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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

ticular style in lies. But there is
one lie, the great-grandfather of
them all, that has never, since its
first appearance, been off duty. 1t
is, l think the general staffs favor
tie.
1 refer to that SCARED but still
indomitable old veteran, Avail
Street-War. 1t is. perhaps. the most
puerile of Germany's first-line lies,
but certainly the hardest worked. 1t
has never had q day off since it
marched to the front, and just now,
it is especially prominent. Its
duty is, of course, 10 divide public
opinion in this country and TO fos-
ter dissension between capital and
labor. between employer and en-
ployed. And it's every success, no
matter how slight, delays the pros
ecution of the war.
1t never had a leg to stand on.
but in some miraculous way il still
endures. A schoolboy could effec-
tually dispose of it without any
trouble, but, perhaps merely be-
cause it is beneath contempt, il has
been allowed to go on its silly,
sneaking way. 4 Wall street war;
Yes, if Wall st. arranged the sink
ing of the LUsitania, caused the
rape of Belgium and wrote the Tim
norman letter. A war begun by
capital? Certainly, if you will credit
capital with being so unselfish as
to renounce rich profits it was gar
nering.
German propagandists weep croc-
odile tears for the laboring man.
But the laboring man himself is far
too busy TO do any shifting. Since
the war began ne has been en-
throned a practical dictator. He
receives wages that, in spite of in
creased cost of living, affecting rich
and poor alike, place him in a po-
sition of prosperity he scarcely
dreamed Of before. He sees many
of his most utopian visions. govern
ment ownership OF railroads gov
eminent control Of public utilities
and the like, made concrete as by
the wave Of a magic wand. He
knows that the influence Of the war.
Ou the IuluIt VI lIllS anu ali OAHEl
countries viii be all in his favor.
This war is neither a rich mans
war nor a poor mans war. neither
war Of capital nor a war Of la
Dor. II is a war Of the American
people for liberty and all the things
they hold dear. And il is a war
that is being fought by rich and
81 \ L. -
side. and that will continue TO be so
fought until it is ended in the only
way it can be allowed to end; and
this in spite Of German arms and
German propaganda And ii spite,
too, Of the old and battered. but
still active, Avail Street War lie.
A jokes a joke, but really some
one ought 10 lat that out of its
misery,
RALPH TT. BUTLER
of The Nigilarses.
Boston. Feb. a.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
DANCING.

We knew the dancing world would eventually SCI
its fault follow US deft-footed gentleman named
Shawn tOuted a "a noted exponent of the poetry o.
motion" maintains that dancing all wrong, anc
has got 10 be reformed. II elucidates as follows:
The, reformation Of the modern dance re-
quires the introduction of the principles of
esthetic movement As a dissipation the dance
is bad recreation. 1t be brought
to the plane of culture to make it give its
fundamental benefit the individual and the
nation
The American dance for men should be
masculine. 1t should teach neither the extreme
Russian super-technique nor the extreme of
efemnate ballroom gyrations now engaged in
by many devotees."
Very Hkey-very likely. Let everybody sit out the
next dance. We always did Things are coming ou
way.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
Il @z@ 2S<@zzG ~
FEBRUARY IS, 1913.
DRIVING The RIVERS.

That cry OF ships ships and more ships a
regular bridge Of ships all the way from America
10 France is becoming slogan that looks though
we might get the ships p Lord of the federal
shipping board. adds this by way of inspiration:
Tel your people the story that it is ships
that will win the war Tell them the need of
men in the yards-that earnest skilled labor is
the one element to assure the success of the
shipping boards program-abor needed
for Immediate service in the yards but
registered reserve which definite individual
calls can be made from time to time
are required do definite jobs in definite
yards at definite times.
Tell them that the who handle
tool can serve his country that ne will be
trained in the yards fo- work akin to his
trade. Tell them that patriotism calls-calls
on the most efficient the steadiest, the best
artisans in America to volunteer; calls on their
feIlow-citizens to value service in the ship
yards as it deserves. and to honor the ship
builders as they honor the in the
trenches"
That is the call of patriotism. And a response in
most cases involves no real sacrifice.
The ship-yard workers assured of
generous wage from the day they enter ship
yard They will also be placed in the deferred
class the draft long as they working
ships"
Mere numbers are of little Importance Mere skill
is enough. The main thing is to have dependable
workers. And then this
For the ship-yard needs stream Of
restless. apathetc shrHers flowing in
gate the next, with no profit to
themselves and Jess to their country but a
band Of earnest enthusiastic workers. eager
to serve their country by building ships till
victory in the war crowns their efforts rival
ling each other drive the rivets
realizing that every rivet a in the
kaisers coffin"
or. if YOU prefer the coffin Of kaserism.
IL is a noble appeal. And such appeals repeated
every the country, skilled are
nobly responding. Just everybody knew they would
when the great need made plain.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
THE MELTING POT
Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
OVER HERE.
BY James j. Montague.

I a Marine.
Which by the barn.
I've a and
Before the hurled blacksmith shop
And later N, I
When half-a- Nerdun
Again L
Give the fight and sail the village
And thrilled ca
And give old Jerusalem. orchard
a as
Behind biggest
a
Descend the fairly
sea-
Blown by our brave fighting exciting
And of
And forthwith mighty
still toe o go
brothers o
the eyes
p ~ ( =
B9G& ~ - -
4sseeAsa@h- Se-~..eer
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
GERMANY's FAvoRITE LIE.

Editor NeWs-TimeS;
If this war could have been won
by lying, the allies would now be
beaten 10 their knees and America
in chains. Ii the German general
staff used arms and men half as
successfully as il uses its secret
agents. the Avenue de TCpera.
Paris. would today be Hindenburg-
strasse. The German shells cannot
reach across the Atlantic. but the
German lies can and do, and ever
since the war began German
propaganda has been making
breeches i'm our defenses. The enemy
suits the lie 10 the occasion.
We have endured ali sorts. Some
few have been captured and shot
at sunrise. but most are stin at
large. working mischief I'm their
own subtle. secret ways. They vary
in importance. those lies. They run
the gamut from our old friend The
United States Has-No-Q With
Germany down 10 the little sneak
ing our Boys Starving-in- Canton
ments. And every lie has its day.
There's regular mode as 10 Ger
man propa ganda, and, looking back
when the war is done we shall dis
Germ that each seascl OF the strug-
Gle was represented by its Own par
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
Other Editors Than Ours
OPEN FIGHTING OR ANIBUSCADE?
indianapolis Times.)

Is next national campaign insofar as the repub
can party concerned, to open clean cut tight
or ambuscade? The answer may deduced with
reasonable certainty from the action the republican
national committee in St Louis today.
Boise Penrose. the dispatch The Times yester-
day said holding the whip hand is. Of course ideal
person body republican
party time when it is deciding its attitude
ward war for democracy Mr. Penrose has been one
Of devout and vigorous opponents of political
kaiserism. If there is named national chairman with
Mr. Penroses Iron Cross srScing his manly chest we
may expect the next campaign be open fight with
the republican party coming Out-nOt against but
against a for democracy.
The autocratiC regime of which Penrose is product
would be for that sort Of which would be planned
and executed by the superior people of the United
States. The superior people are of course in Mr.. Pen
roses opinion the republican leaders who believe as
he does that they know much better than the
and file what is good for the latter. Mr. PenrOse and
his following have not sensed the fact that this
doctrine, the governed shall have voice in their gov
eminent" has taken hold of the American people 10
such extent that they except applied 10 the
Mr.. PenrOse might be expected ask that the repub-
can party declare Tor war for democracy prosecuted
automatically and led by privilege which. by virtue
its power direct would in the end. no
harm privilege here in the United States and
that the autOCratic of persons
self wise disturbed.
Opposed TO Mr.. Penrose are those republicans who
believe with him that the superior people rule.
but also, they have better appreciation of the spirit
Of American people since in the war
and since PRIEST Wilson made ii plain that this is
wal for democracy not for Europe alone but for all
nations the world. including these United states OF
America
these republicans realize trat if the direction Of this
war is taken by the superior people Of the
republican party this must be brought about with
enough prevent the general public
covering the republican opposition not so much
against democrats Is such, Prest Wilson as an
individual. against the fundamentals which
we are lighting and under Wsonian leadership.
The successful campaign along this line requires
CUNNING assembling OF finished sort II means fight
ing ambush and under pretending be for
something order to accomplish something else.
With a remarkable record in this line behind him in
Indiana il surprising that Will Hays
I'm favor with who realize that opposition
the fundamentals of the war is political suicide
The big question 81 Louis today isn't who shall
he the national chairman for the republican party. IL
Is whether the national campaign the
republican side open fight an ambuscade.
There are some things about BruIser Bill we can't
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

travelled, as 1 have done, through
the occupied districts of France will
agree with me that so much dam
age has ben done to industrial prop
erty that no one need be a prophet
IN order to say that it will take moro
than 10 years before we need think
of France as a competitor or of the
reesta blishment of French industry"
deputy Beumer in the Prus-
sian Diet, week Of Feb. 2O-27.
London Times Feb. 27, 1917.
Than the above passage there
is nothing more cynical and
cruel in this compilation. For
the utter desolation which the
Germans have wrought in the
occupied territory there is here
revealed a deeper motive. See
below also.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
GERMANY.s LOST 5.ooo.nnn.

Trustworthy estimates indicate that the population
OF Germany today is least 1000 goo below what it
was when the started. and about 100000 below
what il would have be except for the war
The military deaths are merely one item in u
tremendous national mortality list They are said 10
namger about 100000 There is another 100000 or
so az soldiers so far as practical usefulness is
concerned. because 80 incapacitatng wounds and
diseases bat they not reckored in this estimate.
To the army Joss bee added "a considerable
civilian loss in excess OF the normal death Hun
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
The Public Pulse

Communications for this column
may be signed anonymously but must
be accompanied by the name OF the
writer 10 insure good faith. No re-
spODsibility for facts or sentiments
expressed will be assumed Honest
discussion Of public questions is in
vited. but with the right reserved 10
eliminate vicious and Objectionable
matter. The column~1s free. But, be
reasonable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

ADVERTISING advertising department
Representatives: CONE LORENZEN &
wOODMAN. Fifth Az. York City, and Adv. Bldg,
Chicago endeavOrs keep its advertising
frC1aent misrepresentation Any person
advertisement in this
paper By reporting the
facts completely.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

1--WE must also secure ourselves
for the future. New sacrifices re-
quire new compensations. new de-
mands. a sufficient war indemnity
is necessary to guard against the
dangers of the future, and also for
the resumption Of economic COM
petition. If our enemies are really
not able TO pay an indemnity, for
what purpose, then, have we terri
tory of economic value in our hands
conquered with our blood? Cour-
land and Livonia offer ground for
colonization. With them we can al
so protect the interests of the Baltic
population. At Briey and Longwy
we find coal and iron ore. The
harbor of Antwerp we cannot do
without; if we possess this, the in
dividuality Of the Flemish popula-
ton can also be protected.
The military safety of our from
tiers must be attained even if mill
tary and economic objection thereto
exist. As ia the east our flank must
be protected, so also must the right
flank of our west front COnse-
quently the high defensive and Of
fensive value of the Flemish coast
is very obvious in strengthening our
positions against England. Germany
must be invincible"
Count Won Westarp. leader
of the Conservative party, in the
reichstag, Feb. %. 1917, quoted
in the London Times. March l.
1910
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

Finally in January. 1917, when
he LBethmann- HollwegI was again
talking of peace, I said, What are
these peace terms to which you re-
fer continually? Will you allow me
to ask a few questions as to the
specific terms of peace? First, are
the Germans willing to withdraw
from Belgium The chancellor an
swered, Yes, but with guarantees
/ said. What are these guarantee"
He said, We must possibly have the
forts of Liege and Namur; we must
have other forts and garrisons
throughout Belgium. We must have
possession of the railroad lines. We
must have possession of the ports
and other means of communication.
The Belgians will not be allowed to
maintain an army, but we must be
allowed to maintain a large army in
Belgium. We must have the COM
mercial control of Belgium l said,
L do not see that you have left
much for the Belgians except that
King Albert will have the right to
reside in Brussels with an honor
guard And the chancellor said,
We can not allow Belgium 10 be an
outpost of England; and I said, I
do not suppose the English, on the
other hand, wish it TO become an
outpost of Germany, especially as
Won Tirpitz has said that the coast
of Flanders should be retained in
order 10 make war on England and
America I continued. How about
northern France? He said, We
are willing to leave northern France.
but there must be a rectihcation of
the frontier. 1 said. How about
the eastern frontier He said We
must have a very substantial recti-
fication of our frontier l said.
How about Roumania p He said.
We shall leave Bulgaria 10 deal
with Roumnia.' ] said, How about
Serbia p He said. a very small
Serbia may be allowed to exist, but
that is a question for Austria Aus
tria must be left 10 do what she
wishes 10 Italy and we must have
indemnities from all the countries
and all our ships and colonies back
"Of course. 'rectidcation of the
frontier is a polite term for an
nexation.
Games W. Gerard: Ny Four
Years in Germany, 1917. pp.
565-366)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15
MILITARY PARADES.

Heretofore the nation taken the training of
our new armies largely faith. Civilian eyes have
seldom been permitted TO soldier boys either
process of development in their finished state
Now that is changed. The Sammies to march in
public with bands playing and flags flying, like their
predecessors of former wars There experiment
tai parade of national army in New York the
other day, and it had such that secre.
tary Of has ordered army commanders their
boys parade hereafter in cities and towns their
training camps whenever there is any proper occasion
The public will rejoice a. the chance get better
acquainted with the new-hedged fighters. And the sol.
ders themselves will feel all the better for it, and
fight all the better when time may
be of childs play. But all children. They
do hearten army and nation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

AS a result of the experiences of
this war the enemy countries will SO
protect themselves that their eco
nomically valuable possessions close
to the frontier can not again be
overrun SO easily as was the case
this time. We can not give up
Longwy and Briey, because in a new
war it will be impossible for us again
10 be in Longwy in "A hours and in
Liege in four days"
deputy Fuhrmann in the
Prussian Diet, week of Feb. 20
p, 1917. London Times, Feb.
27)
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

When Scheidemann sent the mes
sage out into the world that what
was French should again he French
and what was Belgian again Belgian,
the Paris Journal could conclude.
from its point of view that German
policy would sacrifice its national
interests to those of the world. But
we. of the great majority at home.
and the compact front out there.
protest that German soldiers should
not give their blood in order that il
should become a fertilizer for Gull
ture TO those who hate. us from the
bottom of their hearts.
We need but one thing. namely.
that, boldly and openly, hand in
hand with our allies. We set 10 our
work. out of the diverse chords
of the wills of nations there is
formed what God hears as the har-
mony Of humanity. The more the
voices of our people join in the
chorus OF national interests. the
more pleasing viii the song be to
God Through might 10 kultur and
through kultur 10 might. The be-
ginning and the end is might"
(Dr. Karl Mehrmann i'm Das
srossere Deutschland Jan -.
1917. Quoted in 18th Century
and After April 1917 Mehr-
mann is an editor and author.
Anybody who knows the present
state of things i'm Belgian industry
viii agree with me that il must take
at least some yedrS-assuming that
Belgium Is independent at all-be-
fore Belgium can even think Of
competing with as i'm the world
0arket And anybody who has
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

Can telephone numbers and ask fot
department waHted-Editora Advertising Circulation OF
Accounting ads tue telephone
directory viii be mailed after Insertion Report inatten
ton % business bad execution delivery OF papers oad
telephone Of with
dealing Tbs NeWs-Tmes bas threeu trunk ines al OF
which respond Home Phone 1tJi ard Bef ZlO0
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

If the celebrated Mr.. Grounding had anything do
with this last spell of weather he's a hyphenated
traitor, fit for the firing squad.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

Only Associatsd Morning ~ Northern Indiana
Paper Employing international service
soath Bend-TWO Leased Wires De- and Night
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

There some things about Bruiser Bill we can't
find IL would 2" interesting for instance know
how many babies of mis- thumb print subjects is
required Kill before the old decorates him.
Toledo Blade.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

Home Phone ISL oa'''' 10 '" '''A Bell Phone aloo
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-15

Boston. Feb. a.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-05-11
DROP CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS.
However, Injunction Rule Still Stands
in West Virginia.

Upon motion of attorneys for the
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
of West Virginia contempt proceed
ings instituted by the company against
Frank j. Hayes, president, and nine
other officers and members of the
United Mine Workers of America
were withdrawn in the United States
supreme court. No reason was as
signed by the coal attorneys.
Dropping these contempt cases has
no bearing on the courts decision of
December 10 last when it upheld Fed
eral Judge Dayton's injunction against
organized miners and flint glass work
ers.
Under Judge Dayton's rule an en-
ployer can secure an injunction
where a worker joins union, or at
tempts to unionize. plant, while re-
naming in the employ of concern
which secured an agreement from him
that he would not take such action
while remaining in its employ
Any trade unionist suspected of
interfering with such contracts" can
also be enjoined.
1t is the rule of courts to set aside
a contract or agreement that has
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-05-11
LIMITATIONS OF POVERTY
By THE REV. CHARLES sTELZLE.

The real curse of poverty is not
so much the lack of money as 1t is
the lack of opportunity. Broadly
speaking, no man was ever made
happy by wealth, and no man was
ever made unhappy by poverty. 1t is
the opportunities to broaden life that
come with wealth which give greater
chance for happiness; and it is the
limitations of poverty that cause mis-
cry.
The worst kind of poverty is that
which calls for the sacrifice of the
inner life. 1t is bad enough to have
the body go hungry, but it is far
worse to starve the soul. And this is
the condition of great numbers of the
pocerty- There are really
four classes of people in the world;
the poor poor, those who have no
money and practically nothing else;
the rich poor-those who have no
money but who have an appreciation
of many of the other things in life;
the poor rich-those who have money
but do not enjoy the rehnements of
the world; and the rich rich-thOse
who have money as well as apprecla-
ton of the better things of life. The
last class are the happiest, but they
constitute a very small percentage of
the people. The great mass may be
called the poor poor; and they are not
always so by reason of their own fault.
For the crushing blows of abject pow
erty have been such as to reduce them
to the lowest levels of appreciation.
For them, life has become simply a
physical struggle and only the in
stinct of self preservation impels them
to continue the fight.
Ambition can live only when the
worker has an opportunity for self
expression 1t will not suffice to say
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-05-11
STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

0ricklayers and Masons' state Association q
m. T. Leonard. pres, Colorado Sprtngs
William Ryan. sec. 1892 Downing St.
Denver.
Carpenter State Council-F. Il. Knollman.
pres. 1925 w. Alameda, Denver; W. c.
Daley. sec'y-treas.. S24 q. Platte St. Col
orado Springs.
Colorado state Federation of Labor-W m.
II. Young, pres, Labor Temple, Pueblo
Ed. Anderson, sec'y treas, box 1iOs RIM.
3O1 American Bank and Trust bldg,
Denver. Phone Main 403I.
Federation of Hallway Employees I'd. II
G. system)-Harvey A. Hanks, sec. 216u
W. Irvington pl. Meetings called.
Intermountain typographical Conference
J. Charles Deus. sec. s22 Lake ave.
Pueblo, Colo.
International Association of Machinists,
District Lodge No. go I'd. & r. @. sys-
tem)-Thomas Walsh. Sec, 76I 8. Clark
son St. Denver.
State Conference of Painters-Paul N
Hoyt 1629 Orman St. Pueblo, pIesi-
dent; A. @. Potts. $40 Delaware st. Den
yer. sec.
state Journeymen BARRIERS Association
Ed. Anderson, sec. rtn. oUl German
American bldg, Denver,
System Federation Railway Carmen No. a
ID. & S. LII. II. Conway, sec, 24i w,
frvington pl. Meetings called.