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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
INDIANS ANXIOUS
TO Do THEIR BIT
Dakota Reservation Furnish
Many Soldiers For Uncle
Sans Army.

BISMARCK. ". d, Aug. DIN
eisus from the reservations in North
snd south Dakota are doing their
bit" in the war by enlisting in the
army and according TO army author
1ties. reflections among them have
been comparatively few. Flat feet,
n common cause for rejection among
whites. is practically unknown
among the Indians. according 20 the
examininE officers.
Chief John Grass. said TO be the
gnightiest Of living Sioux chieftans.
although too old 20 be admitted in
The hghting forces. is also acting his
part. as ne had been appointed vice
president % sioux county's Red
Gross chapter. Although in feeble
health. the venerable chief has
pledged the Sioux 20 assist in the
work Of the Red Cross and his aid
will be a valuable asset, it was said,
ss ne has not lost his power over the
tribesmen. among whom his word
has been law for half a century.
Recently Lieut. Col Douglas Set
tie. T.. S. A.. and Capt Leonard
B9ughe, Fort Logan. Colo. who have
rbeen in charge OF mastering North
dakota troops into federal service.
togcther with Capt. A. 3. Welch Of
4he national guard, visited the old
iohief az his home near Fort Yates.
The visit was no novelty, however.
Tor the aged warrior as he has en-
5oyed visits from Sherman. Sheri-
-dan Grant Logan. Custer and many
aother great generals Of his time.
Capt. Welch IS an adopted son Of
the tribe and several Sioux are in
his company. Among them are Sid
Mclaughlin. grandson OF Mai James
Mclaughlin. grown gray in the In
dian service Bear shots. son Of
Old Bear Ghost. a famous warrior
of the days Of Custer and Blue
Earth. From Berthold reservation
have come Joe Young Hawk, Win
ans and Rogers. all three Arikaras.
| Rogers is a grandson OF Old Star. a
noted survivor OF the loyal band OF
Arikara scouts who remained faith
ful 20 Custer
Richard White Eagle, a young
Sioux from the Standing Rock re-
servation I'm South Dakota, was re-
iocted because OF his poor eyesight
Little Soldier from Turtle Mountain
Indian reservatiO \. D., could not
be accepted because OF dependent
relatives and Harry Mclaughlin,
another grandson Of the major, also
failed 20 qualify.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31
HOW TO BUILD AN
"ICELESS lCEB0X"

TNDTANAPOLIS. Aug 30.-Al-
though ice is regarded almost as a
necessity i'm summer. II is possible
10 do without 10 Dr. IT. +. Barnard,
state food and drug commissioner
said today He made public the
following directions for constructing
an "fceless ref-igerator"
when ice cannot he obtained an
|feeIess refrigerator cooled by the
Evaporation OF water can easily be
constructed. The experts at Wash
ington have devised a simple ap-
paratus which can he made at home
Al small expense. which viii give n
|temperature Of so degrees on a dry
+ rot dav This temperature is quite
as low as that given by the average
! Ice box.
sThe government refrigerator con-
sists OF "a wooden frame covered
with canton flannel burlap or heavy
<duck. IL is desirable that the frame
. be screened. although this is not
necessary. Wicks made Of the same
material as the covering, resting in
\ nan of water ON top OF the cooler.
Ironduct the water over the sides and
|ends or the pan and allow it 10 seep
down The sides of the box. The
3pvaporatior from this moistened
3roverine causes lower temr~ra-
Eure inside.
Make a screened case three and
<pne-half feet high with the other
@aimensonS II hv 10 inches II a
3soIid TOP is used simply place the
uater pan on this Otherwise, mt the
%pan CLOSELY into che opening OF the
or frame and support 10 by one
nch cleats fastened TO the inside OF
|he frame. Place two movable
Shelves I'm the frame. 10 20 Is in
,hes apart Use biscuit pan by
inches on the top 90 hold the wa
er and where the refrigerator IS 20
b. used indoors have the whole
hing standing I'm a large pan 10
hatch tine drip The pans and case
NAV be painted white. allowed 20
~ and then euameled. A cover
hw or white canton flannel should
be made 20 ft the frame. Have the
@mooth side ont and button the COW
rinC on the frame with buggy or
al utomobie curtain hooks and eyes,
j ranged SO that the door may be
pened without uufasteuiuE these
ooks. This easily can be done by
putting one row OF hooks on the
<dge Of the door near the latch and
be other just opposite the opening
th the hem on each side extended
ar enough 90 cover the crack at the
iEe Of tile door so as 10 keep out
%he warm outside air and retain the
ooled afr This dress or covering
$40 have 20 he hooked around the
on also. Two double strips. one-half
be width OF each covering and al
pwed 70 extend over about two and
ne-half 20 three inches must be
~ IL the pan OF water The bot
Pm of The covering should extend
10 the lower pam"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31

Many plant students arc led 90
.oneer how ears OF corn become so
Ten nollenated that no vacancies
ccur among the kernels. for the
sSels are so far above the silks
nf winds blow freely throughout
F. fields Rur close observation has
bow fh.t there are 1000 pollen
\ iHs 90 eteu oFule. and only one
= scesssry.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31

bis rug has an extra long nap. very
heavy, the cOlOrs are bright and cheerful
while the design is OF very attractive
] PROGRESS OF THIS SALE. WE WILL
OFFER BETWEEN 500 AND l 600 RUGS
At VERY ABSURD PRICES
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17
THE REACTION

Enough time has elapsed now to gauge more accurately TIL effect
of the Zimmerman note. 1t was exctedy denounced by pro-any cham
pions as equal to a declaration of war. With the same vehenence
it was branded by German defenders as a British fabrication, sure to
be disavowed as a forgery and shown up by the German authorities
as soon as brought to their attention.
1t is upon the German sympathizers in this country that the blunt
acceptance of responsibility for the note has produced its greatest e-
feet. If we interpret the reaction Alright, our citizens of German brth
or ancestry feel more deeply hurt, and are now more dlsmany d1sap-
pointed, by the Zimmerman disclosures than any other part II Our
people. They cannot understand how German ofhcialdom could have
so wrng a conception of conditions on this side of the water or tall
81 lamentablv to perceive the nature Of the relationship between the
United States and Mexico, to say nothing of harboring the fantastic
notion that Japan would, out of antipathy to the United States, break
with the allies and join Germany. More than that, they see the IN
consistency of the Zimmerman suggestion that Germany, despite its
high professions of unselfish aims, stood ready to help Mexico PerPe-
trate a bold land grab at the expense of the United States.
All this taken together certainly reflects want of appreciation in
Germany of the difficult position occupied by German sympatmzers
over here and the devotion they have shown in uphodmg and defend
ing the cause of their fatherland in the war. In a word, while the
Zimmerman note has not provoked the United States to war, 1t has
unuuestionaby cooled off the ardor of Germanys best friends IN this
country, who, while they doubtless will continue to sympathize, IS they
must, with their friends and relatives in the trenches, will be less out
spoken and aggressive because of shaken confidence in the German
war lords.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17
MORE O

did not the British take the steamer, John S. McCunough?'
asks a pro-German correspondent of the Tribune, "and have we ever
seen any denmciation of this act by Our government that protests
against whatever Germany does? What has Wilson to say about the
taking of the Mccullough? :"
What is there to say? The Mccullough was trying to run the
blockade. Its owners would have made a barrel of money had they
succeeded. They took a big chance for big stakes. They lost. They
are not entitled to sympathy. Nor are the British entitled to condem-
nation. They caught the steamer in the ocean. They lowed it to port,
where it will be tried properly and in accordance with law. If guilty
it is forfeited. That is what the American owners expected; that is the
chance they took.
But if the British navy had torpedoed that steamer at night, with
out warning and without giving all on board a chance to live, then
there would have been a great deal said about it in this country. There
would have been a howl as loud as the wall over the Lusiania was
distressing.
When the German sailors from the raider Moewe brought the
Appam into port, having captured her as the British captured the
Mccullough, there was no denunciahon of the act-but rather the
American press was filled with words of admiration for the gallant
act of the German sailors.
Submarine warfare, as conducted, has never been anything less Or
better than piracy, and nobody knew it or knows it better than the
war lords of Germany. Their defense of i. is in the same class with
their petifogging about the freedom of the seas" They had the
same freedom of the seas that other nations enjoyed and they used it
Their proudest boast was the growth of their shipping, and they had
a right to boast, but how could this marvellous growth have come with
out the freedom of the seas"
And facing the experience of Belgium with her men and women
driven over into Germany for involuntary servhude, does anybody be-
Geve the world will commit the freedom of the seas" or the guardian
ship of anything else to the Hohenzolern dynasty?
The vessels of our navy, while Our troops were at Vera Cruz,
stopped the landing of German munitions at Mexican ports. Germany
had been a munitions maker for every war in fifty years, but when
she came into war she was the first to cry for al embargo against the
shipment to others of what she had herself been shipping but could not
import because of the blockade of her COASTS.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17
WOULD CIRCULATE THE LAWS

Senator Buol of Clark county last week introduced a bill provid-
ing for the distribution to the general public, in economical form and
manner, of the session laws as enacted by the Nevada Legislature.
This is a step that should have been taken long ago, but as far as the
Tribune knows nobody has previously proposed it.
1t has been the practice for the people to wait, without knowing
what the new laws are, until the statutes are published in book form.
And then, for information concerning them, or concerning any par
thcular enactment. the citizen must visit a law Office and either beg the
use of the statutes or ask an attorney for the information he wants.
He must either sponge it, pay for it, borrow the book or buy one,
making his remittance to Carson City. And he doesn't even know how
much to remit. In the meantime Ignorance of the law excuses no
man." Other states have met this problem long ago.
The attorney and here and there an office man are the only per-
sons who feel justified in investing in a copy of the laws under the
old procedure, while thousands of them are sufficiently interested in
some particular enactment to have a desire to read it and frequently to
consult it.
The bill as proposed provides that the public printer shall print
10000 copies on cheap paper for distribution through the newspapers
of the state, a practice that prevails in many states. They would prob
ably be circulated as supplements and could be mailed at pound rates.
If the newspaper charged advertising rates for this service the rate
would probably appear %prohibitve, but coming to them in the form
proposed they would probably undertake the service at the rate fixed,
namely $500 per hundred copies.
This should place the new laws in the hands of the people within a
comparatively short time after the legislative adjournment, and the
service would be of value also to attorneys and their clients, while
awaiting the printing and binding of the laws in book form.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17
ANOTHER HOIE IN UNDERWOOD LAW

That perfect tariff law, eulogized as the panacea that was to
~ all our various governmental ills, has recently had another shock.
The supreme court of the United States has decided that one OF the law S
most NaunteG features is of no avail. This was the section designed
20 encourage American shipping by allowing a discount OF he per
cent on dutiabe articles carried hither in American bottoms. The
clause w 20 clumsiy drawn that it has been found to conthct with
existing treaties, and is therefore held to be invalid. When the law
was put into effect this was II of the defects pointed Out by the
critics, who asserted the provision would not stand the test OF the
courts. 1t wa adopted as a subterfuge, in the effort to borrow the
policy of protection without actually appearing to do so, and has
failed of it's purpose for the reason that it was a makeshltt. 1t affects
the treasury at present to the extent of above $25oooooo, that amount
having been accumulated while waiting for the determination OF the
court. The lesson is plain. Protection to home industries can not be
provided through shams; the principle must be applied directly or not
at all.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17
FOOD WASTE AND HIGH PRICES

Americans waste in their kitchens food to the extent of S7oOooo-
600 a wear. avs Secretary of Agriculture Houston, in his discussion
OF the present day situation. He finds no shortage of food to support
the hysteria that has prevailed in some parts of the country. On the
contrary, he says plenty exists, and that with application OF proper
household management the cause for complaint will vanish. The sec
reary's Indictment sounds formidable. On a basis of twenty million
families bis estimate of wastage amounts to SIS per year per family, or
a trif1e under 10 cents a day. This doesn't sound so big, does it? On
the other hand, the verv present fact is that the price of the staple
articles that enter into the dietary of the American family have risen
enormously. Whether due to shortage or not, because of psychological
or other reasons, the cost of living has gone up, and no amount OF dis
course from a cabinet officer is going to put it down again. One real
reason for the advance is disclosed in the report for January last on
expectation of foodstuffs. On the item of bacon alone, the quantity
shipped had increased 100000 pounds or over 90 per cent as COM
pared with January of 1910, while the price paid by the foreigners
had risen from 1873 to I57 cents per pound. Every article in the list
of food expectation shows an increase, both in quantity and IN value
Secretary Houston may be right as to the waste in American Kitchens
but that alone doesn't amount to the sky-rockehng prices.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17

Germany has advanced Turkey, governmentaly, 100000
pounds, which is three-quarters of a billion dollars. How much more
has been loaned through banks and individuals we are not told. Tur-
key owes a lot of money to Germany, and with the British and Rus
slams marching through the heart of Turkey, the money lenders may
we'll begin to wonder when their loans will be repaid, if ever. Turkey
may cease to exist in its present form and a greatly altered Turkey
might not be the Turkey that feels responsible for debts contracted by
the old state.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17
CORN ON THE COB

From Maine comes the good news that the season for corn N the
cob is to be made to include twelve months every year. The man
who loves to pick an ear of corr from the steaming platter, spread 1t
deep with butter, sprinkle it generously with salt, then gnaw the corn
from the cob in the way that nature intended such things to be at
tended to, will no longer have to limit that source of gastronomic
ecstasy to the months of late summer and early fall. For Maine,
where the industry of canning sweet corn had its beginning, and
whose sweet corn is recognized the world over as without a rival, has
begun to can sweet corn on the cob. 1t has been done in a small way
before, but this year it blossoms into a real industry-so much OF an
industry that one concern there has recently booked a single order
for 10000 cases of twenty-four cans to the case.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17

When United States senator's were elected by legislatures 1t was
a common thing for the state lawmakers to pass resolutions Of lnstruc-
tion or condemnation: but since senators are elected by direct vote of
the people, members of the legislature have no more, and of course no
less, control over a United Senator than any other equal number OF
their constituents.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17

Those who insisted Germany would prove the Zimmerman note a
forgery, or at least disavow it, have blasted hopes for their pains. But
if the authors of the document really imagined they could get away
with it, they are more easily self-deluded shan the EXTREMIST pro-Brit-
isher supposed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17

1t will be noted in connection with the British report on the OAR
daneIes tragedy that the burden of oboquy is placed on Lord Kirch-
ener, who cannot answer back because he is dead.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17

Nobody has any use for a deadbeat who tries to get away with
his honest debts. The mere unfortunate, however, can always
count O sympathetic consideration from creditors convinced that he
is making a real effort to pay up.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17

Federal income taxes for this year makes a touch of SooYoooooo
in New York city. most of it in the Wall street district Two years
apo the street paid in $I3y8ooooo and last year S24,oooooo The
huge boost in the tax puts up to Wall street the ghoufsh duty of swip-
ine ONE of the lambs hide with the WOOL
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17

Administration forces in Cuba evince more speed and push than
Mexico in chasing down rebels. Youth and freshness easily distance
WEAKNESS on a hot trail.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-03-17

Perhaps MI. Grounding a not SO foolish after all in returning
to his hole.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for eusy Readers

Isaac p. Walker has returned from
a business trip of several days in New
York
Lonesome Luke will furnish you
some good laughs at Harte Theatre
today. ADV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Leader of 113
North street rejoice in the arrival of
a ten-pound son, born Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Murray have re-
turned from a stay at the Long Island
beaches and are at their home at Old
Bennington.
Chief j. c. White, United States re-
cruiting officer, has opened recruiting
Office for the navy at the Putnam
house room 40, and the post Office.
3 days are left yet for Red Cross to
get 5 per cent from every garment sold
in this great reduction sale at julius
L. Weichman. III North street. Adv.
Two famous stars, Kathlyn Williams
and Theodore Roberts in The Cost of
Hatred Paramount feature in five
acts showing at Harte Theatre today
only. Adv
Mr.. and Mrs, w. ID. Pelley, Mrs. Hat
tie Holbrook and Miss Ruth NJ. God
frey returned Thursday from a stay
of several weeks at Lake Dunmore.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Stone. who were
also members of the party went di-
rectly to their home. Greenfield, Mass.
A fire which started in corn crib
at Mrs. Ellen Towslee's farm on the
middle Pownal road Tuesday evening
destroyed the crib and hog house
Neighbors rallied quickly and by hard
work saved the other buildings. The
origin of the fire is mystery Some
think it caught from falling paper
balloon sent up from somewhere in
| this section.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
OUR MARINE CORPS.
II Is Fully Equipped All Around
Efficient Little Army.

GHlclent Lltte army
Do you know the definition of the
word CORPSE If you do your advan-
tage over the man in the street is con-
siderable, for the word In itself signi-
fles large lighting force so completely
equipped In all branches that 1t can act
as an Independent army. And that is
what our marine corps is-a fully equip
ped little army, representing infantry,
cavalry, artillery, signal seEice, engi-
neers, machine gun men, ayiators and
hospital service.
The varied nature of the marines
duties Is reflected in the dress uniform,
his dearly priced "blues." The trousers
are the color Of the infantryman's but
the stripe is red, like that on the uni
form of the artillery. His coat is a
dark nautical blue, but IL he wears
chevrons on it they are yellow, like a
cavalrymans. AS an example of cos.
mopolitanlsm his cap device bears a
relief map Of half the globe. An eagle
with outspread wings surmounts the
globe, and a fouled anchor shows In
the background To tell a marine al
glance whatever his uniform or his
rank look on the front of the hat OF
the cap for that globe. 1t is the distin.
gushing emblem Of marine the world
over.
Great Britain is the only other pow
er that has, in our sense Of the word
q real marine corps, and the cap de
vice of the British marine also has O
globe in the center Of the design
Charles Phelps Cushing in New Yorl
Independent
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
Cost of Our Revolution.

Justin Winsor in his THE Westward
Movement quotes Thomas jefferson
as his authority for the statement that
the money cost of establishing Amer
lean independence was, in round mum.
bers, $140,000,000 According to the
same authority, the war of the Rev
olution cost England just about five
times the above figure-that is to say,
about S7O0,000,000. Thus it will be
seen that there are several present day
Americans any one of whom is worth
much more than 1t cost to establish the
independence of this nation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
Stevenson's demonstrates.

Publishers will wish that all authors
with grievances would copy the man
ner Of their complaint from Stevenson,
who when Messrs. Black failed to bring
out Travels With donkey" as quick
ly as they had promised wrote to them.
saying: What has become of me and
my donkey; She was never fast
traveller, but she has taken longer to
come through Hanover street than to
cross the Gevaudan. There must be
carrots in your office. Please see to 1t
and let me hear"-London Globe.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13
Alfalfa Food Products.

Alfalfa -four is nothing more than
the ground and finely powdered leaves
Of alfalfa hay. But that's nothing. For
many years the alfalfa enthusiast has
been abroad in the land, and he main
tains anything and nearly everything
that is good about his fayorite grass.
Moreover, he believes 1t, and, more often
than one would think, he is right. This
faith In its universal merit led ole Of
the large farm machinery companies to
design machinery for the preparation
Of alfalfa flour, alfalfa tea, alfalfa cof-
fee and alfalfa SO many other things
that we dare not mention them here
lest our sincerity be attacked.-Scien-
tific American.
Ships and goods were insured against
the perils Of the sea so long ago as the
fifteenth century.
Getting rich quickly is not always
difficult, but it is always dangerous
Youths Companion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-13

"What a homely shirt"
"Yes. My wife picked 1t out"
why, man, haven't you any taste
yourselfT
Not for a quarrel with my wife,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.