South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-14
ASSERTS CLARK IS
NOT COOPERATING
KabIe Restaurant Manager
Replies to Charges of Wash
ingtOn Proprietor.

not the only places IN the city IN
which meatless Tuesdays and wheat
less Wednesdays are observed rigid
ly, and that O. A. Clark, manager
Of these restaurants, does not have
a monopoly on the patriotism in
South Bend, is the emphatic asser-
ton OF the other restaurant pro-
prietors Of the city.
In fact, il is asserted, that Mr.
Clark. as manager Of the Kable res
taurants, has steadfastly refused to
cooperate with the other restaurant
men Of South Bend in following the
REQUEST of Food Administrator
Hoover in regard TO the observance
Of meatless Tuesday and wheatless
Wednesday. 1t is even charged that
Mr.. Clark is endeavorinC TO dictate
the degree Of patriotism and the
manner in which it should be man
ifested of the eating house proprie-
tors of the city.
Speaking for practically all of the
restaurant and hotel men of South
Bend, S. G. Stratigos, proprietor Of
the Washington restaurant, 121 w.
Washington av., declared Wednes-
day night that the manager Of the
Kable restaurants had steadfastly
refused to cooperate with the other
restaurants of the city in the OBJ
servance of the meatless and wheat
less days
Does Not Attend Meetings.
when the governments food
conservation plan first arose." said
Mr.. Stratigos. I'VE called a special
meeting at the Y. w. c. A. of all the
proprietors of eating places in the
city to discuss and decide the best
possible way in which TO observe
both meatless Tuesday and wheatless
Wednesday. All restaurant proprie-
tors Of the city, with the one eXcep-
ton Of Mr.. Clark, were present We
held a second meeting for the same
purpose at the Y. W. c. A., and still
Mr. Clark was not present.
AT the second meeting a com
mittee was appointed, consisting Of
two members, to decide the wording
Of the meatless Tuesday and wheat
less Wednesday signs that can be
seen at all Of the restaurants and
eating places of the city, with the
exception of the Kable restaurants.
The committee decided upon a sign,
bearing the national colors, red.
white and blue.
Clark's Signs Different.
Mr.. Clark, however, had placed
in his restaurants signs printed on
red paper, and in no way CORES
pCnding 10 the kind adopted by the
restaurant men at the recommends
ton of the committee appointed at
the second meeting we held.
This showed Mr.. Clark's unwil
lingness to cooperate with us IN OBJ
serving the meatless and wheatless
days Mr. Clark says that he has
not served one bit of wheat bread
I'm his restaurants since the observ-
ance Of wheatless Wednesday be-
gan, but perhaps this is not Mr.
Clark's fault His restaurants are
not equipped to bake bread
Bakes Pies With Wheat Flour.
Mr. Clark is kind enough TO rec
ommend 10 the other restaurants in
the city the use OF potato rice -four,
but we do not notice him using it
in the pies he serves, which are
baked in his restaurants. Mr.. Clark
says that when he had a good thing
he does not want 10 profit by it at
the expense of the other restaurants
Of South Bend. He refers to the
potato and rice flour.
However, this potato and rice
-four is not a new thing. even TO
be used in baking pies. and it is
not found in the pies baked at the
Kable restaurants. The Case and
Martin Co. of Chicago have been
using this -four in the pies baked
for them approximately two months,
or since the observance of wheat
less Wednesday began.
IT wonder if Mr.. Clark thinks he
is the food administrator for South
Bend? Perhaps Dr. Vitou, who is
supposed to be the food administra-
tor for restaurants, has abdi-
Gated in favor of Mr.. Clark, who
has been engaged for sometime in
sending spies around to the other
restaurants Of the city. One came
into my place at , o'clock one Tues
day morning and ordered a ham
sandwich. He got what he ordered
and then spread the report that he
had obtained pork in my restau-
rant"
Mr.. Stratigos explained that due
to the war conditions it was diff
cult to break the walters into the
new regime and on the morning in
question the sandwich was sold by