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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
TO DEDICATE SERVICE
FLAG AT ST. PAUL

a service flag, with p stars, in
honor of the young men who have
entered mntary service, will be
dedicated i'm St Paurs Methodist
Episcopal church on Sunday morn
ing at 1915 o'clock. 4 sermon ap-
propriate for the occasion Will be
preached by the pastor, Rev. James
l.. Gardiner, d d, on the subject,
Some Helpful Lessons from the
Worlds Greatest War"
The names of the young men
from the church who have entered
the service of the army or the navy
will be printed in the honor rolf
of the Bulletin, which will be dis
tributed among the congregation.
on Sunday evening DR.. Gardiner
Will preach the first OF a series of
sermons on "Uncrowned Kings" the
particular character 10 be discussed
being "SavonarOla. the Uncrowned
KING of Florence" The sermon Will
be followed 10y motion pictures pre-
senting The City of Florence" and
Rome and the Ruins of Pompeii. "
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
CAMP TAYLOR BOYS
IN FIRST CAS- TEST
Not a Man "FunkS" It. AL
though Terror in Europe
Often Fatal.
Assoclated Press servIcs


CAMP ZACHARY TAYLOR.
Louisville KY. Dec. SIN a little
ore-story. rudely constructed build
ing in the northeast corner Of Camp
Taylor there began a few days ago "a
course OF instructive training I'm the
defense against that invisible and
deadly weapon Of an unciviIized
eremy, chlorine gas. Knowing we'll
that n they let slip the masks which
we're ,'4eir only defense against
blindness. more than 25 officers and
non-coms entered the gas chamber
In this little building for an allotted
time and withstood the first sample
Of the horrors they may face "over
there"
The gas used was released through
a tank into the room. which is lined
with tin and air tight Each stu
dent wore his mask as he entered.
Under the careful guidance Of Capt
}. r. Jeanes, British army gas ex
pert and veteran Of the battle Of
Arras. the men faced the sickenine
fumes with the courage of real sol
diers Not a man "funked it," Many
die OF fright before entering gas
chambers In European training. The
terror or facing the noxious vapor
IS almost as fearful as the actual
experience.
The gas the men faced was not
deadly. Il is akin 10 the lachrymose
Eas used abroad. but more intense.
Z II probably would not cause perma.
nent loss OF sight. Before many days
tho men viii be going through clouds
If death dealing fumes. great tanks
Of which are stored at the engineers
school for use I'm the gas and flame
section Before the training is com
plete, every officer and man must
pass through the door of this gas
house. proba bly,. two or three times
The period Of instruction says that
after $50 instructors of the engi-
neers- school have graduated. 400
officers and men must enter the gas
chamber twice week. Later the
numb will be increased
Trenches now are being dug for
the engineers school where me men
viii be forced To face great clouds
OF smoke and gas combined such
as they may encounter on the field
Os battle.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
SHORT on MATERIAL.

Pending the arrival of material
long expected, the Indiana & Mich
isan Electric Co, now engaged in
building a pole line from Elkhart
TO Ligonier for the purpose of trans
hitting electric power generated at
Hen island, has laid off part of the
construction force.
From the Ulery school house west
of the Goshen, the line runs along a
north and south road to a highway
one mile south of the Plymouth I'd,
thence on an east and west road 10
Elkhart river, being on private
ground from that point TO Goshen
college Git passes a short distance
north of the damp, along the Biz
Four railroad to College av., and
east on that road TO the New York
Central right Of way, which is to
be followed from Goshen into
Lgionier This route avoids com
ing into the Goshen city limits.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09

in the territory occupied by the Ger
man aghting forces. We should
hurry. or there won't be many Of
them 20 save.
This much / must say. during the
time 1 was in Germany, Of course,
1 never heard of the terrible out
RACES committed by the German
soldiers. Neither did hear of any
thing Of this sort in Warsaw.
/ don't think the German people
have any inkling OF what their sol
diers have been compelled TO do by
their rulers.
Austrians Resentful.
The Austrians are becoming very
resentful at Germany's attitude re-
garding their part in the war.
When the war began, all German
reports Of battles included mention
Of the Austrian armies. Germany
and Austria was said as often as
Germany" alone.
Now Germany never gives Austria
any credit for the fighting that
country is doing.
From what reports / have heard,
Austria is not nearly so near starva-
ton as Germany is The Germans
resent this. In return the Austrians
resent the evident wish of Germany
10 collar" all the credit for the
lighting.
Twice have i heard Austrian Off
Gers speak of the possibility OF war
between Germany and Austria when
this present war il over. One of the
men was a baron, man who has
Travelled all over the world and -
conVcrsant with world conditions.
The other man was an Austrian con-
nootcd with the Austrian embassy i'm
Berlin.
Treated IS Aliens.
The Austrians living in Berlin
have TO report 10 the police when
going from city to city, almost as
aliens do. 1t seemed strange 10 me
that any restrictions would be put
on them. but they are.
The Austrians were not in favor
OF Germany permitting diplomatic
relations to be broken off with
America. | heard many officers say
that Germany was crazy to allow
this. The AustrianS are not con-
Quoting so ruthless a war as are the
Germans. I heard many Germans,
both men and women, say how
weak the Austrian soldiers are.
The Germnas say the Austrian
soldiers balk at the things the Ger
man soldiers do. The Germans say
that Austria would hav been beaten
long ago had it not been for the
kaiser's iron will.
(Tne End).
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
.ELKHART SOLDIER
MURDERS FATHER
Grant H. HOughtOn Stays Pa
rent Who Attacked Fam
lily While Drunk.
News-Times Special Service:

NewsT Times Special Service:
ELKHART, Ind, Dec. Sem
uel II. Haughton, % years old, was
shot and instantly killed early Sat
urday morning by his son, Grant II.
Haughton, who has enlisted in the
aviation corps and was to leave here
next Monday with a large number
of men for a training camp.
Young Haughton, who is but 90
years old, shot his father when the
latter came home intoxicated and
began abusing his family. The
Younger Haughton secured a pistol
from an adjoining room, intending
TO use it merely to frighten his ia
ther, who struggled with his son and
and in self-defense, the latter shot
him in the temple, causing instant
death.
The elder Haughton is survived
by a wife. and six children, the cid
est being % years old, and the
youngest six years old.
Young Houghton is being held in
Jail subject to the action of the
grand jury.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
FARMER SHOT
HUNTING, DIES
Isaac CrotherS SucCumbS to
Wound Inflicted by Son.
in-laW.
- Times - 80:

News Times Special Service:
GOSHEN. Dec. S.-Isaac Croth-
ers. 81 years old. a farmer residing
near Topeka, who was accidentally
shot in the stomach Friday after
noon by his son-in-law. Roscoe
Jackson. while they were huntins
on the iatter's premises two miles
east of Millersburg in Clinton twp,
died at General hospital. Elkhart,
as the result of mis- injuries. Al
though his condition was considered
serious by his attending physicians
yesterday afternoon it was not
thought the wounds would prove
fatal. The victim was taken 70 the
Elkhart hospital late yesterday aft
ernoon.
Mr.. Crothers is survived by four
daughters, one Of them Mrs. Roscoe
Jackson, and one son. His wife
died about a year ago at their home
three miles west of Topeka.
George Lay of Goshen, a retired
New York Central railroad employe.
was a member of the hunting party.
which was formed following the
completion of the regular fall
butcheriHs at the farm.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
SOUTH BENDS DEATH
RATE BELOW AVERAGE
News-Times speclal servlee:

News Times Special service.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Dec. s.
South Bends death rate for the
month Of November is below the
average for the state, according 10
the monthly report of the state
board Of health The average death
rate for all Indiana cities was 70
per thousand. South Bends death
rate was lis per thousand.
Gary had the highest death rate.
22.6 per thousand Lafayette was
second with 1S.9 The rate in other
cities was as follows.
Indianapolis. 15.4: Evansville.
16.S: Elkhart. 49,; Michigan City,
IS: Logansport. 1873; Marion. 1O.2;
and Richmond. 14.2.
The total number Of death n the
state for the month was 1891.
Health department officials say the
death rate in cities was higher than
the average.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09

Everybody there was thoroughly
disguised with German rule, and
they had had it only a short time.
Bad as the Russian rule was. %
they said. AT least we did not ex-
pect anything better from the tsar.
But we relied on German promises.
The Russians at least let us speak
our own language, read our own
books"
When the Germans occupied War
saw, they forbade any person TO
speak the Polish language. Every
body had to speak Gern.-n and those
who did not know it had to learn II.
Children and aged people were not
excepted.
Every Polish book was COnliscat-
cd. Even the Bible had TO be i'm
German. The people had TO pray i'm
German.
1T almost seems like praying to
strange God" the woman said az
whose house stayed, and she cried.
/ don't want 70 tell their name,
as they still are there and I am
afraid trouble might be made for
them. ! know the German way Of
Giding people and, even here in
free United States, 1 can feel the
fear OF the German militarism.
High Cost of Living.
The high cost Of living was ter
ribly high in Warsaw, although they
had far more to eat there than i'm
Germany. IL was in Warsaw that
I paid S14 for a pair of satin shoes.
The only food cards issued in
Warsaw when L was there, were for
potatoes and bread. other things,
YOU could buy as you wished
But no person was permitted to
send anything into Germany-that
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
MARRIED AT ST. JOSEPH.

John w. Burrijge. son of Mr..
and Mrs. William 5. Burridge OF
No. 317 Z. Lincoln av., and Miss
Theresa Z. Shoup, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. +. Shoup of 70S L.
Reynolds St. were married at St.
Joseph, Mich, saturday, Nov. 5.
Rev. Mr.. Lohr, pastor of the Bap-
fist church at st. Joseph officiated.
The marriage was not publicly an
nOunced here until today. Mr.. Bur
ridge who has enlisted as a check
er in the aviation branch of the
United States army. will report in
Indianapolis next Monday.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
REPORTS FILED.

The following reports have been
filed with County Clerk Rimpler by
treasurers of democratic, republican
and socialist city campaign organi-
cations.
Democrats. expenses, S256.6O.
Republicans, expenses, S233.92.
Socialist, expenses, $161.72.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
N1cSPER SERVICES.

Members Of the Business Women's
Bible class will be the hostesses for
the afternoon at the " W. G. A.
vesper services Sunday at 1870
O'Clock. A program of music and "a
talk have been arranged and a social
hour will follow
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09


Where is the
Polish king the
Germans promis-
ed us % they
were asking
Where is our
freedom 20
Where are
the better con
diuons we were
to have had pc
And they still
were asking that
when i left. /
was in Warsaw
two weeks. visit
ing a Polish girl
friend OF mine.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
STOLE HOG.

Thieves entered Haas Bros.
slaughter house at Warsaw. butch
cred a $40 hog and made away
with it. Recently hides valued at
$500 were stolen from Thomas
Brothers. slaughter house at War
saw.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
THE TRUTH ABOUT GERMANY.
Poles in Conquered City
fingered by German Rule,
AuStrianS Resent Methods

The only city + visited while in
Europe, that had belonged 20 an
other country and had been occupied
by the Germans. was Warsaw, PO-
land.
found there is a greatly disillU-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
TWELFTH CHILD.

a son was born TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wysong. This is Mr. and
Mrs. Wysong's 18th child. II of
whom are living, all residing at the
home
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-09
1s HOGS BRING S754.

F B. Winters, residing near Chap
man lake in the vicinity of War
saw, sold Is hogs TO II. s. Kauff-
man. a Warsaw shipper They
weighed 4,645 lbs. and brought
S754.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
The of Gentleness
BY DIR. WELLS ANDREWS of Chicago.

1t has been said that every cross word uttered Or angry feeling expe-
rienced leaves its unerring mark on the face. This can be verified by a
close observation of the countenances of persons around us whose tenn
pers and habits are familiar to u.s., Its truth is thus established. And
if the Gneaments of the face show traces of such things, how much more
must the general moral and mental system be affected by them?
Nothing is more readily susceptible of proof than the assertion that
one angry word brings N another. Remember the good old biblical
saying that "a soft answer turneth away wrath"
Many people really possessed of a sincere desire to do right in all
unkind words to persons with whom they come in contact. If their atten-
ton were called to the fact in the right way they would be astonished at
themselves. They mean no harm, but they do harm, both to themselves
and their associates. More especially is this harm perceptible in the
family circle, where the developing child is the proud imitator of all the
acts of its elders, and particularly those which re pronounced and notice
ally riPened into a harvest Of harshness and often gathered in a crop of
vice and crime. This all results from a lack of full appreciation of happi-
ness at home.
Happiness is made, not born. 1t may with reason be argued that
it is an impossibihty to be happy at home when one is crushed by the
cares of life, by difficulties crowding on every side. If a man firmly
resolves to throw aside the vexing cares of business or a woman the aggra-
vahons of domestic life, when the family is united, Is most families are
once in twenty-four hours, the thing is done. After the excitement of the
day the nerves are naturally high strung and an effort is required to
prevent their disturbance upon the slightest provocation; but each effort
renders its successor easier of accomplishment. Thus a habit of gentle
ness, cheerfuness and kindiness can be acquired, which nobody sees but
to appreciate, admire and desire. The children acquire it in youth and
are saved the subsequent efforts of sef-control, while the ~neighbors are
softened by contact with it, and the result is what we all should seek,
happiness at home.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Thrifty French Soldiers
Mix Farming With Fighting.

Like the stage driver who spent his
monthly day off in riding on an omni-
bus, the French soldier, wi an released
for a short repose from digging and
guarding trenches, passes most OF his
time digging and hoeing truck gardens.
All along the French front, around
the depots and the cantOnments and
ever about the dugouts, are seen ad-
mirably laid out truck gardens. At
the beginning of the new year there
were 1922 of these plots under Guilt
walton by French soldiers, and the
produce Of these plots for the past
year is valued by the army author
tiles at 100000 francs at wholesale
prices.
Nearly everywhere good results have
been obtained, and passing through the
country parallel with the trenches,
n sees or all sides well-tended and
iourishing beds of cabbages, Brussels
sprouts. lettuce, leeks and other green
stun. Not only. however, are vege-
tables Of all kinds grown by the men,
but In some cases the soldiers have
initiated small breeding establishments
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

white troops returning from hospitals
to their units at the front. The bags
of rice and flour comprising the car
goes of the barges fastened on either
side of our steamer formed couches for
several hundred native troops. We
spread our camp beds, camp tables
and collapsible chairs, hung porous wa
ter jugs on the ships rail, so that the
hot wind would cool the water in the
jug by evaporating the moisture which
seeped through, and settled down for
our term of agony.
Sleeping Amid Money Chests.
The senior combatant ofiicer-passen-
ger is always chosen as officer COM
handing troops. The 30. c." in our
case was a major who had been in
America. When l first saw him he
was swearing roundly at a native SER
geant and six men who had just depos-
tied at his feet something like $4,000
In Indian money and informed him that
he, as 20. c." was responsible for its
safe arrival at Anara. He counted the
boxes, examined the seals and signed
a receipt for the treasure.
We moved the boxes of money be-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

calculated to make the child conscious
of herself. Under such circumstances
1t is to be expected that she would
shrink" on very slight ~provocation.
When the child gets among strangers
in a new situation, where there is little
to remind him of his daily associations,
the naturally tlmid child will feel lost
and uncomfortable. He may be
scared" to the point of being unable
to do anything at all. On the other
hand, a fairly healthy child that is not
s~elf-conscious will find in the new sur
roundings all sorts of stimulation for
his activity. His curiosity will be
aroused, and he will be tempted to ex-
plore things with refreshing srmplic-
ity. A city child taken to the country
will be tempted to 'let himself out" In
running and shouting, and If that Is
very different from his accustomed
conduct, it is because his daily life
does not give him the necessary oppor-
tunities for free and spontaneous ac-
tivity.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Married to Trees.


Under the very shadows Of the tele-
graph pole we find the tree w~orshipers
of India. Many kinds of trees are wor-
SHIPPED in India for many kinds of rea-
sons. Some atN supposed TO be the
abode of d~emotdehzvhn mnst n. nro
pitiated- The sacred 30 tree unS y
which Buddha received enli shtenmeN
is worshlpped by pilgrims VINO come in.
thousands.
In some small villages where there
are more wOme than men, it often
happens that there are no men of
equal caste to the girl whose time has
come to marry. Since the tree repre-
sents a deity which ian assume n
rank or caste, the parents of q mar
~riageable daughter who has become nj
burden to the family take her to he
village tree-god and marry her to him.
She Is bound to the tree. and left either
to the mercy of the prowling VILE
beasts or to be rescued by the frs
male of a lower caste who is in searcl
of a helpIneet.-World Outlook.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

in summer are called fish eaters.'
They migrate to the hills in winter to
escape the floods, but return to their
bits of river lands in the spring. We
saw scores of families standing waist
deep in the river hauling out bony,
wiggly fish as fast as they could bait
their hooks with bits of dough. The
children seem to live in a perpetual
state of bathing. They have a strong
aversion to clothes of any description
and are less dirty than their parents
because they have not lived as long.
1t is now date-picking time, and those
natives who are not fishing may be
found at the top of date trees SUSPEND
ed by rope sings similar to those used
by cocOnut pickers.
Late in the afternoon we passed tbe
new mouth of the Euphrates. A few
years ago this river got tired of its
mouth at Kurna and cut a new one a
few miles north of Basra. 1t is said
that in a few years the mouth at Kur-
ma will BECOME hardly more than n
canal. The Euphrates water is a suI-
phuric white, while the Tigris water is
now comparatively clear.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Good Sleepers.

Learning to sleep well is learning
60 live well. But it does not follow
that the good sleepers are necessarily
good people or that they know how to
live. Good sleepers are to be found
among those who break the laws Of
morals and Of health. They have the
gift. Whether they will be able to
keep it through their lives is a ques-
ton. The effects of their lawbreaking
may suddenly overtake them and the
ravages may weaken their sleeping ca
pacity. In the depths of consciousness
there is often a rebellion Of the mind
that is none the less persistent be-
cause it is silent and that may sud
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

tween our beds so that they formed a
table for meals and a dressing stand
for shaving in the morning. He then
ordered all the Indians Of fighting
strength to fall in on the after deck
and told off, men for the guards.
The first reaches of the Tigris were
beautiful. The river was broad and
swept along in graceful curves. It's
banks We're deeply lined with luxuriant
date palms, each with Il necklace of
glistening, golden fruit. But barren
wastes lie 300 yards behind them.
Tigris sunsets are wonderful. Old
campaigners say that they are second
only to those of Egypt. An admirer
of Il Tigris landscape and sunset would
think of spice winds and balmy
breezes. The native Arab says, God
made hell and found it was not bad
enough, so he made Mesopotamia-and
added flies" .
BY 10 n. m. we cordially hated the
Tigris and it's palm-treed bank. A bis
terlng hot wind blew out of the north.
If one touched bare metal-the skin of
ones fingers stayed on the metal. 1
had a dozen candles. When l looked
for them at night 1 found only twelve
limp strings-every particle of tallow
had melted and dribbled away.
Arabs Fish on Banks.
The Arabs who live along the Tigris
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
The IMMIGRANT.

Once there was a Swiss named Jake
Sneezekl who became dissatisfied with
conditions in his native &C, -ntry and
came to the United States, which he
had heard was a land flowing with
milk and money.
Jake had been told one could live
In the United States without working,
hut though he saw others doing it he
did not learn the secret ultil he met a
fellow countryman, Izzy Itch.
"NIr. Itch" he said, I'm starving to
death. I'm afraid I'll have to go to
work"
"Oh, don't give upT replied MIR.
itch. 'If you will answer my ques-
rtions. perhaps l can help you. How
much money have your"
"None at ALL"
"How much ~property?"
"NOne."
"Have you even had money or prop
ertyr
"No."
"Why, then. it's simple" and Mr.
Itch whispered In Jake's a
So jake went into business as q
bondsinan.-Rlng w. Lardner In Chi
engoe Tribune.