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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27
BORES ARE BORES.
Fort Mayup JOurnaI-G Gazette

AIR Roosevelt and the Kansas city Star are finding
carpinE criticism for the sake of criticism of
ernmental officials is not striking responsive chord
i'm breasts of the American people. When the Star
arranged with the colonel for lay editorials it was
hoped by some who did not the colonel that he
would help unity the country behind tie president for
successful prosecution of the He has resOrted
10 every eXpedent of the sophst the demagogue, TO
shake faith of the people in their leaders And,
incidentally. he has not failed a single article to
soemnly the people that things would be much
better if ne were president-or in the place of Per
shing In article he fit brutally abuse
q cabinet officer found difficulty handling
carloads of letters OF protest from OF all
parties II has been making rather scky attempt to
explain ever since And have another effusion
from the colonel which so Infamous its implication
call for protest against this form of prOGerman
propaganda.
There has been some very gross favor
itism in granting exemption and moreover
the between % and q include high per-
centage OF married and of others who
ought not sc TO present"
Here have a charge OF the most serious nature.
tending bitterness destroy faith in the
integrity OF leaders and injurously affect
army. The intent of the colonel OF course. is
the impression that the high officials in Wash
ington have shown favortsm in the matter of ex-
emptons. A fouer falsehood was never born OF the
diseased brain of anegO-nanac If there has been
is charsable the exemption boards of
the various communities If. for instance there has
been favOritism Fort Wayne, il cannot be charged
the president the secretary Of but must be
door of the exemption board in Fort Wayne
And hasten 10 add that have heard such
charge. Just what Mr. Roosevelt expects TO gain OF
personal political northumberland that is his sole
pose during the war-remains be seen The indica-
lions are that he viii merely succeed in being un-
lean soil. We commend to him the example of Mr.. Taft
AIr. Root
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27
THE MELTING POT
"Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
LITTLE 30 BBIE'S PA.
d3y William r. Kirk.

In this blessed Holiday seeson.
sed Pa to Ma last mite, / think
it wud be a good idee if we forgot
this here food con-serva-sh for
one Cd meal. 1 am keen to have
one % good dinner, sed Pa Thare
Is sumthing within me, sed Pa, wich
cries out for TO be satisfied.
What have you got under yure
arm? sed Ma.
/ have heer sed Pa, one twelf of
a dozen Turkeys. sed Pa. 1 bot it
from a poor butcher downtown. sed
Pa, who toald me a hard luck story.
move that you ad-jurn to the
kitchin with this departed fowl,
sed Pa, K see if a good basting Will
do il any good.
l have planned 20 have sum beef
stew for our dinner. sed Ma. Many
of the patry-otick wimmen is go
ing in for beef stew x wheetless
days. and if thare husbands can
stand for it, you ought TO stand il
too.
l stand a good eel. sed Pa, but a
holiday without "A turkey wud be
like a bed without a mat-riss, sed
Pa. The stuffing wud be missing
sed Pa. We must have sum good
cheer in this mere cry Of Storm &
Stress, sed Pa. Cook that bird. deer
est, Pa sed, & let littel Bobbie have
sum of the luxurys to witch we was
treeted wen we was Children.
Bless yure big hart, sed Ma, you
did this for littel Bobbie?
CeTtingly, sed Pa, 1 want him to
remember his childhood holidays
with the same pleshur wich 1 re-
member mine with.
Then 1 will cook only part of the
fowl, jest enuff for him. sed Ma, &
we will send the rest to the war
Relief.
Pa. dident look vary happy. I
was thinking, he sed, that Bobbie
wuddent enjoy this noabel bird un-
less he knew that his loving father
& mother was in on the deal. He
has a big hart. jest like mine, sed
Pa, & his dinner wud be spoiled if
we dident share il.
1 see, sed Ma. Then you doant
want to help US in the CRATE work
we are doing.
1 want to help, sed Pa, I am as
patryotick as the next gent. but
good patryOt can do about three CD
times as much, sed Pa, Wen he has
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27

The government reports that food prices a whole
have advanced AZ percent the year before the
war. That's pretty bad but serious it might
be- considering the that wages and profits in
cases have advanced still more
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27

die Europe and prepared the
way for those who advocated a
middle Europe on economic
and political grounds.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27
LUCKY OIL RED TOP.
BY Ray I. Hoffman.
In Blocks News, indianapolis

HI DUN = -NNnSr IhAAuAAc lfDiAHt
News item-The first American
shot on the foreisn battlefield was
fired by a red-haired gunner.)
There's a gunner in France whose
American dome
Is adorned with a carpet of red;
He's the pride of the boys over
there" and at home,
For he fired the first chunk Of
lead
At the Huns when American troops
were in action.
And Red" is enjoying intense sat
isfaCtion.
OF all the American soldiers in
France.
This fellow with hair colored sorrel,
Was lucky enough 10 be given the
chance
To shoot the first gun in the
quarrel
We don't know your name, but
you're lucky, old fellow
You've got a red knot and that's
why you're not yellow.
Your headpiece is red and your
fighting blood too;
Your locks are symbolic Of pluck;
Ev'ry man in the service is jealous
of you
And the way you were favored
with luck.
Oh, man with the brilliantly daub-
ed upper story.
We don't know your name, but
you're wading in glory
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27

why. my friends. ought not shabby oyercoat in
these times be a badge CT honor?" asks Frank A.
vanderlip savings director More economy for the
poor. we suppose who always had to economic any
hev
Certainly If the unnecessary purchase of new over
the part the civilian population is at an
responsible for the lack for soldiers which
developed recently. every male civilian who bought
coat he doesn't really need should Dee ashamed of his
rather than his old This holds true for
if the material labor used is needed for
the army. 1lr. VanderIp adds.
"Buy war savings stamps and make your
old clothes do a little longer Thus a double
service viii be rendered Cloth and labor and
machinery will be left free for the essential
work. and money viii be poured into the
government Golfers TO help finance that work"
None OF the soldiers suffer injurious pri-
vatons. and nobody wants 20 cripple any legitimate
Industry falling support by continued purchases
There must Doe measure u this an things little
more thoushtfuIness leading 10 little more economy,
is rightly demanded of an loyal Americans and our
utmost efforts In that direction viii be trivial compared
with the enforced economy which European
allies have already cheerfuly accustomed themselves
but we must keep business moving
Don't ashamed Of little shabbiness. whether is
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27
CLEAR The DECKS.

When congress gets back the job after the holi-
days the best thing Go is to those war
cations Immediately and carry them through
With prompness vigor and unrelenting thoroughness
There is nc sense quarrelling the question
whether those inquiries should been started. The
that they been started and that therefore
they be carried through to the end.
The critical curiosity of the nation has been aroused
The testimony already published is such to suggest
that least of the methods used in various
branches of preparation might be improved, and
that possibly in important positions might
be changed advantage The country has been shaken
cut its complacency. People remember that every
other belligerent government has had a thorough
shake-up got into the business and most Of
tkem have had several
1t would wonderful if developed that the
methods, organization and with which our govern
ment started war-making perfect that they
cannot be improved.
Anyhow, congress, having set its hand to the pillow,
must not turn back 1t would he kindness to the
country. the government, to incompetent
officials themselves if there such, to stop short Of
a full revelation The truth would come out eventual
ly anyhow The sooner the better.
Only let congress beware of political business bias
Clear the decks for action. Then we begin to
fight.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27

middle Europe on economic
and political grounds.)
such a league (between Ger
many, Austria Hungary and Hol-
land) is a matter purely for the CON
tracing states and does not con-
Germ France or England or anyone
else in the world
Should France, with or without
England, make such a league the
occasion for a declaration Of war,
it would render the pan-German
movement the same service il did
the solution of the German question
in 1870. A second Waterloo would
suit us. We must keep our powder
dry. If war comes no peace should
be concluded without the acquisi-
ton by the German empire of the
French part of Flanders in Belgium
and all of Luxembourg"
Holland needs our settlers and
our might for its overseas posses
sions, which of itself it can not pro-
tect and develop. We need these
new Dutch territories, already fer
tilted by German blood, for the in
dispensable expansion Of our eco
nomic dominions We need free
traffic on a German Rhine to its
mouth, a traffic which the sileu- re-
sistance of Holland now keeps
from us.
$50 If Holland were merely
continental power, this alliance
would only come about when Ger
many was ready to impose her just
claims 10y force But as the vast
transoceanic possessions Of Holland
are daily cTumbling away under "a
growing menace, the merchant
princes of the Amstel and the
Meuse are impelled icy considera-
tons of personal interest TO make
common cause with us"
tFritz Bley Die alldeutsche
Bewegung und die Nieder-
lande. 1897, PIP. CD
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27
Other Editors Than Ours
SOUTH BEND. md, AND PROUD OF TT"

Aside from what he started when he sent across
10 the Germans the first shot from American can
non Sergt. Pittman unknOwngly created for South
Bend soga.l which has historical significance, which
suggests local and national patriotism, and which
ries civic pride and spirit that means much.
1t having been forbidden that the this red
headed youth be given the world the press reports
newspaper correspondents asked of the military
thOrites the front the of his home town
Sergeant, they want TO know the Of your
town" called n lieutenant.
South Bend, Indiana, and proud of it," responded
the gunner.
And here away off in the trenches Of France came
distinction to South Bend. As suggested by
south Bend Today" the Chamber of Commerce house
organ, this sergeant's reply is indeed a fitting
slogan for
No more splendid honor could be paid this young
man than the adoption of his utterance city
slogan. As citizens South Bend let all catch
glorious spirit which prompted South Bend. Indiana
and proud of it, and all do part to further the
general usuage of the expression.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27
10 QSzM aSf@es< zM,
DECEMBER 27, 1917.


Every prOdteer and millionaire has his
kitchen cellar fun of ham bacon The
middle class ekes out a precarious existence.
spending all II possesses food. forty
millions of the masses are starving, and are
unlikely sit silent might have within
a month absolute catastrophe in Germany
a collapse even worse than Russia's re-
sutng in German defeat and loss Of the war
The Berlin Vorwaerts.
Coming from the official organ of German socialists
a paper known the most truthful publication in
Germany this utterance commands respect and belief.
II is evidence that the pressure the allied blockade
which the United States playing an important
part. is effective than we have supposed 1t is
distributed with the democratic equality one expects
find in armed nation siege. It is evidence
that the morale of the German people shaken that
and injustice and oppression arousng popular
discomfort that may yet to a class struggle in
the face of the enemy, possibly the political
revolution of which German observers have
about given UP hope.
1t is added proof Of the big which every Amer
lean ought to bear in mind to tighten his moments
Of doubt and gloom-that. however serious may be
the losses and the prospects any allied country the
Of ALL
Gloom is thick Germany. 1t will be thicker before
the winter That why Germany is so eager to
make peace without further delay, and is willing
despite all her boastng of specious riumphs to make
herself than any she has ever
yet offered.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27

had a good dinner Wen one is
full OF turkey one is full Of pepper,
sed Pa. & wen one is empty one
cant do his best IL is the reeliza-
ton of that CRATE truth, sed Pa.
that gives me my noabel appetite.
You are a vary ello-quint gent
wen you plead for yure dinner to
be rite on time, sed Ma. Vary well.
Ma sed, will talk this burd wich
was cut down in the prime OF his
old age, sed Ma, < / will cook him
for our dinner. You are a grand old
sacri-fiser, sed Ma. Cum on, Regin-
aid. Ma sed 10 the turkey, l will
now cook YOU for my hungry lord
a master.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27

Only Associated Press Morning Paper in northern Indiana
and ONLY Paper Employ th international New service
south Bend-IRo LeaseL WIres: Day and Wight
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27

These are days of enlarged
spheres Of usefulness. Even the hen
feels il. Formerly il was the hens
chief business TO lift the mortgage
of the farm. Now many farmers
wives are using their egg money -
buy War Savings stamps.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27

And over all these. over the
Germans, French, Danes and Poles
in the German empire, over the
Maygars, Germans, Roumanians,
Slovaks, Croats and Serbs in Hun
gary, over the Germans, Czechs,
Slovaks, Poles and Southern Slavs
in Austria, let us imagine once
again the controlling concept of
Mid-Europe. Europe will have
German nucleus; Will voluntarily
use the German language, which is
known all over the world and is al
ready the language of intercourse
within central Europe, but must
from the outset display federation
and hexibility in regard TO all the
neighboring languages that are as
ISOLATED with it, In this re-
spect much has been lacking be-
fore the war.
In this respect the new genera
ton growing up after the war will
do better than the old people, so
that type of European may
be worked out including all ele-
ments Of culture and strength, the
bearer of a civilization of rich and
varied content, growing up around
the German nationality"
s(F. Naumann, Central Eu-
rope. 1916, PIP. 108-109. Nau-
mann was a German clergyman
and is editor of Die Hilfe. He
has written many books on So
ciaI-economic questions, and is
a radical in the reichstag)
"Of the territory Germany now
holds in the west she should retain
what is necessary TO strengthen the
security of the empire by land and
sea. This territory, should
be annexed politically and econom-
ically.' In the east such ter
ritory should be held as would not
only improve Germany's position
strategically but would afford new
territory for colonization"
Resolution adopted unani-
mOusly by committee of
members of the national liberal
party of Germany at a meeting
held in Berlin, as reported by
the Kolnische Zeitgng and
summarized in Amsterdam for
the New York Times June 4,
1850
The course Of the history OF the
world serves as a warning to the
states of middle Europe 10 join to-
gether by close economic ties and
10 put aside separate political in
terests for the great purpose OF up
holding completely the independ-
ence and spiritual culture Of that
kingdom which has won the lead
ing position in Europe among the
world powers"
q. Partsch. Mitteleuropa.
1914, p. 6. Josef Partsch is a
professor OF geography at
Leipsig. This work set forth
the geographic basis for a mid
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-27

"lf middle Europe wishes TO be-
come a world power it will have
10 find at way To the shores of the
Indian ocean. and that way is
through Bagdad. once il has gain
ed a footing on that sea it viii also
be able 10 defend those precious
possessions which Holland I'm order
not to lose them, viii have TO in
trust 70 the protection of middle
EurOpe-the Dutch Indies. Hol-
land has no longer any choice in
this new era. when the map of the
world Is being remade. and when
states are being gathered together
into vast empires. Either she will
have 10 save her colonies and her
independence by joining the middle
European federation (Which does
not mean the German emplre), or
she will lose both This war will
do away with the small neutral
states, and at the end of this whole
development, for the accomplish
ment of which more wars than one
may prove necessary, there viii be
only large federated states left,
which is in accordance with the
character and tendencies Of our
times, and is also demanded by the
fact that the small countries can
only maintain themselves alongside
of those gigantic states b. Joining
forces"
Karl Won Winterstetten.
Nordkap- Bagdad; das poIitsche
PrOgramm des Kriegs. 1914. p.
23)
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-06-22
OUR PATRIOTIC DUTY.

Once more our people, like all
citizens of this country, are called
upon to do their patriotic duty.
This time it is the Red Cross or
ganization that appeals to us for
help. The Red Cross is our gov
ernment's strongest and most ef-
ficient auxiliary in the present
crisis. It is the organization that
will extend it's hand of mercy to
the wounded soldier in the battle
field, in the hospital, or at home,
and to his needy family, and to all
those afflicted in one way or an
other as a result of the war. Next
to the operations of the govern
ment itself, the activities of the
Red Cross organization in connec-
ton with the war are the most ex-
tensive. One hundred million dol
lars is not too much money for eff
Gent work on such large scale.
We Jews recognize the full i'm
portance of the work, and the
necessity of generous giving to the
fund. Our leaders in New York
who are at the head of our own
War Sufferers Relief Work have
sent instructions to all Jewish COM
munities to suspend their efforts
on behalf of our brethren, the
European war-victims, during Red
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-06-22
June %, 1917.
put him down as a supplemented
word-slinger. Politeness forbids us
to call him anything else.
THE APPEAL TO THE BIBLE.

The Bible is a wonderful book.
You can find in it anything you
look for, anything to support any
idea that obsesses your mind.
Even the devil can quote Scrip
lures for his purpose.
The truth is that the Bible is
wonderful composite. It consists
of many books, and each book is
composed of various documents
and fragments, all dating from diff
ferent ages, and composed by diff
ferent minds. Hence the great
variety Of statements in it on
great variety of subjects. That is
exactly what most people don't
know. The average person does
not study the Bible, certainly not
critically enough. Considering the
fame of the book, and the use made
of it as a religious textbook by
civilized humanity, the ignorance
that prevails among most people
regarding the Bible is truly amaz-
ing. But the worst of it is that
those who know and understand
the Bible least, talk about it most.
Hence the many appeals made to
it in support of the most ridiculous
ideas. Daniel and the Apocalypse
tell you all about the present war,
including it's submarines and yep
pelins.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-06-22
EDI 7 0RlA AL
AN INTERESTING FACT.

Among the many surprising and
interesting facts and incidents re-
vealed in connection with the
election of delegates to the Jew
ish Congress is that in most COM
munities the rabbis, both orthodox
and liberal, who were candidates,
were among those who polled the
largest votes, and often headed the
list of the elect. A typical in
stance is furnished by Philadel-
phia, where rabbis Krauskopf and
Levinthal are leading all other as
pirants. Rabbi Krauskopf is
known as one of the most radical
reform rabbis, while Rabbi Levin
thai is orthodoxy's pillar of
strength. Of course, all the rabbis
elected are identified with, or
friendly to, Zionism. An anti
Zionist rabbi had no chance OF
winning. But it shows that the
people at large consider their rab-
bis as worthy of leadership not
only in the synagog and the school,
but even in more practical matters.
They have faith in the rabbits tact
and ability. In that regard the
rabbi still stands higher among his
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-06-22
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
people than the Christian clergy
man among his faithful ones.
THE POWER OF THE MIND.

The greatest need in the educa-
tion of humanity is the bringing
of the average person to fuller
realization of the power and in
f1uence of the mind on bodily con-
ditions than is now the case.
Whatever affects the mind un-
pleasantly or painfully, affects the
body in the same way; whatever
brings about a happy frame of
mind has a wholesome, beneficial,
and tonic effect on the body. AL
ready the wise men among the
ancients fully appreciated this fact.
"A good report maketh the bones
fat" says the old Jewish sage in
the book of Proverbs. And the old
rabbis illustrate this in many
ways.
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JEWISH CALENDAR
5677-1916-1917

kosh Hashonah Thursday, Sept. %, '16
Yom Kippur ........ Saturday, Oct. Z, '16
Succoth list Day -. Thursday, Oct. IL, '16
Shemini Atzereth :. Thursday, Oct. 10, '16
Simchath Torah. ........ Friday, Oct 20, '16
Rosh Chodesh Heshvan. Sat-, Oct. %, '16
Rosh Chodesh Kisev Sunday, Nov. rs, 16
Hanukah, LIST Day "Wednesday, Dec. 20, is
Rosh Chodesh Tebet. Tuesday, Dec. rs, 16
Fast of Tebet $3.50 Thursday, Jan. 4, IT
Rosh Chodesh Shebat WED. Jan. "a, II
Rosh Chodesh Adar. go. Friday, Feb. %, IT
Ros sh chodesh Nissan. Saturday, Mar. "a, ~
Passover, 1st Day Saturday, April Z, u
Passover, 7th Day -. Friday, April i. II
Rosh Chodesh Iyar. Monday, April 70, ~
Lag B'Omar ........ Thursday, May 10, II
Rosh Chodesh Swan Tuesday, May ~, II
Shabuoth ............. Sunday, May 81, II
Rosh ChodeSh Tammuz :. Thurs, June Il, ~
Fast of Tammuz ~ Sunday, July 8, IT
Rosh Chodesh Ab. Friday July 20, IT
Fast of Ab.......... Sunday, July 20, II
Rosh Chodesh Ellul go Sunday, Aug. 10, IT
Rosh Hashonah 1878 Monday, Sept. II. IT
June %, 1917.