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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
OBTAINING THE CLUBHOUSE.

Action the Federation OF Civic Clubs
ing help hgnt the passage of the ant-outhouse
ordinance before the common councillor abatement
OF the clubhouse nuisance-is distinctly the right
rection The Civic Federation about nearly repre-
sents the voice people the popular desire. as
any organization South Bend possibly It
up frorn ranks. The evolution speak, is from
below upward. rather than with most organization.
more or less personal light shed above
downward.
by F f. Wolf acting director Of
civic clubs urling all parties attend the
should De needed by all recipients and all other inter
getting rid the clubhouse pest Depend upon
that the friends Of the nuisance will be there
OF them it seems even within counclmanic body.
The ord is not unreasonable, placing it,
derstond it, within the financial reach Of everyone
rape the desired change and pursuing the elimination
~ districts degrees that will only limited
hardship anyone. eventually accomplishing its full
purpose
Pesidas always this in mind; there still
fan above oUthouses conceded everywhere among
greatest disease breeders with which any
Jay can be infected. little Of every home
own health resort"-and let that be the slogan Go
the council committee meeting tonight the
dinance sayers would-be ordinance slayers, know
where YOU stand: whether for the outhouses or the
public health.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20

Happily there one man England ana perhaps
there others with 70 realize
portance Of the present disposition to pool war
tivues II allies II is Lloyd George that stands
forth. chiefest Of them all England and France must
their pride i'm that pool well the United
States II the DE II is the allies and
not tn OF each Of the allies
Tho latest developments add immensely the
prestige and opportunity Of the United States tina.
IS the point Taught 10y italian disaster the
Gilman Of disasters the allies are tardy deciding
tha- the various campaigns must he more closely con
solicited and their military authority be
zed
This is precisely what the American government has
urreI Tor many months The first step taken toward
mere concerted action the establishment Of supreme
council" for the guidance France. Great Brit
min and Italy must be regarded as only temporary
measure The other allies necessarily
especially the United states. And the opinion OF
Amcricau experts such council will have be given
f,'e~h more authority if it is to prove effective.
TIE United states i'm position to compel real con-
ccr ~ plan and action. and to play part
none in direetu4 The policies of the allied
mas be said. without any immodesty that the United
States from viii be the chief factor war.
We have the wealth, the food the materials the la
bor The Industries. the man-power and the pur-
pose without which allies could not hope for sue
cess
our governments may now press more successfully
it's request made ago allies systematic
their finances and among themselves as to their
respective needs that may help them more
intongently and having accomplished that we may
proceed exercise influence in the actual
conduct OF the war
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
Other Editors Than Ours
FRANCE THE STABLE.
(ChiCagO Hcrald.)

A French statesman assured the visiting American
congressman that the cabinet upheaval in France
merely a family affair 1t change in France
attitude toward the war. The soul Of the nation he
added is in the army the front, not in the political
difficulties the capital.
What he says is unquestionably true. The news of
French cabinet crisis srs the least anxiety the
allied They know that IL will pass and that
France will remain firm In fact the present cabinet
change encouraging rather than otherwise results
from a lack Of confidence the ability of the recent
ministry carry the aggressvey enough to
suit majorty-aggressvely enough at the front and
behind front where spy activities unquestion
ably numerous.
men by majority bloc Of their representatives lends
itself frequent establishments of cabinet personnel
more frequent by far than the British system. small
party may break away and thus destroy the bloc"
command Of a majority in the legislature But the sit
uation often promptly met and remedied by making
enough concessions another group 10 the
essarv control Thus there is cabinet change. but
few of the cabinet ministers change Sometimes almost
the whole original cabinet comes back. In Great Br
tain there is generally out-and-out change OF per
sonnet.
world reputation for temperament and tickle
ness should stand forth the embodiment OF the
persistent unchanEinG, the unquestionaby reliable
This misapprehension not Frances fault II was
because the world did understand France-hecause
IL looked the superficial and paid little attention
tile under stratum Of French national character
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
The Stars incline. but DO not compel
HOROSCOPE


TUESDAY. NOV. 20, 1917.
This is a day OF contending force.
since while Mercury and Jupiter
are in benehc aspect. Saturn. Nep-
tune and Uranus are in evil place.
There is "A sign that appears to
presage disaster 10 a United States
war vessel and treachery is involved
in this trouble.
This is held to be an unlucky day
for making Journeys on the water
and there is an especially sinister
ausury for those who start across
he ocean.
Bankers and brokers should ben
eft during this sway. which seems
TO foreshadow anxiety and delays
that end favorably.
Merchants, especially those in the
western states, should make the
most of the next few weeks as the
planetary rule indicates freedom in
buying that will be affected later by
some of a scare.
In this connection it may be said
that Christmas shopping may be
aAAAtl SLOW the llASA week after
Thanksgiving, but the seers declare
that later immense sales will be
made.
Advertising is we'll directed to-
day. which should be especially
good for public men who desire
space in newspapers and magazines.
Saturn today seems 10 give warn
Ing of some new trouble in regard
to mining and a strike again is in
dicated.
Crimes against women predicted
at the beginning of the year as like
ly TO increase will continue and
many strange cases will be report
ed
The death of a famous man who
has won distinction in public af-
fairs is prognosticated.
A military leader will lose his
life. owing 70 a mysterious cause,
the stars indicate.
The number of marriages, es-
pecially among prominent persons
will continue to increase and many
middle-aged and even old persons
will form new alliances.
Persons whose birthdate il Is
should be especially careful with
their money during the coming
year. Attention to business will
pay.
Children born on this day may
have many ups and downs in life,
but in the end these subjects of
Scorpio generally succeed.
Copyright, 1910
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
NOVEMBER 20, 1917.
TRICKs In u-BOAT FAILURE2

Any phase the German is to be viewed with
suspicion until all the facts known. The recent
remarkable decrease Of allied shipping losses is ex-
ception. may be a mistake conclude Immediately
as so many commentators have done that the German
submarine campaign has already 70 definite
and humiliating end
There is indeed plenty Of ground for optimism in
the recent figures. They harmonic with all the other
evidence accommodating through many weeks that the
cannot what expected OF them that the
allies are meeting the menace that the Germans them
beginning their inevitable fail
ure but the figures do not necessarily that they
failed suddenly and specacuIarly they ap-
peared 10 have done last week.
possible the German admiralty has purpose
Is eased up in its submarine campaign temporarily In
order enemies neutraIs into false sense
security meanwhile assembling greater fleets than
ever iu preparation wholesale raids So We may
soon have "a rude awakening We may have more than
such awakening before the submarines finally
eurbed
Another possibility is suggested 10y the New York
Time Suppose the German government is simply
playing willy game 90 affect American public opin-
ion. submarine friEhtfulness that drove
into the Suppose. recognizing that eventual fail
IRE is certain she deliberately puts stop to such
frrhtfulness before she driven the
time opens new propaganda intended persuade
America 70 snake peace
II is well for the United be guard against
both OF these tricks
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
THE GRAND WAR COUNCIL.

LLOYD Georges brutal frankness' about the OF
"A united war policy and a single front has produced
all the excitement which he fOretold for it. Just at
present the English papers fulfilling the words OF
Job and darkeninE counsel by words without knowl-
edge But in the end erect Of the eruption
10 he good and the bitter necessity OF closer
iination % aims and efforts can be denied
So far as what may he called their home policy IS
concerned England and France achieved this unity
very early. As a result. they have made the
front the grave the kasers fondest hopes
lecious But away from that front in political and
military detectives alike the policy OF parcuarsm
prevailed fror~ hat front that Germany
won victories which have Kept her alive and which
make her still "a TO the world
There end 20 this contradictory blunder-
ing: on that point all Germany achieved unity
OF operations by the simple method OF conGuering
allies directing their through on7niDotent
General "a Berlin. The nations -ith which We
associated being states vaSsals so
managed and the only vain unity for them is
through "a grand council Llovd GEORGE has 1auuched
council: and in spite OF all criticism should
he maintained and extended.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
THE MELTING POT
Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
THE TRUE PHILANTHROPY.

The adversely manifold
Adverstys a thing the world could do without
10 for of stress:
1t teaches him agility fnesse
The youth who's his a
The lover needs adversely o lis
And him
The preacher adversely be
II luck provided Beelz to vha
The soldier needs adversely TO help him gain repute
For where would soldiers without o
But for m willing 10 deny SOM things.
Among them this which Mr. Shakespeare
For I'm phianthrOpic sport, little than fair,
SO of benign adversely neighbor, N
l suffer all the ills a life of wealth
The boon OF deprivation and adversely 5 yours
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
THE PRESS AND THE VAR WORK.

Don't set discouraged. folks don't blame the
papers. If day after dny. and week after week. you
have your daily reading peppered with
propaganda work asking for your money 70 help win
tn in this way that II isn't the fault at
the solicitation. connection of the newspapers Ger
socailed "pacinsts" have accused the American
press bringing the II they they're get
ring their d.l O. it-beg thoroughly space-ridden
by this ORGANIZATION ard that to help this prop
agauda and that. carrying their messages. all very
gool. to the people-that what is ordinarily called
legitimate ue-,s. touching events. is fire.
gaeutly being literally crowded out
We are not complaining. We have known very few
newspapers 90 complain. We merely buttressng
ourselves against public complaint. which is by no
means lntreqdert The newspapers willing and
anxious DO little mite" 20 help win the
ever though unapprec!ated that mite" may be-for
uuarprecistedr is the average newspapers middle
name We merely mention ii in passing that those
inclined hnd fault because the press doesn'
a. more. and others because il doesn't do less may
fully understand that the newspapers, are
The clutches Of the fever. and drifting aloLs
ai-h the epidemic
Ne~ II Is the y W c. a. that wants $4,000 from the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20

In fact, he is often willing to
come TO the horse lines of the cav
airy and transport camps and haul
away the manure himself When
once spread upon cultivated soil in
a hot, dry climate, it dries so quick
ly that no flies can possibly breed
in IT, Even if they laid their eggs
there wouldn't he moisture enough
TO hatch them. Garbage dumps are
either disposed of in the same way.
or else where this is not feasible,
they are mixed with the coarser and
lighter manure or other dry wastes
about the camp, forked over once
or twice 10 dry them. then a little
kerosene poured on them and set
on FIRE The net result of all this
is that not merely nearly all Italian
hospitals. but most Italian camps
are almost completely "Flyless
Towns" never was in a COM
munity of half the size in summer.
let alone in a camp, where this
filthy. dangerous pest was so de
lightfully conspicuous by his alb
sence.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20

When Prest Wilson said the allies that coopera-
essential TO continuation Of Americas help
he sounded a keynote that echoed around the world.
England needs get it out Of her head. and France
too that America is going to furnish the money and
win this war and try win it in spite of them
while they wait TO claim the glory. England needs
few men like Lloyd George instead Of less.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
ANNOUNCEMENT.

W. o. W. Camp No. p. Uniform
Rank. will give a series OF dances.
Free dancing lessons between S and
2 O'Clock Uniform Rank will be
in full dress saturday night Nov.
-. We invite the public to attend.
Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20

Several Of my non-medical friends
in Rome spoke TO me with surprise
and delight Of the way in which
the summer fevers that used TO
rage in the little seashOre or noun
tain villages where they spent their
vacations had almost disappeared,
and the flies with them. The same
happy change has taken place in
most Of the populations behind the
lines all along the western front.
as the result of active campaigns Of
vaccination and cleaning up by the
army doctors and sanitarians IN
order 10 make dOubly safe the
health Of the troops This was su-
perbly backed up by the relief or
carnations of the Red Cross type.
one sanitary unit Of the English
Ouakers alone vaccinated over a.
600 Belgian villagers and peasants.
This disposed OF the typhoid
menace. but dysentery and summer
flux and camp diarrheas still re-
NAMED. These are carried chiefly
in three ways-by polluted water.
by filthy latrines soiling the feet
and clothing anu ndAtuS u AAAt NAtA
and thus carrying the infection TO
food and by flies who work the
same line Of transport by aerOplane.
The water risk was tackled either
bv piping in water from unpolluted
streams higher up in the mountains
wherever this was feasible, or by
COLONIZATION OF local we'll and stream
water with bleaching powder. All
nm and down the lines are strung
the series OF double tanks, or two
large casks side by side. in one of
which the water Is mixed with
bleachin. powder and then. when
sterilization is complete. drawn
over 20 the other The sterilized
water is then hauled on mule carts
or in motor tanks up the mountain
roads 10 the FIRST and second line
trenches for the supply OF the
troops
one OF the greatest practical diff
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
the Italian
Army Stamps
Out Epidenics
by Woods Hutchinson. VI. d.

We hear much OF the brotherhood
of man and the value of coopera-
ton and mutual helpfulness. but
from a sanitary point of view q,
takes extremely good neighbors 10
be better than none The mere
contact, the elbowing against each
other of a few hundred or thou
sand human beings, is almost abso-
lutely safe 10 start something" and
that something unpleasant, an cpl
demic
The great enemy of all the earlier
civilizations and OF our later colo
MES was pestilence. Just as soon as
a group of people reached a suffi-
cient size and density of pOpula-
ton 10 render division of labor and
social progress possible. it blew
up" from the inside with smallpox
or plague or typhus. Indeed GER
tain lost sanitarians have been ir-
reverent enough 10 suggest that
What really scattered the group Of
survivors from the flood, who were
swarming and multiplyin around
the tower OF Babel, was an out
break of cholera, and that the IA
nous confusion of TONGUES" was a
result OF dispersion instead of a
cause.
In an army camp all these
crowding factors that breed cpl
denies. pollution of the air, contain
ination of the soil, fouling of the
water supply, reach their highest
pitch of potency. The troops are
crowded together in huts or tents,
the soil is polluted in every direc-
ton around, and its infections car
ried everywhere upon thousands of
trampling feet. The wells become
sewers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20

Republicans beginning to whet their swords for
the congressional campaign. What will the issues be?
Look out for "copperhead" lifts its above
grass, There will be of them in the country
before a year from now than Bob" FCllette.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20
SPECIALS FOR WEDNESDAY.

Rib and Brisket Boiling Beef. 10c
III. Sirloin, Porterhouse and Short
steak 121Ac 10. Buehler Bros 319
s. Michigan st. --Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20

hculties with the use of chIorinated
water in the beginning is the over
coming Of the not unnatural re-
pugnnace OF peasant and other IN
educated troops TO drinking water
which has been "dOped" in any
way, particularly if they happen to
get a mouthful OF unfinished"
water which still tastes strongly of
chloride Of lime
But the Italian sanitarians have
one practical advantage, and that is
all the lighting is up in the noun
tains, and the mountains in the
summer and fall, the only seasons
in which campaigning Is possible,
are extremely dry. Even the noun
tain streams almost dry up, and
the famous Carso, for instance, and
the BalnsizZa and other plateaux
are utterly waterless for miles and
miles. So that the soldiers have
no choice; they must drink the
water delivered 20 them by the
water-carts or go without, and they
very quickly overcome their preju-
dice and find that the water is pure
and wholesome, and that even if
they occasionally get a cask which
has a slight metallic or salty taste
it will do them no harm.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20

I asked one OF the sanitary of
iiCerS whether they had any diff
Guilty IN getting the men to drink
chlorinated water. oh! no." he
said. sometimes they are a little
surprised at first, but they soon get
accustomed. Besides, there is moth
ing else. and they are most thirsty"
In the matter Of the latrines the
climate is rather in their favor, for
the heat and absence OF rain in the
summer and fall makes the soil
dry. porous and thirsty So that by
digging good large pit or tank,
say 10 or 20 feet, or, better still,
pair OF them, one siphoning into the
other and then lining them with
cement up TO within about two feet
of the level of the ground--and the
Italians are masters at cement WORK
OF all sorts-and flushing the Ia
trines down once or twice a day.
they set up an active septic-tank
fermentation. This breaks UP the
waste matters and the overflow of
water soaks away harmlessly and
odorlessly into the soil.
This leaves only the fly as a car
rier of infection and the septic tank
latrines cut off nearly two-thirds of
his chance of injecting himself. All
that remains TO be done is to at
tack him from the other end, that
is TO say, make war upon and break
up his breeding places. These. as
every one now knows, are simply
and solely, first, manure heaps:
second, garbage dumps or dirt
heaps. Here again the Italian eli
mate and Italian methods of agri-
culture come 10 the aid of the san
itarian. Intensive or garden methods
Of culture mean that these are
patches of bare or fresh turned
soil open the whole summer through
upon which manure can be spread
without damage TO growing crops
Also. the manure has a high COM
mercial value in the eyes of the
thrifty Italian cOntadino, and he Is
delighted TO have the army trans
port wagons haul out every two or
three days and distribute on his
land all Accommodations of manure
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20

As most Of these factors are ag-
gravated by heat, the Italian san
tia, or army medical service. was
faced at the beginning of the war
by a very serious problem, and per-
haps from that very fact it attack
ed il in a most thOrOugh-going and
workmanli<e manner. The first
and most Immediately threatening
danger was the great war fever"
typhoid Carriers of the germs
were, Of course, present in every
regiment. and several small local
epidemiCs began in the training
camps in the earlier months of the
war. just as happened in the French
camps during the same period, only
on a smaller and milder scale.
But the sanitary authorities had
been forging their weapon indus
triously in the laboratories. and be
fore the disease could make any Sc
rious Roadway they were ready with
a supply of that great boon of the
modern army medical department,
the anti--typhoid vaccine. This was
thoroughly and Systematically used
upon every mothers son in the
camps and upon every batch of re-
cruits as they were called TO the
colors. with the result that the
spread of the disease stopped as if
by magic, and by the end of the
first year of war a case of typhoid
had become a rarity in the Italian
military hospitals.
This may not sound very excit
ing. but as a matter of cold. prac-
teal fact from tables based upon
all previous military experience, this
meant the saving of three to five
lives out of every hundred soldiers
each year of the war, which, as
Italy has over 1000 600 men mobil-
lied, means the prevention of 1O0,-
600 TO 10000 deaths a year-a
loss of fighting material which even
the merest general line officer ought
to be able 10 appreciate.
But this was not all the benefit
from this wonder working vaccine.
Its fame spread abroad throughout
the land. The wives and mothers of
the soldiers learned that their men
in the army camps were strong and
we'll through the hottest weather,
while their children at home sicken-
ed and died of the "calentura -
the summer fever. Why shouldn't
they have the benefit Of this magic
charm? With the result that not
a few civilian doctors asked for and
obtained supplies OF vaccine from
the government and inoculated
their patients and families.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-11-20

onIy Northern Indisns
md on Paper Employing the international News service 10
south Bend-Two leased Wires Day and Night
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
West Sumner.

Telephone operator Mrs. Inez Bisbee
is working her notice. Her plans are to
live in Auburn.
Services were held at the Baptist
church Oct. rs, Rev. g. w. r. Hill
officiating. 1t wss bis farewell sermon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hill are held in high esteem
BY all in this community.
Leslie Chandler shot deer Saturday.
Mrs. Herbert Barrows returned with
Mrs. Frank Scudder of Livermore Falls
for short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Fsrrar OF Redding
worked for G. w. Bishee dressing poul-
try for market. They were experts at
the business.
Rupert Robbins has bought the black
smith business ct North Paris. We
expect to hear his wedding bells soon.
The annual meeting Of the Ladies' Aid
was held Oct. 20, and officers for the
ensuing year were elected a. follows:
Pres.-Mrs. James ruel.
vice-Pres--A. Allen.
Sec.-Dot n. Heald.
Treas.-Edith Newell
F.A.-Arthur Allen.
Ex. Com.-Mrs. p. G. Barrett, Mrs. Adams,
Mrs. Heald.
r. N. Stetson has housskeepsr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney Brown were In
the place Monday, coming BY auto from
Portland.