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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07
Fat That Shows
Soon Disappears

Prominent Fat that comes and stays
where il is not needed is 4 burden: a
hlndrdnce 10 activity. a curb upon pleas
ure. You can take on the fat where IL
shows by taking after each meal and at
bedtime. one Alarm0la Prescription Tab
let. These little tablets are as effective
and harmless as the famous prescription
from which they take their name Buy
and try case today Your druggist sells
them at 90 cents or If YOU prefer you
may write direct TO the Marmola Co SG4
W OOdward Ave. Detroit Mich. You can
thus say goodbye 10 dieting. exercise
and fat. Adv.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07

DETROIT.-The sentence Of Mil
Ton V. Breitmeyer. Detroit artist. to
one year i'm the Detroit house OF
correction for evading the draft and
attempting to hamper operation Of
the law. has been approved by the
United States court of appeals at
Cincinnati Mr.. Breitmeyer was
sentenced by Judge futile last sum-
mer and was released on bond fol-
lowing his appeal John +. Kinnae,
district attorney. believes that the
decision Of the Cincinnati court gives
the district court in Detroit a free
hand i'm sentencing all draft evaders
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07
WILL SIGN FINN TREATY

BASEL, Swift, March Baron
Won Dem BUssche- Haddenhausen
German under-secreJary for foreign
affairs. announced yesterday in the
main committee Of the reichstag that
Germany very shortly would sign a
treaty Of peace with Finland
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07

OWOSSO.-Five persons. includ-
ing two pioneers. died here yester-
day Mrs. Anna s. Kohler, 81 years
old had lived so years on the same
corner where she died. Mrs. Mary
Weideman, SO years old. had lived
nearly 60 years in New Haven,
Frederick. -year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs William Gray. died Of
diphtheria. and his sister, five years
old is very low with the same dis
ease William Grenthal. ST, and
Mrs. Louise Carlin were the other
two who died
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07

GAYLORD.-The Gaylord roller
skating rink has been destroyed by
fire. causing a $4,000. loss The viii
layers consider themselves lucky
that the flames did not spread TO
other nearby buildings, as the wind
was blowing a gale. Only the sleet-
covered roofs saved part Of the
village.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07
GARDENING MAKES APP
PETITE

The more blisters you raise
in cultivating, the less water
your plants will need.
Weeds waste moisture and
plant food. And they're not even
pretty.
Have you filed your hoes?
Some sticks to mark the rows?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07

Mt. PLEASANT.-I'ran Purdy.
who escaped from the county Jail
here Friday night, was captured at
his fathers home in Clare county
by Clare officials yesterday and was
brought to Mt. Pleasant by Sheriff
Coon. Clare officials opened fire on
Purdy before he consented 10 be
taken.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07

garded as important that the boys
and girls be Interested. for many
of the light tasks of gardening can
be performed by them and they
Will do them willingly if given a
partnership in the undertaking. Elk
hibits of garden products and other
outgrowths Of the club idea may
suggest themselves TO the club or
ganizeT.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07

CADILLAC.-Lemuel A Tbbits. a
we'll known Selma township farmer,
suffered a fracture of his right hip
and a compound fracture of his left
leg when a gravel pit i'm which he
was working caved in on HIM and
four companions. None of the other
men was injured
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07
10 HELP YOU"

operative work and cooperative
buying. The club members may
unite 10 DO the heavy work in
breaking up a neighbor's garden.
and should emergency arise. may
help in preventing damage by
storm or flood or insect visits ton
If insect attacks can not be met by
simple methods, the gardening club
may buy a sprayer for the use Of
all its members. Costly garden tools
needed only occasionally also may
be obtained in this manner with
out hardship TO the individual gar
dener.
Interest Boys and Girls.
An important feature OF the work
can Re the organization OF boys
and girls garden club, separate
from the adults. In banding to-
gether the young folks to help in
the campaign for more food. as
sistance may be obtained. from the
states relations service of the
United States department of agri-
culture in cooperation with the
state agriculture colleges. 1t is re-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07

gardening. Tn the present emer-
gency. it is pointed out. it is not
only a privilege but a duty to pass
on the results Of garden experience
when such experience may save an
other from error or increase his
chances Of success.
May Buy Together.
Another use of the neighborhood
garden club may be found in CO.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07
MARTIAL LAW REsCINDED.

RIO JANIERO. March Martial
law in Brazil has been rescinded by
the government II has been in eff
feet since November.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07

MONTAGUE. - William Prill. a
local merchant. is under arrest. be
ing charged with hurting a stone
through one Of the big windows Of
the Franklin hotel in this village.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-07
NEWS FROM HERE AND
THERE IN MICHIGAN

News-Times Special Service.
GREENVILLE, Mich, March e.
The farm home Of d. j. Schermer-
horn. three miles north OF here.
burned 10 the ground with all con-
tents.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
NEARLY 40 BILLION
feet OF LUMBER CUT
Year Of 1917 Shows Large Output
in u. s. Mills.

A lumber production OF q. 30, Ooo. .Ooe
feet in the United States in 1917 is the
preliminary estimate OF the Forest
Service. based on incomplete reports
received up to February s. About
one-half Of the 1900 mills listed by
the Forest Service and the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association
had at that time made reports. Be-
cause Of the need OF an accurate CEN
sus, caused by the country's wartime
demands for lumber. officials in charge
OF the work are urging delinquent
mills TO report as soon as possible.
The estimate Is based upon the re-
ported cut of S45 identical sawmills
each Of which cut five million feet or
moro lumber in either 1917 or the pre-
mills indicate that in nine States there
was an increase in production and IN
the rest OF the country a decrease.
The largest increase was in Missouri.
where the gain over the 1916 cut was
almost ~ per cent. In the South,
Louisiana, Georgia. Florida and Ala
bama showed increases varying up TO
about 10 per cent. Wisconsin and
NOI anu W AEilAAlN-
ton and Oregon, in the Northwest,
were the only other states in which
the cut increased. North Carolina.
with a decrease of more than = per
cent. showed the greatest falling of in
production. Maine had a shortage OF
about 20 per cent The reports from
other States indicate varying percen-
tages OF decrease. with an average
for all States OF per cent.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Her All A, Needed.

Her boy is In the army, her heart is with him,
and il beats proudly, She takes her patriotism IS
women usually do, In no broken doses When she
gives she gives all.
Mrs. Emma Brsntley, Of MeAdoo, Tex, is her
name and address. Not long ago she rseeiyed from
the Treasury Department two checks for 80, rep
resenting the allotment made to her from his pay
by her boy, Warren, the amount which the govern
ment adds to every allotment Inclosing the check
to its senders she wrote this Letter:
.- January %, 1918.
Treasury War Risk Insurshce.
Washington, d. c.
/ will state that don't need any allowance
at present and don't want to take anything
from the government that II needs in time
like what we have got to face.
EMMA BRANTLEY,
- McAdoo, Tex.
And Berlin says that Americans are just blufing!
That the people are not interested in their gov
ernments war.
Here is the letter Mrs Brantey received in reply:
Washington, FEB. II, 1913.
Dear Mrs. Brantley:
have your letter of January 90. with which
you returned allowance and allotment checks
for November and December totaling SO, sent
you by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance of
the Treasury Department You have eyideneed
a splendid spirit of patriotism in sending this
money back to the government but since 1t
legally belongs to you / assure you that you
need feel no hesitancy in accepting it. / there
fore return the checks to you. Should you de-
sire to place the money at the disposal of the
government would suggest that you invest it
either in liberty bond savings eertih-
Gates Sincerely yours
w. c. McADOO.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Making Public Ice.

just a vagrant thought to puzzle over when
you've nothing else to do these days.
Out at Omaha the ice season will be inaugurated
with the completion of municipal ice plant de-
signed to bring down the price of the product, and
which, in fact, in its very anticipation, compelled
the ice combine there to lower its prices
Omaha procured this at the hands of the State
egisIature-Omaha's charter being State-giVen
affair-and while she had her representatives
on the floor to champion the reform, most of the
home members were responsive to other interests
and voted the other way
And there was no politics in it, either. Fact is,
Senator HitchcocRs newspaper pulled the Demo
cratic Legislators and the governor into line for it,
while Republicans were brought to its support by
the national committeeman of that party.
So there are ways of doing things, even in
States where some cities do not have their own
form Of government. Wonder what the effect would
be if some one in Congress proposed municipal
ice plant for the District?
Let's begin thinking about some OF these things.
The day is coming when they'll be more than
dreams. Retain this in your memory.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
MILLERS' PROFITS
SUBJECT OF inquiry
Committee to Delve Into Failure 10
Conform to Hoover's Rules.

The Food Administrator has been
for some days in q conference with
the Millers' Committee with reeard
to complaints from certain sections
that certain millsrs have not con-
formed to the Food Administration
regulations as to profits, particu-
lRrIy in the sale OF foods.
The Food Administrator and the
Millers' Committee consider that
the patriotic efforts OF the great
majority of the milling trade in sup
port Of the government during the
war should not be brought into dis
credit by the action OF a minority.
The Millers' Committee has, there.
fore. asked that q complete inquiry
should be made into the conduct OF
the milling industry under the reg.
ulations.
President Wilson has approved
the appointment OF DIR. Frank w.
TaussIg. chairman of the United
States Tariff Commission, as head
of 4 committee for this purpose.
DR.. TAussfg will have associated
with him q representative Of the
Federal Trade Commission. a men,
Der of the Food Administration, q
representative miller. aud q repre-
sentative producer. The Food Ad-
ministrator Is also referring to the
committee for study and report pro-
posed alterations OF the milling
regulations which experience has
demonstrated that It will be desir-
able to reconsider before next sea-
son. 49,
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Baker IN France.

The visit Of Secretary of War Baker to France
kheady Is an assured success.
There are only few Americans who would fail
- gain Inspiration from intimats view OF the
Preach In this great hour Of their history, and
Newton D. Baker is not one of them. II he does
not bring back with him message for ne, as well
Is message for himself and his department. we
viii be disappointed in him. -
But he viii bring back such a message. trip
TO the firing line will lift him utterly out of the
political impulses he has shown from time to time
IN meeting criticism of his work as War Secretary
IT probably viii make him a real fighting Secretary
of War, and he will wonder hereafter how pacihst
philosophy ever established any hold upon him In
his earlier career.
For the French, the visit should be effective in
showing them how the American people at
tacking the unprecedented task before them. After
all. is simply vast business, and the United
States Is taeking il a. business proposition, it
is forced to do. We know of no who gives
more sharply etched impression of business efici-
ency in action than Newton ID. Baker; he will i'm
press the French far more deeply than the older
type of our captains of industry-the men who
judged of the efficiency of energy largely BY the
noise and flourish IL succeeded in producing.
The Secretary of War has been in Paris, and
should visit London before making his return jour
ney. His experience viii not be complete unless
he gets in touch with the military leaders of Britain
as well as France. Field Marshal Hsig, Gen. Sir
Henry WiIson Gen. Smuts and the other powers
in the British war office should know him. He is
the kind of man who will inspire confidence abroad
Lieut. Gen. Bridges, who was the military repre-
sentative the Balfouf mission that visited Wash
ington last May, is one of his 6rmest friends and
has blazed his reputation in London. A visit there
will be an excellent piece of diplomacy.
Since the war broke out the United States has
been represented in Europe more by its idealistic
international policy than by its vaunted industrial
and economic efficiency. 1t has taken Americans
nearly year to grasp the fact that there is no
escape from the primary necessity of beating Ger
many by force of arms Mr.. Bakers trip across
the Atlantic should settle all lingering doubts in his
own mind about that fact, and it should settle all
doubts that our allies may have held to the real
power behind the surface of our promises.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

animals after the noises that they made. Men
iiie Prof Knott nowadays name the animals after
the noises that they themselves make, sBey-wov,e
said Father Adam. @Diplocorpus comegetatus.'
say the modern fathers Of language, aad 80 on,
until you've got to wear dictionary 70 be able TO
tell the proper name Of hen from that Of horned
toad.
Strangely enough, Genesis doesn't eniishteR as
as to mans first words There was considerable
talking, bat Adam seems to have known enough
to keep his mouth shut, even before his marriage,
He Is reported to have named the beasts Maybe
he did name the dog tbow-wov,p and the ton-cat
'Mariah,s and the sheep @ba-a-a," the burro some
thing appropriate, and so forth, but we must gag
on the proposition that he looked areund on all the
splendid arrangements that had been made for him
and said 'pooh-poohP
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
News.

: 1t is due the American people that they be given
some succnct and tangible description OF the front
that troops holding in France at the earliest
possible moment
background for the exceedingly interesting
cables that are arriving from the Lorraine and
Chemin-des- Danes sectors are needed. We lack
data by which we can gusge the relevance OF the
trench raids and kindred operations which broke
into the headlines yesterday. perspective on the
whole situation should be gained. At the present
time the newspapers and the public can be made
to look foolish through dropsical expansion of mole
hills into mountains and through the confusion OF
the significant with the insignificant.
Nothing will excite sharper resentment from the
public than a continuous stream of schoolboy ex-
scitement over minor operations camouflaged by
press-agent exploitation into operations OF moment
We are in France on serious mission, and an
overdose OF military melodrama, with crudely col
ored scenic effects in place of the real thing will
have the worst possible influence public opinion
1t is quite harmless in these days of the beginnings
of operations; but should first thrill establish
a tradition OF systematic initiation, encouraged
by the in lieu of the real facts it will lead
to one Of those Psychological" crises which have
harassed the administration more than before
In other words, there is no substitute "just
good for the facts. Adulteration of news from
France is danger which there is need of in
curing The censorship should not lean backward
on essentials nor lurch forward misleading non
essentials The presence of Secretary of War Baker
in France should mean the establishment of the
most liberal censorship policy compatible with mill
tary safety and prudence.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Beginnings of language.

Prof Tom c. Knott, department of English lit
erature, Chicago University figures out that pooh
pooh" was one of the first human words, because
expressing emotion; and "bow-wow" another, be-
cause man originally named animals after the
noises they made.
We don't much care, and certainly aren't going
to tackle Prof. Knott any other professor of lit
erature, but it doesn't seem reasonable.
II Adam, when scraped together from the dust
OF the earth and first stood up on his legs said
Hpooh-poohg' he ought to have been clouted. We
don't mean to nsinuate that he learned pooh
POOH Eve came along, pretty soon, and. it's
probable that Adam could pick "pooh-pooh"
off any bush in the whole garden. But here
he was-street sweepings one minute, all humanity
the next. He was an original, unprecedented, un-
rivaled work, and it is most probable that his first
expression of emotion was "Finex Bully" or
something else equally appreciative of the facts.
Assuredly -pooh-pooh" came to him, but later;
there never has been man who hadn't some pooh
pooh" in him.
However. we're decidedly agreeable toward Prof.
Knotfs proposition that early man named the ami
mails after their noises and got @bow-wow" quick.
Those early men had some sense in naming the
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
The Coward's Duty.

When man walks out OF blind alley and hits
you on the head with lead pipe, if you regain
consciousness you will probably thank him; that is
if you reflect that I4,5oo other human beings had
their lives taken by the highwaymen that lurk
under the seas. ~
Is there anything more cowardly than to kill
without giving your adversary fighting chance!
Even a gas attack finds prepared for the sacri-
fee. Shell and shrapnel enact their toll, but you
are giving and taking the same chances as your
enemy Air raiders even give you time to seek
shelter; but the submarine hits without warning
and kills without pity.
There is no excuse for reprisals; but when
women and children are the chief victims we find it
hard to withhold the same treatment for the muir
derous Huns. Brave men go down in boats to do
a towards duty The pity is that men of unques-
toned bravery should be put to such ignoble use
in war; 1t is horrible to think of the tragedies
enacted by the submarine; but it is helpful TO know
that when the war is over there will be such
warfare.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
When the Transports Sail.

The ships move out of the icy bay
And group of women watch them go.
Our eyes are salt as the blowing spray,
But we smile with hearts that glow.
Why should our eyes be brimming so?
What right have our hearts to that fire dvinel
There's never a soldier sails today
That is hers-or hers-or mine.
BY the right Of farewells that can never be said
OF a ring that never was worn,
By the right Of lad in his springtime dead,
And boy that never was born,
Q mothers of sons who sail this morn,
We are praying them out to sea-
Your children. that God might have given instead
To her--to her--to me-
--Rx Amelia Josephine Burr, in the outlopk-
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Not Hard to Do.
warfare.

The conversation in the lobby of Washington
hotel turned to the subject of efficiency when this
happy little incident was related by Senator George
Sutherland, of Utah:
One evening a young man attended circus,
where one Of the big features of the show was a
beautiful lion tanner. Entering the ring, followed
by the lion the fair eharmer placed lump of sugar
between her lips, which the king of the forest took
from her with his teeth. Instantly the youth sat
up and began to take notice. - ;
"Great stunt, all right" he enthusiastically
shouted to the performer, "but can do it, tool
" "Of course" scornfuliy replied the pretty per-
former, who didn't like having her act minimized,
'but do you really think you cam" -,
Most assuredly," was the prompt rejoinder of
the young man. "just as well as the lion"-Phila-
delphia Evening Telegraph. q
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14

will prevent the shortage, or keep
1t from becoming needlessyy acute"
Members OF Congress. seeing the
lengths to which their body has
gone in giving powers 10 the ex-
ecutive and in enunciating certain
hitherto radically regarded princi-
pies, wonder II similar ends will be
sought In the legislatures Of the
land. There is some cause for their
inquiry. The population appears to
be patient observers OF the grant
OF these extra powers, and II would
not be extraordinary II some ambi-
tious State solons tried to make capI-
tai out OF the public state OF mind.
There are few State legislatures
meet in regular session during the
coming four months but there are
numerous bodies which will meet
in special session. 1t will be inter-
esting to see what their proposals
are and what they do TO keep up
with their parent body. the Congress
Of the United States.
who hath influence with the
President 1t was a query on the
hill from a bright. successful bush
ness man from thousands of miles
away. but q man who Is now begin
ming to see what Washington means
to even him. We heard a member
OF Congress name the influential
men to him. There were twelve
of them. tho member said. McAdoo
was the first. House the second, and
McAdoo the other ten.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-14
Log Chain Principle Used for
Creeper Tread.

One Of the interesting features Of a
sturdy farm tractor OF recent develop
ment is its creeper tread. which is
built on the old log-chain principle,
says the March Popular Mechanics
Magazine. In addition To long life and
a capacity for hard use. It has the
advantage OF being easily repaired.
Each link and grouser plate may be
detached and replaced quickly, IL nec-
essary. The tractor plounts a four
cylinder engine that employs a kero-
sene-gasoline mixture for fuel and de-
yelops 52-brake horsepower. 1t handles
four-share plow with ease.