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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
MURDER OR SUICIDE IN
THIS OPERATORS CASE?
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CHICAGO. Aug. - Police were
divided on theories OF murder and
suicide today i'm the case of Miss
Elaine cont pretty 20-year-old tele-
phone operator. found shot 10 death
I'm her room AZ he home Of her
stepfather. JohT rrnnickder.
Schneider aCru.ted 20 the police
that ne had pm l.s ned Miss Cont two
hours before the shooting because
of her impudence 10 him"
Clarence Marx a neighbor. who
rushed 10 tho Schneider home
when he heard the shooting. said the
revolver was found on a dressing
table. 1--WE feet from the girls body.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
CHICAGO FACTORIES CLOSE

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CHICAGO. Aug I. - The second
city today gasped i'm the heat for
the 18th consecutive day and Health
Commissioner Robinson feared that
the toll of u lives already taken
would be greatly increased.
Scores of persons were Frustrated
and horses dropped on the hot
streets 10y the dozens Many factor
les closed down at noon and laborers
working i'm the open were forced
20 quit. over 100000 persons spent
the evening on the beaches.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
Goodrich Tells
Facts in Fight
On Coal Prices
International News Service

International News Service.
COLUMBUS. Ind. Aug. THE
Peabody coal committee Of the coun-
ell of national defense kept the oper-
ators Of Indiana from fixing a price
OF $3.50 for domestic lump and 81
for mine run Indiana coal al the
mines. according TO Gov. James p.
Goodrich. who has made public his
entire action in the coal situation In
"a letter 10 a local newspaper.
Gov Goodrich says the operators
have tentatively agreed 20 price Of
SAYS for domestic lump and the
state authorities sought a price OF
s2.50 a ton.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
- DEAD IN CLEVELAND.

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CLEVELAND. O.. Aug deaths
occurring during a sweltering night
brought the list of heat victims
here TO % today. Scores Of prostra-
tions are reported several other
persons beiue near death in hos
pitfalls and homes. Fifteen died. vic
Tins OF the unprecedented heat
wave during the last - hours
Thirteen Of them we're babies. The
little ones are suffering most. Milk
is scarce and the price today went
from 10 TO - cents.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
JERRY CONAN. FAMOUS
COMEDY STAR. Is DEAD

international News Service.
NEW YORK, Aug. - Jerry J.
Conan. father of George Cohan and
head Of the famous family OF comedy
stars. died today az his country
home at Munroe. Orange county.
New York Death was caused by
hardening Of the arteries. All mem
bers OF the family were present
Mr.. Cohan was SIS years old. His
last professional appearance was in
George Cohan's musical comedy
The Yankee Princess" nine years
ago Two years ago ne appeared
In the Friars FrOlic
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
BRITISH TANKS CHECK RUSS
ROUT: DO SCOUT DUTY.

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LONDON. Aus. L. British tanks"
have played an important part i'm
checking the rout OF the Russian
army on the GaliCian front said a
dispatch from the Times cor
respondent today
Some Of the cars were So badly
damaged by German and Austrian
artillery that they had % be abdn.
doned. cut by being pat out of action
they did splendid service.
In the Buczacz-Darach0w sector
the armored cars under command OF
Commander Locker Sampson Of the
British army. caused heavy casual
ties 20 the Teutons and returned
with valuable information about the
positions Of the Austro-German
forces
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
BEGIN EXAMS AT CHICAGO.

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CHICAGO. Aug. Physical eX-
animation of Chicago's drafted men
was started today in one-third of
the city's Sc exemption districts.
In district No. 20. which en-
braces a steel manufacturing and
ship building center. il was thought
the quota Of 29O out Of the 5,O37
registered men could not he obtain
ed. About As per cent are aliens.
80 per cent skilled mechanics and
% per cent are employed in ship
yards. Draft rules make them all
exempt
Lambert J. Mullen was the first
man selected to ''gO over the top"
He was the 23rd man registered, but
he was not afraid of "skiddoo."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
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International News Service.
LONDON. Aug. THE titanic
battle which opened yesterday in
West Flanders stm ragged today
In the first rush of the new Of
iensi,e the Anglo-French armies
captured upward Of 1000 German
prisoners and more than a dozen Wiz
lagos and fortified positions on 20
mile front between the Franco Bel
gian border and Nieuport
The gigantic struggle. which fol-
lowed the most savage ombardment
i'm the history OF warfare. has given
the British and French troops gains
Of from two 10 three miles OF ter
ritory and they are still progressing.
Counter Attacks Fail.
Furious German counter attacks
were made during the night but the
assaults broke down before the stern
resistance uf the allies
Despite the e,tent oT their victory.
che AngIo-Freuch troops suffered
slight losses Dispatches from the
West Flanders front today told OF
shell wrecked trenches blasted dug
outs and shell craters were found 20
1e run Of maugled German corpses.
Every instrument OF modern war
fare is playing it's part in the action.
Heavy artillery Dr. stiu pounding the
German positions and the lines Of
communication behind the German
front while battle planes dart
through the air on scouting cruises
or for the purpose OF pouring rain
of machine gun fire into the German
soldiers In their earth works. Tanks
mingIe with the soldiers. laboriously
blowing their way across the shell
torn field. crushing the dead beneath
their pOuderOus wheels
Prisoners Are Dcmoralized.
German prisoners were completely
demoralized They declared that the
British e.unonade was 30 intense
that some OF the BaEar.au units on
the first line had 90 DEE Withdrawn
Seasoned veterans used % heavy ere,
were turned into raElng maniacs by
the horrors to which rhey were SUBJ
jected
Dariuz the nr-r day.z lighting a
severe thunderstorm came up and
the soldiers. as they taJt.ed. were
drenched hy the dowupour The
rain. however. did not diminish the
fusy OF the struggle although DO ham
dicapped the mer 1v turning The
thick dust 20 slippery mud. The
big guns r5ared as usual. it was said,
throwing their prejecules through
the pouring wet
a battle in West Flanders has been
anticipated as the reports ~ violent
artillery firing n that sector iudi-
Gated for some time that FIELD Mar
shall Haig was preparins for "A new
stroke
German Reserve faH.
The Germans. anticipating drive
i'm Belgium. had massed reserves.
but so well directed and violent was
the fre of the British artillery. that
the German reserves could not be
held close 90 the firing line Unable
20 form an effective concentration.
the Germans were handicapped
when the infantry fighting came.
because DO took some time 90 rLsh
their reserve troops 90 the first line
positions.
Among the Belgian villages taken
from the Germans were PIken.
Hooge. Bixschoote and Steenstraete.
All had been fortified by the Ger
mans.
This viii probably go down Boo HIS
tory as the third hattie ~ y pres. The
scene Of the main lighting is just a
little over 80 miles from Zeebrugge.
the German submarine base Ina Bel
glum.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
BOARD MAKES BEACH
SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY

International News Service:
CHICAGO, Aug. THE Oak ST.
Gold Coast-bathing beach in Lin
coin park has been made safe for
democracy.
Following the discharge OF two
girls and four men arrested for
bathing in barred waters-barred
because the rich d.d not want 70
view the proletariat from their man
sious on the drive abOve-the Lin
coin park board threw the beach
open TO the public for eight hours
each day.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
FOUR DIE IN 81. LOUIs.

International News Service.
ST LOUIS, No. Aug. l. The
heat wave here claimed two more
victims today bringing the death
toll i'm the last IS hours TO four
The temperature reached 90 yes
terday
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
ONE IN SIX AVAILABLE.

International News Service:
CLEVELAND. O.. Aug l. - Re
suits from the first two days exam
nations for the draft army in
Cleveland's biggest district brought
the prediction from officials that 500
per cent OF the quota would have 20
be called 10 get enough soldiers
Summons We're sent 10 1882 add
tiOnal men.
Only one man In six examined Is
available One-third are barred
being aliens OF physically unfit
Eighty-three per cent OF the men
classed as 1T claim exemption. II
is likely $4,000 will have 10 be eX-
amined here TO get the first quota
Of S,S41 men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
STANDARD OIL LOSES
ITS STEAMER, M0TAN0
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NEW YORK. Aug. H. Sinking
Of the American steamer Motar o
with possible loss OF life was report
cd 90 ner owners. the Standard on
60. OF New Jersey. here today The
Notano carried a crew of about 30
men but the company was advised
that only p Cf these have been
landed.
The Montana displaced 2,550 tons
and was steel screw three-master.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
POCKET PIECE FOR OoNsCRIPTs
InternatIonnl News Servlce.

International News Service:
DENVER, Colo. Aug L. Each
one Of the 4.OO4 CoIoradians draft
ed into federal service will take
with him a SO gold coin as a lucky
piece. The state legislature voted
the gifts 20 the young men.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01

A cool breeze swept South Bend
and vicinity Wednesday, bringing
slight relief after the heavy atmO-
sphere Of Tuesday. While the mer-
curry has lowered near the boiling
point here, the suffering has been in
no way as great as IN other cities of
Indiana, according TO wire reports
Thunderstorms are predicted for
northern Indiana tonight
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
REPORT GERMAN NrUTINY

In teruatiOuaI News Service
AMSTERDAM. Aug. l-Frontier
advices received here today said
that 200 German soldiers mutinied
recently in Antwerp refusing 90 90
10 the front
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
sLACKERs DIDN'T SLACK

TuferunfiUnHI NCWs NcrVlre-
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Aug. L.
Seven slackers were discharged in
federal court here after they gave
satisfactory evidence that they did
mot slack Intentionally
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
GET SOCKS FOR sANDnEs.

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INDTANAPOLIS Ind. Aug. L.
The committee which pledged 1000
pairs OF socks for Indiana soldiers
announced today that the mum Der
has nearly been reached.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01
BOMBs GERMAN PRIsONERs.

international News Service:
PARIS. Aug. IA German avia-
tor. flying behind the French lines.
dropped a number OF bombs on a
camp fun Of German prisoners, said
a dispatch received here today.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01

International News Service.
NEW YORK, Aug. No RELIEF
was in sight today from the record
breaking heat wave that holds the
country in It's grip.
The mercury threatened 10 climb
even higher in greater New York.
where 30 persons died and more
than 200 were overcome yesterday
and last night AT 6 this morning
the temperature was 81. but il had
climbed 90 nearly go by S o'clock,
more than TO degrees higher than at
the same hour yesterday.
Hundreds of establishments have
closed down almost entirely. I'm
many places the workers refused TO
continue at work longer.
Thousands spent the night ON the
beaches surrounding greater New
York
Flock To Resorts.
70 is estimated that 100000 visited
Coney Island alone last night and
fully $4,000 spent the entire night
there upon the beach
Reports from all along the eastern
coast today indicated that more than
100 persons had died from the heat
I'm this part Of the country alone.
Animals perished 10y the hundreds.
I'm the streets of New York horses
were dropping an day long Many OF
them laid i'm the streets for hours.
the health departments forces oeinS
So overworked they could not re-
move them all.
Tuesday was the hottest July on
record here The maximum official
temperature Of 9S, reached at I'm
the afternoon. has only been exceed
ed twice i'm g. years ON Sept 6. I'm
1851. the temperature was 100, and
ON July g. 1898. 10 was 90.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-01

CONTINUED on PAGE FOURl
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Luke McLuke Says

With Woman Suffrage making steady gains, and Stateswomen being elected to Congress, a Congressman will have to have a care how he uses the old reference about Politics mak- ing strange bed-follows when he is making a speech.
 Never try to guess a woman's age from the number of candles on her birthday cake.
 AZ cOlored head waiter is about the only man wO can look as inn portant as a white drum major.
 During the Honeymoon she wants him to preserve all of his precious hair when he has it cut, so that she can save it for posterity. But later on, if she finds one ofhis airs on the dresser, she acts as if she was disgusted.
 What doth it profit a man to fos- ter friendship with a girl? She will only want to marry him and end the 
 The Prohibitionist who denies you your personal liberty to drink what you please insists on his per 3onal liberty to make you drink what he tells you to.
 The International Gas Congress convenes but once a year. But if you patronize some saloons you would imagine that it was in session lll the time.
 When man is tempted to do | wrong his first thought isn't devoted | o the moral effect of yielding to the emptation It is devoted to the .hances of getting caught if he fields.
 Why is it that Good Fellow"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
ADVERTISED LETTERS

Letters remaining uucalled for al the post office at Juneau, Alaska Jan. 8, 1917, Parties wishing same should call for Advertised Letters" and give date of list:
 Pete Anderson, Conrad Anderson, J. E. Ames, Sam Aronsen, A. x. Anderson, Mrs. R. w. Bayless, G, B. Bergeson, L. II. Bruce, Mrs. B. Bran non, Seg, Benson, l.. L. Berner, John L. Bjornberg, C. J. Bledsoe (2), Da. yid Bolt, R. Boyer @, Steve Cher, noff, Pat Gafferty, Miss Antonette Cartier, Ylijce Deretich, Anton Deg. rernel, Henry Ernvich, finders Eric. son, Ed Fegulsa, Henry Ford, Phil Flynn, Carl Fellstrom, Prof. c. Green (2), Wm. H. Gordham, Geo. B. Han son, Miss Marie Housley, James A. Hope, Tom Hoelt, Fred Harmonson. Gus. Johanusen, Mrs. Mary times, Mrs. Guticha lin, K. F. Jensoen, Nell
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
THE PISTOL POCKET" AND THE MENACE

While the pernicious gun-carryiug habit Of Western America is fortunately growing less popular t is still collecting its toll Of death and every little while we brought face 60 face with the circumstance that the association in the public mind of pecuari,ics Of
 the ha5i, often result faaly-Gor instance. the pistol pocket" The formerly general practice of carrying gun in the right hip trousers pocket has caused the death oi many 8 man who neye~ owned gun ia his Gte A fearing trouble, seeking t sees or thinks he sees prctcnds he sees make movement toward the pistol pocket" and he shoots The facts disclosed at a corouers inquest CT a trial before a jury Often the victim was unarmed, bU; the association in the m!uI Of the pistol pocket peculiari,y Of the guncarrying habit has claimed its dead-or else cheated justice through a fraudulent fear of peril defense.
 One of the latest incidents of death through the association of the pistol pocket" with the gun-carry- jns ha5, occurred in St Louis A policeman thought he the track of a burglar. He met a lowly minister of the gospel on the street The latter reached for his right hip pocket. and the policeman fired. The preacher fell with fatal wound. I was discovered that he had put small package Of sausage in his pocket and sOUgh, Co change it's position, not dreaming that the policeman had him on his mind at all No one seems to place particular blame on the policeman-Uness it be blame for an American disposition shoot first, another outgrowth Of the gun.carrying habit
 At a time when we are deyoting great deal of attention to conservation. Americans should give more attention to this gun.carryng habit and it's peculiar ties. The conservation Ot human life is an important thing-the most important phase of conservation Al long forward step in life conservation would be to remove the bad name that the right hip trousers pocket bears.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

The present food crisis recalls the proposal made four years ago by Judge Frederick Bausman Of Seattle that the State ot Washington sell bonds the amoun; Of $20OO0OoO and the money to purchase logsed. off lands and prepare them for cultivation. His pan was to get people from the overcrowded ceuters Of population onto the farm. Judge Bausman predicted what has come to pass-that the world was fast approaching the time when it would be necessary for to produce more for people to eat and wear
 The plan rejected, but conditions today show how wisely Judge Bausman planned Is the State Of Washington had followed his advice that State would be producing tooIstu.ts the value Of $S5OOOOO to S9Oo0O0O year in excess Of the present prodUc- ton. This would be enough feed 5OoOo people for year. |; would feed nearly half that many and pro- duce enough to purchase clothes and other necessities for them What ,ae United States needs more than any other one thing now is more crop producing acreage, and further agricultural improvement
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Incorporated 1914

Ithe problem, and within a few weeks it was possible to subject to practi- cal tests "battleship" which an- swered the requirements as to ar nor and armament.
 Mir. Churchill, the then First Lord, and Lord Fisher, the First Sea Lord, approved the Hand battle ship" idea, but when Sir Percy Scott was consulted he was not fa- vorable to it, being convinced that the enemy would quickly succeed in wrecling the battle ships" by heavy artillery even before they could be brought into action. The size of the target supported Sir Percy Scotts contention, and the strength of the position of the famous gum nery expert took up was admitted.
 It was at this point that Com modorc Murray Sueter hit upon the idea of adapting the Pedrail system to the Hand battle ship"
 Without delay all the information available in this country and Amer lea was obtained, and before Mir. Churchill, Mir. Lloyd George and a group of high War office officials q demonstration was given of the pow CTS of the caterpillar" in forcing wire cntanglemcnts and surmounting obstacles.
 The demonstration was so con vincing that instructions were given for the building of a considerable number of battle ships" Commo- dore Murray Sueter was instructed to take an important part in bring ing the squadron into being, but circumstances interfered to prevent his doing so.
 Commodare Murray Sueter, to whom therefore a large share of the credit for the tanks" must be accorded, was, in the early days Of the present century, perhaps. Eng lands most distinguished submarine officer, the book he then wrote on the problems of organizing that service, in the light of his actual experiences as commander of sub marine, being still regarded as the standard work on the subject. He was at one time commander of the ill-fated Al, and before that he commanded the earlier Holland sub marines.
 From submarines he turned his attention to the air, and he may be justly described as the maker of the Royal Naval Air Service, both before the war and after.
 He is an expert on the teChnicali- ties of both aeroplanes and sea planes, and also of airships.
 After Commodore Sueter, Major Hetherington should have more cred it than any one else for the pro- duction of the tanks. He is chief of the survey department of the Royal Naval Air Service at the White City, and was formerly in command of a squadron of armOred Cars-the predecessors of the tanks. Commander Briggs has been chief engineer officer at the Air Depart ment Admiralty, since war was de- clarcd He is responsible for the present high efficiency of aeroplane engines in the Royal Naval Air Service. He applied his engineering Knowledge to assist Commodore Suet- e. to design the original tanks"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12

usually has lot of bad habits?
 The gossip doesn't get her bad reputation merely because she re- peats everything she hears, It is because she repeats a whole lot that she doesn't hear.
 After a man has been married long enough he wouldn't mind his wife talking so much if she would only say something occasionally.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
The Inspired SolOist.

Did you notice last evening after the preacher had preached his pow erful and eloquent sermon on Hell" !" and the necessity for it, that the soloist impressively sang that beau tiful song, "Tei Mother I'll Be There. ."- (Henderson, Ky, JournalD
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Wuf

What is all this fuss over Greece, anyway" asked the old Fogy. Cant, the Allies win without that insignificant powcr?"
 "Well," replied the Crouch, "I be- lieve that the Allies need Greece to haste Turkey"
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Oh

Some hotels are poorly heated and some kept an even temperature day and night during the winter. But what we started to say was that Hcllman 6 Roast run the WidgOu House at Hart, Michigan.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
How About Itl

We are thinking of taking a spin down to Jacksonville over the Dixie Highway, and we would like to have O. G. Ccawright,. of Donald, S. G. and Will B. Swift, of McEwan, Tenn, act as our chauflcurs.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12

The Supreme Court Of Ohio is called upon by an enerprisng lawyers brief to decide whether or not the United States is at war with Mexico. Where's The Colonel and his recall judicial opinions? Here's a Court trying to recall popular decision by the voters. Ohio decided by 9OOOO plurality that Wilson kept us out of war. Colonel the Ohio Supreme Court charge,
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12

The pessimist without peer has been discovered. He says children made unhappy over brok. Christmas toys than they made happy by recev- ing them IT friend will keep his New Year reso- lUOns long enough he will recover just as little Mary will recover from the disappointment following the collapse Of her attempt ride in the doll buggy.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
They'll Warm You Up.

B. Winter Is a whiskcy dealer at Rock Island, III. But that's nothing. Freeze & Gale are liquor dealers at Ft. Wayne, Ind.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12

son James, George Rem, Emil Kloln.
 tes, Nils Knutsen, Jack Kinnel, Bean
 Kiheston, Ede Kono, c. F. Luebbon,
 P. Lucy, J. P. Lindsay, Alexander A. Mackenzie, R. F. Newton. Chas. Neeminen, Leopold (2), Pal mer Miss Bessie, John Baynes, Miss Lusa Rath, Ben Russell, Karl Rob- erts, Miss Astrid Roln, T. Tvinge. seth, Ed Tomsen, Mable Wilson, Jinx Williams.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12
Wise Man.

There was no Christmas jam at the last minute in the postohice at Silver Grove, Ky. Barley Rush is the Postmaster there, and he made the natives live up to his name.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12

The Guggenbems should worry about the things that said in their names They hold over 100000 shares of Utah Copper which paid nineteen and half millions in dividends last year. and control Ken necott. which paid over sixteen and a half millions And these only parts of their copper holdings.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12

Among the things that seem too good to be true are obituary notices and tombstone inscriptions.
 The love letters in a breach of promise suit are not so apt to be paid for on acceptance as on pub lication
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-01-12

With some people the problem of making both ends meet depends up- on whether they are straight or crooked.