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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29
CLUB WILL END WORK
Civic Organization Activities VIII
Close With Social Meeting.

In accordance with the annual
custom the season Of civic club ac-
tivitles at the MuesseI school will
close this year with a great social
meeting Of all the people Of the
community on May 10. ]. +. Nc
Clave, head OF the entertainment
committee, and the members of the
committee have worked out an en-
Joyable program, the feature OF
which Will be a Photograph" AL
bum. representing the old time al
bum.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29

The British steamer Tyndareus.
apparently the one alluded TO In the
Official statement, was an Il 600 ton
vessel built last year at Greenock
and owned by the Ocean Steamship
Co. of Liverpool Shipping records
show the Tyndareus leaving Liver
pool on Dec. 20 last for Yokohama
and Hong Kong and reported ar
irving at SimOnstown. Cape Colony,
about Feb. s.
The Birkenhead, a British troop
snip. struck a rock off Simons bay.
South Africa, on Feb. 20, 1852, while
having on board 63S persons. large
ly troops on their way TO the cape.
OF the crew and soldiers on board.
454 were lost. The Birkenhead was
an iron paddle wheel vessel.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29
BRITISH TRANSPORT is
T0RPEDOED NEAR AFRICA
Steamer Tyndareus l. struck Near
Point Where Ship Was Lost
i'm 1852

LONDON. March 29-The Brit
ish transport, Tyndareus. was tor
pedoed on Feb. g. says an Official
statement issued Wednesday even
ing. A battalion Of the Middlesex
reSiment was on board and saws
the statement. upheld army tradi-
ton The ship was saved.
The torpedOing occurred near the
spot where the troop ship Birkea-
mead was lost. King George ex-
pressed his admiration TO all ranks
for the manner in which they had
upheld the cherished traditions Of
the Birkenhead
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN
WILL GIVE PERFORMANCE
Eighth Grade Students VIII Present
Second Annual entertainment.

With more than 1900 tickets sold
FOR the entertainment TO be given on
Friday evening in the high school
auditorium by the students OF the
grammar shOo!. the success Of the
second annual performance. Of the
eighth graders" has become a
promised surety. More than 500
students in the seventh and eighth
grades Will appear in the direction
that IS being coached by Miss Maude
Heath and Miss Mary Byerley. Mu-
sic is 10 be furnished by the Grace
NJ. +. Sunday school, orchestra un-
Ger the direction of Miss Frances
Harrington.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29
WILL MOBILIZE
LABOR OF NATION
Means Are Outlined to Obtain
Workmen to Handle Or
derS if War Comes.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-Mo-
bilization OF labor for government
service in event Of war with Ger
many was planned Wednesday at
a conference Of officials and labor
leaders in the Office OF Sec'y Will
SON Means were outlined and agreed
upon for making readily available
enough wOrkmen 20 insure opera
ton OF government ship yards and
arsenals and of plants working on
government contracts.
Officials. profiting by the expert
ences Of England, are determined
that if the country takes an active
part in the European war. il shall
not be embarrassed by labor troubles
and inability TO obtain skilled and
unskilled workers.
The American Federation Of La
Dor. which has pledged its member
ship 10 the support Of the govern
ment. was represented Wednesday
by its president, Samuel Gompers.
Through the federation the govern
ment expects 70 get its supply Of
trained workmen. The United States
public employment service will fur
nish unskilled men and the civil
service commission will supply cleri-
cal help. The post office department
will advertise the countrys needs
The council Of national defense, Of
whose labor committee Mr.. Com
pers is chairman, also will coop
crate
Locate Help Quickly.
The purposes of the conference.
said Secy Wilson. after the meet
ing, were TO find ways and means
to prevent overlapping Of effort in
modifying the resources OF indus
tries for the support Of the govern
ment. We are planning to work to-
gether first 20 find where help. male
and female. can be quickly located
for the navy yards, arsenals and for
other factories of the government,
and for any private plants work
ing on supplies for the government;
second. to ascertain the fitness of
any offered workers and where they
are needed. In doing this we are
working to avoid duplication Of eff
fort and TO save time"
In obtaining men for mechanical
service the civil service commits |
sion, it is announced. will waive
scholastic qualifications and will ex-
anime applicants for physical fit
ness and mechanical experience
only. There will be no school eX-
and no technical test
I'm reaching the country" Sec'y !
Wilson said. 'the whole power of
the local unions Of the American |
Federation Of Labor will be avail
ed Of. Their officers and business
agents have personal knowledge Of
the men and localities needing work
and can speedily advise the work !
ing force. The post office depart |
ment has agreed to transmit infor-
nation and aid by posting advertis> !
ing material also.
THE civil service commission has
a force of 5000 boards OF exam
liners and the country is divided for
their purposes into II districts the
whole available force in each of
which can serve in examining men.
The field forces of the bureaus of
immigration. naturalization, labor
statistics and children's bureau will
be directed by the department Of
labor to work as temporary exam
iners for the nonce with these reg
uar officials and will very largely
increase the available force"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29
ARCHITECT GIVES TALK
Noel Dunbar Explains Arrangement
of House TO High students

House Planning was the subject
Of a talk by Noel Dunbar. a local
architect, before % members Of the
household arts department Of the
high school and their guests in the
Little theater at the high school
Wednesday night. Ways Of arrang-
ing a house so as TO make il more
convenient and TO improve its ap-
pearance were explained by MI
Dunbar
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29
THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dreh a Certain relief for Feverishness,
Headache. Bad stomach. TeethinC DisOr-
ders, move and regulate the Bowels and
destroy Worms. They frequently break
ND colds ia - hours. They are so pleas
ant 70 the taste Children ike them. over
10000 testimonials. send by Mothers for
30 years. They never fail Sold by all
Druggists, pc. Sample mailed FREE.
Address. Mother Gray Co. lie Roy. y Y.
ADV
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29
CHARGES CRUELTY.

Carrie Lane filed suit for divorce
from Cassius NJ. G. Lane Wednesday
in superior court Cruelty is alleged.
The couple vas married April s. and
separated March 21, NJ this year. ac-
cording 70 the complaint.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29
BANK IS APPOINTED.
Union Trust Co. Made Administration
of Taylor Estate.

The Union Trust company was
Wednesday appointed special ad-
minJstrator of the estate of the late
Edmund c. Taylor, who died March
16. in Washington, d. c., leaving an
estate valued at $40, 900. Bonds in
the sum of $4,000 are said to be
held by a local bank.
The petition asking for the ap-
pointment of the administrator al
legged that Charles Taylor, brother.
is inter-meddling with the estate.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29
TAKES OVER MISSION.

The Bible mission hall, 2O6 +. JEFF
ferson blvd. has been taken over
by the Salvation Army. Arrange
ments are being made for the open
ing service at an early date. in
which officers and comrades from
northern Indiana corps will take
part
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-29

Limestone by the Ton and Car
load The Wesley Miller Flour x
Feed Co. Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17
The Draft and the States

HE fullest recognition should be accorded
to the Governors Of the several States
for the splendid success which far has
attended all the processes Of registration and
draft for the great American army soon to
be modified. 1t is true that this far-reach-
ing system was conceived in Washington. 1t
was legislated upon by Congress, and all
policies promulgated under it originated with
the President and his advisers. But the
enormous detail involved in registering more
than 100000 young men and the additional
detail involved in the selection Of the 1.000.-
600 who are to take the field have fallen upon
the chief executives Of the various States.
In effect, it may be added. these Governors
are volunteers. Congress has no right to
command them. The President has no au-
thority to order them. The government may
not direct them in any manner or degree
They are answerable only to their States for
their actions. and are subject only to their
respective Legislatures in matters of law
Notwithstanding these circumstances, known
in Washington less than in every State
capital the forty-eght Governors have placed
themselves and all the civil machinery of
their respective States at the disposal Of the
Federal government in this crisis. No fine
legal points were raised No technicalities
were invoked. These officials, with fine
American spirit. accepted the burden which
Congress and the President imposed upon
them. They assumed all the vast labor and
all the expense incident to the registration
and they are prepared to do as much to make
the selection operative
Not only the Governors, but the county
ofhcials Of the various States have rendered
patriotic service. These officials, including
the election commissioners, have given their
time and labor without compensation or ex-
pectation Of pecuniary reward. And many
OF them will be called upon to give more of
both in connection with the draft and exemp-
ton proceedings. And it should be stated
to the honor Of all concerned that I'D to this
time neither the registration nor the draft
preliminaries have been marked by the faint
OF scandal. Neither politics nor favoritism
has been present. The men who conducted
the registration and who have been selected
TO carry forward the draft have earned the
gratitude not alone of their government, but
OF the whole people.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17

six in the number of merchant ships of over
1.600 tons sunk. as compared with the re-
port for the previous week. With one ex-
ception, the number Of merchant ships sunk
is the lowest of any week since the British
inaugurated In March the system OF giving
out weekly reports of losses sustained.
Moreover. this record OF increasing efficiency
OF the measures against submarines carried
out by British and American warships is
strengthened by the showing OF seventeen
British merchant ships unsuccessfully at
tackled by submarines during the week. A
decrease also is reported in the number Of
fishing ships sunk
The report, taken in connection with pre-
vious reports. is distinctly encouraging as
to the submarine situation, while with Russia
resuming the offensive on all effective scale
against the strongest sectors of the Austro-
German lines in the east, and America rapid
ly mobilizing and sending large forces of
fresh troops to support the allies in France
and Belgium, the latest encouragement held
out by Hfndenburg to the German people
would seem SO impossible of realization as to
preclude even that remarkably credulous
people from indulging the smallest hope OF
ultimate victory.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17
Schools OF ScamnnSIhip

THE war has opened SO many avenues Of
opportunity TO tho young man that he is
no dov t bewildered by reckoning hands held
out. The army needs him; the navy clamors
for him; the marine corps pleads for him;
the field. the forge and the forest call for
him. Every enterprise, civil or military,
would lean upon the young man for its
strength ard viGor.
There is line &c vice. however m
which we have heard little, but which prom
Uses to play an important part in the success
OF the war. This is merchant seamanshin
We will need 100000 sailors to man the great
feet OF freighters and transports now under
construction, the feet upon which our allies
depend for the defeat of the submarine. There
is no such army of seamen in the country
For half century we have not been n mari
time nation We almost withdrew from tho
sea at the end OF the Civil War
The need of merchant seamen is so great
that the government has opened series OF
seamanship schools. Any able-bodied vounp
man may enter and, after Il period OF training
be Immediately assigned TO a post. He will
not have to wait one hour for a iob and
Will not have TO wait many months for nro-
motion If he has the stuff in him. There
Is no more inviting opening in any direction
whether for service during the war or for
career after the war, than in the America n
merchant marine.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17
, TAPPAHArNOCK FORMS
BRANCH OF RED CROSS

TAPPAHANNOCK. VA. July 49,
Having been authorized through Henry
w. Anderson, director for Virginia,
there was organized at a meeting in
the courthouse at Tappahannock. Va,
on Friday the Essex County Virginia
Chapter OF the American Red Cross.
with $50 members. and two branches
earnestly at work. The following Of
fcers were elected: James NJ. Lewis.
chairman; Henry T. Garnett, treasurer:
r. {. Latane. secretary The eXccu-
tive board consists OF the above officers
and the following: Miss Betty c..
Wright, also chairman of the Tappa-
hammock branch; Miss Annie Laurie
billiard. also chairman Of tho Center
Cross branch: Mrs. w. J. Parker and
Mrs. J. o. Helsabeck.
This board to be increased as new
branches are formed and admitted.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17
CONSTRUCT NITRATE
PLANTS IMMEDIATELY
War Department Begins Production
Of Atmospheric Nitrogen at Earli-
est Possible Time.
DISCARD WATER POWER PLAN
Would Require Too Much Time for
Development, and Secretary Baker
Decided to Use Quicker, but More
Expensive, Method.
rBv Associated pre.s.1

by Associated PreSB.J
WASHINGTON. July 16..Secretary
Baker announced to-day that plants for
the. production OF nitrate from atmos-
Immediately at cost Of about $4,000
900. and that waterpower would not be
used. Sites have not been selected
Further discussion by localities de-
string to be considered as possible
sites Is closed temporarily, tho an
nouncement says. while the site COM
mittee OF cabinet officers Is making
further engineering studies.
1t has been assumed ever since tho
great nitrate project was proposed that
vast supply OF water power would be
needed. Consequently. sites with water
power have been supposed to be tho
only ones likely to get consideration.
Mussei Shoals. OF the Tennessee River.
was one OF tho places most strongly
urged during the debates in Congress.
Congress appropriated $50. 100000 for
the project. Apparently the entire ex-
penditure contemplated by the War
Department Is one-fifth of that sum.
Informally. officials explained that
to-day's announcement did not mean
that the idea OF building a water
power nitrate plant was permanently
abandoned. although 1t would not be
pressed for the present. 1t would re-
quire several years TO build the enor-
nous plant required for the utilization
OF water power. and for that reason 1t
was determined to adopt one of the
more expensive processes of producing
nitrates.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17
1t Passeth Understanding

lust why the House should throw out
] the section Of the trading with-the-enemy
bill censoring mail addressed to Germany,
while insisting upon rigid control OF the
ca b1es and the wireless, is a question that will
bafae most OF us. 1t is certainly the most in
e1cusa lie piece OF Inconsistency which has so
far marked the legislation OF the war period
Any OF us can understand that military in
formation will travel slower to our enemies
by mail than by telegraph. but why should
It travel there at all? Why should any chan
mel through which Germany may possibly &C
quaint herself with tho army or navy opera
tions of this country be left Enclosed? Why
take any chance whatever upon such adj
vantage Berlin might gain thereby?
The only reason, good or bad, why mail
should go through unopened is that to hold
1t up would hurt the feelings of certain Ger
man-Americans who want to hear from rela-
tives abroad and of certain Germans who want
to hear from relatives in the United States.
This actually urged with such serious
ness in the House that majority of that
body was persuaded to omit any regulation
which would censor either outgoing or incom-
ing mail
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17

ment and taste. tho ono which all lovers OF
nootry VIII want to read and own On Poe's
denth these revised proofs came into tho pos
session Of Mr.. Thomas. member of tho edi-
successor; Mr. Witty. In addition to being .
lifelong student OF Poe. SO that BY every meas
S gre no IS an ideal man to have edited this work
severe SVesai supposedly lost texts have been found
oy the editor for his varlorum in the appendix
ana hair dozen authentic and hitherto uncol-
aected poems have been discovered from manu-
sscTipt sources Mr.. Witty has also written
oaIet biographical memoir of Poo in which.
n ~ 70 make numerous important corrections
III certain curious episodes of Poe's life.
a short and graphic name for Frank Town
send Barton's "Ponos and All About Them"
%ouia be The Pony Book" For it's 500 pages
are nlled with the practical knowledge of
stuteht ana an expert upon tho subjec. of tho
pony. Mr. Bnrton. who is authority also
Upon doss and has written several books about
1ad Qualities OF all the different kinds of ponies
Welsh. Shetland. Dartmoor. Connetnara and
HtnerS. and davotes several chapters to ponies
~ relation to their important uses-for polo
tor the saddle. for children-and studies their
ture and diseases The long section devoted to
POLO ponies shows that fixed type of pony is
being established for the purpose, gives It's
points and discusses the Improvement OF the
roio pony under the regulations that have been
IN FORCE for some time There also descrip-
viii bring out the book in tho United States
within week two
Harper e Bros announce that they will put
20 press next week for rcprntings the following
books: "A New Robinson Crusoe." by w. L.
du Chaillu. and "A-B-C OF Good Form" by Anne
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17
Voice of the People
Letters must give the name and adj
dress of the writer. Name Will not be
published II writer SO requests.
Exemption of War Workers.

TO the Editor of The Dispatch:
Sir.-Since word was received that
even war workers would have to show
their work tc be better than usual to
be exempted from military service,
have heard a surprisingly large NUM-
Der of people say they could get bet
ter wages at other work, and are
leaving shell work. 1t seems to me
that all war workers should be exempt
ed. This would bring all the labor
necessary whenever new war plants
were opened. II too many applied, the
least productive would be first to go.
This would bring greatest efficiency
in bringing labor, as we'll as in Keeping
it. The cost of training new hands
amounts to lot. and. as long as they
leave war work, new hands will be
needed. The government should make
1t plain that every one should do war
work wherever 1t is needed at the
expense of their business as usual"
If people look solely at pay. and not
at the results on the war side. they
are greater slackers than If they rush
to war work to escape another kind OF
service of greater danger. Again, IL
our system aims solely at not allow
Ing slackers to escape, we should not
only DO away with class exemptions,
but should make all serve who have
refused to volunteer. AS we all know
this is not the case, that we are really
looking toward greatest war efficiency,
why not do as I stated? M
Richmond, July 15.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17
Georgia Speaks Out.

I FADING citizens of Georgia are giving
- the country an example OF loyalty that
deserves the widest attention They have
served notice upon their two United States
Senators that they have no patience with the
opposition Of their elected representatives to
the administration at such time as this
And this Impotence is not the plant of poit-
ic~' - - "o-ators Smith and Hardwick. 1t
comes straight from men who, in the past,
have been followers OF these men-some NJ
tHc-' 'h"ir own kinsmen.
The two Georgia Senators again and again
have been in conflict with the present admin
istration.. They have affected what they like
to call independence" but which in other
uays was known as rank insurgency" This
opposition to the President might have been
excused before the war began. Most Geor
CLANS, 1t seems, were willing to overlook it
then, but they want it understood now that
they expect their Senators to support the
government. And failure to give such SUPPORT
may involve serious risks for the men who
must answer to their State for their actions
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17
sunny Tennessee In yer.e.

us the sunshine any brighter
From the years that used to be?
Is the moondrift any softer
Down in Sunny Tennessee?
Are the song birds any sweeter.
AS they MARBLE to their matep?
Are the mountains any higher
Than they are in other Statesf
For you understand the feeling,
If you've ever had to roam,
The sky is always bluer
And the old-time friends seem truer,
When a fellow thinks Of home.
when tho way I take is weary
Through the shadow Of the years,
When the day has seen my sorrow
And the, dark has known my fears.
Then / turn to you and whisper:
o, the night has grown SO deep
Where thought Fame's light wa,
faring
Only ghosts and shadows Green: -.
Can't you see I'm lonesome for you
Where the way of Fate is starkY
Won't you call mo home. o Mother.
Call your boy in from the dark?'"i
August American Magazine,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-17
News of Fifty Years Ago
tFrom the Richmond Dispatch. July II. 1867

A letter signed by ] 90 prominent citizens
of this city. of all denominations was yester-
him t remain in Richmond as pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church. the signers having
call from the Presbyterian Church of LexinC-
ton All the ministers of other denominations
have addressed n similar letter to DR.. Hoge
The Washington Monument in Capitol Square
has been inclosed in q neat and substantial iron
railing which in way affects the view and
is a protection to the monument.
The Enquirer and Examiner appeared yester-
day under the consolidated name and under the
new management. william ID. Coleman is the
managing editor and A. NJ. Bailey is the bust
ness manager.
Of Macmillan in this city calling upon the peo-
pie to avenge his death. A meeting OF citizens
interested Will probably be held In the Capitol
nent speakers of this city will make addresses
The United States Senate yesterday confirmed
the nomination of Mr.. Bancroft to be minister
TO Prussia
The Republican Union Congressional Commit
tee met last night in Washington to hear reports
from Southern agents sent out to investigate the
political situation and to adopt means to secure
the domino ton Of the Republican party I'm all
OF the Southern States.
The House bill appropriating 600 to pay
yesterday reduced by Senate amendment to
100000
The President yesterday nominated Henry j.
United States minister to Austria. 1t is not be-
lieved that Mr.: Raymond will accept. preferring
to remain at his post as editor Of the leading
New York daily paper.
In a lengthy report to General Grant, General
Ord complains of the great difficulty of finding
men in Mississippi competent to act as regis
ironclad oath required of them.
Roasting ears made their first appearance in
the markets Of this city yesterday They came
to get early vegetables on the tables OF the