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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
THE Stars incline. but do not compel
HOROSCOPE
Monday. April 8. 1917.

Evil seems TO dominate in the rule
OF the stars today. Jupiter Is strong
~ adverse. while Neptune is in a
place that is threatening.
There appears 70 be some new me-
mace 10 commerce from nation
more or less dependent on the United
States.
II is a most unlucky rule under
which TO travel on the water any
where. This applies TO the Great
Lakes which are likely to be me
naced in some unusual manner.
As occuItists say that we are
reaching the final upheaval of all
thought forms which produce human
action, extremes of every sort are
likely TO he alarming TO thinkers
during the next few months.
Neptune gives warning Of strange
perversions OF mind among men and
women, who will oppose national
measures of great importance 10 the
country.
Extravaganza in the United states
will be curbed in some unexpected
manner. the seers predict.
Interest in all sorts OF metaphysi-
cal subjects Will be a sign Of the
times during the next few years, the
| seers predict.
Canada has the promise Of pros
/ perity and growth. but there Will be
/ heavy drains on its resources. espe-
cially in June. it is prophesied.
Farmers should make the most of
the aid or stars which will rule next
week Good crops are progonosti-
Gated but some sort of a pest NAV b.
/ troublesome later.
According to astrologers the plane
| tary influences now import TO women
new energy. mental and physical,
which is 10 be utilized in noble serv-
/ ice in new fields of endeaVOT in the
/ United States.
California has the forecast of
events that will stir it To some sort
Of hasty action. Patience should be
| cultivated by the people.
The southern states have a kindly
star 10 protect them for the next
month and they have the possibility
of unusual prosperity.
Persons whose birthdate it is may
| be threatened with sudden losses.
They should not speculate and should
| be diligent i'm all business affairs.
/ Children born on this day may be
/ inclined to extravaganza. Both boys
and girls should be taught the value
Of money.
Copyright. 1910.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

When the European war began
in August, 1914, Congressman Au-
gustus p. Gardner happened to he
in London He lived there through
all those stirring times while Great
Britain was throwing her little
army against the German and striv-
ing to create a larger force. He
witnessed the confusion, the hest
tation and the heart-rending delays
of a nation whose military system
was more like our own than that
OF any other people.
He came back 10 this country a
strong advocate of universal train
ing for war service and has fought
for this principle in the front ranks
ever since. Now that he is on the
eve of seeing his dreams for an
American army on the democratic
principle of universal liability 10 ser
vice come true, a word from his is
especially interesting:
DIV Augustus u. Gardner,
Representative from Massachusetts.
written for the International News
Service
Modern wars are fought with
huge bodies of troops and those
troops must be trained.
The Japanese, the Germans and
the French give to every young man
1000 hours of intensive military
training. spread over a period OF
two years. Under our national
guard system we give TO a very fe"
of our young men 576 hours OF
training. spread over a period OF
three years. How can we expect
them 10 be adequately prepared for
war? Yet every company COM
mander in the national guard knows
that young men can not be per-
suaded voluntarily TO sacrifice more
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
OLD GLORY IN GREAT DEMAND.

AS might have been expected the demand for Amer
lean flags is breaking all records. Flag houses
o De behind n filling he
demand is growing.
Flags of every description wanted, large and
small An eastern company compelled
factory in order to handle single government
order for than 100000 worth flags. one
is totaing million flags a week for general use
Many of the flag manufacturing unable
to give rough estimate the volume their
present business The tiny buOnhole flag popular
as the and is being put market
quantities
Early in the there a shortage Of American
hags-ack of German dyes had trouble. We're
glad that Old Glory is in such demand and that today
American firms turning the flags made wholly
of native materials Surely stripes should
should be home product
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
Fiue Minute Talks
By National Leaders

of their time TO military training
| than they already give under the
national guard system.
The fact is that $40 hours of
training in three years means d drill
once a week and a fortnight in camp
every year. Very few young men
can afford TO give more time than
that TO military matters, unless all
other young men are required to do
likewise.
/ The proper course is to take ev-
cry healthy lad in his 18th year,
rich or poor, high or low, and give
him one years solid training under
| Uncle sam. That plan is fair to
every one and, what is more, il is
superbly democratic. Some people
! think that one year is not enough.
a few officers think the job can be
| fairly done in six months; but tho
vast body Of army opinion believes
in the one year period.
Military men who have recently
been in Europe tell me that the
period of training for a British re-
cruit is now six months in ENGLAND
! before he IS sent TO the continent
Then follows a period Of training
behind the lines. The length of this
period varies according TO the mil
itary necessities. Unless circum-
stances make it absolutely impossi-
BILE, the British aim TO give each re
cruit a full years training before
sending him into the first line
trenches.
/ understand, of course, that in
many a war soldiers have been
marched into battle With far less
training than is thought necessary
today. If we go far enough back in
history, We shall PROBABLY find that
the young cave dweller was fitted
for warfare in the length OF time
which il took him 10 gather a suf-
fcient supply Of stones When
siege artillery consisted of catapults
and manganels, an ordnance officer
was not obliged TO spend long years
i'm studying the chemistry of high
explosives. nor was the artillery
mems brain sprained by problems
in ballistics. Furthermore. when
families we're large and life was
simple. boys were taught obedience
and self-denial. Discipline came
easily TO them.
Military discipline does not con-
sist in learning 20 maintain a
straight line in marching. nor in
humping the armory door with
your rifle butt in unison with your
neighbors All that sort OF thing
is military driu, not military dis
cipline. I have seen a company OF
young women on the stage who
could maintain a perfect alignment
and give an exhibition drill which
would make you marvel, but I have
a good deal OF doubt whether their
minds had been trained 10 that
obedience which prevents the disin-
tegration of armies exposed q.
hunger and thirst and cold and
heat. and holds human nature in
check during the awful ordeal OF
battle
( II plenty Of skilful officers and
; non-commis sioned officers are avail
able. unquestionably the average
American boy can be rapidly taught
10 shoot, TO drill. 10 look after his
health and TO take care Of his rifle.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
NOT WAR BUT BAD BUSINESS.

In destroying military roads. trenches fortifca-
tons in their retreat from northern France. the Ger
mans justified by legitimate war necessity In de-
stroying FARMS farming tools. orchards other
erty of little warfare essential l. the
rehabilitation of peace the Germans are sowing seed
the reaping of which will be the whirlwind
II has been the declared purpose of England wipe
out Germany. This sentiment has dominated the
French France has been lighting self preservation
and restoration of her lost provinces But the wanto..
and permanent ruin of her northern territory must
breed in all Frenchmen a hatred deadly that only
similar ruin Of Germany satisfy it, 1t will he bad
for Germany, the day of settlement when the mill
lions France demand only indemnity but ven
geance
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

are TO make for the ships crews
certain knitted clothing, also To take
final steps to guard the recruits
families from want.
To do all this, We must organize
local sections in South Bend, as we'll
rs in every important place in the
United States.
In the next few days 1 will have
pamphlets for distribution explaining
how TO organize local sections and
telling in detail OF the work 10 be
done which will be ready for mailing
upon a request.
The Navy League Of the United
states asks all 10 form local sec
ton in South Bend; or 10 give US the
names and addresses of friends IN
this town or elsewhere who may
help.
In our every war the naVy's his
tory has been glorious. It will be
SO again. l appeal TO you to be part
of that history. Act now.
II YOU can help 10 form a section
in south Bend. write direct 10 me for
pamphlets. II you cannot do So
please send me the names Of patri-
otto women and men who will aid.
For the first year or any war. our
navy must stand the brunt and bear
the blows OF both nature and the
enemy.
stand by the navy
THE NAVY LEAGUE OF
THE UNITED STATES.
By Ignatius X. Werwinski
Member OF the Committee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
THE MELTING POT
COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.
THE YELL OW PERIL.

met the yellow Peril in a Chinese
His heather ewasH
His concentrated Of a
Effected of som nd some
said Celestial does
And he replied, Too e
met the Yellow Peril where
He poured a ID o ea
He fixed o
. ate until I felt that nearly wide.
And said 10 him, sing Hi, where the yellow
he replied he ma toom uch
I the Yellow n a of junk
OF harmless wooden elephants.
I made simple a
pound OF good and honest a small amount Of rice
said l. yet he M ted
Said he, Il sell him YOU cheap I him in a book"
ker.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
Garden Seed Must
be Planted at Just
the Proper Depth

The News Times is conducting
column with the cooperation Of the
National Emergency Food Garden
Commission To inspire the planting
Of more food gardens throughout
the country. Members Of the com
mission are: Charles LathrOp Pack,
president OF American Forestry as
ISOLATION; Luther Burbank, Dr.
Charles W Eliot Prof Irving Fish
er. John Hays Hammond. Fairfax
Harrison, MyrOn I. Herrick, Or.
John Grier Hibben. Emerson Nc
Millin. A. w. shaw; Carl NroOman,
assistant secretary Of agriculture:
Capt. J. b. White, L. :. shipping
board; James Wilson, former secre-
tary Of agriculture. You should
watch this column every day. Any
questions should be written on one
side Of the paper and sent TO the
Garden Editor Of the News-Eimes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
NO PARTIES IN WAR TIMES.

IL has been thus, nearly So when the stress
Of the times so decree. Describing the the
national house Of representatives when president
was reading his message. a Washington CORE
spondent wrote:
NO could have told that there
political parties in the nation. The jurists
the highest tribunal. the members OF the two
houses OF congress and the people in the gal
leries appeared to be just one patriotic family,
eager to cry its approval of the head Of
was probably the first time in the history of
any congress when all lines Of partsanship
were literally obuterated."
The unanimity revealed by that audience states
men has been manifested since by the nation as
whole With unimportant and impotent exceptions
lawmakers and private citizens alike have accepted as
their own the fine words spoken by the president in
arragning the criminality OF government that has
driven and in setting forth the purposes and
ideals with which enter the conflict
This is the way it should be. Let hope that there
will be no more partisanship shown in the national
capital in any community in any home in the
land while we engaged in this unwelcome nee
essary task. From now on, there be only one
party-the American party
Mistakes will doubt be made, differences of
opinion arise advice criticism may
sary and desirable But there should be in all com
ment administrative legislative pol
itics factionalism, no sectionalism-nothIng but
constructive Amercanism.
We may be republicans and democrats toward each
other. toward Germany. II will time enough
after the war is and American rights and world
freedom are indicated to divide again along fractional
lines.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
STAND BY THE NAVY.

Al appeal to the citizens OF South
Bend and vicinity:
As a member OF the committee Of
Navy League Of the United States.
am appealing TO you on behalf Of
said navy's league 10 help our navy
20 get recruits.
As an incidental aid 10 recruiting
We. the members Of the Navy league,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
The Public Pulse

COmmunicr tons for this column
may 90 signed anonymously but must
| be ACCOMPANIED by the name Of the
writer o. insure good faith. No re-
spOnsihility for facts or sentiments
Expressed will be assumed Honest
discussion Of public questions IL In
vited. but with the right rererved to
eliminate vicious and ohiectiona bic
matter. The column 10 free But, be
| reasonable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

Dr. Orville McKinn, just from Germany SAYS that
the German folks hate worse than they do
the British Just they get established in
good strong hatred. along somebody else whom
those Germans have got hate worse 1t must be
an
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

Count Czernin Austra's foreign minister talks
The revolution royalty considering peace
all over The world.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

III 1T WERE POSSIBLE.
Though orators would suffer
Tho passengers would gain,
If they only had censor
On the Communication train.
%
Let's Hurry Up and Get FIN.
1t is well to call for men behind
the guns, but isn't it time to get d
few guns 10 put ahead of the men
In Russia.
Ever ybOdy's free but the Little
Father
And he sits in Jail ali day,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

The kaiser has proclaimed barred zone in the
Arctic Somehow. he still 10 zone lakes
Erie Michigan and-Hudson
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

When president and ex-presidents agree on
foreign policyparticularly when the expresdents
agree-it be all right
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

there's Francis Heney beginning democratic
candidate for governor OF California
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

What's become Of the good old fashioned car o
all the Russiase
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

We may yet grandpa the trenches. Austria is
considering raising the war age sixtyve years
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09
REDDY.

When
And the cellar brisling bullying
When the clothes
somewhat altered
us
With the
Whe our spouse reproes offspring with saddpondent sigh
As blue
That built
There's
That the youngster
When the trolley reels wildly all slick with
pole shoots a
when our rich punedup neghbor consumed with find
There is usually sudden and mastery
BY the
But
Who will where c
Hell be il to the limit, the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-09

Except i'm Philadelphia.
In most sections of the country
scrapple had been friend and found
wanting.
But First We Must Build the Guns.
Before the men can train the guns
it is necessary TO train the men.
just as Preliminary Disciple.
This would be a splendid time for
the country to go on the water wa
gon.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-14
ELIMINATION OF MUSEUM
EXTENSION WORK
School Children Studied Greek Art at
Slater Hall.

Saturday afternoon saw the cuIrni
nation of the Museum Extension work
carried on by the Art Students Asso-
citation through committee of the as
socia ton. This committee is composed
OF group of volunteer members with
Mrs. Ozias Dodge as chairman. Twice
week small groups of children from
the sixth grades are conducted through
serve examples of Greek art, and since
this is an extension of their school
work 1t proves of great interest to
them and stimulates their apprecia-
ton Of the beautiful.
For the past three years the work
has ended with an afternoon of story
telling. Each year has shown an in
creased interest and last Saturday
Slater Hall was filled with an enthu-
siastic audience of children Mrs
Cronan, who was the speaker on this,
as on previous occasions, is the off,
cal story-teller of the Boston Museum
considered at the head of her profess
sion in the United States.
She told as her first story, an adap-
tation of Charles Kingsley's Water
Babies, wistful, charming talk of the
grimy little London chimney sweep
with his misadventures and final
Transformation into a happier, purer
state.
The second story was of A Flag
Raising and the third The Story of
Trimbelma by Hans Anderson, who
excells in delicate imagination and
whin1sicality. Another fairy tale was
added as an encore and the children
went home happy. Mrs. Cronan
brought with her most beautiful Slides
many of them exquisiteIy nd-coI-
ored, with which her stories were most
profusely illustrated. Pictures by
Kenyon Cox, Jessie Wilcox Smith
Howard Pyle and many others were
among them.
The object of telling these stories to
the children is to interest them in the
stories and authors and so induce
them to read them for themselves and
in this wap cultivate a taste for the
best in Hterat ure
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-14

bill was tabled until Thursday, the
final day of the present session of the
general assembly. The text of the bill
is as follows:
tinuance of the present war, to pre-
serve peace and order in any locality
or localities, by proclamation forbid
the sale or dispensing of spirituous and
intoxicating liquors during such pc
Rod Such proclamation shall be is
sued by publishing the same at least
once in a newspaper published and
having a circulation in the county in
which such locality or localities are
situated.
No club having a certificate to dis
pense, and no person licensed to sell
or dispense spirituous s/ld Intoxicating
liquors shall, either by himself. his
servant or agent, sell, dispense. ex-
change or give away any spirituous or
intoxicating liquors between IL o'clock
at night and O'Clock on the following
morning of any day upon which such
sale dispensing is otherwise law
full, during the continuance Of the
present war, provided the provisions of
this section shall not apply to any
person selling spirituous or intoxicat-
ing liquors under a druggist license
upon the prescription of a practfcing
physician, and no person shah keep
open that portion OF any building,
apartment, store or room in which
spirituous or intoxicating liquor is kept
for sale between II o'clock at night
and o'clock on the following morn
ing of any day upon which such sale
or dispensing is otherwise lawful, pro-
vided, the hours of closing saloons in
towns which have adopted 10 o'clock
in the evening as the hour for such
closing shall not be affected by the
provisions of this section.
Any person who shall violate any
provision of this act or who shall fail
to comply with any order issued by
authority of the provisions thereof
shall be subject to penalties provided
in section 2712 of the general stat
utes.
This act shall take effect June LIST,
1917
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-14
PAVING IN NEW LONDON.
Auditing Owners to Pay Half the Cost
of Street Paving.

An act amending the charter OF the
city of New London was passed at the
closing session of the house in concur
renee with the senate which reads as
follows:
The court of common council OF the
city Of New London shall have au-
thority to cause the roadbed of any
street in said city to be paved with
macadam, stone, brick, wood, cement
or other substantial pavement. One
half of the cost of paving any street,
excluding from such cost so much
thereof aa any street railway company
may be obliged To pay by law or con-
tract, shall be assessed against the
owners of the property abutting on the
line of such improvement in proportion
to frontage.
After such improvement shall have
been completed the street committee of
said court of common council shall ap-
point a time and place when and where
all parties in interest may appear be-
fore it and be heard relative to such
assessment, and shall cause notice of
such hearing, specifying the time and
place thereof, signed by a majority of
said committee, to be published not
less than twice in each daily news
paper published in said city, at least
ten days before the date of such hear
ing, which publication shall be legal
and sufficient notice to all parties in
interest of all matters relating to such
assessment. Such committee shall
all parties in interest who may appear
to be heard in the matter and shall
thereupon assess against each owner
of property abuttiraE on the line of such
Improvement his proportion of the cost
thereof.
When said committee shall have
completed its assessment as aforesaid
it shall make a report thereof in writ
ing and file the same with the clerk of
said city, and copy thereof with the
tax collector of said city. The amount
so assessed against each of such prop
erty owners shall be a debt due from
such property owner to said city, and
if unpaid shall be included in the rate
bill of said city next to be made, and
shall become a part of the tax against
such property which shall be held for
it's payment in the same manner al
for the remainder of said tax.
No appeal from such assessment
shall operate to vacate the same but
it shall stand until revised or modi-
fed according to law, provided, when
any street shall have orce been paved
under the provisions of this act said
city shall keep such pavement in re-
pair or renew it as may be necessary
without further special cost against
the owners of the abutting property
on the line of huch Improvement
This act shall take effect when ap-
proved, by a majority vote, at a meet
ing of said city, duly warned and held
for that purpose.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-14
SAW MEDAL PRESENTED
TO GENERAL JOFFRE.
Cousin of Mrs. Martin M. Kitchen
Made Presentation at Ne~burg.

Mrs. Martin NJ. Hitchon has been a
visitor in Newburg, n. Y, the past
week, and while there was witness to
and participant in an event of unusual
interest when her cousin, Miss Mar
garet Taylor Macdonald, presented the
medal from the school children to GEN
eral Joffre, marshal of France. In
addition he was presented with the
medal making him a member of the
Order of the Cincinnati by<Judge Pen
dleton, a grandson of Washington.
These ceremonies took place in Wash
ington's headquarters at Newburg in
the presence of about 10000 people and
were of a most stirring and thrilling
character Over 150 900 people were in
the city to witness much as posi-
BILE of these ceremonies in honor of this
brave and beloved French hero. While
in New York Mrs. Hitchon was pres
ent al the luncheon given by the New
York Chamber of Commerce to Secre-
tary of State Baffour.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-14

About 6:15 o'clock Saturday even
ing Mary John, a, small child, received
a broken thigh, a broken arm and a
scalp wound when she collided with
the rear mud guard of an automobile.
The John girl was playing with a
number of other children near ST.
Mary's church and just as the auto
mobile, driven by J. G. Haney of New
London, came along, she dashed from
the sidewalk and struck the machine
The automobile was going at the rate
OF eight or ten miles an hour as a
team was in front of it. In the car
with Mr.. Haney were Mr.. Tolman and
Mr.. O'Brfen, both of New London
The machine was stopped after the
accident and doctor was notified
who took the child to the hospital
where she is being cared for. Mr.
Haney went to the police station
where he reported the accident. Up
on examination by the authorities the
men in the car were allowed to pro-
coed on their way on the condition
that they would report at headquart-
srs when called upon.