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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-04

John +. Kiefer. who has been en-
gagged in the retail shoe business in
this city for "A years. has sold half
interest in the store at 413 :. Main
St. to j. Henry Evans, jr.. OF South
Bend. The firm name will be Kiefer
4 Evans
Mr.. Evans is an experienced shoe
man. having been connected with
the Walk-Over shop in South Bend
and more recently as a wholesaler.
lie is the son Of Rev. j. II. Evans,
Who was once pastor of the former
Division Street Evangelical church.
The annual Elkhart farmers in
stitute opened in the odd Fellows
temple Monday with 100 men and
women present.
The principal addresses of the first
session were given by ]. p. Prigg
and Mrs. n. j. Deller, the former
speaking on "Leguminous Crops"
and the latter discussing Better
ment OF Rural Homes" At the af-
ternoon session the same speakers
talked on Soil Improvement" and
The Demands Of the Day"
As an added feature of Tuesday
fOrenOon's program A. II. Beardsley
will talk on Lime and Alfalfa"
The county commissioners today
awarded contracts for the improve
ment or two roads. The Main St
extension OF the Elkhart- Goshen
road will be built by Amandus NJ
Smith Of Elkhart, who bid $21,96O;
the Harrison township road, part of
q scheme To unite Wakarusa and
Elkbart, will be improved by the
Foley Construction Co. who bid $780,
$50.
Bulletins posted in Big Four offices
Monday announce that j. A. Walters
OF Mount Vernon would succeed c.
F. Griffith as local agent next Fri
day. at which time MIR. Griffith viii!
take the agency at Terre Haute.
Alleging cruelty and habitual in
toxication. Fawn Elliott has filed suit
for divorce from Eugene Elliott,
whom she married on May %. 1911,
and from whom she separated last
Friday. She asks for the custody Of
their one child and for $500 a week
for it's support. /. II. Church and
w. II. Chester are her attorneys.
Lewis II. Van Frank Of Elkhart
has filed a petition asking for a
Judgment of $1,000 against the
Health Cereal Co. of this city and
for a receiver for the company w.
W. Haynes is president and +. b.
Harris. secretary. Wilson Roose ia
attorney for Mr.. Van Frank. The
complaint alleges that the plainun
was TO nave received 5000 for Ger
tain recipes and formulas he turned
into the company, but did not get
his money.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-04

Bulletins posted in Big -Four offices
Monday announce that j. A. Walters
OF Mount Vernon would succeed Q.
r. Griffith as local agent next Fri
day. at which time MIR. Griffith viii!
take the agency at Terre Haute.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-04

or Csc Huck Towels OAK 38 = II 1-2; $1.35 dOz
z Huck Barber Towels i4x27 Sc ca SOC doz.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

the census bureau assured us that
those rotund figures were JUSTIFIED,
and most of US still use them with a
sort of mental reservation. And now
the census experts assure US that we
are already safely past that mark
that on January l, 1916, there was
1O1 ,2OS,315 people in the United
States, and that on July there will
be 102,017,SO2 people in the United
States.
It is impossible to think of these
rapidly mounting figures without a
feeling of wonder and awe. In one
year we are gaining more than half
as many people as there were in the
whole United States when the repub-
lie was established. Soon we shall be
adding the whole population of our
thirteen original colonies in one year
and then soon we shall be doubling
that.
This growth of the nation proceeds
with the resistless power of great
force Of nature. We cannot help be-
coming ever bigger and mightier.
Even if we were to stop all immigra-
ton, we should go on multiplying as
China has multiplied. Eventually we
shall doubtless have more people tnan
China has today. And those hum
dreds of millions will not be Chinese
Human cabbage heads. as some
body once called them. No matter
how many of US there may be in the
future generations, we can't help be-
lieving that all will have the indivi-
duality and power that have charac-
terized our people from the begin
ning-and a far more resistless col
lective power.
That is what makes the steady in
crenlent Of numbers so significant.
What will those hundreds Of millions
do?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
t be transferred to the Golfers of the

be transferred to the Golfers of the
| government.
And why not? In the German the
DRY the nation is a superior entity
superior not alone to the individual,
but to the mass of individuals. The
people exist for the state, not the
state for the people The German pa
triotism is objective, rather than sub
jective.
Moreover, CONSUMPTION is cardi-
nal principle Of the government. In
times of peace, as well as in times Of
war, the manhood of Germany is fore
ed to bear arms. If there is to be u
Consumption of life, why not also a
CONSUMPTION of property? It can
scarcely be said, even in Germany
that money, securities and lands are
more sacred than human flesh and
blood.
Germany cannot win this war, and
at last she knows it. The tender of q
separate peace to Belgium was q con-
fession Of this newly discovered im-
potency. The blows being dealt on
the western front are but the strug-
giles of the shackled giant to burst his
bonds. Germany already has begun
to draw in it's lines. There are only
Il few thousand German soldiers in
Constantinople, and the widely her.
aided attack on Saloniki almost GER
tainly has been Abandoned. The eX-
petition against Egypt, accorded 4
similar publicity, was mere bluff.
This summer will witness. if not tho
end Of the struggle, at least the We
tory decided and victory will aot
rest on the Teuton banners.
Germany does well to consider the
aftermath Of war-that day of reck-
oning, internal as we'll as external
that she must face. Then, we be-
l:eve, the German people will come to
their senses and to an understanding
CT the falsity OF the teachings 10y
which their thought has been pervcrt-
cd and crystal!izcd !: error, The
awakening may not be swift it i
more likely to be gradual, for wars
enmities ard hatreds for time vii!
solidify Germany against the world
hut it vii! Gene. Autocracy then will
be at Il discount, and. liberal, demo-
cratic concepts OF liberty and cppor
tunity vii! come into their rightful
heritage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
GASOLINE
ACCIDENTS

A new word, "petromortis" has
come into use lately It's queer word,
derived according to no recognized
rule from the petrol'-the European
term for gasoline-and the Latin wore;
;'mcrs'', meaning death. But its mean
ing is simple and plain enough. It
means asphyxiation by fumes from a
gasoline engine.
Several cases have come into pub
lie notice recently. Automobiles have
lost their lives by letting their en-
gines run, in closed garages, until the
air was vitiated. The burnt air-anG
gasoline fumes may not be actively
poisonous, but they cause death when
breathed for any length of time, just
as do the fumes from d gas of char
coal stove in tightly closed room
Every person who uses any form OF
nas engine should recognize this dan
ger.
Nest gasoline accidents are Of a
iit2srert sort, caused by explosions.
Gasoline. IS a liquid will not explode.
Even gasoline vapor by itself is non
sxp5lsiv.. It becomes dangerous when
cvatoined with air. The principle of
he gasoline engine is the utilization
Of this explosive power of mixed air
and gasoline vapor. Gasoline evapora
tes rapidly, and very small amount
goes Il long way. The Journal of the
American Medical Association en-
plains that one gallon of evaporated
Gasoline may render 200 cubic feet
q air explosive. An explosion may
r. ult from the absorption Of only
%e part Of gasoline vapor to 10 parts
Of air. And such an explosion, besides
blowing up everything in its vicinity
may set the open gasoline receptacle
afame and starts a disastrous fire.
All that is needed is lighted match
or a gas fame or a spark to set off
the mixture.
Many fires are started, too, by peo-
pie cleaning gloves or other articles
With gasoline. They rub the soiled ar
ticles, and the friction heats the gaso-
line until il takes fire Such cleaning
should DC done cautiously, in the open
air,
A government bureau Of mines cX-
pcrtS reports that 1,O40 persons were
burned TO death and 3,120 were in
iurcd from gasoline fires in the year
1918. The casualties from this cause
arc doubtless far greater now.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
FACING 4 NEW CONSCRIPTION
(Richmond Timcs-Dispatch)


Germany has stopped thinking that
the economic losses of the war are
to be made good by huge indem-
nitv wrcstcd from hcr enemies. Some
talk of indemnitics still persist. VI
it is weak and faint-hcaited Thought
flu, men throughout the empire are
dicussinc openly the tremendous bur
den of taxation the people must bear
after the treaty of peace is signed.
In the very interesting discussion
of these issues appears the view OF
Count Kospoth, a member OF the
House of Lords Of the Prussian Dict.
He comes out frankly for the con-
fScation Of private property, although
20 make the sound less harsh to LIE
tcrestcd ears, he speaks of his scheme
as the lessening of individual fer II :
tune. : 1t means the same thing BY
tremendous Inheritance taxes, by con-
1scatory imposts on incomes and like
t!CNlcEe. tiit I,,,n,,,, IL
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
WHAT THEIR
RELATIVES THINK.

The nation is still glowing with
indignation for the Lusitania on
rage. Thee. are still public ?at
demanding war, or steps laH't1
var, unless Germany witho2 ust...
81 delay grants full al9togT f2P
ton and pledges ioEtke FIRE.
it hasn't occurred 70 Tany u the
aot.neads 10 inquire what the lkm
orleans most giEaliy ate,s ssaG -trs
relatives Of tAe giess1s 's--tllifE 3out
it.
Fhe Nsw YORK W gently ask
..c4 these eitiseaS u ), in their opin
ION should be d,!.s' to end tie a3lltc-
alatic daadlecl, with Ge- a'afiy 4e ~
plies sli@;ysd strors as!illg as ifas
u haga Deer ezp Cot taey 2iso
rc.GaIesF ;@1a s%ag3r.s &E TACT taer aeE
one OF tbs bUgsave; ;s',!iSe> r..i-.,
the aatioa % go 10 waz To a%cnge his
bitter grteva2zs
One maa. @nGse father and mother
were killed aeiieves that our govern
ment should break off relations with
Germany and should help the allies
so far as possible-but not to the
point of joining them in tbs struggle.
Another citizen, whose brother was
Iilled, is content to Stand aside and
let the government do the best It can
along present lines: saying the Meth
er money nor di5,;vCwals viii briEg
back the lives lost" \ woman who
;cst her daughter says she has seer
to much Of the war 10 want her ic!
i.w-ccuntrymcn iivcivct! in ii.
Nearly all the replies are in lhl>
vein. These Americans who, from
the personal and human point Of view
constitute Il natural jury to sit IN
Judgment on the case, want their
country to take u firm and dlgnliIed
stard for law and humanity, and
rold to it without budging; but they
do not want to plunge the nation IN
to the bloody struggle because of the
Lusitania ofcnSc, or because of all
Gcrmanys oifcnscs together.
They al.c Hot ai:solv'cly opposed
to war, They ere wilijn" TO fight and
to die. they cay. i inc nation is
forced into Il position that demands
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Efforts to locate and arrest Frank
Still, a negro, who late Monday night
shot and instantly killed Charles Nc
Ghae, Because v::e . = p;.lsJ {. i.iS'.
stepped on his toe at a negro dance,
at Danville, failed though the police
believe that the murderer is hiding
in the vicinity of Poorhouse Hill,
where the shooting took place.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
Letter TO
Dr.. KiImcr & Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root viii DO
Fer You.

Send ten cents to DR.. kilmcr & Co.,
Binghamton, n. y, for sample size
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valua-
bile information, telling about the
kidneys and bladder. When writing,
be sure and mention the Gazette
Regular hfty-ccnt and onc-dollar size
bottles for sale at all drug stores.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Nationai-wide woman's suffrage
was killed yesterday by the House
Judiciary Committee. so far as action
at the present session Of Congress is
concerned. BY vote of Q to Z, the
committee voted to defer considera-
ton of the proposed constitutional
amendment until December IA.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Baron Won Busch the German Min
lister at Bucharest. replying to a quea-
ton as to why Germany delays he:
attack on Saloniki. made the follow
ing statement during a private con.
vcrsation. eve shall do nothing
more. We consider that we have
enough territory and shall remain on
the defensive, on all fronts, await
ing the attacks of the allies" Not
withstandirg this, there is positive
information that the Germans are
preparing for d violent offensive
against Kicff. The rumor is current
hat Field Marshal Won Mackcn-
sen, the noted German leader. has de-
clined oil responsibility for the re-
suits if the attack on Saloniki is de-
layed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Exploding gasoline tanks, bursting
hose. and freezing weather made spec
tacuar a fire destroying seventeen
automobiles and doing damage est
mated at from $1l 900 10 $4,000 in
the PRODIGY Arrison Motor Company.
32A1 Prospect avenue northwest. last
night in Washinton.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

One man was killed and three 9TH
ers painfully but not seriously IL.
jurcd early yesterday when the Sea
board Air Line Railroads Florida
Limited, northbound, crashed into
the rear end Of freight train at
Franklinton, n. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

The Russian war office has issued
tonight the following supplement to
the official communication. SIN adj
di:ion to th:' two Erzerum forts al
ready announced as captured by our
forces seven other forts have been
taken. There is thus total Of nine
Erzcrum forts now in our hands"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
DOCTOR SAVES
A BLACKSMITH

Some time ago | was taken with
Kidney trouble which caused me to
give up my work as blacksmith. |
lost my appetite and could not sleep.
from the dreadful pains that would
cine over me, from my kidneys l
was treated by physician for about
three months. He could not help me
SO finally he prescribed DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root. l started taking same
and before I had finished taking the
first bottle I began to eat and sleep
better than l had in longtime. con-
tinued to take same until was en-
tirely cured and TOOK on considerable
weight.
I am now back working at my trade
again and never felt better in my life
I appreciate what Swamp-Root has
done for me and will recommend 1t
to anyone who suffers with their kid
neys. Whsn physicians fail to give
relief and then prescribe Swamp
Rect, they sure know Of its merit. |
am, Very truly yours,
S. A. HALE,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
VIRGINIA NEWS

Old Point will be the next place OF
meeting OF tie Virginia Bankers .&!G-
sociaticn, which will be held some
time in June.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Samuel Butts, about GO years Old
pumpman for the Western Maryland
Railway Company at Cherry Run,
near HagarStown, Md, was found II
the rumphcusc yesterday dead, with
his skull crushed He had evidently
been caught in the fywheel of the
largo gasoline engine used to operate
the pumping plant, and his lie
crushed out.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Four Mormon missionaries have
made application to the Board Of Con
troll for permission 20 preach the Cos
pei OF Mcrmonism on the streets o
Norfolk.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Startling testimony on the possibil-
ity Of a spread Of leprosy in the Unit
ed States was given before the Sen
ate Committee on Public Health and
National Quarantine yesterday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Wanted in Accomac county on the
charge Of assaultirg =ld attempting
TO kill Harry c. Mcars, a farmer,
Clarence Kcl'an, colorcd has been
arrested in Baltimore. kclIan has been
wanted since July y, 1912.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
NEWS OF THE DAY

Nine persons are dead in the cold
wave which has now begun to relax
its grip on New York. The cold drove
nearly 500 persons to apply for shci-
ter at the municipal lodging house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Fire and water badly damaged the
interior Of the residence Of L. \.
Page, one Of StaunEon's wealthy cltl-
zcns, yesterday afternoon. MF. and
Mrs. Page, both i'll with grip, had
to removed to The home Of neighbors,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Harry SchofEel: an enbaliner en-
ploycd by Phillip Voelcker, a Ne"
York undertaken, last night confessed
to the police how he had killed MS
wife after a quarrel. Then he en-
balmed her body, faxed a death ccrt-
Iic.stc and conducted the funeral. Lat
ter on The ncighbors gave the health
department clcw and the body was
ordered sers TO The n:orguc. The coro-
ncr's verdict was that death was
caused by suffocation.
! France will require S1,G95.O64ooo
to run the government and conduct
the war the second quarter OF 1910.
or ihig a,,,or,,,4 I; or; GSS G9;, Il sri, y!
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Willie Riggs, twelve-year-old boy
was drowned in lake north of Ba-
sic City Saturday afternoon while
fishing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Yesterday morning Douglas Lyncn'
d negro employed ut the Dupont works
al IIopcwclI, engaged in a pistol due!
with Ahcrdon Mi!dron, another neg
70. said to have been The assaliant'
When the duel ended each man had
three bullets in his body. Lynch be-
ing dead from bullet which reach
cI his heart Mildron was shot IN the
stomach, in the Ghost and also i'll an
arm. IIc is now in Petersburg hos-
pital aHA IS rot expected to live. The
exact cause of the trouble between
them is not known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

On Monday afternoon, III Pocahon'
tas. 0cic Kirk ard James Hamilton
two negroes. got into Il difficulty over
n woman Of their mutual acquaintance
During the trouble Kirk shot Haml!-
toll in the leg. whcreupon the latter
drew his gun and shot Kirk IN the
mead. the ball penetrating the brain
through one of Kinks, eFesslS1$f5h
taken to the Pctesa,t fsg'sl ~
n!.ere Kirk died. -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
State Of New Yorw

County Of Monroe
S. a. Hale, Of Henrietta, n. Y, be-
ing duly sworn deposcs and says that
he is the person who wrote the fore.
going testimonial letter to RI. kilmcl
& Co., and knows the facts stated
therein to be true.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this Goth day of July, 1909
Morris I. Griffin,
Notary Public,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
NEARING
1o2,QOO,0OO

We have hardly got used to speak
ing Of our national population as 100,
! 600. 600 It is less thag ! y:,al sil!cc
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16
rs ABLIsHED IN 1884
PUBLISHED DAILY.

PUBLISHED DAILY.
By Alexandria Gazette Corporation.
317 King Street
ROBERT S. BARRETT, President
and General Manager.
HOWARD w. SMITH, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Entered at the Postoffice of AleNan-
dria, Virginia as second class matter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

be- for military purposes. These fig
ures were contained in the, budget
introduced in the Chamber of Depu-
ties Yesterday by Minister cf Fiiahce
Ribot. Since the beginning OF the
war the expenditures, including those
estimated for the next quarter:
amount to ss,3OO,OoO,OOO. Of this sum
Sc 500 100000 were for the conduct
of the war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

Mrs. Johnnie jenkins, who is under
Indictment charged with completely
m the murder Of her husband, Philip
G. Jenkins, at Pine Bluff, Ark, is
the sole BENEFICIARY in the will Of her
husband, filed for probate here. The
value of the estate is estimated at
100000 a shot from the darkness
killed jenkins. as he went oat or
the porch of his home. 7. S. Brad
bury, former cmploye OF jenkins
who was staying at the Jenkins home
has been indicted, charged with the
killing. 1t is alleged that Mrs. Jen-
liins sent her husband ont to get a
glass of water, knowing that Brad
bury was lurking in the darkness
waiting to Kill him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-02-16

William Jennings Bryan, it is de-
clared will oppose the denomination
of President Wilson in ths Demo-
cratic national convention. He will
base this opposition upon the one
term plan and upon his advocacy OF
preparedness. Bryan made Wilson's
nomination possible, at Baltimore. lie
will, his friends declare, train the
same guns upon the President at St.
Louis to prevent his again being the
choice Of the Democratic party. Il ne
fails in his mission he will support
Wilson's candidacy-as he did that
of Alton 3. Parker.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-07
Cosmos--ynudeviIIe,

Cosmos patrons this week did not at
tempt to single out headline attraction,
but lavished their applause generously
upon each of the six excellent acts of
vaudeville that make up the bill, with
some amusing added attractions, headed
by the Selig-Tribune news pictures and
with 1.-THE Island of Surprise" the pic
ture story of Rev, Cyrus Townsend
Brady, featuring William Courtenay,
Eleanor Woodruff and Zena Keefe as the
photoplay- attraction.
The bill opens with a sharpshooting act
by Clinton and Beatrice, two women who
mix up a shooting solo on the bells with
their bull's-eye accomplishment. Undine
Andrews wins laughter and applause with
juvenile speciality. and Torrance and
Cameron, Scottish lads in plaid and tar
lctan. stir up enthusiasm with a dashing
Scotch dance Offering, interlarded with
couple of Highland songs. Russell and
Calhoun in TYPES of Stageland" intro
duce u dramatic offering combining both
the humorous and the pathetic sides of
theatrical experience.
Frank Taylor, Tom Carroll and George
Cline are seen in THE African Duke, -
one of the most comical burlesquc min
strel acts of the season. Some instru-
mental music is introduced by the black
face characters. The final number pre-
sents the Du Pace Opera Company, a
musical offering of high class.