at llau.-
chou. IN" pottors followed ~ I'll" wake
of their employers and tlc Ting k.lns
continued their work at ching -tc-r'l,n.
wI"r" until "a" time &C Nuug chem.
in III" eighteenth century Tux vno has
hc7n made. TN" result is that from
~" beginning of a." suns period, pos
~lhiN c%ariior that -. FROM 900 To- l"9I
when IN" court fled sul,h So called
northern Ting MAS made. while tlo
southern Ting was made at ChiuG-tc-
chen from l@2I on. l'ut whether north.
,rn or southern tho TlHc ware mover
shows siguS IF %rcdirninr in the fire.
which in case of In. southern v,r.
inns, have been owing ,n su,,,,l rr,-
cautions. AS Tho thlur.to-rhcu rIoy
contained IRON II the general prod
ucts of these hlrs rcd1.rcl nm to- tic
emf nf , a.. N,np n,r.nJ whom Inns en-
rcr,nr ,,l,, a,yc AN.
According +, ,,rl, chinese ,u,hori-
tics !, v,s ,>rc.diunfv dincul, T., ar
rrrnniiato b,tuoon w., ,No kinds ,f
TIM: IN fact, i, WIS considered ,rc
s,mr.mc ,o~, Of c,uuoisscurshin
Needless tn stv. where We h,yo So III
tie To- 20 hv. these dit,irulios are u,N
far greater. Onr bowl found IN a Man
rhurian tomb of tho twelfth century
The sun., 1916-09-10

ject itself vanished. as in much Of
ricasso's work. Here the sensation Of
moving lines. planes aud volumes sys-
tematically ~juNtaposed are the instru-
mentation through which the retinal
melody is obtained. Cubism counts in
its fold Picasso, Picabia. Girls and
MARCEL uchamp.
"Futurism is more than a theory of
art. 1t is really a propaganda of rcvu-
luton II radicalism all along the
line. preaching "A fashionable down
with everything old and up with
everything shocking and startling
This is expounded in numerous mani
festos issued from futurist hsadquar-
tiers. F'uturism is the most interesting
child of modern psychology. An i'm
preston is a confused. blurred effect
produced OF the mind. in which i'm
ages overlap and associations of all
sorts crissCross.
"Now, as 10 the Importance OF these
three. futurism is purely experimental
Its form Is absolutely new. without
anything in tradition TO support il.
Its foundation il purely theoretical.
What future there is for this style IT
would be unsafe for anybody to prog
nosticate, Suffice it to say that. II not
for paintings. certainly for drawings
to lie kept in portfolio. it is an inter-
esting field for rsthctic experiment,
and lis theory is entering into litera-
turc and the drama.
THE first flare Of excitement at
tcndant pom the appearance Of the
new art is pickering low. 1'oSt-im-
p~ressi3nists. cubists. futurists and tho
other new types Of lists and revolters.
when first they came upon the scene.
brought down upon their heads floods
Of criticism and condemnation. Rut a
place in the art world Of to-day has
already been found for them. II seems
that the time has arrived 10 make an
appraisal Of their contribution.