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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-10
MEN sHOULDLOOE
FORWARD ALWAYS
This Trait ExaItS Man Above
Beast, Declares Rev.
George w. Allison.

Continuing the plan recently
adopted Of merging the Sunday
evening services OF both the Chris
tan Endeavor society and the
church into a service Of a single
hour lasting from Z until O'Clock.
antthsr pleasant hour" was held
last evening al Hope Presbyterian
chapel under the leadership of Miss
Elizabeth Turner The program IL
jared each week ard consists Of
boCh Instrumental and vocal music
IS well as prayer End brisf address
~ the minister or others The
theme for tie program last evening
was The Constellation Of Purpose. q"
The mirister, George william Ali
son, speaking briefly at the close Of
the hour. said, using this for his
theme also:
We are here dealing with the
fundamentals OF life. This topic
brings our intentions into question.
II presents 10 each Of us the aim
or ideal % iise. and should lead US
To eacn question whether ours is a
consecrated aim, a sacred ideal. an
enObled am bitiOn.
Each Individual Has Aim.
"Of course we have the right TO
assume that evcsy individual has
an aim AN ideal which ne attempts
TO follow. IL is only this ability TO
choose certain ends which he wishes
TO attain and then consciously and
deliberately following after them.
which exalts man above the beasts.
The lower hrutes have no intell-
gent purpose They do not work
according TO plan. For them there
Is 10 tomorrow Their fartherest
thought is for something TO satisfy
their present appetites and passions
only i'm the higher animals is there
"a glimmering Of intelligence occa-
siOnally or of instinct working
blmdly which suggests planning
ahead purpOsively 20 accomplish
definite ends How much better are
Sc than many birds and beasts of
the field?
so as amor animals themselves.
again a Jng men can the scale of
attainment be drawn and individuals
accurately classified by the distance
ahead which we consider in plan
ming our conduct Those who live
only day by day, only to satisfy
present need OF food and shelter and
fun. are but little above the beasts
and far below the angels. The most
intelligent. the sane@t, the greatest
men and women boys and girls.
are those who deliberately choose
some definite end they wish TO at
tain; are those who consistently and
purposely strive with this end in
view. They are those who are
working not only 10 satisfy temporal
needs. but those who in addition are
holding for themselves a shapely
soul. Who are making their lives
a means Of blessing those with
whom they come into contact. Who
are interested in the betterment of
the world socially i'm which we live.
Christiani1e Purpose
I'VE should all definitely plan
ahead that which we wish 10 ac-
complish and become. But GRIM
inals do that as well. We should
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-10
BELIEVE MAN MURDERED
Body of Ws=atfieId Man Found i'm
Hole Near Valparaiso.

VALPARAISO. Ind. July 10. -
With wounds on the head and face.
evidently produced by blunt instru-
Lyon. Il years old. OF Wheatfield
IEd., was found today in hole nea-
Baums bridge. Indications pointed
TO Lyon having been murdered and
the body thrown into the hole he
was last seen alive week asO al
kouts, Ind.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-10
GERMAN LOSS 3,012,637

LONDON. July German cas-
ualties from the beginning Of the
war to the end of June. as compiled
from official German lists. are given
as 3.O12.637 in an official statement
made public here Sunday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-10

COONLEY ENT. SARSAPARILLA
CO. Best blood purifier made Sl.00
size bottles for 50c At Coonley' s.
Advt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13
Fills Long Felt Want,

Hambley, Smith and Murphy. San
Diego funeral directors, have been so
fortunate as to secure the services Of
Rev. A. c. Wright as their representa-
tive in the Back country Mr. Wright
is soon to open up display room on
Main street, Ramona. This will OBJ
viate journey to San Diego to select
a casket, or the necessity of taking
whatever Is sent up here. if one is I'M
able to go 10 the city to make ones
own selection. Mr.. Wright will also
keep hearse here in Ramona. Upon
Mr.. Wright's notifying them of a
death, one of the members of the firm
who are licensed embalmers, will i'm
mediately come TO Ramona and care
for the body here, instead OF taking it
to San Diego. The firm will have the
same facilities for embalming in the
Ramona parlors that they have in the
San Diego establishment so that a
body can be embalmed here and pre-
pared for shipment just as well as in
San Diego. This is service that GER
tainly fills long-felt want in this COM
munity. and everyone will feel that Mr.
Wright is exactly the right man for
the place.-Ramona (Call Sentinel.
&C
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13
REVENUE REFORM.

|. The Illinois tax amendment COM
mlttee. a voluntary organization Of
revenue reformers, has taken time by
the forelock and inaugurated a cam
paign Of education on the revenue
amendment to the state constitution
which the voters will be called to pass
upon next November The amend
ment as proposed simply removes the
constitutional restrictions which pre-
vent classification by the legislature
Of personal property for taxation and
gives to the legislature power to make
such laws as are deemed necessary to
provide more equitable assessment Of
personal property.
The amendment as passed by the
legislature, however, shows one vital
point of difference from the PROPOSE
ton submitted for an advisory vote
and Overwhelmingly carried in 1912.
The 1912 proposition simply called for
empowering the general assembly to
classify property" whereas the
amendment now proposed uses the
definite term, personal property" 1t
will be contended by a great many
students Of the taxation problem that
this Interpolation seriously reduces
the potency Of the amendment, and it
would not be surprising if the limita-
tiCn Of the proposal to personality
should imperil the amendments pas
sage.
| However, the amendment as now
| proposed would be a real achievement
in the direction Of equitable taxation
and would certainly open the way for
urgently needed reforms. Our present
revenue system simply places a pre-
MUM on tax-dodging. 1t hits hardest
where it should be least felt and works
| for the advantage Of the wealthy. In
! telligent and equitable treatment of
/ the tax question should have as its
/ object the Encouragement of thrift
| industry and community development
instead of the penalizing of all enter
prise 1t should taper the weight OF
| taxation toward the bottom of the
pile, so to speak, by apportioning the
lightest load to the poorest. With this
end in view, the amendment should
have omitted the specification of per
sOnaI' property by classification as its
sole object The purpose Of consti-
tuition, however, is merely to outline
principles upon which laws may be
built, and the details of any taxation
reform under a constitutional amend
ment must be worked out by the law
making body.
The amendment may be regarded
by many persons as half a loaf, but il
is possibly the only opportunity Ill
nois will have for some time to ge'
any revenue reform.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13
THE FARMING BUSINESS.

When tie trust magnates who claim
to represent American business meet
to write platforms and pick candidates
for the coming campaign, they forget
the biggest business OF all, and the
one with most voting strength-the
business Of the American farmer
says the Chicago Journal.
The American farmer isn't joining
in Wall streets complaints against the
Wilson administration. On the con-
trary, the farmer is well satisfied with
that administration. He knows Pres
ident Wilson has kept the country at
peace without sacrificing either its
interests or its honOr-and he has a
justifiable doubt whether there are
many men in public life who could
have done So He knows that peace
has done as much as good crops to
bring prosperity to American farms );
and he knows, further, that this rural
prosperity was prepared by the Will
son administration from the first.
One Of the noteworthy things about
the Underwood tariff was that it un-
taxed the farmers tools. Owing to the
stopping Of imports by the war, the
beneficial effects of this wise policy
have not been fully realized; but the
good work of the Wilson banking and
currency law is clear to every farmer
in the country.
The currency law stopped panics,
which hit the farmer almost as hard
as they do the city workman. 1t
stopped the concentration of the ma
tons money in Wall street, to be
used in stock gambling, and kept it
where it was earned, TO be used In
actual production. 1t has helped to
fill every country bank with money, to
lower interest rates, to stimulate local
improvements. 1t has enabled the
farmer to move his crops without
tying up the cash OF continent.
1t has done more to make farming
a genuine business than all previous
legislation for half a century: and
that business is far too sensible &c
be stampeded against the Wilson ad-
ministration.
The overfed gentlemen who meet al
Gary dinners may not be aware OF this
fact, but II will show up at the polls
next November
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13
BOOKS AND THINKING

Book publishers and dealers have
shared this fall in the satisfaction left
in the wake of the rising wave Of
prosperity. They have been doing a
good business and they have noted as
one of its features an increasing de-
mand for works of serious import,
books that broaden the mental out
look, stimulate thought, and enable
the reader to bring to the problems of
his daily living and thinking a better
informed and more alert intelligence.
The optimistic will hope that this
means the beginning of the end of
that curious and puzzling sentiment
which, for now some years, has swept
up and down the country instilling
everywhere distrust of and contempt
for anything that connoted serious
thought. 1t has found its exact and
terse expression In that slang term of
contemptuous intention and malevol-
ent influence, "highbrow." which has
fastened itself like leech upon both
the language and the life of the coun-
try.
The startled recognition which
American readers begin to give to
books OF more serious consequence be-
gan, indeed, soon after the beginning
OF the war and was in evidence even
during the lessened book demand that
marked the business depression OF last
year. And it has been, the publishers
say, growing steadily ever since the
opening, early in the autumn, of the
present book season. If We are indebt-
ed to the European war for this dawn
ing realization Of the Importance of
being able TO think we owe TO tina,
awful conflict something of far more
consequence than any stimulus to
trade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13
|EALTHT TALL
W
William Brady,M.D.
Remedies for Sick Headache.

Migraine or sick headache, which is
much more common in women than
In men and usually begins at puberty
and continues until middle life, is
probably hereditary toXaemic neu-
rosis-or, in more humane language,
nervous disease inherited from one
or the other parent, characterized by
periodic seizures, like epilepsy, which
are produced by some poison re-
tanned in the blood, by fatigue, by
excuses, or by mental excitement.
But causes aside, what should be
done for migraine?
Since attacks recur with more or
less frequency it is obvious that
the patient must beware Of drug
habits. Practically all of the popular
migraine or headache tablets con-
tain, as the pain-killer, either acetan-
Hide, phenacetin or an analogous
coal-tar derivative, which, while it
certainly knocks out any kind of
neuralgia pain, also knocks out the
heart and breaks down red blood
Corpuscles. The acentanilide habit is
more destructive than the morphine
habit. 1t sends many a victim direct
to the insane hospital. And this not
withstanding the fact that the tablets
are Guaranteed Under the Pure
Food and Drugs Act" as perfectly
harmless"
Persons overweight who have at
/ lacks OF sick headache ought TO join
| the Break and Milk club-no dues.
but members struggle along some
how on plain fare of bread and
milk or crackers and milk one day
in each week. to give the stomach a
rest and sort of catch up with their
toxins.
A diet containing little or no meat
but plenty of bread and butter veee-
! tables, fruit and sweets, has done
much good for migraine. If there is
a tendency to constipation in snita
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13

the claims of rival concerns in Euro
pean countries, and because 1t means
royal entrance to a market that will
be inviting for many years to come.
The negotiations between the Chin
ese government and the American con-
Germs were conducted with the assist
ance of Commercial Attache Julian
II. Arnolds who was the first to call
the opportunity to the attention Of
American manufacturers. Mr.. Arnold
represents the United States bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
in China.
The desirability of manufacturing
more cotton goods at home has long
been urged by progressive Chinese.
China itself is the largest market for
cotton yarn In the world and the Sec
ond largest market for piece goods,
the imports of all cotton goods in
1918 being valued at no less than
! S133, goo, 900, great part of which
came from Japan and India. The gov
| eminent wishes to manufacture these
| goods at home and is taking an active
part in establishing mills. There are
now only 100000 spindles in China,
as compared with 100000 in Japan,
3S,000,000 in the United States and
! 100000 in England 1t is estimated
! that at present 25 to so more mills
Of $4,000 spindles each could find all
the orders they could possibly fill.
The two new mills are to be erect
! ed at Shanghf and Tolentsin, and the
| government is interested to the ex-
tent of 40 per cent of the capital in
volved. Each mill is to be equipped
with $4,000 spindles, the order for
which has been placed with the Saco-
Lowell shops of Boston. The contract
for the power equipment for the two
mills has also been placed in Amer
lea and the actual superintendent
| will be American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13
The Daily Story
A Double Secretly Eunice Blake

was that fearing they would not sa
here to their resolution Of keer5,.
their secret they had each regis,er.s
VOW to maintain it inyioIata ~
Smith. who was engrosseG In busins,,
did not find it difficult TO keep bis VOW
but Mrs. Smith. who had little IN -
cupy her mind, dwelt upon her hn,
bands secret continually. One A.,
she said 10 him:
Dear. have concluded that ms.,
know your secret True. Won bays
made a VOW not to reveal It. bnA tho.
VOW was made to me. and j releas.
you"
why cannot you dismiss this mat.
ter from your mind:" be asked ",
tell you my secret ! am entitled "a
know yours. I don't wish to know !,
Possibly il | did I might feel soma.
thing, do something, say something II
spoil our happiness. As II Is, we ara
passing On without anything to MAJ
it. Why not let the matter rest AZ n
IS? Remember Pandora and the boz
Of troubles she opened"
This was all very well, but the curl.
Gus bee had been buzzing In Mr.,
Smiths bonnet so long that she could
endure it no longer However, some.
thing occurred to bring about a reveIs.
ton of both mysteries. One morning
the postman delivered the mail while
the Smiths were at breakfast. Mrs
Smith opened letter addressed to her
and turned pale. Seeing that she was
about to faint, her husband ran to her
and caught her in his arms. She came
to herself in few moments,
What is it, darling;' cried her bus.
band.
Read It."
Taking up the letter, he read:
When your mother died she left Il dis
cretionary with me to make a confession
for her. I have not long to live and have
concluded to make II before l die. Your
mother spoke falsely when she told you
, your husband was dead. She also wrote
him that you were dead.
Something glimmered upon George
Smith. An idea was trying to perme-
ate his brain.
what was your maiden Manner he
gasped.
"Stacey-Arietta Stacey"
Throwing his arms about her, be
squeezed her till she cried out
Thank heaven!" he cried.
What for?"
81 am your first as well as your sec.
ond husband. You are my first and
second wife"
How do you know"
II married Arietta Stacey when she
was seventeen years old Why did you
change your name"
Mother forced me to do so to keep
you from finding me-"
| But you have known my name
since our marriage"
Yes but Smith is not an uncommon
name"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13

Mr.. George Smith at fifty looked for
ward to lonely old age. He wished
to marry. but there was an impeachment
in the way of his marrying At thirty
he had married girl of seventeen
against her parents wishes. Seventeen
Is tender age for 4 woman to be
placed in antagonism with her mother.
and husband who under such circum-
stances attempts to contend with a
mother-in-iaw is quite likely TO get
the worst of it. One day, but month
after his wedding-at the end Of the
honeymoon-Mr. Smith went home
from business to find the newly built
nest deserted His wife's mother had
swooped down on her and carried off
her chick.
1t was six months before the be
reaved husband could discover where
his wife had been taken. Then he
also learned that she was dead. At
any rate, his mother-in-law wrote him
to that effect. But whether the lady
did so that she might cause him to
cease to pursue her daughter or wheth-
err she wrote the truth he was not
quite certain.
But now, twenty years from the
date of his marriage, he met maiden
lady verging on to forty with whom
he was very companionable. He never
told her about his marriage, for he
made up his mind to win her il posi-
BILE and feared that if he admitted any
doubt as to his being free to marry
she would not take the risk. When he
proposed to her she surprised him with
a confession She informed him that
the name she bore was not hers legal
ly There was long story to tell in
connection with the matter of her pass
ing under an assumed name that she
would tell him If he cared to hear it,
after which he might judge for him
self if he wished to marry her.
Smith after a few moments Of
thought replied that there was mat
rimonial hitch in his own case. If he
told her what it was it would always
worry her; if he knew what hers was
it would worry him. Would 1t not be
well for him to keep bis secret and
vice versa? In his own case there was
not one chance in thousand of there
being any trouble. She said that the
same was true in her own case. She
would take the risk If he would. After
awhile they concluded that what had
been proposed was the sensible thing
to do, and they were married.
Things don't always turn out as ex-
pected Instead Of there now being
two causes for worry there were four.
Mr. Smith in addition to having his
own affair to trouble him had that of
his wife. Mrs. Smith also had two
cares of worry where she had had one,
Then, too curiosity came in to make
matters worse.
The prime difficulty in their now I'M
burdening themselves to each other
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13

strongest voice in the peace settle
ment.
The enormous economic power OF
labor is not realized; it has never been
as much as one-third exerted, and |
hope that Il may never be exerted.
The war will go on until economic
exhaustion compels the nations to con-
slider peace terms. Then labor will
have its say
The first of labor's insistenCes will
be that the power to declare war be
placed with the people themselves. The
people bear the burdens of war; they
are taken from their tasks to be killed ;
, they and their families suffer.
Therefore let the people themselves
have the deciding voice as to any dec
laration of war This, of course, will
involve not inconsiderable changes in
! the political organizations of Europe
for now the rulers and not the people
| plunge the nations into battle.
Next, militarism and competitive
! dTIlldluGul lUuSt CSdSt. - ujStIliI lilli
itary class Is menace to any nation
! for that class always desires and often
provokes war; militarism is behind
the enormous sums which the Eu-
ropean nations spend annually III or
der to be better prepared and equip
ped for fighting.
| do not favor disarmament at the
present time, but there is vast diff
ference between being ready to defend
right or redress wrong and the estab
lishment of vast military power
which is primarily designed for con.
quest and the suppression of the right:
! of others. In the militarist competi
tive armament scheme of creation, the
! laboring man has no part or voice an(
| he is merely called upon to supply his
body or his mechanical skill for the
purposes of the leaders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13
GOMPERs OPPOSES MILlTARIsM.


(By Samuel Gompers, President of the
American Federation of Labor,
l am opposed to militarism and nav
alism and all that goes with these
terms, but l do not consider them nee
essary elements of a preparedness
plan. Any establishment along the
lines of European nations is wholly
out of harmony with our ideas Of de-
mocracy and contrary to the genius
of the American people.
We must be ready to fight for right
eousness, for if democracy means i'm
potency, then democracy is a failure
That man who is not willing to fight
for democracy is not worthy of democ-
racy.
The economic pressure of labor is
such that it can and will see that its
ideas for permanent peace are car
ried out when the war ends, but that
economic pressure, as l have said be-
fore, will hardly be eXerted before the
discussion Of peace comes forward.
There are already movements for
peace under way in the name of labor
Of the United States, but these move
ments are not sincerely in the inter
ests of the peace of the world, but only
in the interests of one side. Such bodies
as the Friends of Peace" and the or
CARNATIONS which are attempting tc
stir up strife among the American
workingmen are formed only to assist
the perpetuation of militarism. The
success of their efforts would place
the United States in an unneutral posi-.
ton before the world.
Labor is dealing with something
greater and far more important thar
the end of this war, terrible as it is;
American labor wants to restore the
principle of loving thy neighbor,
which has been so shot to pieces.
War today is a matter of the work
ingman in the munition factory; the
continuation of the present war is il
the hands of the workingmen.
l have been in constant correspond
ence with the labor leaders of every
country at war, and | know their sent
| iments. | cannot say that a genera
strike to bring peace is yet possible
but l do say that labor will have thu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-13
A GOOD PATTERN.

King Constantine of Greece evident
~ regards President Wilson as lone
star to which to hitch his wagon. Il
hope YOU will make the people of the
United States understand that | am no
more pro-German than your presi-
dent" said King Constantine TO the
Associated Press correspondent. u
am pro-Greek, just as your president
tries to be only pro-American,
1T is one Of the saddest evidences
of the hatreds and prejudices evoked
by this war that people who should
and in their sober senses, do know
better, insist upon imputing to others
motives which they never could have
entertained"
The king Of Greece and the kaiser
are brOtherS-in-law.