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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02
WHY THEY'RE NOT HIGHER.

The sugar shortage has been troublesome enough.
And the prices asked for pound of that commodity
have been higher public been enthusiastic
about paying yet the handling of the short
age by the administration has really saved the
public great deal kept the price down to fairly
moderate rate.
The Boston Post calls attention TO this fact COM
menting on the present situation thus:
Suppose that control over sugar had
been exercised by the board. 1t would still be
scarce. By the very Of things but there
would have been the market and
the price would have gone kiting so
cents a pound Today sugar is scarce, but such
as can had is sold at a moderate price"
The Illinois state administrator believes that
prices on staples are more likely down in
the near future than to ascend any higher. says
concerning the sugar
Here We are selling sugar for 1-2 cents
pound in the face Of a shortage such that,
without governments control and influence.
every man who had sugar would be holding
on to / until he got the last penny he could
squeeze from the advance
What is true Of sugar is regard to -four and
many other articles OF food the which isn't
excessive prices all right simply because they
aren't so high as they might be But it's just well
for realize occasionally how much the food ad-
ninstration is actually accomplishing
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02
ASHAMED OF HIS HOME TOWN Ell!

Efforts from MishawaSa, lauded over Main ST.
calculated 10 claim the credit for that first American
shot hred at the for Sergt. Frank E Logan
black headed. Ss years old formerly Of that city
seem lily spent Jealousy.
All the news reports say the boy red-headed
that he was about years old, and when asked the
name OF his home town, he replied: south Bend
Ind and Proud Of It" looks and sounds TO US
backed BY authority like John Howard Pittman.
if we did get scoop" it.
But suppose it Logan of Mishawaka, Then
aizhawaka seems much more anxious TO claim him
than ne claim Mshawaka II was South Bend
That nc was proud or instead OF Mishawaka anyway
Granted black hair is red. and that SO years
includes IS did the hero Of that first American shot
forget Ernsperger ST.; did ne think Mshawaka had
been swallowed?
Why should a AIishawaksn be proud or South Bend
The folks We know there say: 1T can't be did
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02
Shutting Of the Spies

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02

SINGLE Copies. Sunday, Five Cents with morning or
- evening dEiy editions weekly IS per year IN Ad
vance delivered By carrier; SO by mall Phones: Home
1851; Bell, 400. Once: W. Cellar av
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02

ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN INDIANA
~ Mailed South Bend second class matter.
G. R SUMMERS President STEPHENSON. Manager.
HENRY zUvER, Editor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02
If We Had Fought Earle,

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02

"On to Washington "

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-02
Another Big Job in France


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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-04-07
co1FAx GRANT PARISH, La SATURDAY, APRIL T.

the Imperial treasury will be fill
ed to overflowing with the gold
of the British and French war
indemnities.
Then : but not before = the
moment will come to talk of dis
armament and arbitration. With
Great Britain and France in the
dust, with Russia and the United
States at my mercy, l shall set a
new course to the destinies of the
world-a course that will insure
to Germany for all time to come
a leading part among the nations
of the globe. That accomplished
| shall unite all the people of the
white race in a powerful alliance
for the purpose of coping, under
German guidance, with the yell
low peril"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-04-07

at such other place as the Board of Dr.
rectors may designate, at an hour to
be named by the president of the asso-
citation, which hour so named shall con-
tinue the same for all subsequent meet
ings unless changed by written notice
to each director. and any five of the
Board of Directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of all bust
ness of the association.
Thus done and passed at my Office at
Verda, Grant parish, Louisiana, on this
the 10th day of January, 1917, in the
presence of the undersigned competent
witnesses.
j. M. Lang, w. M. Bowen, C. C.
Wilson, G. ID. Smith. j. E. Wallace,
M. E. Teddlie, ID. H. Wallace, Leon
Lang, l. McMills, Zelma Bumgardner,
Mrs. d. H. Wallace. ]. A. Patton, H.
l.. Brian.
R. H. Benton, Jr., Miss Lila Collins,
R. M. Dunn. ]. w. Bumgardner, Miss
Hulda Stces sell, Florence Swor, B. ID.
Fletcher, Mrs. Ella Brian, Mark Wom-
ack. Miss Lille McMills, ]. M. Straug-
han. Mrs. w. H. Jones, Mrs. j. w.
Collins, A. A. Pool. j. w. Bryant, Mrs.
M. E. Teddlie, j. A. Swor, Mrs. j. A.
Patton. Clara Fletcher. Eva McMills,
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NUMBER rs

Mrs. Esther Dunn, Earl Roberts, w.
H. Jones, j. B. Roberts, w. w. COL
Inns, Miss Eva Collins, Mrs. j. w.. Bry-
ant, d. l. Payne, Miss Edel Tucker. J.
F. Fletcher. Miss j. F. Fletcher. Mrs.
Mamie Smith, j. H. McNeely, Mrs. d.
/. Payne, c. H. Teal.
JAS. R. MILLER.
Notary Public.
Witnesses:
l. N. HARKINS.
c. j. HUTCHINSON.
Filed and recorded on this 18th day
of February, A. d. 1917.
C. D. LACROIX,
by. Clerk and Recorder.
STATE OF LOUISIANA l
Parish of Grant
/ hereby certify that the within and
foregoing to be true and correct copy
of the original charter of The Grant
Parish Fair Association, Inc, as filed
and recorded in this Office in Book "a"
of Charters at page 38 ct seq.
Witness my hand andpofficial seal OF
Office at Colfax, Louisiana, this the
18th day of February, A. D.s19l7.
c. d. LACROIX,
Dy. Clerk and Ex- Officio by. Recorder,
Grant Parish, Louisiana.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-04-07
CONSTIPATION and Indigestion.

These are twin evils. Persons suffer-
ing from indigestion are often troubled
with constipation. Mrs. Robert Ali
son, Nation. ILL.,, writes that when
she first moved to Nation she was a
great sufferer from indigestion and
constipation. Food distressed her and
there was feeling like heavy weight
pressing on her stomach and chest.
She did not rest well at night. and felt
worn out good part of the time. One
bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets cor
rected this trouble so that she has since
felt like different person. ADV.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-04-07
Help the Kidneys.

Colfax Readers Are Learning the Way.
It's the little kidney ills
The lame. weak or aching back
The unnoticed urinary disorders
That may lead to dropsy and Bright's
disease.
When the kidneys are weak,
Help them with Doan's Kidney Pills.
A remedy especially for weak kid
neys.
Doan's have been used in kidney
troubles for so years.
Endorsed by 10000 people-endorsed
at home.
Proof in Colfax Woman's state
ment.
Mrs. w. C. Williams. Colfax, says:
1--WE have used Doan's Kidney Pills in
our family for years and have foupd
that they live up to the claims made
for them. One of us had doctored and
tried most everything for kidney COM
plant, but kept getting worse. Doanr
Kidney Pills made cure and the pa
tent is today in good health. We con
slider Doan's Pidney Pills the best medi.
cine for kidney complaint.
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't simp-
ly ask for kidney remedy-get Doan':
Kidney Pills the same Mrs. William:
recommends. Foster Milburn Compa
ny, Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-04-07
Congress Declares War
In Response to President
Liberal Financial Credits Recommended for the Allies
Full Equipment of the Navy and Army OF at
Least Half Million Men Urged

far as possible without borrow
ing, and on the basis of equitable
taxation.
All preparations, the President
urged, should be made in such
way as not to check the flow OF
war supplies to the nations al
ready in the field against Germa-
ny. Measures to accomplish all
these ends, the President told
Congress, will be presented with
the best thought of the executive
departments, and he sought con-
sideration of them in that light.
Immediately after the Presi-
dent left the Capitol, the senate
and house recOnvened and an
identic joint resolution was intro
duced in both houses, declaring
the existence of a state of war.
The resolution is as follows:
whereas the recent acts of
the imperial German government
are acts Of war against the gov
eminent and people of the United
States,
Resolved, by the senate and
house of representatives of the
United States of America, in Con-
gress assembled, That the state
of war between the United States
and the imperial German govern
ment, which has thus been thrust
upon the United States, is hereby
formally declared; and
That the President be, and is
hereby authorized and directed
to take immediate steps not only
to put the country in a thorough
state of defense, but also to ex-
ert all of its power and employ
| all of its resources to carry or
war against the German imperia
government and to bring the con
fiict to a successful termination
The resolution was passed il
the senate at II p. m. on April
after thirteen hours of debate
J the vote being 80 to c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-04-07
1908 Prophecies
Of Kaiser Recalled

SCdl6S. WIFI lue OHilcu OldeCo
confronted by a situation that
may result in war with Germany,
it is recalled that the Kaiser said
in an amazing speech at a secret
council at Potsdam in 1908, that
ne would have this country and
Russia at his mercy, following
the defeat of Great Britain and
France.
A copy of this speech, in which
the Kaiser predicted the destruc-
ton of the British fleet by Yep
pelins in the event of war and a
successful invasion of England
and France, was sent to this
country by w. Hamilton Rhodes,
IA London correspondent, and
published in the Daily States on
March IA. 1915.
Excerpts from the speech show
ing some of the Kaiser's prophe-
cies follow:
Yes, gentlemen, Germany
over everything in the world,
the first power on earth both in
peace and war, that is the place
which l have been ordered by
God to conquer for her with the
help of the Almighty. This is
my irrevocable decision. A t
present, thanks to our airships,
we are invincible and can carry
at will war into the enemy's
country. 1t goes without saying
that if we want to maintain our
superiority and use it to best ad-
vantage we cannot postpone nec-
essary action much longer.
TT is too early yet to fix the
exact date when the blow shall
be struck, but / will say this:
that we shall strike as soon as
have sufficiently large fleet OF
Zeppelins at my disposal.
You desire to know how the
outbreak of hostilities will be
brought about. | can assure you
on this point. Certainly we shall
not have to go far to find a just
cause for war. My armies OF
spies scattered over Great Britain
and France, as they are over
! North and South America, as
, we'll as all other parts of the
world, where German interests
may come to clash with foreign
t power, will take good care of that
| have issued already, some time
, since, secret orders that will al
the proper moment accomplish
what we desire.
Even now | rule supreme Ii
the United States, where almos
one-half of the population il
either of German birth or o.
German descent, and whe err
5 three million German voters d.
my bidding at presidential cleo
tons. No American could re
: main in power against the will
of the German voters, who con
y troll the destinies of the vast re
, public beyond the sea.
while our operations are go
: ing on in England and France
Russia will be held in check b,
!: Austria Hungary. We have n
real cause to fear Russia. Afte
: the war it will be time to Sc
d things right in America, and t
I teach my friends over there tina
= | have not forgotten the objec
! lesson which Admiral Dewey say
fit to give me some years sine
when we had that little alterca
, ton with Castro.
s IF God will help us, as | al
: convinced He will. / trust tia
at the end of the coming yea
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-04-07

dent reached the capital at $40
tonight. During the day Champ
Clark, of Missouri. was reflect
ed Speaker Of the House. Mr..
Clark, Democrat, received 217
votes, while his opponent, Mr..
Mann, Republican, received 2O5.
The latter not only failed to re-
ceive an independent vote, but
lost the support of five of his
colleagues.
President Wilson urged Con-
gress assembled in joint session
to declare a state of war existing
between the United States and
Germany.
In a dispassionate but unmeas;
ured denunciation of the course
of the Imperial German govern
ment, which he characterized as
a challenge to all mankind and
as warfare against all nations.
the President declared that neu-
trality no longer was feasible or
desirable where the peace of the
world was involved; that armed
neutrality had become Intellectual
enough at best and was likely to
produce what it was meant to
prevent, and urged that Congress
accept the gage of battle with all
the resources of the nation.
Il advise that the Congress de-
clare the recent course of the
Imperial German government to
be in fact nothing less than war
against the government and peo-
pie of the United States" said
the President; that it formally
accept the status of belligerent,
which has thus been thrust upon
it, and that it take steps not only
to put the country in a more
thorough state of defense, but
also TO exert all its power and
employ all its resources to bring
the government of the German
empire to terms and end the
war"
The Presidents address deals
with all the acts of Germany in
provoking war, and is master
piece of statesman like utterance
that will go down in history as
marking an epoch in which a
new civilization for the world
has been founded.
The address is too long for oul
columns, and we can only present
a brief summary of the measures
he urged upon Congress.
To carry on an effective war
fare against the German govern
ment, which he characterized a:
a natural foe to liberty" the
President recommended:
Utmost practical cooperation
in counsel and in action with the
Governments already at war witt
Germany.
Extension OF liberal financia
credits to those governments 81
that the resources of Americ'
NAV be added, so far as possible
to theirs.
Organization and mobilization
of all the material resources o
the country.
Full equipment of the navy, es
necially for means for dealing
with submarine warfare.
An army of at least 10000
men. based on the principle o
universal liability to service an'
the authorization of additions
;ncrements of 100000 each a
they are needed and can be han
died in training.
Raising necessary money 10
the United States government S
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-04-07

The Board of Directors shall hold
monthly meetings, on the first Satur-
days of each month at the Verda high
school building at Verda, Louisiana. or
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-28
BIG INCREASE IN VALUE
Wisconsin Property is Worth About
$4,000, 900 More Than It Was
Year Ago.

Madison-The Wisconsin tax com.
mission has announced that 1t had
fixed the value of all taxable property
taxed by special laws. such as railroad
property, at $3.607. .470, ,442.
This is, an increase OF more than
S1S0,000 900 over the valuation of the
property last year This class of prep
erty last year was valued at S3,427,-
1920.
Under the v; ltion just announced,
the real estate III Wisconsin il valued
at 2,929,2S1, ,764, as compared with
$2,819, ,280345 last year. The personal
property in the state this year is val
ued at s67S, ,67S. as compared with
$607 ,516,S75 last year. The increase
in valuation as compared with that OF
last year is 5.27 per cent.
The value of all property in Milwsu-
kee county was fixed by the tax COM
mission at $693 3.842 4O3, as compared
with $657 ,69S, 1867 last year. The real
estate in Milwaukee county was val
ued at s539, 9,251,130 and the personal
property at s154591, ,273.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-28
WILL TEACH WIRELESS AT U.
Made Fart of Regular Study and Will
Be Made Under Supervision of
Officer from Training Station.

Madison-Wireless telegraphy, with
special application to war service, has
now been made a regular course at
the University of Wisconsin. A num-
Der of students worked independently
in the university radio station last
year, and during the summer session
a course Tor operators was given, but
university credit for the work is given
sor the first time this year.
The radio station is one of the few
to be left in operation after the dec
laration of war because war research
ia being carried on with the station
apparatus.
Lieut.. Taylor. radio communication
superintendent at the Great Lakes
Naval Training station in Illinois, re-
Gently visited the Wisconsin station
and made a number of tests. An off,
Ger from the naval station will be in
the university this year to carry on
tests with tbs Great Lake station.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-28
Philip SAYS DRAFT BOARDS
READY TO PROCEED
EXAMINATIONS.
CR0WDER IDEA is APPROVED
Executive Suggests Allowing Men to
Enter Service Ahead of Call
Number-Would Give Board
Leave Until Oct rs.

Madison-Gov T.. l.. Philip, in a
communication to Provost Marshal
Crowder. made public by the district
draft board, approves the suggestion
that work be started in examining the
remaining men subject to draft and
says Wisconsin boards are ready to
go ahead"
This would mean that tho remain
ing registered men would be exam
incd at once.
The governor suggests. however.
that the boards be given respite until
Oct. Is, to enable the members to pay
some attention to their private affairs
Gov Philip also believes the govern
ment should continue to supply the
necessary blanks to the men who want
to claim exemption. He also expresses
some doubt as TO whether it would be
advisable to call for examination those
men who are not likely to be sum
moned for service within reasonable
length of time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-28
GIRL HIDES IN HOT FURNACE
La Crosse Detectives Find Accused
Shoplifter with Hair Singed and
Face Black With SCOT.

La Crosse-when detectives went to
her home to arrest Margaret Gauley
20 years old, accused of defrauding a
department store of $500 worth of
merchandise, the girl hid in large
brick furnace in the cellar.
After two hours search, the police
built a fire in the furnace to smoke
her out" Even then the girl made
no outcry, and the police, concluding
she had escaped, left the house.
After a time Detectives Duffield and
Oscar Brown, suspecting the girl was
still in the cellar, returned. They
opened a door in the rear of the fur
mace and saw girls foot. When
they dragged her out, her hair was
singed and lAr face was black with
soft. Although the flames were peril
ously near and the furnace was get
ting hotter every minute, she had
stuck to her hiding place. She was
not seriously injured.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-28
COAL SUPPLY IS ASSURED
Report Received by L. c. Whittet
Shows Fuel Is Coming in Rapidly
to Wisconsin BY Boat.

Madison-Wisconsin is moving rap
idly toward a solution of the ceal situ-
alton. A report was received by Sec
rotary l.. c. Whittet of the executive
office from Fuel Investigator w. N,
Fitzgerald in which he stated that ceal
was now being moved rapidly to Wis
consine by boat.
"The report is very detailed but it
shows that from many coal mines
fuel is now being moved to Wiscon-
sin," said Secretary Whittet. His re-
port shows that large consignments
have already been sent. He is very op-
timisttc about the relief which Wis
consin will get Immediately. Mr..
Fitzgerald will be kept on the job and
l am sure now that results will be
forthcoming"
About three weeks ago Gov. Philip
appointed Mr.. Fitzgerald, Milwaukee.
as fuel investigator and he has imme-
dlately taken hold of the problem with
all Of the Eastern mines.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-09-28
STEEL PRICES CUT.
REDUCTIONS AS HIGH AS 20 PER
CENT DECIDED UPoN-ENDs
LONG CONTROVERSY.
COOPERATION PROMISED U. S.
American Government and Entente
Allies to Buy on the Same Basis
Wages viii Not Be Lowered
Prices Effective at Once.

Washington. Sept. 26.--An agree
ment between the war industries
board and steel producers reducing
the price of steel from 80 to 40 rer
cent was announced on Monday follow
ing its approval by President Wilson.
The new figures become effective at
once and are subject to revision Janu
airy |. 1918.
The price for steel Plates of S3.25
per hundred weight or S65 ton. is
7O.5 per cent less than recent quota
tiOnS.
The steel men held out for about
S6S a ton, but were forced into line
for the lower figure by Bernard Ba-
ruch of the war industries beard and
others who represented the govern
ment in conferences during the last
few days.
Under the agreer%ent the steel men
pledged themselvs to the following
stipuIatiOns:
That there shall he no reduction in
the present rate of wages.
That the agreed prices shall apply
to purchases by the general public as
well as to those of the allies and the
government
That the steel men will exert every
effort to keep up the production to the
maximum of the past so long as the
war lasts.
The prices are based on results of
an investigation conducted by the fed
eral trade commission into cost pro-
ductiOn. This inquiry has been
in progress for several months
The detailed schedule of prices fol-
lows:
Iron ore. basis, lower lake ports
price agreed upon, $505 gross ton; res
cent prices. S5.05 gross ton. Coke ba-
sis ConnellsviIle, price agreed upon So
net ton, recent price. SIG; reduction,
$40; per cent reduction, 62.5.
Pig iron, price agreed upon. S33; re-
cent price, $5S, gross ton; reduction,
S25; reduction per cent, 43.1.
Steel bars. basis. Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, prices agreed upon $500 hun
dredweight; recent price $3.50 hun
dredweight; reduction, $3.50; reGuc-
ton per cent, 47.3
Shapes, basis, Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, prices agreed upon. So hundred
weight; recent price. Sc hundred
weight; reduction, So; reduction per
sent, 800.
Plates, basis, Pittsburgh and Chi
cago, prices agreed upon 1925 hun
lredwelght recent price, S11 hundred
weight; reduction, $7.75 reduction per-
cent, 70.5.