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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
The Stars incline. but do not compel
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY. JUNE 1s. 1917

Astrology reads this as an unfor-
tunate day. for Mars. Saturn
Uranus, and Venus are all in evil
place.
II il day in which TO guard
against discouragement and depres-
sion. for planetary influences all
tend 20 pessimistic outlook on life
Mars rules with power, making
for growth OF the military spirit and
increase OF patriotism through en-
phasis on national dangers.
The signs give foreknOwledge of A
period Of many army problems in
which questions concerning promo
tons and assignments Of officers
will bring about criticisms in the
public prints as well as among sol
diers.
Under this rule of the stars men
past 40 are believed 10 be at a dis
advantage. Veterans will be super
seeded everywhere by the young. for
this is written in the skies and il APP
plies not alone to the fighting
strength Of the country, but 10 every
branch of activity.
Uranus in adverse mood is sup
posed to make likely damage
through explosions. and both New
York and Washington have a SIMS
ter direction OF the stars.
Women should be exceedingly
careful while this sway continues as
they may speak and act unwiseIy.
While the planets presage illnesses
Of many sorts. especially diseases of
the nerves the seers proI 1esy
through the growth Of knowledge Of
mental control.
Socialists are warned of danger
through wrong leadership of peace
advocates Riots are indicated and
women as well as men may be in
volved.
This is a most unlucky day for
contracts or partnerships and il will
be we'll to delay signing papers Of
any sort.
Plotters Of every kind gain power
while the stars have such sway as
rules this days horoscope.
Persons whose birthdate it is
should beware Of their conduct with
the opposite sex during the coming
year. They may expect anxiety
over money matters.
Children born on this day may
have troubles in both business and
domestic affairs, but they may en-
JOY periods of success and happi-
ness. They are likely 10 be inves-
tigators and fond of experimental
science.
Copyright. 1910
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
CLEAN MOVIES.

Something happened the movie producing
world. Instead of advertising films daring f.,
'audacious-. producers announcing them as
clean wholesome. for all the family just If
the clean films really the popular
In the past producers have complained that they
couldn't put clean films because the public demand
excitement thrills slightly questionable stories.
The public wondered little this, but usual
meek way 1t didn't say much. a large proportion Of
movie fell of. however. and those &C
uaIly the excitement began be bored by the
abnormal type offered them.
So its be clean MINIS There can be lots Of
pep The American public really that just as
likes real thrills But producers have become as
wise as they seem to be there won't be thz cheap and
degrading thrills OF a year ago.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
Who's Who Behind the
Scenes in the War Army
BY GEORGE GARVIN.

ton the first increment of 100000
men falls upon him as will also each
succeeding similar increment until,
according TO present plans. "A ma
tional army of 100000 men is rails
ed
Another important duty which
the provost marshal general will
have TO perform is the selection of
the men 70 serve from the millions
who register and the execution OF
the exemptions as decided upon by
the president. Each individual case
TO be exempted from service will
have to be dealt with separately
The judge advocate generals Of
flee is the supreme court of the
army. The proceedings of every gen
eral court martial have to be re-
viewed by this Office before being
submitted 10 the president for ap-
proval, and the final findings Of the
Judge advocate general, with his
recommendation are submitted TO
the president Of the United States.
who usually approves the recon-
mendations of that Office If a
prisoner wishes 10 appeal from the
findings Of the court. his appeal has
To he made 10 the judge advocate
general
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
Diseases and
Insects Menaces
To the Eggplant

Disease and insects bOtn will con-
spire to ruin your egg plants. if YOU
DO not practice garden prepared
ness. advises today's bulletin 10 the
home gardener, issued by the ma
tional emergency food garden COM
mission
The only incursbIe disease that
attacks the healthy plants i'm the
time of prime growth. is blight or
wilt. The whole plant drOops ami
willis when this disease starts. II
should then be pulled up and
burned. AS with all other incur
able and contagious vegetable dis
eases, il lis recommended that the
gardener next year grow other
kinds of vegetables on the ground
where infected plants grew this
year.
Anthracnose is a less diificult dis
ease 10 control when il attacks the
egg plant. This disease shows dark
Shrunken spots on the fruit and the
leaves crack and split. II YOU spray
the plants with bordeaux when this
disease makes its first appearance
and repeat every ten days. it may
be successfully checked
Leaf spot disease is also often
found among egg plants The fun
gus causing this disease produces
brown spots on the leaves with
small black specks on the spots II
this disease is at all destructive YOU
should use Bordeaux spray. To no.
grow egg plants on the same ground
next year
Bordeaux is a good spray % use
regularly on egg plants. II viii not
only check any developing disease.
but il Will keep the worms and bet
ties from the crop.
The flea beetle is especially at
tached TO the egg plant. This is a
tiny. jumping BEETLE which eats tn.
leaves and can completely destroy
the foliage, but does not affect the
fruit
The Colorado potato bug is as
fond of the egg plant as OF the po-
tatoes. Hand picking. rather than
poisoning is preferred on egg plants
These bugs will appear i'm the ma
ture state and lay eggs in orange
colored patches on the under sides
Of the leaves. Destroy these nests
as soon as discovered and also Kill
the insects and YOU will have less
trouble later in the season.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16

IN contact. The really. truly and great
est gratness consists in doing low
~ things of life. IL neither seeks nor
cares for publicity. realizing the
nothingness OF il.
Weak. reasonless. chattering.
idiots cannot govern the universe
but neither can the individual who
thinks that his way is always the
right way. II seems il would take
both elements. each in their proper
places ha,ing their say TO balance
things, if We are 10 retain our eQui-
Hbrium at all.
For expressing our sentiments or
We are told that We seek notoriety,
are obstinate and without reason,
and everything we say is merely
pessimistic chatter. II seems that
this attitude would be offensive to
ones confederates TO say nothing OF
their opponents.
The slap at our ancestors might
have been omitted. for this is some
thing which always causes my re-
tributive motives 20 rise They were
giants in size, sturdy as the oak OF
the forest and had the strength OF
Hercules. They experienced the
benefit OF longevity and enjoyed
what a. perhaps Gods greatest
blessing. health during their entire
lives. How lily the average man OF
today with his shrunken form. shat
tered nerves. over-worked stomach
sallow. complexion and bald head
compares with the above. II is true
the former did burn candles and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
BY John j. Lent.

Former Congressman from Ohio.
Society and government ha, e
fought their way step by step 10 a
free press. free school. free speech
and free pulpit. knowing that all
four Of these agencies are necessary
10 promote and procure a correct
public opinion.
We live in an age that is cursed
with the speed craze in forming
opinions as well as driving autOmo-
biles Shallow pates come to a con-
clusion on a few facts
Opinions Of today may be as far
wrong as were those Of the past.
Half century ago public opinion
on opposite sides OF the Mason and
Dixon line justified a civil war in
which hundreds of thousands Of
men murdered each other Today
public opinion on either side would
brand a man ? traitor who would
suggest that the controversy over
states rights he opened up again.
Universal education. through a
free press, free school. free speech
and a free pulpit is enriching and
ennobling the average mind and
equipping il 10 practice the deliber-
atoms of a great judicial tribunal
and attain more wholesome and
righteous public opinion
We now have world wide war
demonstrating that the rulers Of all
these nations have not taken their
own prayers seriously. or. If they
have. it demonstrates the inefficacy
Of prayer and the impotency Of
deity.
Silently. persistently, and to most
men unconsciously. there are three
forces at work which Will kill the
war germ - prohibition. suffrage
and insurance. War. prohibition and
equal suffrage will hold their
places on the hrst page for a short
time and then all three will become
relics on the junk heap Of barbar-
Gus age. There will be no more
tyranny Of war. no more diseases
and death due to alcohol; no more
serfdom for women.
Insurance will remain teaching
preparedness and protection against
want and the fear Of want The
Hottentot does not insure. civilized
society does, and as society and gov
eminent lift themselves above the
level OF the white and the black
Hottentots so viii they provide by
insurance against every possible
contingency that would petrity the
mind of man by the fear of want
The importance of insurance will
increase, and mankind will soon
have vision enough TO see that
through all the centuries nothing
has cursed the human family more
than the fear of want.
Nations and individuals in their
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
MERRY GREETINGS.

In New Zealand and Alaska, when
two men are pleased to meet each
other. they rub noses: in Japan. they
bow score Of times almost touch
ing the ground with their heads: in
China, they shake their own left
hand in their right; i'm Mexico they
embrace and pat each other on the
back: IN Norway and Sweden. they
take off their hat a half dozen times.
But in the United States they shake
each others right hand, and go in
and have something"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
X X x X :. X X = X X X X X X \
= BITS OF INFORMATION =

In his deathbed delirium Napo-
leon kept murmuring Head OF the
Army"
The last words of King George
grandfather. prince consort. were
Good little wifie" and no one de-
served them better than Queen Vic
toria.
Americans in some mysterious
way have gained the impression that
the national food OF Mexico is chilli
con carne. a hot composition Of
peppers and meat Americans also
hear much about frijoles and tor
tillas. the drst being preparation
OF beans boiled and then fried. and
the second being a preparation OF
cornmeal cakes somewhat resem-
biine griSdle cakes. Ask a Mexican
"a hat the national dish Of his coun-
try is, and he viii no doubt answer
Mole de guaiolota-"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16

fear OF want make war on each
other for gain. Insurance COM
panies fraternities and legislatures
are destined 20 Hherate man from
much Of the fear Of want CIVILIZED
nations insure 10y stock compauies.
mutual associations. frateruities and
welfare legislation against want and
loss by death disease and accident;
loss Of employment and the de-
crepitude OF old age. against fire,
burglary and marine disasters
Recently the data furnished hv
f3 life insurance companies from an
examination Of their records cover
ing 1000. 600 l.ves within "a period
of - years. extending from the At
lantic 90 the Pacific. show that to-
tai abstainers die AT the rate Of 10.
moderate drinkers Is, bartenders
and saloonkeepers Il 10 the 900.
These same statistics show that
the man al 80 who Is a total ah-
stainer viii live 20 the age OF O..
while the man VINO is a moder?tf
drinker will live only 10 the age %
6S. The moderate drinker leaves
his family and friends four wears
earlier than the total abstainer and
spends four years more in the
graveyard.
our life insurance statistic
demonstrate that I'm the United
States alcohol causes diseases Of the
liver. kidney. stomach. artery. heart
and BRAIN and is responsible for
SO. 600 premature deaths annually.
Public opinion is being enlarged
and purified bv the knowledge that
50 per cent of our criminals and
many of the physical and mental
degenerate among our children are
/ directly due to the demon alcohol
Step by step "A larger and Sauor
public opinion is formulatinS dc
cree of Justice 20 women. 80 man
who has amy sense OF the meaning
of the words liberty. equality and
! fraternity" can explain how or
where or when he got the right 20
take the vote or keep the vote away
/ from his mother
80 respecting father. who has
any knowledge OF history or any
love OF truth cor Justice will deny
the mother of his children the right
10 go 10 the ballot box and vote for
their protection against the WRONGS
) perpetrated upon society by the dis
tiTers. the brewers and the saloon
keepers.
Verify the time is near az hand
when equal suffrage and prohibition
will be universal 10y public opinion
and the law Of the land. and they
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16

South Dakota legally dry. is less aria than outsiders
have supposed II develops that druggists allowed
TO sell alcohol tor veterinary use" without prescrp
ton
According 20 the Sioux Falls Press. any owner of
animal may buy alcohol large quantities the
druggs Will sell for scientific purposes by giving the
druggist the inference that il a animal
Wherefore sick horse and sick COW"
that pass IN South Dakota along with a
familiar eye-Wuk. the grief the prohbitonsts and
the scandal OF an righteous citizens.
Il is the devil Of drink merely refusing TO down.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
THE DEAR DEPARTED.

Availing herself of her ecclesiasti-
cal privileges. the clergyman's wife
asked questions which. coming from
anybody else. would have been
thought impertinent.
Il presume YOU carry memento
Of some kind in that locket you
wear?" she said
Yes. ma'am,' said the parishion-
er. lit is a lock of my husband S
hair"
But your husband is still alive, g"
the lady exclaimed.
Yes, ma am, but his hair is
gone"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
THE PRESIDENTS FLAG DAY SPEECH.

Prest Wilson's Flag day speech as a reinsurance to
the country Of the conditions that have prefaced
entrance the world war and as restateent of our
that have entered
those who still need az such reinsurance and re-
statement ought be good. those
from schoolhoy prejudice monetary greedness anxiety
lest they taxed for the expenses and perhaps
from physical fear still pachsts pccihStS not for
they much peace
other than peace that protects them aeainst infringe
Tnents THEN selfish anNieues few more such
addresses from the president and then German bomb
dropped upon the heads pacihsts. possibly
while being orked with satans down i'm the deep
regions Of the damned they viii come TO realize
what All about
II not of revenge for wrongs the United
states although there wrongs and plentiful
far We are concerned 20 eliminate the con-
ditions. the system. put the intrsues that led
those wrongs and make the world safe them
In the future That is what by making safe
the world gor democracy keepus the people safe
the intrEues the selfish designs the cussed
ness Of the autocrsey that they may he used as
pawns-lambs led TO the slaughter embroilnr other
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
DO NOT CHANGE THE CLOCK

Editor News Inn eS-
II is true that every move Origlnat-
ed by a certain set who seem TO
think that they are superior 10 the
common herd does eventually fall
into the hands and become the
property Of the public al large But
is this very strange When there
is a movement on deck which viii
effect the lives of every man. wOm-
an and child. should they not be
allowed 10 venture an opinion con-
corning same. without practically
being slapped i'm the face because
previous 10 this they have not gone
forth and gained recognition through
what some people call true great
ness
There are many perverted ideas
rega riding true greatness This low
bile and beautiful quality b. often not
recognized az IN due 20 the egotism
Of the people with whom it comes
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
BRIG. GEN. ENOCH ii. CROW
DER
Judge Advocate General and Pro-

AIlNs NlNA1NAA H nv "
DER
Judge Advocate General and Pro-
vost Marshal General.
Born i'm Missouri, April IL, 1859,
and was appointed TO the military
academy at West Point from that
state Sept. I. 1917. He first served
in the cavalry and later attended the
University of Missouri. where he
received the degree of LIB. in 1886,
and in 1895 was appointed major
and assigned 10 the office of the
Judge advocate general. February
Is. 1911, ne was appointed Judge
advocate general of the United
States army. Upon the recent out
break of hostilities with Germany
Gen Crowder was appointed pro-
Vost marshal general.
Washington. June 15.--As pro-
vost marshal general. Gen Crowder
was charged with the responsibility
of registering all male persons in
the United States and its territorial
possessions between the ages OF y
and 90 years inclusive who are sub
ject 10 military service under the
selective draft law.
The duty Of supplying to the ma
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
FiOe Minute Talks
By National Leaders

Columbus, Ohio president of the
American Insurance union. was re-
sponsible for The first organization
OF dry democrats" in the United
States. formed last January. In the
following article. written at the re-
quest Of The News Times. he tells
why be believed prohibition. woman
suffrage and insurance working to-
gether some day will Danish war by
ending human want on earth.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
EXCURSION TO CHICAGO.
a. 20 Round Trip.

co with the Modern Woodmen q
America 70 Chicago. June Fl. 10 at
+and the National Convention. Car
leaves South shore depot corner
Mich and T.asalle Ave 1880 a. m
Deturns from Chicago at 9.15 p. m.
F,verNbodv welcome. Tickets for
sale AT Schilling's Drug store. sos
< Mich. Au'
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
THE MELTING POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.



The death Of like other things should
We should ent
We should
Nor Inser In pathway
Nor sit on ke-s of dynamite famllIary and snusN
Nor count the teeth Of crocodies they feeling
But when the rights rodden
And
tn
When in
The hesitation o
a
And more than large of toll of
than plirg
such the when
and immoral.
Arthur
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
PRECAUTIONS

Military Inspecting officer: Now.
sergeant, what precautions do you
take against infected water?
Sergeant: Wei, sir, first we boil
II.
Officer. Coco
Sergeant: Then we filter it,
officer. Excellent,
Sergeant: Then we drink beer
Tit Bits.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
THE EFFECTS.

Il won't wash my face" said
Dolly, defiantly.
Naughty, naughty" reproved
grandmother. when / was a little
girl I always washed my face
Yes, and now look at it,'-Tit.
Bits
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
THE BOSS, HOLD

Grouchy Nisitor-Where can I get
hold OF the boss?
Office Boy-Got me He's bald.
got no neck 10 speak of. Ersases
his boots and wears such tight
trousers that YOU can't get a grip on
him anywhere
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
WHERE BILL WAS.

Bill Jones. Louisiana storekeeper
went to New Orleans 70 buy goods
They reached home before he did
When the boxes were delivered al
his store his wife happened TO look
at the largest; she uttered a loud
cry and called for a hammer A
neighbOr hearing the screams. ask
ed what was the matter. The wife
pale and faint, pointed 10 an in
scription on the box which read
Bill inside "--WOman' Daily.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
The Public Pulse

Communication for this column
may Do signed anonymously but must
De ACCOMPANIED by the name OF tie
writer 10 insure good fsith. No re
sponstbility for facts or sentiments
expressed will b. assumed Honest
discussion Of puddle questions 10 In
vited. but Rith the right reserved 70
eliminate vicious and objeCc1o IA bic
matter. The column 10 fTce. But Do
reasonable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
SHE SPRUNG FURTHER.

little girl wrote this compost
tion on men:
Men are what women marry.
They drink and smoke and swear.
but don't go 10 church. Perhaps if
they wore bonnets they would. They
are more logical than women and
also more geological Both men and
women sprung from monkeys. but
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
THE GREEN CLERK.

Green Grocer's Wife Indignant
ly)-Wot yer bin fttin' i'm for?
Green Grocer-Why, I caught him
knockin the dirt off the potatoes
afore weighin' 'em.-CasselTs sat
urday Journal
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16

The large bank barn on the estate
Of John 4 Jackson 2 mile west Of
Riverview cemetery IS Tor sale 10
the highest bidder See r NJ. Jack
son for terms Bell phone 457--
Home 65S8. Main and Center SITS.
-Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
CAN NEVER DIE.

The worst part of being a bache-
Tor is that when l die my name dies
with me-"
What is your name ,"
smith Life
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16

the women sprung further than the
men"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-20

Lots of people in this country have
not yet realized that tobacco is almost
as important as food and munitions,
but the men who have been over there
during the last three years know. and
don't hesitate to say so every chance
they have.
Tommy says Mr. Empey, lis a
great smoker. He smokes under all
conditions except when unconscious
or accommodating in No Mans Land
at night. Then for obvious reasons,
he does not care to have a lighted
cigaret in his mouth"
And what applies to Tommy GER
tainly applies to our men with equal
force. The American soldier and his
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-20

MADE.|N- GERMANY GOODS

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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-20
Universe. thanksgiving.

Some call November the dreary
month of the year, the black sheep of
the II; and yet it is the month of
thankfulness, the completion of the
fruitage of the year In the woods
the squirrels are industriously at work
among their last gleanings before cold
weather sets in, their happy "chee-
cheeree" joining with the calls of the
blue jays and crows and smaller birds
In the universal paean of thanksgiv-
ing. In the underbrush and in the
meadows the mice, too, are harvest
ing, with their hearts full of gladness.
Bees are buzzing over goldenrod and
wild asters and other late flowers; the
quail that have escaped the hunter
are. like Ruth, gathering the last
grains in the farmers fields; while the
farmer himself and his boys are load
ing the golden pumpkins into the big
farm wagons to carry away for winter
storage for use by both the family and
the cattle.