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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-17

Miss Cora Cases division OF the
Ladies' Aid society OF the First Bap-
list church met Thursday aft
crnoon at her home. 612 $ Main St
\ pleasant social afternoon was en-
loved and refreshments were served
20 16 The next meeting Of the So
ciety will be held Sept. 20. but the
place remains 10 be decided.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-17
Also So BlOuSeS

They are delightfully."- dear" and charmingly diff
ferent-the New Welworth s. BlouSeS that 60 on
sale tomorrow
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-17

Mrs. Ralph Method. ga z. Broad
way. entertained the Nonpareil club
Thursday afternoon. Contests were
the diversion or the meeting. ia
vors being won by Mrs. Clark Secor.
FIRST prize. Mrs q. Fries. second
prize. Refreshments we're served.
In two weeks the club will meet
with Mrs. r. LaHommedieu. :. Main
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-17

Mrs. Q. II. Meyers. 10 w Wash
ington av.. was hostess 20 the Wash
in-ton Eed Cross auxiliary. No. L.
Thursday afternoon. The time was
speut knitting The auxiliary VIII
meet next Thursday afternoon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-17
GeOr3ette BlOuSeS S.. so

We have a right to be enthusiastic about these new
GeOrgette bOuSeS we are selling at S5.5O-retine-
ment, elegance, distinction that women love so well
i'll bouSeS. You'll surely want one of these bouSeS
at $3.50
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-17

4 card party vas enjoyed oy the
Members OF the Wanits Sewing cir
r1s Thursday afternoon AZ the Red
Men hall There were i've tables.
rbe mem hers viii give another
~sr5 marty IN two weeks az the hall
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-17

meeting OF the Impromptu
Climb Red cross Auxiliary, No. 10,
WAS held With Mrs. Richard Eloel
SOS Portage av.. Thursday after
,oon The time was spent sewing.
Tbe next meeting will he IN two
lie a. tha home Of Mrs. Elbel.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-17

Members Of the Women hlole
lass OF the First Brethren church
,-ss AZ the home OF Mrs. c. f. Reed,
9o5 r Tut ST.. Thursday afternoon
~ sew for the poor. Refreshments
,s-e served and the members viii
meet sept. 90 az the church-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19
ACTION VS..

1t is all very well to boast of our wonderful resources, our
patriotism, our inventive genius and our resourcefuIness, and
to take comfort from the fact that we are remote from the scene
of European strife. Yet no man in possession of the facts and
his right senses doubts for a moment that should the European
war cease within the next six months by a forcing of England.
France and Russia to terms, this country will be at the mercy
of Germany. The plea that she could not spare soldiers for in
vasion is preposterous, but granting it to be true we must still
acknowledge that the German navy, much more powerful than
our own, would still have us comparatively powerless. Our
own navy disposed of, as it would be, the German ships could
levy tribute on practically every coast city in the country, cut
us off from commerce and even from communication with the
outside world, seize the Panama canal and our insular possess
sions, and bring us to humiiatng terms within a few short
months. 1t is we'll to look the situation square in the face and
prepare to meet any emergency that may arise. There has been
entirely too much spreadeagleism and vainglorious CUFF and
not enough realization of disagreeable conditions. Other wars
have been lost through the foolish overconfdence with which
the losers entered the struggles.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19
ALL T S

They are all aiming for Russia now. Germany is talking
peace through the socialists. Turkey is willing to agree to the
opening of the Dardanelles, provided Turkey can retain its po-
siion there, and Sweden is negotiating for food supplies from
that country, for which a separate peace, it is said, is being
urged. Russia is just now the prize that they are all after. But
Russia is showing an increasing disposition to stand by her al
lies. The latest proposal along such lines is the one for the
creation of a coalition cabinet; that is, a government in which
all parties and classes will be represented. All that is neces-
sary for Russia to do is to stand pat a little longer and then all
the good things will come to her, and not only to her, but to her
%neighbors, even the German people will be freed from their own
military bondage, while the Slavs, who have been grooming un-
der the Hapsburgs, will have their national entities re-estab-
Iished. All these are the greater ends for which Russia can
now assist in the war. The separate peace that they are hold
ing out to her disorganized government are all postponements
of the national achievements which are most worth while. There
is now no wisdom in patching up things, for patched up things
will grow worse again. The way to do with the present situa-
ton is to cut out the sore spots, roots and all, as surgeons do
with cancers. Enough lives have already been sacrificed to
make it a world crime to stop short of the final goal now. And
we continue to believe that Russia will see her duty along such
lines. An idealistic people could hardly do otherwise.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19
THE LESSON OF THOSE RIFLES

The people who have been complacently assuming that mill
tary preparedness is a matter of a few weeks must have suf-
fered a profound shock the other day when it developed in con-
gress that the government is not prepared even to arm with
Springfield rifles the troops that are now being raised. 1t is
stated that it will require at least a year to make the machin-
cry necessary to equip the plants and that it will be several
months later before the supply of rifles turned out will be ade-
quate. AS a consequence it is going to be necessary to arm our
soldiers with the vastly inferior Enfield rifle, a gun used by
the English army. Naturally it is necessary for a standard rifle
to be used by our troops, SO the Springfelds now on hand must
be discarded until such a time as all can secure them.
1t would seem that any sort of foresight at all on the part
of the government would have provided against such a lament
able eventuality many months ago, but it did not, SO we must
make the best of a bad situation. AS Lord Northclffe so en-
phatically declared in a recent article, the ~lethargy our govern
ment has displayed in the face of a terrible menace is too amaz-
ing to be understood and too blameworthy to be condoned.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

The Republican vOuches for the general palnstaklng ac-
cnracv of Colonel Stibbs and expresses the view that if the
figures had not been strictly correct and carefully verified the
Colonel would not have used them.
It will be noted that a quarter of a million soldiers were
under i6 wears of age while of the men over IA there were only
10000 in all. of which the state of Iowa furnished one whole
regiment. known as the "Gray- beard regiment"
The writer personally recalls at least three men of his own
acquaintance who. by cOncealing their real age, entered the
service under II, and no doubt there are many others in Gold
field who can recall even a larger list.
As we recall the figures upon which our original statement
was based. the average age at enlistment of those who served
in the Union army was under 20 and the average age of the
army when mustered out at the close of the war was slightly
over %.
I'm view of the fact that Congress has fixed the age Emlta-
tons for the army now to be organized at from n to 81, both
inclusive. this will probably fix the average age at approximate
" %. or two years above the average age of the Union army
when mustered out in 1865.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19
THE II f

The action of the Chicago Board of Trade in wiping from
the board all May options in wheat and the possibility of SINH
lar action in relation to July contracts gives further emphasis
to the initiation of prices as a result of speculation. 1t now
seems more and more probable that the government will as
sumo control of food prices in certain commodities as well as
control of distribution.
The governments forecasts place the winter wheat at 1866
100000 bushels, which is the lightest in thirteen years. This
is l29,OOOOOO short of the average for the past five years. In
1915 we had a bumper wheat crop, when it was about 675OOO,-
600. Last year we had a fair winter wheat yield, but this year
the estimates fall 100000 below that.
We come now to the spring wheat crop. In 1915, the
bumper year, we had %352,OOOOoO bushels of spring wheat. But
our average of spring wheat falls almost 100000 below that,
or about 25O,OOO,OOO bushels. There has been a big seeding of
spring wheat, much of the land on which the winter wheat was
larger paintings in the ordinary spring wheat sections of the
country, to take advantage of the failures in winter wheat.
But with the most hopeful conditions we can hardly hope to
grow much more than 100000 bushels of spring wheat.
This would place our total wheat supply out of this years
crops below %70o,OO0,OOO bushels, and it may not go much over
6%OO,OOOOOO, if we take the gloomier view of the outlook. But
we require over 6OO!OOOOOO bushels for our own home consump-
ton and for seed requirements. In other words, we will this
year have not much more wheat than we need at home, which
means none for export at a time when the foreign demand will
be heaviest.
Unfortunately also the wheat crops in other parts of the
world are not more favorable in outlook than they are here in
the United States. The harvests III Argentine have been bad.
The Canadian northwest is a spring wheat country and the
outcome of the paintings, which are still in progress, we be-
lieve. remain to be determined.
What is our manifest duty in the face of this situation?
We must take an international view of this matter. 1t is not
for us to crafty ourselves when others may be in need. We
must learn to economic on wheat. We must eat more of corn
products, more beans and more potatoes after the new crops
begin to come in. We can get along with half of the wheat that
we have been in the habit of consuming. We can do it, and
we must do it, and the soaring wheat and flour prices will COM
pei us to do it. We ought to go to whole wheat flour bread
as soon as possible. and it is estimated that this alone will en-
able us to save 100000 bushels. or even more. Bread with
the bran and middlings in it has been recently highly recon-
mended as more wholesome than the bOlted white flour with
which we have been RECALLING ourselves. We take the best
punishment out of the wheat and give it to the COWS and the
pigs. Let's restore it to ourselves.
Do not look to someone else tO do tho saving Int q tO if
that you do your bit and begin doing it today-not later than
tomorrow. at least.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19
On THE ROLL OF n

y roll of honor is the list of names of the young men who
are going into the training camps, there to receive instructions
and stand for final examination for commissions in the new
army. The published lists do not contain the names of all
whose applications have been passed by the examining boards,
but the omission Of these does not signify invidious distinction
by the army officers. Accommodations at the camps are linn
tied. and some of the aspirants necessarily must wait for the
second call. The first to go are favored by chance rather than
choice. Others will get their full opportunity to make good,
and will be none the worse for waiting a little longer for their
turn. The eagerness of youth may lead them to fret a little
under the disappointment, but a little patience may well be
mixed with their patriotism. 1t will not dampen their ardor
nor check their enthusiasm, and in time all who have made
application will get to go, for all will be needed. Plenty of
work for everybody will be found in war time, and service
anywhere is honorable.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19
LAND OPERATIONS AND THE U-BOAT

Piercing the German line at the present point of attack in
France, according to the military experts, finds its real import
ance i'll connection with the operations at sea. Clearing France
and Belgium of the German invaders may follow in time, but
the greater need just now is to reduce the toll of the submarine
What really depends on the present great drive against the Hin
denburg line is of special moment because of its probable effect
on the war on water. If the breach made at Fresnoy, Lens and
Whereabouts serves to force back from the seaports the German
line in western Flanders and Belgium, the bases from which
the main U-boat operations are carried on will be cut off and
these operations restricted, since it will lengthen their cruise
to and from the waters in which their devastation is wrought
and send the submarine back to the great German naval base
along with the kaisers other fighting ships so completely bot
tied up by the British navy. While defense against submarine
attack is being eagerly sought, the allied offensive on the west
en line is doing much to lessen the effectiveness of the under
water operations.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19
AMERICAN GENIUS TO THE FORE

Whether Thomas Ava Edison has solved the problem of
defense against the U-boat is not yet definitely determined.
The point is that he and others are working on the great ques-
ton and it will be answered. American inventive genius has
met every crisis in human life so far. Each war has developed
some new method of Offense or defense that has startled the
world, but always a check has been found for one or the other.
All that has made war so terribly destructive, with the possible
exception of the gas bombs, has come from American research
and invention. Improvement in arms and armOr, the repeating
rifle, the machine gun, the hydraulic recoil for artillery, the
aeroplane, the submarine itself, are all of American origin, and,
knowing this, we surely will provide the check. Just as
Ericsson gave the world the monitor at a critical time, so Edi-
son or another American scientist or inventor will present a
workable defense against the submarine. Then genius will set
about to discover some more formidable weapon and the con-
test for supremacy between ofense and defense will be re-
newed.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19
ESSENTIAL TO PERMANENT PEACE

All discussion of possible peace terms based on both sides
giving up conquered territory and foregoing demands for war
indemnities as being the peace without victory" for which
President Wilson once expressed a hope proceeds on the theory
that this is solely a war of land grab and plumber. Were that
the case the United States would have no rightful part in the
conflict. for, whatever the aims or purposes of other countries,
we have no hidden or sordid motives whatever and have abso-
luely nothing to gain in the way of material ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
On the contrary, the impelling reason for our entrance into the
European conflict has been plainly and truthfully stated by
President Wilson, being the menace that would come to dem
ocracy everywhere from an unchecked and triumphant military
autocracy. 1t is the policy of 'ruthlessness' requisite to the
supremacy of military autocracy, that which defies all treaty
obligations and accepted rules of international law and invades
neutral territory, as was done in Belgium, and which sets up
exclusive ownership of the high seas belonging to all nations,
as embodied in the submarine ulimatum that the United States
is combating and in self respect cannot submit to.
Public disclaimer of all desire for conquest and indemnity
might be progress toward the end, but along with it must come
some proposal to meet the main issue of good faith between
nations in a satisfactory way, if the settlement, whenever it
comes. is to be not a temporary truce, but a permanent peace.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

The Kronprinz Wilhelm will be the Baron Won Steuben
and the Prinz Eitel will be the Baron de Kalb on the high seas
during the rest of the war, or until sunk by submarines. Chang
ing the names of the German ships from little kaiserlings to
the great patriots who helped to fight the American revolution
was decidedly a change for the better.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

One hundred and eighty thousand men scattered through
fortysX states are reported to have applied for a chance to
follow Roosevelt to Europe. Maybe that's the reason Secretary
Baker doesn't want to let him go.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19
AGE LIMITS FOR AN ARMY

The Tribune recently made the statement that the average
age of the soldiers of the American civil war at the date of en-
listment was under 20 years. The statement was made from
the writer's memory of an article published many years ago
and has been frequently questioned. 1t is, of course, an astound-
ing statement, astounding, at least to those who have never
examined the records or have given it but casual thought or
consideration.
The Cedar Rapids Iowa Republican recently published
figures in detail based upon a compilation used in a public ad-
dress bv a former officer of the civil war, Colonel John Stbbs,
and which has been widely copied. These figures are credited
to the official records of the adjutant generals office in Wash
ingtOn and are as follows:
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

Railroads are going to utilize the war situation to discon-
tinue a lot of duplicated passenger service presumably main
tanned at a cost of more than is brought in. The shrewd rail
managers are not going to let anything get by them =
that's why they are railroad managers |!
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

Canadian losses in killed, wounded and missing since the
beginning of the war total 1888, or about % per cent of its
overseas force. The high proportion of losses attest the ValOr
and the great achievements of the Canadian contingent.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

Colonel Roosevelt is an eX- pres,1en: of t." United States a
soldier, an explorer and an all around American. He has asked
to lead a body of volunteers who are keeE to follow him to the
European war front. And this desire is blocked, or was blocked,
bv a lot of demagogues in congress-the identical men who had
to be cOerced in order to wiring from them a reluctant support
of the government in the present crisis. What do you think
about it, anyhow?
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

Ten years, from Fl to 80, inclusive, span the age of active
The multitude of excluded elders will not escape, how
Theirs is the task of paying the bill that spells hustle.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

Strange as it may appear in some quarters, Mars road
'oller lumbers along without the advice or assistance of Colonel
Bryan.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

A shortage of trained medical men confronts us, notwith-
standing the steady output of all our medical colleges. The
doctor factories will have to speed up!
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-05-19

Signs of painful awakening multiply in Germany. The
melancholy end is fOreshadOwed in editorial searchings for a
convenient goat.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
Mobilization in
The Kitchen

From the point of view OF world
economies we are urged to substitute
corn, rye, barley, buckwheat, etc, for
much Of our wheat this year. Mr.. Hoov-
err in his appeal to the housewives calls
for one wheatless meal a day.
From the point of view of the sup
ply of corn, such a substitution will be
an advantage to the country. Ordi-
narily the quantity Of corn produced in
the United States is from three to four
times the quantity of wheat, but only
from s TO 10 per cent of IT has been
used for human food.
There may be hesitation on the part
of some who have learned that stock
raisers have long looked upon corn as
an incomplete ration for growing anil
mails, also that pellagra is especially
prevalent among peoples that habitual-
ly eat a great deal of corn meal, and
that the diseased condition has been at
tributed to that habit =.
/ In the study % the possible causes OF
/ these i'll effects it is found that among
the proteins extracted from various
/ sources the proteins of corn are rela-
lively unsatisfactory for the important
/ task of tissue building. The principal
protein OF the corn grain is zein, and
! zein is an, incomplete protein IN the
/ sense that it does not contain all or
| the units which are required for main
tenance and for growth. Corn is def
Gent in protein value as compared with
some foods. ,
Another pronounced deficiency Of
corn which has been detected is IN the
so-called mineral" constituents-the
salts-which are necessary chiefly for
building the bony structure and main
tanning the character of the body fiuids
An ideal mixture of mineral salts is.
/ for example, such as is found in milk
or IA hens eggs.
So far as investigation has shown no
complaint need be made against the
carbohydrate or the fat Of corn meal;
those dietary accessories, the so-called
yitamines, which are fascinating certain
workers nowadays-elusive as TO their
chemical nature, but convincing enough
as to their indispensability in nutrition
those cannot all be obtained from
corn meal in sufficient amount for per-
fectly normal life, including growth.
ASS matter Of fact, therefore, after
| making out the worst case we can
against the corn, we decide that IL Is a
perfectly good and wholesome food to
| Introduce into the general dietary, and
that scientific Investigations as well as
economic demands justify the substitu-
ton this year Of as much corn meal as
possible In place OF wheat four.-Scien-
tifc American.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
Captain Basil Hood Dead
Translator of "The Merry
Widow" Succumbs in London

LONDON, Aug. captain Basil
Hood, dramatic author, was found dead
in London to-day.
Captain Hood, who was ifty-three
years of age, served fifteen years in
the Britisch army, for ten years as a
subaltern, after studying in the Royal
Military College. He was promoted to
captaincy in 1898, and retired in
1898.
Captain Hood wrote great deal for
the stage, mostly In lighter vein. Tho
Rose Of Persia" and "Ib and Little
Christina" were perhaps his best
known serious plays. He made the
English translation of "The Merry
Widowo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
Wanamaker to Give Dinner
Son of Merchant To Be Mar
ried on Saturday

John wanamaker, jr., whose mar
rage to Miss Pauline Disston, daugh-
ter Of Mrs. William Disston. takes
place August IL at Newport, will give
his farewell bachelor dinner this even
ing at Sherry's. The wedding will take
place at 1 o'clock in Emmanuel Church,
and reception will follow at the
Morrell Cottage, on Shepherd Avenue,
which Mrs, Disston has taken for the
summer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-08
Edward Wiseman

PITTSFIELD, Mass, Aug. Ed
ward Wlseman, a lawyer of Boston.
twenty-four years old, and at one time
pitcher for the Boston National League
baseball club, died here to-day. He
was with the Boston team seven years
ago, going to the club from Boston
Latin High School. Burial will be in
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