South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-11
NO AME RICAN
WILL TALK PEACE
Rev. Titus Tells Credit Men
Peace Must Come
VIGOROUSLY.

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I Declaring that the American who
1 talks peace with Germany at this
/ time is a traitor. Rev. @. W. Titus
Of Mishawaka, in an address before
the members Of the South Bend
| Credit Mems association in the
Rotary room OF the Oliver hotel
| Thursday night. urged that the war
continue until the German menace
is wiped from the face OF the earth.
There is no peace until this
world has been made a safe place
in which to live" declared the
I speaker. II am glad 10 see Pres't
/ Wilson take the stand against the
/ insidious move OF the German mil
| itary power"
This was the first meeting OF the
year Of the association. and a good
attendance was present. A number
/ Of reports from the ehairmen of va
rious committees was called for by
Pres't r. o. Morgan of the organ
ization.
Just as the members and their
guests had gathered around the
table at the dinner which preceded
the regular meeting, Miss Nordica
Ponds. the only active woman mem
| Der of the association. asked per-
mission 10 say a few words.
Presents Service Flag.
a little more than 1900 years
ago the first service flag was thrown
| out to the world That flag was
flung over an obscure manger, the
! 4 Z o
began Miss Pond. Thirty three years
later the one star in that flag was
i'shanged to gold.
And so the service flag has be-
come TO mean much 10 us. Since the
great war began our association has
given seven of its members 10 the
! service Of their and our government.
| They have gone 10 serve their coun-
! try while we remain at home. and
we have come to think that they are
all and we are nothing.
But in token of our appreciation
of them and that we NAV feel
through doing our duty at home that
we who remain here may also serve
Err country as those who have gone
across the seas 20 battle. / crave the
I honor 10 present TO this association
this little service flag bearing seven
stars. one for each memb Der Of our
association who is i'm the service"
With this Miss Ponds presented 10
the association handsome silk
service flag which was accepted by
the members with a rising vote. The
presentation address of Hiss Ponds
was ordered spread on the minute
books Of the organization
Pres't Morgan opened the meet
ing by explaining that the state
conference of credit men would be
held in South Bend sometime i'm
November and that i'm all probable
ity the next meeting of the South
Bend association would be held in
conjunction with the conference.
He urged that every member of the
local association make every effort
TO attend every session of the con-
ference.
Explains Tax Bill
r. O. Elliott, Chicago, was the
first speaker of the evening. He
spoke on Government Revenues
and Profits" and explained the new
revenue bill Mr.. Elliott only re
Gently returned from washington.
where he took a very important part
in the deliberations there in formu-
lating the new law
The speaker explained that at one
time. not so very long ago the
country was divided into two classes,
those who paid income taxes and
those who wished they had incomes
on which 10 pay taxes. He declared
that this had been changed and all
are now included in one large group
Of income tax payers.
Mr. Elliott ended his address in
"A burst of patriotism. He charac-
terized Pres't Wilson's note TO the
imperial German government as a
cold. calculating inquiry into the
sincerity of the German high COM
mand He said that it was a docu-
ment that the Huns could not use
10 sop their own people with. for it
left no loophOle anywhere for them
to cry that they are now fighting for
self preservation after having offer
ed peace.
Rev. Titus Talks.
Rev. Titus. who followed Mr.. FL
lott. told of the experiences Of the
American boys in the front line
trenches overseas. His experiences
were gained at first hand. for he
spent many months with the Amer
lean troops in France and was at
the battle of scissors and at Chateau
Thierry.
Rev Titus told OF the great
bravery of the American soldiers
and OF the corresponding cowardice
of the German soldier. He exhibit
ed a number OF relics brought with
him from the battle fronts
He declared that Germany should
he fought in the way that she has
fought. and that she should be given
a taste or her own medicine He
said no mercy should he shown a
nation that kills ba bies and wound