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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26

: marching use Of billets that almost
every village in or within 40 miles
OF the war zone in France, or for a
100 miles along the main route lead
ing up to it. has been officially sur
veyed and plotted as TO its billet
ing capacity, and every house and
building bears painted in a promi-
nent position across its front the
words "Hommes IS, Chevaux 10"
etc, (15 men, 10 horses). SO that
a billeting officer may read as he
runs. and need hardly go inside the
houses, although he had better If
he has any warm regard for the
. comfort of his men, as he may find
half the billets piled full Of wood
or cabbages or coal or temporarily
occupied by goats or chickens.
Billets are also extensively used
for regiments on rest duty for a
couple of weeks after a trying turn
in the trenches. Here they furnish
a pleasant change and relaxation 10
troops worn with the mud and
nerve-strain and exposure OF the
trenches. They can chat with the
inhabitants, play with the children,
bny various little Injuries in the
way Of eggs and fruit and sweets
and homemade pastry; besides get
ting their washing and mending
done and missing buttons sewn on.
and a score Of other little home at
tentions and services
The British, with their keen prac-
teal sense in sanitary matters. have
taken over whole villages. whose in
habitants have been removed for
military reasons, such as danger
from shell-fre, etc. and turned
them into rest-camps for the troops.
The sanitary advantage OF the de-
population is not so much on ac-
count Of the absence Of the human
inhambitants as that OF their pets
and parlOr- bOarders, the COWS, the
goats the pigs and the chickens.
When all traces of former habita-
ton has been removed-and this is
pretty Herculean task sometimes
and the premises thoroughly dis
infected and whitewashed, windows
are broken through into the darkest
corners or dormers cut in the roofs.
stoves set up for heating and mess
kitchens installed in conveniently
central places.
Very often the shells have per
formed the kindly office OF providing
openings for windows and ventila-
ton. and all that is needed is 70
tack muslin or glazed screens over
these openings. Indeed. "a French
village that has been moderately
shelled is distinctly improved as
sleeping Guorters. from the point OF
view Of light and ventilation.
A steam laundry is installed. Ia
trines and other sanitary con
veniences provided; the largest hall
or public building in the village is
turned into cinema theater and
concert room, four or i've other good
sized buildings are fitted up as clubs
and writing rooms and Libraries for
the men. and the whole place IS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
THE MELTING POT
"Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
THE TRENCHES ~ THE SNOW.

=.
yOnd,r CLEAN
a o he
blowy
While the parapet
Ookouts beude
That dares the hold the
perform savory
a a
A calm reposeful oiing squad.
Let others drudgery
Depends the thought tina that
Beware
Lest helpless
For, lack the soldiers
are no an enc ted euto foe?
j
The officer in hish hits swiftly hits
Too a gentle away
WI m now see a
When standing shining they'll might
With calm. unru1ed
remOved-but when
They will not FAIL these lads who hold the trenches in the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
IT,S NTTSIC- ETC

One Of the most enchanting
sounds that can be heard just now
is the howl Of a railroad president
who has been trying for years to
take over the government, now that
the government is getting ready 10
take over the railroads.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
CONSIDER nANA

CHICAGO, Dec 25.-John Cot
ton Dana. city librarian OF Newark.
y. J.. is reported 70 be under consid-
Grafton for a similar position here.
made vacant by the death OF Harry
K Legler.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
HELP WIN THE WAR.

Ola clothes are valuable VIII
buy old clothing. furniture and oth-
er articles 10 sell for the benefit Of
Red Cross and Y. W. g. A Call Mrs.
Ella Sholly, SIS y. Olive St. Home
1925 Adv. 2i7-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26

The establishment of a sphere
economic influence from the
North sea to the Persian gulf has
been for nearly two decades the ST.
lent unspoken aim of German for
eign policy Our diplomacy in re-
cent years. which has seemed to the
great mass of all Germans vacillat-
ing and little conscious Of it's aim,
only becomes Ineligible when re-
garded as part Of a consistent east
ern design. 1t is TO the credit OF
Rohrbach TO have shown in his
writings how the single incidents fit
into the general scheme of our pol
icy. 1t is indeed in this region,
and in this region alone, that Ger
many can break out of her isola-
tion in the center Of Europe, into
compact sphere of economic activity
which will remain open to her in
dependently Of the favor and the
jealousy OF the great powers. Apart
from the defense OF hearth and
home, no other success would COM
pensate Germany for the enormous
sacrifices Of the war if she did not
secure a really free hand, politically
speaking, 10 pursue this economic
goal secure future for
Germany is 10 be reached along
this road and no other, and Ger
many would be missing the great
est opportunity ever offered her in
the history Of her foreign relations
il she were not now 20 go forward
with vigor and decision 10 its real
ization."
(From an essay by DR..
Spiethog In Die wirtschaftliche
Annaherung Zwischen dem
Deutschen Reiche und semen
Nerbundeten, 1850
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
COPY CATS,

The German navy is to have a
section which will deal exclusively
with U-boats, an idea probably in
spirited with our subdivision which
has been dOins the same thing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26

"A glance at the map shows us
that our bulwark against Russia
Will have TO extend from the North
cape TO the Black sea and from
hence 10 the Caucasus and TO the
Persian gulf The scandinavian
countries, the German empire, Aus
tria-Hungary, ROumania, Bulgaria,
and Turkey ought 10 form one COM
munity; for every single one of
these states would be lost if Russia
should gain control over one of
them, and thus be able TO exert
pressure on the others.
At any rate, il may be said that,
within these frontiers, the middle
European community approximate
" comes up 10 the mark of equal
ity with our eastern neighbors in
regard 10 the number of its popu-
lation." (Winterstetten reckOns up
over 100000 in the new mid
ie EurOpe)
(Karl Won Winterstetten,
Nordkap- Bagdad. des politische
Programm des Krieges, 1914,
PIP. $50
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26

(Franz Won List advocates the
inclusion of Austria-Hungary Hol-
land. and the Scandinavian king
doms. Switzerland, and Italy.)
Apart from an indepe dent Polish
state to be formed, the Balkan pen
insula, including European Turkey,
would form a portion of middle Eu-
rope We may further count on the
inclusion of Bulgaria and ROu-
mania after their territorial wishes
have been satisfied, but il remains
10 be seen what attitude Greece
would adopt. Sc bia and Monte
negro will have TO accept the situa-
ton and do as they are told.
think the inclusion Of Turkey Is
particularly important for Turkey
connects the middle European UNION
of states with Asia and Africa. par
ticularly with Egypt and the Suez
canal BY attaching Turkey, a large
and fruitful field will be opened for
the promotion of peaceful industry
and for carrying out the imperial
program sketched out at Damascus
in 1895. Middle Europe would be
connected with the world of Islam.
III We add up we find that the
territories to be included i'm the mid
die European union wou extend to
10000 square kilometers. They
are inhabited by about 2O0.OOO,0OO
people. In extent the union would
rank after the British empire, Rus
STA and the United States. In num-
Der of population it would rank
only after the British empire. The
economic independence of the union
would be secured by the colonial
possessions of the allied states"
(Franz Won List. Elm nit
teleuropaischer Staatenverband,
professor of criminal law at
Berlin. Won List signed in
1915 the Delbruck- Dernburg
petition against Incorporating
in Germany Independent peo-
pies. But strategic needs" and
economic" were recognized
Among the 143 signers were
men who prefer southeastern
expansion. or colonial-as Del
hl NN n ~ VIC AAttA|-NANA'A VI
neighbors. /. p. "a Ground Ia
BILE. March, 1910 Arthur
Spiethon is professor OF politi-
cal economy at the University
of Prague, Austria.)
Somebody coined the phrase
'Berlin-Bagdad' Why shall We not
say sAD-v-arr- IA rdad - coDsf5ar
/ il utterly impossible that we should
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
NCURABIE.

Even a so percent increase in
postage is not going to keep elder
~ rich men from writing love let
ters which a few years later Will
enliven divorce court proceedings.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
TIE RIFT IN TIE CLOUDS.

It's tough not to have sugar, but
anyway, you are spared the spec
tacle Of your table mate at the
restaurant shovelling it on his let
tuce.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26

turned into a thoroughly comfort
able restful soldiers home
But you must get the pigs ami
goats and chickens out OF the way.
and the manure heaps removed
from the front yard, before this can
be done
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26

Semendria can never again menace
our Danube shipping. AS for Rou-
mania, that criminal state will new
er recover the position which she
ad before"
CDR. Gunther, Radical, in the
Bavarian diet, quoted in the
London Times. Mar. 6, 1910
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
Lights and Shadows ofLte in BHIets
BY WOODS HUTCHINSON, NJ d.


Another type of classic and more
or less picturesque shelter of the
soldier, which has persisted quite
extensively in this war, is billets.
That is, quartering the troops in the
houses, cottages, workshops, barns
and outbuildings of the peasantry
and the townspeople. This is a pure
survival from earlier and more bar
barrie times. when troops lived off
the country they fought in, and, like
most survivals, is q rather unsatis-
factory substitute for modern sani-
taTy methods of housing soldiers.
AS an emergency measure, our
billet still has its uses for troops on
the march, for troops maSsing in
reserve behind the lines in prepar-
alton for a great offensive, for regi-
ments on rest period after heavy
losses in the trenches. 1t is chiefly,
however. for such more or less tenn
porary purposes that IL is used in
this war, and under pressure Of
stern military necessity. for the
as a means of sheltering fighting
men which goes up from every
point of view and from all parties
concerned is positively amusing in
its unanimity.
The peasants and townspeOple
naturally do not like it. for obvi-
Gus reasons; 20 angels, freshly de-
scended from heaven, packed into
your hay-mow would dislocate and
derange your domestic and agricul-
tural arrangements considerably.
Although they put up with il very
C heerfully and sensibly for the most
part, as part of their contribution
towards the war and service for the
country.
The men don't like il, because the
quarters are usually dark. always
dirty and either draughty or un-
ventilated, and it breaks up the
club" spirit which life in a camp
with hut barracks or even tents
and a central mess hall. renders
possible.
The officers detest it, because II
makes the problem OF controlling
both the conduct and the sanitation
Of the troops a perpetual perplexity.
However. "c'est Ia guerre," as the
French say on every occasion, and
under certain conditions. the meth
od has great practical military ad-
vantages and is employed according
" For troops on the march, for
instance. il has the great practical
advantage OF providing dry and
sheltered quarters for the night,
with good warm straw 10 sleep on.
without the labor OF pitching tents
or the risk OF wet ground for a
bed.
A detail OF officers and sergeants
simply goes on a few hours ahead
OF the regiment. picks out and de-
cides upon the billets. and has
guides standing ready 10 conduct
each squad OF men 10 their quar-
tiers as soon as they arrive in the
main street.
So extensive has been this
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
EXPERIENCE.

Germany had a fine chance Of
getting Spain into a war with this
country. Spain tried that once.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26

The nQusitive subscriber OF Wharton to know
why IL is the doctors write their prescription
Because some doctors write egbly and more
people read legible English than can understand
Latn.-Houston Post.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26
al REAI. NNfAS GIET

would be a Christmas check FOR
s25.OO saved in the American Trust
Company's Christmas Money C,uo.
DIV. 724-27
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26

ONE OF NATIONS BLUNDERS.
What a bolsheviki Bill Haywood
would have made if he hadn't had
Il foresight to be born outside of
Russia!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-26

Somebody coined the phrase
Berlin Bagdad. Why shall We not
say Antwerp Bagdad? I consider
il utterly impossible that we should
ever hand back Antwerp 10 the mad
ministers Of King Albert. Why
should not Antwerp be connected
with the Rhine? What we still
have 70 do is 10 prolong the great
waterway into Austria Hungary and
the Balkans. Mackensen has seen
20 il that the guns Of Belgrade and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05
BY A STAR REPORTER

fNNN bbN ~
Aviator Ed Hubbard was
saouting. could tell It by tho
shape OF his mouth and the
ughtness OF his neck muscles.
put the rushing wind forced his
words back down his throat be-
iofe they could be heard above
the roar Of his engine.
30 he pointed.
Moving about In an aeroplane
~ 10 miles an hour isn't 40
sasy as It sounds. The wind
mas Will OF It's own and uses
thousand iron fingers 10 pin
you to your seat and make loose
hairs biting. lashlng whips.
by sheer force | pushed my
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05
U. S. employees
HELD FOR PART
IN SMUGGLING

nv United Press LEASED Wire
SAN FRANCISCO. July 5.-Five
additional employees OF the Angel
Island immigration station are inn
plicated in the alleged 100000
smuggling ring in confessions made
by three OF the alleged ring men,
bers. Solicitor ]. b. Densmore, of
the department OF labor, announced
today.
Their dismissal is expected next
week
The confession OF the three An
gel Island employees Is said to con
meet still more strongly with the
smuggling operations of three San
Francisco attorneys who were in
volved when a Chinese under ar
rest revealed the inner workings of
the scheme.
Reports that the life of this Chi
nese is in danger as a result of his
confession have caused him to be
placed under heavy guard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05
THOUSANDS SEE
SHIPS co THRU
CANAL TO LAKE

History was made In Seattle
Wednesday when the first
oeean.soIn1 ship passed thru
the Lake Washington shio ca
nal and cut she waters Of Sc
sttle's fsnd-loeked fresh water
harhor. The Roosevelt. the
sea.worthy ship that bore Rob.
ert G. pesry north~ard toward
the pole. realized the dream of
decades when she steamed into
Union bay. formally opening
the canal TO commerce.
with flare Of many.colored
flags. hundreds Of pleasure boats.
Yachts. launches. and fishing
Fuacks followed the Roosevelt in
tie marine professional. into Lake
Union and on into Lake Washing.
ton.
seatte's hillsIdes and lake
shores we're lined win throngs Of
spectators. Both banks OF the
canal we're crowded from the locks
to Lake Washington. Bridges
we're black with them. Streets
that overlooked the water course
we're lined with automobiles, civ
ing a noisy greeting TO the parade
ra ii passed by
Half City Turns Out
Probably half the city's popula-
ton was ont To celebrate the event
which had been looked forward to
Tor more than half q ceutury--al-
most since the founding Of the city
The Roosevelt. hearing the Off
eial party. representative OF the
army. navy. and civil government.
and prominent Seattle citizens
identified with the history of the
canal. passed thru the locks at BAL.
lard at 80. and took It's place at
fhe head OF the procession Of small
boats that waited within the locks.
she was followed by a government
ttg.
Pass In Review
As she steamed along her course.
tho giant railway and traffic
bridges at Ballard and Fremont
Continued on page y
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05
$4,000 PHONE
WORKERS READY
FOR WALk0UT

A general strike OF 5000
workers, which would parsIyze
practically all telephone and
many telegraph lines on the
Pacific Coast, will be declared
Thursday night or Saturday
morning unless the Pacific
States Telephone 4 Telegraph
Co. comedies its operators the
right TO organize. This 10 the
statement Of Vice President
Grasser, Of the international
Electrical Workers, made thru
local Secretary Delaney Thurs
day.
The strike situation hinges upon
a conference held by Grasser and
q committee of Aberdeen operators
with Northern District Traffic
superintendent John Cocran. OF tne
company, Thursday. Unless Cocran
gives the girls permission TO union
ize, the strike vote will be taken
in every local on the coast II will
be purely formal and will automat-
ically call for a strike, says De-
laney.
Wage increases have been
granted by the company in several
cities. including Seattle" Delaney
said. I'VE appreciate the increases
but that cannot affect the strike.
The girls on the Pacific Coast
must have the right to organize or
5000 skilled workers in all
branches of the trade and nearly
10000 operators Thursday will vote
TO strike Saturday"
Delaney says that the girls in
Seattle. of whom there are 500.
are well organized. In Tacoma.
where there are almost 400 phone
girls. the organization is good, he
says.
The line men and electrical
workers have contract with the
company which permits them TO de-
clare the company unfair to them
when II is unfair to any other
branch of workers." says Delaney.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05
Reporter Exclusive View Canal Opening Parade yropane

toothpicks. With a shock
recognized IL as tho Latona
bridge that, on the grounn.
looks heavy and massive.
The machine gave a shiver
and the map" grew smaller
as the plane rose.
Everything was clean and
pretty and painted. The houses
were only little squares sur
rounded by daubs Of bright
green. which might have been
placed there with a painters
brush.
Nothing looked natural A
street car made me laugh. 1t
crawled along like peanut
shell with an ant for motive
power.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05

boat" There are approx
mately 100000 bolts and nuts
to be screwed and adjusted be-
fore the plane is ready for the
air.
Finally the mechanics SEEM
ed satisfied there was moth
ing more they could do for us
or TO MS. and they let us go.
Hubbard turned her over
The engine gave n gigantic
'spat.' and then struck up its
rhythmic note.
The waves boiled white over
the prov and broke into fine
spray. Faster and faster grew
the speed and queer thump-
ing on the bottom of the boat
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05
READ STAR WANT ADS

SUM That Is tho thrill of the
air.
The real thrills come while
the plane is still on the water
or skimming along like a
dragon fly Just above It. Then
II seems as tho nothing could
be faster. We passed speed
boats that | knew were turn
ing up 81 and 40 miles an
hour as easily as we passed the
bouys that marked the course
for the marine parade
We made the start from the
hangar of Aviators Arthur
Davis and Leo Huber, at Madi-
son park. On the beach there
was endless tuning up" to be
done on the big passenger
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05

Corporation Counsel Caldwell
doubts the legality OF the may
or's plan.
81 haven't gone into the mat
ter thoroly," he said Thursday,
"but am inclined TO believe
that the 10 days time given the
druggists, under the bone dry
law. to ship out Of the state any
liquor they may have. would be-
qn with the announcement Of
the secretary Of state that the
referendum petitions had fail
cd"
Attorney General Tanner has ad
yised Prosecutor l.nndln that he
thinks the 10 days have elapsed
and that. should the secretary oi
state certify that the petitions had
not carried. the booze would be IL
legally in the state.
Deputy county auditors who han
died the liquor permits say Seattle
drug stores were well stocked in
anticipation of the long drought
and should the mayor carry out his
plan a large amount OF liquor would
flow into the bay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05
MAYOR Wants TO
C0NFISCATE ALL:
LIQUOR in Seattle

"All booze in Seattle drug stores has got to 60 via
The ak route, if necessary declared Mayor Hiram c.
Gill; Thursday morning.
The mayor says if Corporation Counsel Caldwell
finds the bone-dry law is in force, he will instruct
the police to raid every drug store in the city and con-
tiScate the liquor stocks.
''Im not going to fool around and twiddle my
thumbs while the drug stores sell booze and court
in another county hens and haws about the legality
of 800 names referendum petition says Gill.
The mayor holds that because the secretary of
state failed to certify the legality of the booze eferen-
dunn within 80 days of its fling, the bone-dry law is
now in effect
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05

bigger than the rest. like a
queen bee at the head OF Its
swarm, led the line. that folks
on the ground were calling the
greatest marine parade Seattle
ever saw.
tried 10 analize my emo
tions. but | had none-except
a wonderful sense of power
that the rush of free wind and
the deep, steady crash" Of
the motor gave
The plane was safe, | knew
IT, on the earth set paths
had 10 be followed, while here
there was absolute freedom.
II we willed. we could have
flown thru the clouds to the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05
RUSH PLANS OF
DRAFT LOTTERY
THRUOUT U. S.
RY WERB MILLER


United Press stsff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. July 5.-The
draft lottery will be staged IN
the capital on the day following
completion Of organization OF
the local exemption boards.
"The minute the local boards are
completed and have numbered
more than 100000 registration
cards. we will be ready for the
craft" was tho official announce
ment from Provost. Marshal Gen.
{ rowder's office today Gen,
Crowder has urgently insisted that
the boards finish their labors be-
fore Saturday.
He emphasized that every day
lost now means a day lost In or
OF the armies" in a mes
sage TO every board. Crowder de-
clared II is an imperative national
necessity that the numbered
coples of the cards be In the hands
OF the states adiutant general and
another copy be mailed to Wash
i)gton before Saturday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05

And the people looked like
ants. too. There was solid
mass OF them around the canal
locks, that cost $5,000.000. and
looked from tho air like some
thing in n toy store window.
Some OF the ants were clus.
tered about a little sbrk Of
color Mt the far end of the
Fremont bridge. The speakers
were ANTS" also. funny ANTS,
that waved their front legs in
the air
Boats? No, bugs, Water
bugs they were. with white
"V" shaped wings spreading
out in the water behind them.
There was myriad of them, In
a long. thin swarm. A bug
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-05

head over the edge and looked
down.
There was 1000 feet of moth
ing underneath us and then q
strange map-city, split In half
by a glistening silver line, that
bulged out at It's middle and
had a beginning and end in
deeper blue waters. That was
the Lake Washington canal,
brilliant in the Fourth OF July
sunlight.
The machine followed the
canal and the multi-colored dots
that crowded it's clean-cut
banks waved hands at US as
we sailed over their heads.
There was a draw-bridge--
funny thing with girders like