South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-22
BY W. T. W.

We met and talked 20 Bill Hohen-
zollern Tor fully an hour Thursday
night, We did that: and II was all
SO real and interesting that We are
going 20 set down the conversation
just as IL took place-in a dream.
The former kaiser came swagger-
ing into The News-Times office at
time when the entire force was
busy. as it always is When the
girls saw him they ran screaming 10
the street, but we maafully stuck
TO our post We must have realized
10 was only "a dream, we think. As
Stunning an attitude as meek as a
child's ne asked where ne could find
Ostrander. Mishawaka' PR mier real
estate agent and photographer. He
wanted 10 buy The News-Times
building, which at one time belonged
20 the former. who keeps advertis-
ing il for sale in exchange for
farm. believing. OF course, he is still
the r,ghtful owner.
We entered into conversation with
Wilhelm who said ne had been
much impressed with the originality
Of Ostrander's 10 word classified ad-
refreshments which appeared in
every issue of the German Court
Weekly Drawing a copy OF the
most recent number from his pocket
he pointed out the one that had
tickled his fancy. IL read. For
sale. modern business block in
AIishawaka. Will exchange for
barn" Forced 10 beat 10 out Of Ger
many he had come To Mishawaka
TO make the deal lie said he had
slept in a barn in the vicinity of
OsceoIa the night previous, which
from his description we judged be
longed 10 Harrison A. Moran. Well,
he was willing TO exchange this for
the Mishawaka block and he want
ed TO see Ostrander in order 10 put
the transaction over.
We explained that the royal prin-
ter probably Joseph Wentand, mad
made "a mistake in the word barn
which should have read farm.
However. we felt sure ii would be
an easy matter for his ex-nibs to go
out and corral a farm which might
meet the requirements of the ad-
vertisemeEt. We knew Ostrander
would make a deal of some sort with
him. as he was advertising every
building i'm the city for sale, includ-
ing St Joseph's church and hos
pitaIt He did this TO have people
come 10 his studio to have their pic
lures taken. II was a real good
business stunt and Wilhelm was
deeply impressed with Americas
business methods as illustrated 10y
the former president OF Misha-
waka's defunCt business mems asso-
citation.
our visitor very frankly talked
about the war. declaring positively
he had nothing to do with the start
ing of il, I'm fact he laid the entire
blame on his military advisers. who
had Struggled him out OF the cOun-
try while they laid the fuse that al
most smothered the world. of
course. ne was glad the allies were
victorious. and intended staying
around I'm hopes vi eventually get
ting a postohice. to which he de
clared ne was rightly entitled.
He gave us TO understand he was
hungry and thirsty but We informed.
him that German dishes had been
cut from the restaurant menus after
this country got into the scrap. and
that neither lraut nor pretzels were
longer available We told him he
might get a drink AT the city hall,
but ne said he had seen the mayor
stock of 100 gallons of liquor seized
since prohibition went into effect
had evaporated, and there was moth
ing left excepting the fumes around
the corridors of the building
Drawing note book from HIS
pocket ne read MS list of eight