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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10
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OCTOBER 10, 1917.
TWENTY MILES AN HOUR.

The national automobile chamber Of commerce re-
ports that 40 percent the automobiles sold this year
have been bought by Iowa for the first six
months of this year had vehicle every
nine persons an increase OF percent 1916 Ne
braska had one to every 10 persons. California
every r. Kansas and South Dakota to every -
Minnesota and North Dakota one to every IA.
The farmer is prosperous. lie afford to buy the
cars But why has he taken to them quickly and
universally city folk, in spite of the traditional
rural conservatism?
The answer is that the automobile is particularly
adapted to the farmers use-that has supplied the
greatest need Of the rural community
The trouble with the country from time immemorial
says a writer in the New York Times, three-mes-
an-hour transportation.
This rate limited the size of the community,
set a bound on the number of people one would
meet in the course of lifetime. Twelve miles
IS long drive by horse and buggy and that
was about the radius Of the farm familys so
caI life The actual neghborhood
stricted 10 about four miles from home. Six
miles was a good way to go to church,
eight miles would be attempted for social
party.
In a small district one got to knew ali the
people we'll al their virtues and all their pecu-
Harities all their ideas so that observing
person could tell in advance what neghbOrs
opinion on a new subject would be. It
serene. but full of monotony. The duh people
became duller. Many of the brighter ones
made their escape"
What was needed the farmers family
was % miles An hour"
The automobile has supplied it, That is the explane
ton of its tremendous rural popularity.
Twenty miles hour means freedom, intelligence
progress to the farmer. 1t much everybody
have the farmer taken of mis- isolation and
Giro citiZ OF nit
What viii when, with the arpane, he jumps
10 100 miles hour?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10
THE MELTING POT
Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
THE ROAD TO WISDOM.

The information that o subjects VIVA
colated well-wrtten
building how TO court
how dodge the that hateful Hades
on how Belgian profit pleasure.
write novel full o buried
insst
OF How We May Succeed Existence"
lie furthermore n Immediately
a Handbook of To Pearly Of
For sinOeon paid a others yielded
He offers in sheepskn The Creator.
But books at best only books The all
Is that have their prices;
But after have filling
with hours gTing
such Of gaining hollow;
1t should be packed folks swallow
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10

hand; but % was his right hand
monsieur, and ne Is carpenter"
one young English soldier raw
lad. seeing "a bomb
drop on the edge OF his trench
which was evidently just on the
point OF exploding so chat there
would be no time 20 throw IL out.
actually sprang forward. put his
foot on the bomb and held IL there
ill it went off, lie lost his foot. OF
course. but ne saved the lives OF
the other men in the deep trench
bay with him. and ne won the Vic
toria cross. Il was very simple. but
one fears il will scarcely md very
many imitators.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10
MINER Is KILLED

CLINTON. Ind. Oct 10.-Dallas
Gibson. IS years old. was killed
Tuesday by a fall OF slate at Miami
No. mine. Gibson was loading a
car when the fall occurred He
was the son of Mrs. Charles Porter
OF Fairview Park.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10

bid mayhap funds
ed operated by otherwise appeal uniy
selfish action the the business
letting down the partisan and promising
will especially appeal o them.
Comparison municipality commercial enterprise
shOwes conception the purpose municipal conceivable
City government becomes sociological proposition else graft
industries establishments,
enterprises living together living
and cooperative moral and intellectual uplh-
The stakeholder being his okholdgs
He contributor community convenience,
proportion his and advantages possessions
tina rendered valuable him through municipal improvements the
high standing at which the community maintained
what South administration of
the people first" any particular people
The commercial establishments of
be
people but the people
Municipal corporations don't pay dividends Their proper conduct
home the affairs big family with the welfare of ALL
public mind
sop above held the big employees
that class distinctions any
Bend will merely its reward
Resentment of always the puocac howl
against Notwithstanding that the puOca who things
for their special benefit usually arrayng themselves
We the business having
thai role hut swallow that sop and they will
1t the republican graspng Anything
the city govemmentKel adherentS classified business
thing will enough votes to those the gangfo1owero
republican machine be
advancement, in their line
ical peOgger-Sop the unntaed goose
Huh! Even Bob ngeSon had higher ideals his agnohcSm than
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10

Twenty-Five years ago. Edison put the market
paper shirts soldiers in the trenches now
wearing shirts Of paper and wood pulp. What Joy to
simply your soiled shirt OF the window in
stead OF having 10 hunt up clothes basket
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10
The Scarcity of Bdyonct Wounds
and the Badness of Shell Wounds
BY MOODS HUTCmNsoN. VI. D.

Part Of the mystery Of the rarity
Of actual bayonet wounds in this
war is due to the fact that with
the bayOnet" in military parlance.
has largely become figure of
speech for close-in or hand-to-h hand
lighting. over a century ago one OF
NapoleOn's generals declared that
the bayonet was chiefly OF value
because the hope Of using il would
carry the soldiers close enough 10
the enemy 10 give them some chance
Of hitting him when they fired
And as a modern French colonel.
who was explaining 10 me the range
and effectiveness of rifle and ma
chine gun fire, expressed il. They
weel carry tree tounsan' yard. but
.ze neares' you get ze bestes' re
shooting"
Right up TO within 30 feet Of the
enemy a magazine rifle fired from
the hip. without stopping. viii do
far more damage than the very
finest bayonet work when you get
to close quarters, and even at close
quarters you can put three men cut
Of business with revolver while
YOU are trying 10 impale one with
a bayonet
Furthermore. a bayonet is a very
clumsy weapon 20 swing i'm a
three foot trench or i'm a tight cor
ner OF any sort, and even the rifle
upon which it is fixed is not Of much
use i'm actual hand-tO-hand scrim-
maging down in a trench; so that
i'm most Of the raiding and bombing
parties into the enemys trenches
the men have got quite into the
habit Of leaving both rifles and
bayOnets behind and starting out
equipped-as a grotesque and sin
gular mixture between a man Of
the stone age and a ''pirut" of the
dime novels-with murderous-
looking club in one hand or slung
by a cord from the wrist or belt,
a couple Of bombs or a grenade
in the other, a big knife at the
waist or between their teeth. and a
belt stuck full of grenades or hung
all round with borabs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10

You think that the buttons on
your clothes are made OF horn or
bone. Some are. but more are not
They're made from the ivory nut
that grows in South America. and
If you go 70 the top Of the Andes.
or six or seven miles up in a bal
loon the buttons or your coat will
all crumble and dis-ntegrate. due 10
decreased air pressure.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10

Il is a curious fact that accidents
in industrial plants occur, mostly.
between 9 and 9:5s in the morning
and between ; and 1853 in the aft
ernOon
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10

These bombs and hand grenades
make terrible wounds deep, fright
fully. lacerated, dirty, their edges
blackened and scared with the heat
of the explosion at close quarters.
I shall never forget one that ] saw
lin n little frst-line hospital. pushed
forward within a thousand yards OF
the German trenches under cover or
a steep little hillcrest at one end OF
a now famous ridge.
That. OF course, did not save IL
from shell g. and a great cave.
with galleries. had been dug into the
hill into which the wounded could
be carried when the "Obus" began
70 tall too close. We were looking
for the surgeon in charge and found
him in the operating room IN the
middle Of an operation
The patient. a tall splendidly
built man in the prime OF life. was
wounded in a rather singular man
ner. His right arm and wrist were
blown TO agments-just a bloody
fringe OF rags OF flesh and strings or
sinews-and the surgeon was just
making an amputation above the
wrist Then the whole right side al
his body and face and his leg. down
70 the knee. We're spattered and torn
and blackened but fortunately no
where very deeply. and the eye had
escaped.
This curious distribution excited
my curiosity and. asked how II
happened
"Ah. poor dewitt said the sur
geon. "he picked up German mana
grenade which had fallen into the
trench and tried 10 throw Il back
before it could explode He prob
ably saved the lives OF al least three
OF the six other men who were IN
the same bay OF the trench with
him. because most OF the force OF
the explosion vas muffled by his
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10
WE'LL BE AFTER YOU, JACK PERSHING.
By William Erancis Mannix.

IAIr a
acknowledged by Pesning il a author)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10
G. O. P. Shade of Bob LngersoH

REPUBCAN effort Itself somewhat the matter Of its local @
N de toward nonparanp affairs reminds of Bob
lngersolls best proof of the immortality of the soul
Time when wasn't then and
more wonderful that should continue be- said the noted agnc
Agnosic An agnosdc who doesn't know where he at
Wondering about m the dark seeking for light sometimes and at others lear
ful OF finding He admits he agnostc; he don't know
Times was too say four when republican friends weren't then
they and nOweayen only they the possibilities of
what they continue They be
much more agnoSt of course speaking politically than Bob
They nothing parsanhp four years ago-vh
mouths then week through spokesman they repuated
It all and came back panhp saving grace and
thew are irving to pretend to have w1ed away back again
Indeed there must be something the registrations something
else that giving republican friends the fdgets Get this
"No voter just himself and his city who accepts
nominee for municipal office just because that nominee
is on his patyS ticket In a city The size of South Bend
it is possible every dHgent inquiry about
each nominee and upon the results to form intelligent
and reasonably safe conclusion as to which should receive
his
Isn't cunning thought Evidently somebody
dsplease those the Keller administration
their nonpatnshp than the epuatng partisan
pubHcans appear to have been.
Is above intended for sop? Then follow this:
"The question o whether the demo
Gratis republicans is secondary. The first thought
every voter should be efficiency and honesty. Is
nee efficient? Is he honest? Is he moral? Is he utl
GENTLY intelligent to successfully with the problems
concerning S3OOOOOOO corporation? Does he hold
politics the welfare of the people first?
may sop Mayor adherents
carries much for the that is unless he supposed
blind iiiodc LOOM
Inefficient dishonest, immoral S
The reference change existing conditions conditions
created by the republicans under nonpaanshp
But maybe here difficult though Mayor
the grid
"The tax paying voter ought to keep anxiousIy n
that he is a stakeholder in a commercial enterprise,
but he usually does He could easily do this and if
would we should have better city officials a rule
he and his fellow stockholders elect |
late for him to change his methods and o elect managers
of city affairs the that the big
poraion selects men for its various departments And
in South Bends history has there greater
of this change and of this method of selection than
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10

The superior. metal of the sgd
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10

At anything less than so yards
bomb will knock out three men TO
a rifles one. 1t will shoot round a
corner. in the sense that YOU can
pitch it over a parapet into a trench
or into the next traverse or zig
gag" or throw il down into a dug
out or a shelter i'm order 10 bring
the defenders to reaso1 and smoke
them out: if il tOucl a man II
stops him dead. if there is anything
Of him left to stop. while he may
keep on lighting for several minu-
ties after anything but a "bulls-eye"
hit from a rifle.
Men would rush the enemy's
trenches carrying only an armful Of
bombs, with a club or a knife in
their belts. just like gang Of
schoolboys charging with an arm
full OF snow balls in a snowfall fight.
So addicted had the men become
to this style of fighting that in the
hot work following the taking Of
the Vimv Ridge about Bullecourt
and Fresnoy. it was reported that a
special general order Rad 10 be is
sued to the officers TO see that the
men took their rifles with them
when they went forward TO attack
the enemys positions.
These clubs are not officially rec
ognized or provided in the regu-
lation army kit. but have been i'm
provised by the men themselves.
and YOU can see them lying about
everywhere in the camps alongside
of their haversacks and ammuni-
ton belts. They are of no fixed
pattern. but extremely business-like
looking weapons. a favorite make
being two or three pound cog
wheel out Of a broken gun carriage
or any other scrapped machinery
that may be available. set on a stout
ash handle about IS inches long.
All of which helps 20 explain
why actual bayOnet wounds are so
extraordinarily rare, even though
bavonet fighting is fairly frequent
IN reported, bayonet lighting being
carried out nowadays with almost
ANYTHING except a bayonet. II adds
also to the already enormous pre-
ponderance of explosive wounds.
After the battle OF Messines. for
instance. 90 percent Of the wounds
were reported TO have been made
bv explosives and only FIVE percent
bv bullets. whether rife or machine
gun
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-10

II may be sop for Mayor Keller'S
carries so very much sop for the ma.
blind, idiotic, or a loon.
Inefficient, dishonest, and immoral,
The reference is to a change of e,
you. created by the republicans under
ago.
But maybe here is a difficult clue
the grid:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31

said: Eyes. sir. It's an actual fact. I
have gained twenty-five pounds on
Tanlac."
"When 1 began taking the medicine" :"
continued Captain Riggs, Il was SIM
ply nervous and physical wreck and
had dropped down in weight from one
hundred and forty to one hundred and
ten pounds.
II have just finished my second
bottle Of Tanlac. have gained twenty
five pounds and feel like a new man. "
old-Time Engineer Taiks-
Engineer Chas. ]. Weeks, who runs
the Seaboard Air Line fast train
"Fox" between Jacksonville and Tam
pa, bears the distinction Of being the
second Oldest engineer In point OF serv-
ice with this road. having been with
the company for thirty-three years.
i've gained twenty pounds on seven
bottles of Tanlac and feel as well
aud happy as I did when a boy" said
Mr.. Weeks.
"For twenty years suffered with
nervous Indigestion of the worst sort"
he continued, "and at times during the
past fifteen years I didn't think
would last much longer. To tell you
the truth, l finally reached the point
where 1 didn't much care whether I
lived or died."
There is a Tanlac dealer in your
town.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
How Careless.

"Say young feller," said Broncho
Bob. "have you got gun on you!"
mo. sir!" replied the man with the
brand-new cowboy uniform. was told
that 1t was better to be unar1ned, so
as to avoid any impression that was
seeking quarrel"
"Well that's big disappointment.
I needed brand-new gun an thought
you'd be bringing along mt least pair
of 'em. Don't you let anything like
this occur again.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
MANY PEOPLE REPORT
Big GAINS IN WEIGHT
MRS. CHAS. PEDEN
GAINS q POUNDS
WAS TWICE EXAMINED AND
TOLD OPERATION WOULD
BE HER ONLY HOPE.

ssI HAVE Just finished my third bot
i tie of Tanlac and have gained
twenty-seven pounds" was the truly
remarkable statement made by Mrs.
Charles Peden, residing at 90 Mill
street, Huntsville, Ala.
"When 1 commenced taking the
medicine" she continued, II only
weighed ninety-eight (9S) pounds; now
1 weigh 125 pounds, and never felt
better in my life. For years have
suffered with bad form of stomach
trouble. constipation and pains In my
side and back. At times the pains
took the form of torture, and l was
twice examined and each time was
told that had appendicitis and that
an operation would be my only hope.
II had made all preparations for
the operation and called in my sister
to tell her good-by, as did not know
whether / would live to see her again
or not. My sister begged and pleaded
with me not to allow them to cut on
me and told me to wait and try good
tonic for awhile. The next day, as
1 returned from the consultation room,
1 thought Of what she said. and as
had heard so much about Tnnlac,
decided to try 1t and got bottle"
ST never returned for the operation,
but just kept taking the Tanlac. Right
from the start began to feel better.
The medicine seemed to take hold
right at once.
II was so happy over the wonder
full improvement in my condition that
sent for my neighbors to tell them
how much better felt. sent and got
another bottle Of Tanlac, and have
just finished taking my third bottle
and feel as II have been made all
over again into new woman,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
FIERY RED PlMPLES
That Itch and Burn Are Usually
Ecxematous-cuticu Quickly Heals.

1t needs but single hot bath with
Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
application of Cuticura Ointment to
the most distressing, disfguring
eczemas, itchings and burnings to
prove their wonderful properties. They
are also ideal for everyday toilet use.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. L
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31

army officers. This will enable those
in charge of operations to devote their
entire energy to turning -out cOmpe-
tent avintors, who will take their
place as reserve lieutenants in the sig-
nal corps.
The schools which have been desig-
mated to do the elementary work are
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, Cornell university, Ohio State
university, University of Illinois, Uni
versity of Texas and the University Of
California.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
rHoUsANos OF THIN. FRAlL
PEOPLE ARE RESTORED TO
HEALTH BY TAKING
TANLAC.
FIGURES ARE ASTONISHING
People Of Prominence and Unques-
toned Integrity Tell What ceie-
brated Medicine Has Done
for Them.

NNE of the most noteworthy fea-
~ lures in connection with Tanlac
and the one that stands out more prom
fnently than any other, perhaps, is the
very large number of well-known men
and women from all parts of the South
who have recently reported astonishing
and rapid increases in weight as re-
suit of its use.
When SO many well-known people
of unquestioned integrity make state
ment after stateme Mt, each corroborat-
ing the other, the truth of such state
ments can no longer be doubted.
Thousands have testified that this
famous medicine has completely re-
stored them to health and strength.
after every other medicine and the
most skilled medical treatment have
failed.
One Of the most remarkable cases on
record is that of Mrs. Viola Ives, of 315
Cross street. Little Rock, Ark, whose
statement appears below.
"In May Of 1913" said Mrs. Ives. II
suffered a complete breakdown of my
nerves and my entire system gave
way. About six weeks afterwards
was carried to the hospital. became
perfectly helpless-cOuldn't move any
part Of my body and just lay there in
bed for FIVE months. not knowing any
thing or anybody. was brought home
in October, 1913. and tried all kinds of
medicine and everything I was told
about.
II read about SO many people get
ting relief by taking Tanlac and my
husband got me bottle. After TAX
ing three bottles I began to feel bet
ter. l have taken several bottles of
Tanlac now and can walk anywhere
and sleep like a child. When l took
my first dose of Tanlac weighed only
one hundred and twenty-five pounds.
I now weigh one hundred and sixty
two-an actual gain of forty pounds
since l started on Tanlac."
Texas Man TestiHes.
Another remarkable case was that
Of John NJ. Crabtree. general mer-
chant at Five Mile Station A, Dallas,
Tex.
II have actually gained thirty-four
pounds on three bottles of Tanlac and
I now know what 1t is to enjoy good
health after suffering for twenty
years." said Mr.. Crnbtree.
II suffered with catarrh of the stom-
ach and Indigestion for twenty years
and for eighteen months before start
ed taking Tanlac, had to live almost
entirely on cereals. I spent nearly all
of one whole year In bed and was un-
able to do anything at all and fell
or In weight to 118 pounds.
"After using my third bottle Of Tan
lac l found had increased in weight
from 11S pounds to 152 pounds, max
ing an actual gain of thirty-four
pounds-all my troubles were gone,
and was feeling like another man."
Captain JEFF d. Riggs, popular 7. &
! NJ. v. engineer. running between Vlcks-
burg and New Orleans and residing at
2O2O Pearl Street, vicksburg. In speak
ing Of his experience with Tanlac.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
FARMERS ARE WORKING HARpER

And using their feet more than ever before.
For all those workers the frequent use Of
Aliens Foot-Ease, tho antiseptic powder to
b shaken into tho shoes and sprinkled In the
f0ot-bAth, incfeases their efficiency and in
sures needed physical comfort. 1t takes the
Friction from the Shoe, freshens the feet,
and prevents tired, aching and blistered feet.
Women everywhere are constant users Of
Aliens Foot-Ease. Don't get foot sore, get
Aliens Foot-Esse. Sold by dealers every
whore, 25c.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
WHERE AIaMEN WILL TRAIN
Six Colleges Designated by the War
Department as Points for the In
struction of Aviators.

The work of turning out army avi-
ators will be quickened so per cent as
the result of an order issued by the
war department.
In the future the groundwork and
elementals Of aerodynamics will be
taught to army aviator students at six
of the larger universities throughout
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
Pointing Out Her Duty.

Mrs. Knagg-It's perfectly true.
''Man's work runs from sun to sun,
while woman's work Is never done"
Mr.. Knagg-Tve noticed that myself.
Why don't you get busy some time
and do it7
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
The Color Scheme.

"Has your wife started that bank
account of which you were telling
me?"
Not yet, but she has collected sam
pie checks from all the banks and Is
trying to decide which makes the most
harmonious combination with her new
embossed stationery"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
The Dangerous Uninformed.

'"There will be great restraint on
conversation IL all news is withheld"
"Why" inquired Miss Cayenne.
'.The most reckless cOnversatiOnalist
on earth Is the person who doesn't
know what he is talking about"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31

Women have such Il good time talk
ing because they have SO little to say
that they do not cave how they say 1t.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31
Special.

Special.
Tramp-Have you piece Of cake,
lady, to give n poor man who hasn't
had bite for two days?
Lady-Cake? Isn't bread good
enough for yOu7
Tramp-Ordinarily. yes. ma'am; but
this Is my birthday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31

There is a lot of foolishness In the
world and we all contribute to the
output.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31

Railroad shop employees ut San
Juan Porto Rico, have procured an
incAbse In pay and better working
conditions.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31

Don't trust your future happiness
with woman who has no sense of
humOr.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31

An old bachelor says that woman's
tongue Is an organ without stops.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-05-31

If you wish beautiful, clear white
clothes. use Red Gross Bag Blue. At al
good grocers. Adv.