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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
FIRE DESTROYS
"SIDERS' MILL
Mystery About Blaze on Old
Landmark 4 Miles North
of City on River.

A fire. the source OF which viii
probably never be known, burned 10
the ground late Tuesday afternoon
che OF the most romantic old land
marks in St Joseph county-the
little gray mill on the banks Of the
river four miles north Of South Bend
which for many years has marked
the site OF historic old 'siders' mill
celebrated In poem and picture for
its quaint associations. The burning
was witnessed by a number OF patti
ents from HeaIthwin hospital near
which the mill stood but there was
no means Of staying the flames and
now only a few charred beams re-
main to mark the site OF the build
ing and the old mill dam
Standing in a beautiful and Sc
Guided spot. across from Mosquito
glen. the site has long been a fav-
orite one for picniCkers and the
stories associated with the place
have always thrown an enticing air
Of romance about IL.
BuSlt I'm Late Dos.
The small one-stOry building
which burned yesterday was built In
the late '9Os by the South Bend
Power Co. but after a short time II
fell into disuse and OF late gears has
been little more than a nesting
place for wesps and Wild birds.
old Siders mill which originally
stood on the site was built in the
q - D 10. n
Quaker from Richmond. Ind. The
building three stories and half
high with a quaint hipp@d roof and
fashioned windows was design
ed by Mr.. Harris and for so years
was used exactly as ne had con-
structed IL. 1t first miller was
Ephraim TrueblOod. The old mill
had many owners Mary Citing
cane into possession OF il on a mort
rage sule in 1860. In 1864 DR. Rob
ert Harris and Elisha Hall bought il
and the next year Dr. Harris sold his
inter est TO Mr.. Hall who conducted
it for a scar and then sold out to
John Siders in 1866 Mr.. Siders and
his sons conducted IL for many years
and il became best known in the
community by the name of Siders'
mill.
MusIlrat Plays Havoc.
In later years the mill showed
signs OF dilapidation and one sum-
mer night a muskrat dug a hole
benea h the fume. rains came down
IN. tGC~ents and washed away the
foundations and when daybreak
came it revealed the old structure
lying on it's side in ruin.
II was the beautifully painted pic
ture OF this old mill looking down
from the curtain Of the Auditorium
theater which for years strangely
stirred those who gazed upon il and
read beneath the picture this simple
Inscription:
For my soul seems caught in old
times undertOw
And I'm floating away down the
river st. joe"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
INSURANCE MEN MEET
Local District of Federation To En-
large Membership.

Members Of the st. Joseph county
district OF the Insurance Federation
OF Indiana met Tuesday evening i'm
the Chamber OF Commerce club
rooms.
Sec'y c. F. Turner of the state
organization and also OF Indianapolis
was present and gave a talk on gen
eral insurance, pleading for "a more
compact organization of the repre-
sentatives OF this community 10 was
decided 20 start "a campaign for in
creased membership. and another
meeting will be held soon. Several
additions TO the membership were
made Tuesday evening
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
TOWNSHIPS.

the converts and special orchestra
music will be furnished by the Sun
day school orchestra.
The receiving of the new mem
bers into the church will be fol-
lowed by a social hour with refresh
ments served by the ladies Of the
church.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

Truancy has been reduced to a
minimum in the schools Of Los An
geles by means of the telephone.
As soon as a child's absence is noted
his parents are called up and asked
the reason.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
STOLEN AUTO FOUND.

After a search OF several hours.
the stolen Hudson Six belonging TO
Attorney John r. Devine was found
on W. Division st. some distance
the other side of the Singer factory
buildings. The car was stolen early
In the evening from in front Of the
oliver hotel. II was not damaged.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN
Voting Places Announced
By Democratic Chairman

Following the Of party
law whic
OF
chairman Frank
will be
"Wednesday the election
OF
"A OF
tees as result Of this action will be made the
the county chairman republican
The list OF voting places their
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

dates took place last night at the
regular business meeting Of Crusade
lodge No. IA. knights o. Pythias.
at the X. of p. hall. The meeting
was followed by a social session and
smoker
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
DISTINCTIVE DESIGNS.

Millinery and art needlework that
are exclusive will be shown at our
opening Thursday and Friday Mrs
NJ. A. Fralick, 131 n. Main st. Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
why WOMEN
WRITE LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkham Medi-
cine Co.

Women who are we'll often ask
Are the letters which the Lydia F.
Pfnkham Medicine Co. are contin-
uaily publishing genuine o." Are
they truthful >" why do women
write such letters? 30
In answer we SAY that never have
we published a fictitious letter or
name Never. knowingly have we
published an untruthf-l letter. or
one without the fun and written
consent OF the woman who wrote IL.
The reason that thousands of
women from all parts OF the country
write such grateful letters 20 the
lydia +. Pinkham Medicine Co. is
that India F. Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND has brought health and
happiness into their lives once bur
dened with pain and suffering
IL has relieved women from some
OF the worst forms Of female ills.
from dssplacements, Inflammation.
liberation. irregularitisS. nervous
ness. weakness. stomach troubles and
from the blues
IL - f-nusossfbIe FOR any woman
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

A Washington birthday party fea-
tured the meeting OF Auten w. r.
c., held Tuesday evening at the W.
r. G. hall. Prof r. L. Sims Of
the high school and Aaron Jones
delivered addresses in which they
held George Washington up as an
example TO the young men OF to-
day. Other short talks were given
by members Of the corps and a
minuet was given by the girls OF the
ST. Joseph academy. A Washing
ton supper was served by the ladies'
Of the corps following the musical
and literature program.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

The followers of Watson who had
TO listen for the time being 10 the
New declarations that the progress
ives would not vote for Watson be
cause ne led the 1912 fight against
them, are much cneered - having
secured this brief note from oyster
Bay. As they have claimcj from
the start, they still assert that Harry
New planned the elimination Of
Roosevelt delegates from the Chi
cage convention. but because New
was not a man of sufficient force
to. handle the convention and put
the program over, Jim Watson, Of
superior brilliance as a leader Of
men. was called for the particular
purpose. That at least Watson has
not tried to fool anybody by spring
ing any of the ancient correspond
ence that passed between Watson
and Roosevelt when the two OF
them we're in Washington putting
up jobs on the people for the bene-
fit OF the practical men OF Wall
street.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

-
who is we'll and
who has never
suffered 20 realize
how these poor,
suffering women
feel when TestOr-
e d TO health
their keen desire
10 help o Z h e r
women who are
suffering as they
id
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

To Prevent The Grip
Cold cause Grip-LaNative BrOmo
Quinine removes the cause. There
is only one "Bromo Quinine f. ".
GROVES signature on BOX 25c.-
Adv
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

EMF. SCHINkE- commls-
@'oneT. MID. dist.-Adyt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

Salt put ia hot water Will make II
hotter. just as 1t makes cold watsS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

the chief of the cOnspirators in the
manipulation of the infamous Taft
primaries in Indiana in 1872, said
primaries being conducted for the
sole purpose of stealing the ma
tional delegates from his good friend
Roosevelt. How Harry was head
Of the conspirators composing the
credentials committee of the Chi
cago convention in 1912. which
threw out all delegates who favored
his bosom friend and well wisher.
Theodore Roosevelt
After all this, then comes Harry
to the people OF Indiana, asking
progressive voters TO go to the ex-
tent of violating a criminal statute
by voting for him in the March pri-
maries. To make sure he gets the
progressive vote he pretends 10 have
just received a letter from Roose-
Welt indorsing him as a candidate for
United States senator from Indiana
on the republican ticket. Conceal
ing the date he springs a letter
dated in 1898.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

Spring opening Thursday and Fri
9Ay- Mira Al a FTal1ck AdyL
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

Cherry pie. the kind George
Washington ate" was served at the
social session held 10y St. Joseph
Valley tent No. 1108. Maccabees.
held at the W. o. ". hall on JEFF
ferson blvd, last night The supper
served was made Of various delica-
cies made Of cherries. A business
meeting was held previous 20 the
social hour
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

Two candidates were given the
warriors and chiefs degree at
meeting Of the Improved Order Of
Redmen lodge. No 426, held Tues
day evening Past Sachem n. W
Van Buskirt vas present and gave
a short address. Each member was
presented with souvenir OF the
holiday.
t.n next Saturday evening the
Haymakers' lodge viii journey TO
Elkhart. Ind. where they will put
on degree work for that lodge. This
viii be a meeting OF special interest.
and a large number OF South Bend
people are expected 10 attend
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

The Master Mason degree was
conferred on a class OF candidates
last night at the regular meeting
OF the s.. Joseph lodge No. IS. Ma
sons. at the Masonic temple A
number Of visitors were present ar
the meeting from various lodges OF
the surrounding cities.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23

Eighteen-ninety-eight; think Of
l. Think what Harry has Done 10
Theodore since. How Marry was
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-02-23
LODGE NOTES

x X x x X y X x = X X X x x x
, 1916-09-12

branches over us. Surely if its bOie
must do the same. If the rim of the
plateau was indeed the highest point.
then why should this mighty tree not
prove to he a watchtOwer which com
manded the whole country? Now,
ever since ! ran wild as a lad in Ire
land / have been a bold and skilled
tree climber. My comrades might be
my masters on the rocks, but / knew
that l would be supreme among those
branches. Could l only get my legs on
to the lowest of the giant offshoots
then 1t would be strange indeed If l
could not make my way to the top.
Ny comrades were delighted at my
idea.
"Our young friend" said Challenger,
punching up the red apples of his
cheeks. sis capable of acrobatic Y
tons which would be impossible to a
man OF more solid though possibly
Of a more commanding appearance. 1
applaud his resolution"
"By George, young fellah, you've put
your hand on it, said Lord John. clap
ping me on the back. How we never
came to think of 1t before / can't i'm
agtne. There's not more than an hour
of daylight left, but II you take your
notebook YOU may be able to get some
rough sketch of the place. If we put
these three ammunition cases under
the branch I will soon hoist you on
to it."
He stood on the boxes while / faced
the runk and was gently raising me
when Challenger sprang forward and
gave me such a thrust with his huge
hand that he fairly shot me into the
tree. With both arms clasping the
branch, | scrambled hard with my feet
until l had worked, first my body and
then my knees. on to 1t. There were
three excellent Offshoots. like huge
rungs of "A ladder, above my head and
a tangle of convenient branches be-
yond, so that | clambered onward with
such speed TINT | soon lost sight of
the ground and had nothing but foil.
age beneath me. Now and then | en-
countered Il check, and once | had to
shin up IA creepcr for eight or ten
feet. but | made excellent progress.
and the booming OF Challenger's voice
seemed to be u great distance beneath
me. The tree was, however, enor-
nous, and. looking upward. / could see
no thinning of the leaves above nv
mead. There was some thick. bushlike
a.. Iii
, 1916-09-12

shoulder of green hill some distanc,
away, and across this a large dun col
ored animal was travelling at u consid-
cradle pace. 1t passed so swiftly that
we We're unable to say what it was.
but If 1t were Il deer, as was claimed
by Lord John, It must have been as
large as those monstrous Irish elk
which are still dug up from time to
time in the bogs of my native Eand.
Ever since the mysterious visit
which had been paid to our camp we
always returned to it with some mis-
givings. However, on this occasion
we found everything in order.
1t was about this time that | had an
inspiration. Ny eyes Glanced TO light
upon The enormous gnaried truus NJ
, 1916-09-12

"Personally / am unable to classify
the creature with any certainty" said
Summerlee, lighting his pipe from the
fire.
"In refusing to commit yourself you
are but showing a proper scientific re-
serve" said Challenger, with massive
condensation. Il am not myself pre-
pared to go further than to say In gen.
eral terms that we have almost GER
tainly been In contact tonight with
some form of carnivorous dinosaur. |
have already expressed my anticipa-
ton that something of the sort might
exist upon this plateau"
In the morning 1t was not long be
fore we discovered the source of the
hideous uproar which had aroused us
In the night. The i%guanodon glade was
the scene of a horrible butchery. From
the pools OF blood and the enormous
Jumps of flesh scattered in every di-
rection over the greensward we i'm
agined at first that a number of ami
mails had been killed, but on examining
the remains more closely we discOv-
cred that all this carnage came from
one of these unwieldy monsters, which
had been literally torn to pieces by
some creature not larger. perhaps. but
far more ferOcious, than itself.
Our two professors sat in absorbed
argument, examining piece after piece,
which showed the marks of savage
teeth and of enormous claws.
"Our judgment must still be in
allegiance" said Professor Challenger.
with a huge slab of whitish colored
flesh across his knee. THE indica.
tons would be consistent with the
presence Of IA saber toothed tiger, such
as are still found among the breccia
Of our caverns, but the creature actu-
ally seen was undoubtedly of a larger
and more reptllian character. Person
ally l should pronounce for allosauru "
"Or megaIosaurus," said Summarize.
Exactly. Any one Of the larger
c%arnivorous dinosaurs would NEE the
case. Among them are to be found
all the most terrible types of animal
life hat have cver cursed the earth or
blessed a museum" He laughed sono-
rOusly at his w c%onceit. for, though
he had little sense of humor. the crud.
est pleasantly from his own lips NOV
ed him always to roars Of apprecia
ton.
"The less noise the better said Lord
Roxton CURLY. I'VE don't know who
or what may be neal us. If this fellah
mt back for his breakfast and
catches us here we won't have so much
TO laugh at"
That morning we mapped out Il small
portion of the plateau, avoiding the
swamp of the pterodactyls and keeping
to the EAST Of our brook instead of to
the west. In that direction the coun
try was still thickly wooded. with so
much underground that our progress
was very slow.
, 1916-09-12
CHAPTER XIV.

" HAVE dwelt up to now upon the
terrors of Maple White Land, but
there was another side to the sub
Ject, for all that morning we wan
dered among lovely flowers. mostly. as
! observed. white or yellow in color.
these being, as our professors explain.
ed, the primitive flower shades. In
many places the ground was absolute
ly covered with them, and as we walk
ed ankle deep IN that wonderful Yield
Ing carpet the scent was almost intox-
icating in its sweetness and intensity.
The homely English bee buZzed every
where around us. Many Of the trees
under which we passed had their
branches bowed down with fruit, some
Of which were of familiar sorts, while
other varieties were new. BY observ-
ing which of them were pecked by the
birds we avoided all danger of poison
and added a delicious variety to our
food reserve. In the jungle which we
~traveIsed were numerous hard trodden
paths made by the wild beasts. and In
the more marshy places we saw a pro-
fusion of strange footmarks, including
many Of the lguanodon. Once in a
grove we observed several of these
great creatures grazing, and Lord John
with his glass was able to report that
they also were spotted with asphalt,
though In a different place from the one
which we had examined In the morn
ing. What this phenomenon meant we
could not imagine.
We saw many small animals, such as
porcupines. n scaly anteater and a
wild pig, piebald in color and with
long, curved tusks. Once. through n
break In the trees. we saw a clear
, 1916-09-12
live STOCK PRICES
AT SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle Market Steady to About
Toe Lower; Heavy Receipts
HOG TRADE ABOUT STEADY

Heaviest Run Of Lambs So Far This
season-one Car Short Of Last
Years Biggest Day. Fat Lambs
Rather Draggy-Not Much Sold UP
TIL Noon. Little Change In sheep
Fat Eve Sales steady to Lower.
Union Stock Yards. South Omaha,
Nebraska, September 10. 1e16.-The
week opened with the heaviest u OF
cattle so far this year, a total Of 6s2
loads, about 1880 head. Most of the
receipts consisted largely Of western
range cattle, and there were fewer
eorn-fsd beeves here than for several
days. Supplies Of cows and heifers
were not largo, and with a tolerably
broad demand from both packers and
outside butchers, the market was ac-
tive and prices were in about the
same notohes as toward the latter
part OF last week.
Quotations on cattle: Good to
choice beeves, s1OoO@1o.s5: fair to
good beeves, S9.00@9.75; common to
lair beeves, s6.750s.75; good to choice
heifers, $675@7.25; good to choice
cows. s6.5O@70o; fair to good
cows. $5.S51640; Gamers and cut
ters, s4.5095.75; veal calves, 5000
HOO; bologna bulls. $5.25@5.s5; beef
bulls, s6.00@70O.
Both packers and shippers started
out buying their hogs at prices that
were steady to in spots 10c higher.
Two of the packers left the most Of
their orders to be filed on the late
trade, and when the other buyers got
through they started in to repeat Sat.
urday's stunt OF lowering prices on
the finish Sellers. however, held on
to most of their hogs and succeeded in
cashing them at figures that were al
most as good as early prices. Bulk OF
the hogs sold at S10.60@10.70, and a
sprinkling of the best kinds as high
as $1,000, while he tops reached
81. 90.
The largest sheep and lamb run Of
the year to date was on hand Monday,
when 172 cars, or about 1900 head
were reported in. Owing to the large
receipts a decline in fat lambs was
Inevitable, although about $50 OF the
offerings were feeders, and mani Of
the sellers priced their tops around a
dime lower from the start. This did
not tempt buyers, however. and up to
400 not a load OF killer lambs had
been cashed. Quite a few strings of
the best feeding lambs sold in good
season, many bands going at S10.25@
1910.
Quotations on sheep and lambs:
Lambs, good to choice. s10.5041o.60;
lambs, fair to good, S101091o.50;
lambs, feeders, ss75910.50; year.
hngs, good to choice, S7.759sb0;
yearlings, fair to good, 87.0097.75;
yearlings, feeders, s6.5o 90; weth-
ers, fair to choice, $8.5O@7.5o; ewes,
good to choice, ss.5o97.26; ewes,
fair to good, s6.O0@68o; ewes,
plain to culls. S4.0o35.75; ewes,
feeding. s5.oO965o; ewes. breeders,
all ages. 36.26as.0o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
SHIELDS BILL OUTLOOK

Washington, March 24-(Special.) 1.-The sef-styled conservationsts are apparent ly in control of the House interstate com merce committed to which the Shields dam bill, passed by the Senate, was re- ferred.
 For, already, if reports are true, the friends of the bill would fail to recog- nize it even after a close scrutiny. It is understood the committee will strike from the measure all save the enacting clause. and substitute the provisions desired by the conservationists
 The friends of the measure in the Sen ate are still confident of securing the passage of the bill they desre-provided the President remains hands off, The amended bill. after it's journey through the House. will so to a conference com mittee, and that committee, on the part of it's Senate members, will insist on the adoption of practicable bill or none at all.
 The Shields bill is regarded as an Ala bama bill as under it's provisions, prac- tically all streams of latent water power in that state would be developed. When it was passed by the Senate thousands of telegrams from their constituents, in eluding chambers of commerce represent ing nearly all the large cities and towns, reached Senator Bankhead and Senator Underwood. At the present time. it seems that that display of inward satisfaction was premature if not misplaced.
 The attitude of the President. although it is thought that he is out of sympathy with some of the provisions of the bill, has never been definitely defined. At one time however, he and, Senator Under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
SPECIAL BARGAINS BY MERCHANTS IN TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

Loveman, Joseph & Loeb advertise Town Talk ties at soc.
 Louis Pizitz is selling soc silk half hose at, per pair. 35c. or three pair for $1.
 Jacobs drug store offers Autobute soap, price 1oc cake; special. two cakes for He.
 Hood & Wheeler feature the Colum- bia Grafonolo, style s5. for sS5. on easy terms.
 Realty Trust company has per cent investment securities at par. s Blach's says you'll have to hand it to them on hats. Particularly the Amer ican, at $3.50
 Birmingham Railway, Light and Pow CT company advertise gas heaters to kill the chill on these frosty mornings.
 Saks-Dressy suits for boys at $6.50
 Porter Clothing company-Rogers Peet Co. clothes for men, $25, $50 and 325
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
Duties Increased

''The additional powers conferred or the railroad commission by the act ere ating the public service commission has greatly increased the duties of the com mission,'' said Atticus Mullin, secretary of the body, who was at the Morris last night Tn addition to having practically the same powers over telegraph and tele- phone companies that were previously exercised over railroads, the commission now has certain duties to perform witf regard to all the water, light power gas street railway and other utility corpor ations in the state.
 Just as the interstate commerce com mission has proved to be beneficial. tt both the people of the country and the railroads, so I think will the control ot all utilities and public service corpor ations in the state by the public serv. ice commission prove to be to the best interests of all While the new plar greatly adds to the amount of work ol the commission 1t promises to work ou
 in such way as to meet the approva of the people of the state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-25
LITERARY SOCIETY
 TO HOLD DEBATE
 ON SUNDAY MOVIES

The Young Mems Christian Associa- tion Literary society will tonight debate the question of Sunday movies, the mat ter that has demanded so much attention at the hands of the city commission dur ing the past year. The question reads, Resolved, That the Moving Picture Houses of Birmingham Should Be Closed on Sunday The affirmative debaters will be D. D. Jones and Hugh Leonard; the negative Palmer Cummings and J. G. Popwell.
 This debating society was organized a few weeks ago and already has 20 mem bers. The society is open and free to all young men of the city, and an invi- tation is extended to them to attend the meeting tonight. The time will be S:15 o'clock and the place the r. M. c. A. library.