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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
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THAT JEWEL FRIENDSHIP.
Lafayette COurier.0

Tn the horrible head of the squirming crawling
twisting altogether ugly dev-fsh a most beautiful
gem coors the crowded, dirty of Chicago
her police courts in her musty dens where lawyers
plan and plot deviltry, very largely, there
has years past been of the of beauties
10 those who have eyes with which to see" 1t was
halt leading the blind; affection born in mutual
misfortune John Rowan, SO years old, lawyer. hard
up cripple James Johnson, 81 years old, lawyer
hard up and blind Through the streets through the
court rooms, through the halls business through
rushing after reaching after dollar of fellow
in front of him, young John led old jim, always
Between the noisy trucks, the the the
numbering wagons always, John and Jim arms
locked, for young John safety unto Jim and old
Jim comfort and support unto John. Funny those
two are always together, said the money mad null
ttude and rushed But there were a few who
and understood. a few who saw the beautiful jewel
in all that mud. the brilliant beauty the head OF
ugly devil-dsh Blindness is that horror, human
soHtariness To he cripple in the for business
jostled off your feet. to be shunt aside be
pitied best thing that the unfortunate hate. But
old Jim had John. and could see; and young John
jim. and could be toppled from his crutches
and arm, heart and heart. a beautiful sight amidst
the SCOT. and and turmoil 4 few days ago the
Angel Of Death said. "Old jim Johnson. 81 years Is
enough Come, Thou shalt see forever more and
took him. Within that hour, twas said young
John Rowan Put aside thy useless. crippled limbs
Thou wilt not need them in eternity with Jim And
John went with the angel. too Some sentimental
Chicagoans trying to have the bodies of these
friends buried side by side in cemetery. Appro-
pirate but maybe unnecessary, IL may be that old
Jim and young John still living arm in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
LOYALTY IN THE SCHOOLROOM.

I'm the wave OF critical patriotism the
country school teachers have come under severe
scrutiny In some cities what looks like deliberate
seditiOn has been discovered among the
teaching force Here and there it has become neces-
sary 90 GUST teacher in order make that the
minds the children would be poisoned against
their country blinded its high ideals.
In most communities fortunately. there has been
special found for suspecting the loyalty Of
The teachers That appears be the in this city
But a matter OF such Importance is just as wel
TO make assurance doubly
There should be attempt made. here or anywhere
else. TO SPY upon teachers subject them insulting
Inquiries. but suggestion going that
worth considering 1t is that teachers all take a
pledge ~ loyalty. such pledge need be imposed
any offensive Judges governors presidents.
Il is urged take oath Of Office pedging them up
hold the honor or their country. why teachers.
who are public servants engaged in work where loyalty
less vitaIc
People supporting this proposal have generally meant
to apply only newly appointed teachers But
why Discriminate II would make fine and effective
ceremony II every teacher ut the beginning of the
term or on some other formal occasion should take
OATH OF loyalty in the Of the school
and the assembled pupils The effect the children
would be particularly good.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
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DECEMBER 3. 1917.
DRAFTING WORKERS.

II Is not generally recognized that the selective
vice law provides for drafting workers we'll draft
ing soldiers that specifically treats
Of the Induction military service line of work
Of selective service may be taken nominaly
for military service and actually employed in any war
Industry where they needed The adjutant general
the army authorized to make requstion for any
number Of expert highly skilled in any special
class Of work" and the various states will be required
TO furnish them pro rata.
IL is announced that the government intends to
proceed along line once, order obtain the
skilled workmen needed 81 the shipbuilding, airplane
and munition plants The department is now
engaged ascertaning the various qualifications Of
ali registered men, through comprehensive question
naire exemption boards will be expected to get
every registered carpenter. electrician. black
smith. etc. statement whether he consents to
OF military service. Those who agree will
ingly will probably be taken first; those who do not
may be drafted either for such work for the army.
when the department gets around their numbers.
In all cases the intended for industrial service
will be modified the usual manner, just if they
were entering the army and viii then be sent where
they are needed And it should be understood that
their service will be in every honorable and
important that Of their soldier comrades.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
ONCE OVERS
JUST WHAT DO you THINK OF
SNAKES?

Do you realize that you are be-
coming a despicable back bitter?
Yes, despicable. with the accent
on the first syllable where it belongs.
Got anything to say. come out
in the open and give the other fell
low a chance to defend himself
A snake never raises it's head ex-
cept TO bite and throw its venom.
Don't be a snake.
You do not hate a snake. You
despise snakes.
You do not despise a snake for
itself. but for the quality it repre-
sents.
If you go around saying mean
things behind the other fellows
back. you deserve TO be made to
crawl on your face as a snake does.
But a snake is known by its form
while many a human snake is fair
to look upon and hides its fangs
from the unwary.
Criticism. in the spirit of fairness.
is wholesome.
But the one who cannot take
wholesome criticism. with out resent
ing il, will soon find that the back
bitter is busy.
Don't give the back biter a
chance. nor be one yourself, il you
would look your friends in the eye.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
PAPER All EAR PRICES.

To the long list business groups relinquishing
thes abnormal profits added the print
paDef federal anti trust suit brought against
the Nows-Print Mfg association, controlling so 90
percent the country's paper output has ended in
a court dssolving the association, and in fines
for nearly all the defendants OF the in
dicated FIVE entered pleas Of "noe contendere' and
submitted voluntarily their fines. One pleaded not
guilty and was discharged. The other is abroad, and
will be tried later
The ''nore contendere" plea device by which
the defendants surrendered TO the government without
formally their guilt under the Sherman law.
Che outcome Is the less conclusive and salts
factory. The government I'm accepting this arrange
Rent has made the manufacturers agree to a maxi
mum price Of three cents pound for print paper
from Jan. / April 1. That is less than any but
favored consumers have paying in the last couple
tf years than half Of what small newspapers
kave had pay. After April while the lasts q
FOR three months afterwards. the price will be fixed
by the federal trade commission.
It is taken for granted that there will be more
of the prodteering that has imposed hardship all
American newspapers particularly the smaller ones,
and resulted in driving hundreds of them into
bankruptcy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03

cricket football-which rather high-brow
amusements any howand preferable IN some respects
TO boxing and wrestling There 100 900 men
ashore OF the time the base Of the British
Grand Fleet" wherever that may be, and they pine
for British ever pinned before.
They recognize their limitations, too. Observa-
tion Of the played by American sailors has
shown them that childs play, but sport
intricate difficult IT thrilling. They
attain something Of the proficiency they admire in
the American experts there ip a for
teachers.
would be worth while provide a few profess
purpose. Let thought that
trivial. and unworthy Of the attention of
great governments with a tremendous their
hands. Soldiers and sailors have to be amused and
fight the better for The purveying clean sport
and entertainment is already recognized part of the
British and American military And it should
be overlooked that the adoption great sport
by the British public would be another link binding
the two allies together in closer sympathy and
standing
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03

can of hot, savory, comforting meat
stew. for each Tommy. Poilu, Sam
my or Bersa glieri And the. men
simply thrive on it. With a foot
or so of bread. a handful of sugar.
sweet biscuit or chocolate and half
a bottle of wine, it makes a meal
for a king.
Never has there been a more tri-
umphant refutation upon a larger
scale of the silly old superstition
that meat is merely a luxury. that
we would be healthier without it,
and that its extensive use is fol-
lowed by ali sorts of maladies and
mischiefs Fifteen million men on
the western front-indeed, counting
i'm the Germans and Austrians, 25,-
600 600 men-have now for more
than two years had practically all
the meat they could eat. at least
twice and often three times day,
and the special diseases and dlsas-
tiers which were supposed TO be
caused or aggravated by meat eat
ing - govt. rheumatism. arterio
sclerosis, Brights disease, liver
trouble and paralysis-are striking
~ conspicuous BY their absence.
The only exceptions which could
even be claimed by the "meato-
phobes" are a curious type Of mild
inflammation of the kidneys. known
as trench nephritis, which is now
practically proved 10 be due to a
specific germ. and an alleged in
crease on the part Of some army
surgeons Of irritability OF the skin.
with a tendency TO dermatitis. But
the skin irritability has a way Of
almost entirely disappearing under
the simple remedy OF two hot show
er baths a week instead of one.
Everywhere you 90 along the
lines. the armies are simply radiant
with health and vigor, with spirits
10 match. and II a liberal meat diet
could produce one-hfth Of the evil
consequences which most OF our
dietitians. both lay and medical. so
confidently ascribe 10 it, they would
surely have begun to show them
selves somewhere. in some measure.
before this time.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
\ TREASONABIE CONGRESSMAN.
(FOrt Wayne journal GazettcD

The indictment of Congressman John NJ. Nelson of
wisconsin, by federal grand jury the charge OF
conspiracy to violate the registration law mperatively
calls action the of the house of representa-
tives Representing the capital city district OF the La
Toilette state graduate Of the university Madison
journalist and lawyer, and for II years member
of the congress there be assumption of ignor-
extenuation Of his infamy- And there be
nothing more Infamous than the spectacle of a father
advising his OF disloyalty country.
This member OF the congress that passed
the registration or draft law He helped devise the
plan whereby the of other in politics
or congress could he drawn into the army. And the
moment the approached his hearth he unhesitat-
inEly advised the violation OF the law-accOrding TO
the charge His ohense is peculiarly infamous coming
from official OF the government. and. If proven
guilty. the stripes will be too good for him. Mean
while might we'll for the members OF the house
OF representatives TO follow with more than ordinary
the developments in the Nelson The fact
that the is of the republican leaders
Of the house will not justify any attempt 10 make
politics OF the situation and IL the disclosures
the such to indicate his guilt have
doubt that the republicans Of the house will be quite
throw him members OF the other
side 90 ths esntRr aisle
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
NEW TRIUMPHS FOR BASEBALL

II IT becomes advisable to disband the big baseball
leagues true lovers Of our national sport need no:
repire. An excellent use may made OF the players
Those who are not absorbed by the American army
may professional instructors for the British
army and navy.
There said be demand right for such
educators coming from the last quarter where ali
American would ordinarily expect 1.-THE British ad-
miralty The British navy is taking baseball Jacky
ashore. time hanging heavy his hands =
aDdnE it surprisingly enjoyable sport better than
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
tuberculosis In
This War: Food
BY Woods Hutchinson. NJ. ID.

At first sight, scarcely any two
things could be more strikingly diff
ferert and Numerically opposed to
each other than war and consump-
ton. As a mode OF death the one
is swift vivid. dramatic; the other
slow. feeble, colorless. 1t was the
proud ambition Of all the old fight
ing men OF song and story to die in
battle. with their boots on" and
their greatest dread and horror was
"a straw death. a featherbed end,
after a lingering decline.
The warrior and the cOnsump-
tive are just about at the opposite
poles Of human possibilities. Yet
up 20 a century or so ago, the war
rior who enlisted for a long war
had bout twice the chance Of dy-
ing of consumption that he had of
falling on the field of battle, and
to this day the commOnest cause
Of death among armies in barracks
is tuberculosis.
The reason for this rather sur
prising and half incredible state Of
affairs is a fairly simple one. 1t is
along the line of the old Latin law
about Mutant coelum non amman
we can change our climate but
not our disposition"-or in modern
technical farms Our outside habits
but not our inside bugs.
Ninety per cent of US are load
ed with the tubercle bacillus from
our childhood days. one or more
slumbering colonies Of him tucked
away in some part of our internal
anatomy Whenever we become
sufficiently depressed and out of
sorts. from any cause, to soften and
weaken the wall that imprisOns him,
out he comes ready for war.
Whenever the food supply of the
soldier becomes bad or scanty, when
his water becomes foul or his
sleeping places verminous, when he
is crowded and packed into winter
quarters in caves dug in the hill
sides, or in shacks covered with
earth, when he has wasted away
from the hectic fever and heavy
suppuration or fostering wounds,
then the tubercle bacillus claims
him as its own and carries him off,
just as it would a half starved
sweatshop worker in an attic, or an
overworked slavey in a cellar hitch
en-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
EXPLOITING AN OPPORTUNITY.

Maj. Maurice chief director OF military opera
tons the British office has called attention to
the significant failure the Germans exploit the
Italian disaster" 1t might expected, he says that
having gained remarkable initial success their
drive the Germans would follow it up and reap the
full advantage of it, They done They have
nothing beyond cautiously following up Ial-
retirement. The overwhelming pressure of superior
numbers that Italy feared has appeared He adds.
Even now there is sign anywhere of
the vast achievements which might
naturally be expected Germany would rush up
to strike decisive blow the enemy. Why?
My only answer is they there be-
Germany is unable TO send them. She is
unable exploit the opportunity offered"
On the other hand. there are now large numbers of
British French troops Italian front adding
their strength that of the stanch Italian and
ready to repel any further attack. And Itay's allies
have moved to that front as a British critic says
with right good will" They relish prospect of
meeting their foe the Italian plain where they
engage once more in open lighting. and where the
winter will hinder military operations.
The allies perfectly able send the men, and
able to exploit the opportunity offered" And from
the present outlook Germany will be sorry, before
spring comes that she to in Italy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03

In the 18th and nth centuries
galloping consumption and tuber-
culous pneumonia were among the
great plaques which melted away
troops in their winter encampments
faster than the onslaughts of the en-
envy could in the field.
So that when this war broke out
and began TO assume its half-under-
ground character, with the troops
half buried in the trenches all day
and completely so in dug-Outs and
cellars and underground shelters at
night, sanitary experts were quite
prepared TO expect a serious and
widespread outbreak OF tuberculosis
in their ranks. But for the first
two years of the war they were
stead of the troops in the field
showing more tuberculosis than in
previous open or above ground
wars or in civil life, they actually
showed far less.
Indeed. the general health of the
soldiers in the field was better and
their disease and death rate from
tuberculosis less than the average
of soldiers in barracks before the
war In fact. with certain eXcep-
tons, which Will be discussed later,
our success against tuberculosis has
been almost as complete in this war
as it has against typhoid, typhus
diarrhoer. dysentery and cholera.
This gratifying result seems to
have depended largely upon two
things-food and protection from
common infections The tubercle
bacillus, like the poor. we have al
ways with us, and whenever he can
he will do us bad but the two
things that give him the best and
most favorable opening are starva-
ton and other infections, notably
typhoid, measles and common colds.
Fom all of these wicked partners.
the superb food supply of our
armies in the field. and the relent-
less and successful fight wagod by
sanitarians against all infections Of
every sort, big and little. have pro-
tected our armies in Flanders more
perfectly than any like body of men
who ever protected before.
The one unfavOrable influence. the
half underground character of the
lighting and the poorly ventilated
and lighted sleeping places that the
soldier has been compelled 10 oc-
cupy both in the fighting line and
reserve, appears to nave been COM
pletely neutralized; partly by the
rich and abundant food. and partly
by the merciful fact that when
strong. vigorous men in the prime
of life spend the greater part OF
their working hours in active eNer-
else in the open air. they seem 20
be able to consume their own
smoke" at night and sleep in almost
any kind of a cave or kennel. for
some time at least, without obvious
damage.
The one element of the diet which
has probably contributed most %
this splendid showing against the
tuberculosis devil and all his works
has been the abundance OF meat.
Everywhere one goes along all the
fronts. one is struck by the fact
that meat in some form appears
upon the mess tables and i'm the ra-
ton tins at almost every meal-ba-
con or ham or minced hash for
breakfast. roast meat for dinner.
and cold meat. raEouts, Eoulashes
and other meat stews with veg
etables for supper.
on the clay fats of Flanrers. on
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
BALLAD OF BOBBY MATCHES"

by Damon RUnyOn.
reflections of a Gentleman Inside)
Well there amt much difference in jails [ find
And I've tackled many a
1t seems to me they'd smell as bad
BY other
The same old bars, the old bolts,
The old and clang
The same old gittin in
And always the old gang
There's the little sneezers the whsker Belt
And the big stirs up in in town;
But the rough same in both.
And all wear the old frown.
There's the old hammOcks. chilled hunks
And the same old grub in sigh
With beans and sum the mornin bill
And slum and beans at night.
There's the same old charges keepin' us in
For they don't improve crime
The same old guys settin around
And hggerin' the of their time.
The same old hopheads yellin' above
AS they beg for their daily dope
And there's the old tramp Murders
Where the gang amt long hope!
There's the same old floors and the same old stairs
And the old kangaroo
That fines you the same old elbow
If you haven't dough you.
It's the same old scrub. and the old
From the ground to the upper tier
And the don't shine any in
Than it does the mob in here!
There's the old bunch that you always see
From the yegg the shifty Dip
The high class CRATER waiting a trial,
or the vag a three months trip
And there isn't a guilty in the lot
It's the old squawk with ALL
Til you'd think that only the guilty git by,
And only the innocent fall
No, there amt difference in pokeys,
The don't shine in
They've all of them got the same old rules,
And a guy don't have much fun
And they're all of them easy for gttn' in
But Tvt travelled many route
And have found no hoosgow yet
That for gittn' QUIT
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03

Apparently that retreat of Byng's just little
strategic affar-and then anticipate the other
fellows retreat was just strategic also.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03

hardly safe be respectable in South Bend
these days If you're picked up for a pickpocket
we'll there's something wrong with you anyhow.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03

We haven't anything in the papers about swat
ting fly" recently. The has brought some
relief.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
THE MELTING POT
"Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
THE MODERN CRUSOE.

THE MODERN CRUSOE
sand-tropical verdure bright
t part highland curved like crescent
a pa
Nothing he
clad the of the bright young morning
Splashng themselves blues
Robinson
WELDING throwing
Adecyes adjecves without limit!
Nobody him where paying
Crusoes a
Thousands of touring tourists his
ook
exquisite
Hotel de Crusoe worth
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03

Today congress convenes that almost perpetual body
of sab-artsts-and chn-music a Prince Albert ac-
compartment will now have precedence over grand
opera for a number o. moons.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-03
THANK YOU. MIR. HOOVER.

one consolation to be found in
contemplation of a meatless Tues
day is the fact that turkey hash
will be barred after Monday mid
night