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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06

CHARIOT FE-Arthur Preskitt,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Preskitt of Mil
lett, has been sent from Camp Gus
ter 10 Camp Macarthur. Waco.
Tex. i'm company with Clarence
Rood of the same locality This
makes three sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Preskitt who are now at Camp Mac
Arthur i'm the United States service.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
A DAILY LETTER FROM HOME TO
YOUR SOLDIER BOY IN CAMP

7 EFT him know what home
folk are thinking and doing.
Let him see that He is re-
membered in a thousand ways
Give him the daily contact with the
hundred activities of men, women
and children at home who are do
ing their share to back him UP in
his contribution to Liberty'S cause.
Send him The South Bend
NewS-TimeS, wherever he happens
to be-whether at Fort Benz aInin
Harrison, at Louisville, KY; Hat
tieSburg, Miss, or any other of the
training camps in the United
States
A letter with your remittance,
giving name and camp address,
will do the Work-and will put you
in the grateful remembrance of
some man who, however busy he
is in the exacting duties of soldier
life, is always eager to receive the
news from home.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
WILLARD DOES
NOT WEIGH TON
Would Have Little Trouble in
Getting Into Shape for
Battle.
Iaternational News Service:

International News Service;
NEW YORK. Jan. CONTRARY
70 general belief among the boxing
bugs of the country. Jess willard.
the worlds heavyweight champion.
does not weigh . ton.
since Jess came out with his an
nouncement a short time ago that
he would defend his title for the
benefit OF the Red cross or some
other wartime organization. it has
developed that willard has been
carrying no more than - TO go
pounds or surplus ayoirdupois. and
that ne would have little trouble
getting into shape insofar as the
eeight is concerned.
AT the time Of his offer 20 meet
any man for the title several prom
inent followers Of boxing in Chica-
90 were surprised beyond measure
tc see willard appear in gym cos
tune, apparently carrying no more
than FIVE or ten pounds excess bas-
gage They could scarcely believe
their eyes.
Willard explained at the time that
be has not permitted himself TO
grow fat and flabby. He says he
has taken enough exercise 10 keep
his weight down TO a point where il
is within easy reach any time ne is
called upon 20 train for a cham
pionship battle, and with this fact
in view the boxing fans are enter
tanning "a bunch that the biz cow
boy is still capable OF taking care
OF his crown
Willard may not he as good now
az he was when ne met Jack John
son at Havana, say Some OF the box
ing buEB, and IN the same breath
they remark that none of the pres
ent contenders for the heavyweight
skypiece are as capable in the ring
as the big smoke was when ne met
Willard. And this goes with a lot
of 'em. regardless Of the fact that
Johnson was supposed 10 nave been
an in when he met the present
champ.
WIadek Zbyszko says he is the
worlds heavyweight wrestling
champion.
Ditto stranger" Lewis and dit
10 Earl CaddOck.
And from out in Nebraska comes
a whisper from Joe Stecher. claim
ing some attention in the matter Of
settling the mat muddle among the
heavyweight grapplers.
So why not bring the four Of
them together why not toss them
onto the mat two at "a time and
let them settle t. by the process of
elimination Why not stage a
"rassling royal" and have il over
With?
There is no such thing as a YER
bal heavyweight championships
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
WARTIME WORRIES.
Food Administrator Tells ResIdsnts
OF Old Baltimore City They Can't
Enter state Garden Contest
GARDEN ENTRIES POUR IN.

80 many entries have been received
for the Maryland $4,000 Win-the-War
Produce Contest that the Food Admin
istration may be compelled to set an
early date for receiving the Anal en-
tries. Otherwise, particularly in the
war.garden classes z and F, there
might be difficulty for the county
judges in examining fully the claims
for prizes by competitors enter now.
There are twenty small prizes for
each county running from SIS to so.
split evenly between war gardens OF
over and under one-half care. The
total value 6 these prizes Is $500 ta
each county, or $11, 500 for the State.
not including the two Maryland cham.
pionships, 5000 for class aud $500
for r, which bring the sum of garden
prize money up TO $4,000. In some OF
the early pamphlets issued the num-
Der OF SO prizes appears as ten in
each class instead Of Ave The totals,
however, are correctly given.
II Is essential towards winning the
war that Americas food production
be increased to the highest possible
desree. From the way in which Mary.
lands $25,000 Contest is taking on,
there oan be small doubt but that the
donor Of this splendid prize fund win
realize his hope Of seeing this years
production raised by at least $4,000
000 II other States can keep up with
that pace, 1t means that the Allied
store will be richer by half billion
dollars worth OF food whsrew1th 10
fight the Kaiser.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09

was estimated at more than 1000 900,
while the city-state, 159 square miles
In area, and one Of the German states,
has tens of thousands more.
Hamburg Is essentially "free city"
It has absolutely home government,
Since the beginning Of its days of peace
and prosperity 1t has spent hundreds
Of millions in public works. owns or
rigidly controls all public utilities, some
of which have been leased to private
operators; has constructed the finest
barber appointments of any city Of the
world 1t has uneXcelled schools, H.
braries containing hundreds of thou
sands OF volumes, beautiful parks and
gardens, palatial residences, one OF
the most interesting of ZOOS and
rival Of COney Island at the rollcking
suburb Of st. Paulus; and for long
years the spectacle Of the shipping has
been unrivaled in any other port OF
the world 1t would be an ideal place
for a "peace strike" this "Vence of the
North" this home of radical democ-
racy which rejoices in home Cover ~
ment that reaches kaiserdom only
through its representation In the Ma
tonal Parliament, representation
not usually to the liking Of "the di-
vinely anOinted."
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
BANNED FROM B,G HOTELS
WHEAT GOES TO The war

BaItimors.-Over q ton OF flour q
month LIS released for war service by
one OF Baltimores leading hotels be-
cause 1t will NO longer admit ex-King
Wheat as guest under It's roof. His
former room 10 now occupied by Cit.
zens Corn. Rice and Potato. The for.
mer Autocrat Of the Dinner Table was
banned here after Herbert Hoover
showed how absolutely necessary II
was that, practically without exemp.
ton. the whole Wheat Family should
be drafted for military work IN
France.
Under the present regulations. no
tells are allowed to use twenty.four
ounces of nour for every twenty-one
meals served. Several members Of
the Hotelmen's Association, however,
observing the whole spirit and not
merely the letter Of the law. have In
augurated real "wheatlesA days'-
days truly without wheat and seven
Of them to the week, All their wheat
b of to the war,
How many mickle makes
muckle" Is shown in typical case
that Of the Southern Hotel. Instead
OF serving the permissible average Of
just over an ounce Of wheat TO each
neal, none IA served at all. Take
thousand meals day, multiply by
seven, and the total saving II just hve
hundred pounds week. So the
amount released for the United States
Army and the Allies works out at
exactly one ton month.
Pledges have been asked by both
the Federal and State Food Admin.
istrators for total abstinence from
wheat by all the hotels, resta urants,
clubs, and dining cara In Maryland,
Tho promise win bs voluntary. but
whom they all fan into line hundreds
OF additional barrels OF -four will BE-
added to the visible evidence Of this
States patriotism, And from now till
next harvest every pound will count,
In asking the hotels to take this
step, the Food Administrator counts
lot upon tho example they will give
TO those who have most Of their meals
at home Every kitchen from which
wheat bread 10 banished In favar Of
biscuits and quick breads--bor which
the War Food Bureau. Lexington
Building, Baltimore, will supply
recipes-is doing work comparable to
that OF the munition factory. Both
are backing our boys with the weap-
ons that win.
Hotels which cut out all wheat are
said TO bs clean" A campaign 10
now on to see how many Of this
States homes are willing to under.
take the same kind OF spring house
cleaning Don't wait to be asked
do ii now.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
Water Plants.

It has been found that the climate
affects the inhabitants Of the sea just
ne II does those of the land. AS Arctic
land plants cannot flourish at the
Equator, so In the Arctic and Ant
arctic oceans marine plants are
found that are unable to survive
in warm water. Among the most
remarkable of these cold-water plants
ure the laminariaceae, kind OF
seoweed, which sometimes attains
gigantic size, exceeding In length the
longest climbing plants of the tropical
forests, and developing huge stems like
the trunks of trees. investigation has
shown that these plants flourish In the
coolest waters of the Polar seas. and
that they never advance further from
their frigld homes than to the limits of
"Summer temperature" in the ocenn.
The genial warmth destroys them. just
as u Polar blast shivers the ilowers O.
q tropical garden.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
HIS MISTAKE EXPLAINED.

The gentleman who wore evening
clothes and the remnants of jag at
nine o'clock in the morning was cling
ing to the footboard of a crowded sur
face car in Chicago AS the car round
ed sharp curve with a jerk the per.
son in the incongruous apparel fell
quickly and heavily to the cobble.
stones. He was picked up by the
strong hands of the conductor and
about twenty passengers.
"ColliSion?" he asked IN a dignifed
tone of voice.
NO" said the conductor.
"Off the track?" further questioned
the victim of the accident.
NO. said the conductor.
Well" concluded he of the jag, "if
/ had known that wouldn't have got
off."-Popular Magazine.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09

way to the world war
Called "venlce Of the North"
He who has not seen Hamburg has
not seen Germany or Europe. With its
great canals and basins and rivers and
harbor it long ago we'll earned the SOU
briquet of "The Venice of the North"
1t not only has canals rivaling those Of
Venice in number, but also much Of the
medieval aspect of Venice with much
that is splendidly modern, great old
structures as striking in architecture
as any In Venice, church towers ex-
ceeded in height only by those Of the
cathedral at Cologne and business and
private houses as quaint and fascin-
nting as can be found in Europe.
The history Of this great port city
and city state Is as rich In tragedy and
romance as Greece and Rome, though
for obvious reasons less celebrated in
literature. Its themes were prosaic.
Its rhythms were those Of mighty COM
merce far beyond compare with that
of Venice and Genoa in the days OF
their merchant princes. Assaulted and
looted by Danes, Morse, Slavs, Romans
and various others Of the brigands
throughout period embracing hun
dreds Of years, II ever rose from Its
imperial waters by which nature SEEM
ed to have destined 1t to become an
imperial port. For protection of com
merce it united with Bremen and Lu-
beck in the formation Of "hause," or
league, and soon, with the incorpora-
tion OF other cities arose the "Hansea-
tic league" which for long years actu-
ally dominated the commerce OF Eu-
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
A SCORE OF REASONS
FOR THE RED CROSS
It Is Playing a Big Part in the
War for Democracy.

What does II mean to yOn 10 know
that your America Red Cross:
Is supporting 10000 French children.
Sends supplies to 3,423 French mill.
tary hospitals.
Provides 1000 French hospitals with
surgical dressings.
Is operating 80 cantcens at the front
line.
Is operating six other canternS ut
French railway functions, serving
10000 French soldiers Il day.
Operates movable hospital in four
units accommodating 1000 men
Is operating "A childrens refuge in one
part of the war zone, and in another
medical center and travelin- dis.
pensary, both capable of acconmo-
dating more than 1000 children
Has opened long chain of ware
houses stocked with hospital sup
plies, food, soldiers comfor $, to-
bacco. blankets, etc, all the way
from the seaboard to the Swiss
frontier.
Has warehouse capacity for 100000
tons
Has 100 motor cars and operat seven
garages, making all repairs.
Has shipped i6 freight car loads Of
assorted supplies to Italy frcm
France within two weeks after it
began operating In the former coun-
try.
Had battery of motor umhu!aNres
at the Piave front four days after
the United States declared war on
Austria.
Started hundred different activities
in Italy at the time that nation WAS
In its most critical condition
Has established five hospitals in Eng
land and operates a workshop for
hospital supplies employing 1000
women.
And that 100000 cases of supplies
have been received at the Paris
headquarters Of the American Rod
Cross from your various chapters
scattered throughout the United
States
What does all this mean to YOU?
And have told you but fraction Of
the work your Red Cross has done
and is doing. 1t means that without
This ceaseless, heroic work of the
American Red Cross, we could never
win this war.
Without your Red Cross thousands
in Rumania would have starved to
death.
Without your Red Cross Italy would
never have realized that powerful sup
port Of the United States in the hour
Of need.
Without your Red Cross thousands
of French soldiers now galantly fight
ing for you at the front would have
died Of wounds, exposure and lack OF
food.
But now we must all redouhle our
efforts and sacrifices for our Red Cross
because-a million mothers sons are
going to carry the stars and stripes
to the greatest Victory God has ever
given to men fighting for honor and
liberty.
With the help Of your Red Cross
your boy will w.n.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09

they yawned, such big turtle yawnS!
"No more sleeping now" said Mrs.
Turtle. "You may take maps later on,
but your winters sleep is all over. It's
spring and we must be awake. We
must see all that is going on in the his
world down in the pond. must find
out what my neighbors are picking
out in the way of coats and suits and
evening gowns, Mr.. Turtle prom
ised me a leaf evening coat, didn't you,
my lover"
" did indeed" said Mr.. Turtle. "But
I'll have to wait before can get it. 7
have my order In but the leaves aren't
out vet. It's too early. You'll have
it though just as soon as they arrive
in the turtle shops"
Mrs. Turtle looked very happy. She
had always longcd for a green leaf
coat to wear over her shell suit. In
the evening she called it a shell even
ing dress.
"IIurry." said Mrs. Turtle again to
the little turtles. And soon they We're
all out of their winter beds of mud and
were looking about the pond for the
incest kinds of homes.
"What do you think of thiS?" ask
ed Mrs. Turtle. She was much pleas
ed, after all she had gotten to the
pond in excellent season. Very few
of the summer cottages had been TAX
en- and Mrs. Turtle had quite her pick
of the lot.
''It Is very fine looking home,"
said Mr.. Turtle. Lets see how we
can fix our porches. We must have
three. couldn't abide summer home
that had less than three porches."
"No more could IT, agreed Mrs.
Turtle.
1--WE like plenty of pOrches," agreed
the little turtles.
"Ah," said Mr.. Turtle, twisting his
head far out of his she'll, ITS so nice
that we all like the same things. 1t
makes us get along so well. We all
like porches. We like to sit upon them
in the warm sunshine. We enjoy
quiet nap on one of three porches, but
we always like to choose between
three"
Eyes" said Mrs. Turtle, 'it would
be such a pity If we only had one
porch. Just imagine how hard 1t would
be to think, oh dear, which porch
shall take my nap on? and then re-
member that there was only one porch
anyway"
Now the turtles have three logs out
side their homes which they call
porches. Sometimes they are of logs
and sometimes of funny, ugly snagS
which the turtles think are quite beau
tiful.
ITS going to rain" said Mr.. Turtle,
after they had all decided upon their
summer home and were settled upon
their porches.
"How do you know it isl" asked
Mrs. Turtle. "You say that in such Il
decided fashion. OF course | know
you are wise turtle and know great
deal, but never before knew you were
a weather prophet"
"Pm not a weather prophet, my
dear" said Mr.. Turtle "Rnt l know
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
Billy Jones
BY
WRIGHT A. PATTER ON.

Billy JoneS-maybe your son or ihe
son of neighbOr--was in the front
line trenches in France when the Ger
man bombing party was driven back.
Hia enthusiasm to get the Bochfs car,
rcd him over the top df the trench,
md at the edge Of No Mans Land a
Hun bullet got him.
A comrade--maybe your boy-crAWl-
ed out into No Mans Land AND brought
Billy Jones back to the American
trenches,
Other comrades carried him back
through the maze OF trenches to II
dressing station, where his wound was
cared for.
A medical department ambulance
carried him on to the field hospital.
From there Billy Jones was taken TO
the base hospital, and there Red
Cross nurse-your Red Cross nurse
is tenderly, carefully, smilingly nursing
him bark to health again so thai lie
may not have to pay the extreme SAo-
ritice that we--thnt you and and our
neighbors--may enjoy the blessings OF
freedom.
There are half million OF these
boys of ours in France today ana
more going "ovcr there" every week.
They are there to wage the supreme
conflict of the world with the brutal
forces If antocracy that democracy,
our heritage may not perish.
We want these boys Of ours 70 come
back to us, and it is the Red Cross men
and women-Our Red Cross men ana
women-who will bring thousands of
them back who would not otherwise
come If our dollars will but keep them
there to minister TO these boys OF ours.
They are but doing for us what We
connot do for ourselves
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09

\A/ that the cunning or 'Ger-
wv man kultur" exaggerated
to undue gravity the peace
strikes that apparently spread like
great conflagration over Germany ana
Austria, to exercise deterrent effect
upon entente war operations, 1t is a
general conviction that the half has
not been told In the meager reports
that have sifted to US through Switzer-
land and Holland. One Of these was
that the most serious of the protesting
strikes against continuation Of the war
was that of Hamburg, one Of the three
''free cities" Of Germany, the greatest
port in Europe and one Of the very few
great ports OF the world.
1t would be natural for Hamburg to
assume prominence and In way In
leadership Of movement which really
has been imbued with a deal Of the
bOlsheviki spirit of Russia for cessa-
tion Of the war and the conclusion Of
q peace on a somewhat radical demo-
cratic basis, writes E. w. Lightner In
the Pittsburgh Dispatch. 1t has been
more than half 4 century leader OF
advanced thought and action In Ger
many, insistently democratic in its in
spiration, opposed to junkerlsm though,
as matter Of course, submitting to
the militarism Of the empire. With
the economic furor aroused by the
great argument of Karl Marx in Das
Kapital, and the political organiza-
ton effected by Ferdinand Lassalle, no
people In Prussia or the German states
were so profoundly moved as those OF
Hamburg. One result was election to
the reichstag Of Its three socialist
members, this being followed by the
election Of four from Berlin under the
very nose of King William l and Of
Bismarck. who attempted to crush so
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09

weather prophet. He always knows
when it's going to rain and when he
sees that it is going to. he hurries
away where tie rain won't touch him.
81 can see him hurrying away from
an approaching storm now. The storm
is coming because he's hurrying oft.
Just see if I'm not right. Mr. Tor.
toise never makes a mistake"
And sure r,ougn, In short time,
it began to ra!a!
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
HAMBURG,
AfRee CITY,

rope, establishing branches and head
quarters in other commercial cities and
even almost playing a game of nifty
fifty In London Itself having for long
period an establishment at the Steel
yard in that city. 1t secured special
privileges in several Of the chief cities
in northern Europe and held undis-
puted sway of the Baltic sea and Ger.
man ocean, 1t suppressed land robbers
and sea pirates, but exacted undue toll
from other countries and with their
progress within themselves began It's
decline.
Nearly Ruined by Davout.
1t was Macmillan |, who in 1910 de-
cared Hamburg an imperial city. and
II was under the sway of Napoleon I
that It met with ruin, beginning with
IFS corporation into the French empire
In 1910, inst 300 years after the historic
decree OF MAMMALIAN. For more than
a year, beginning with 1913, the city
was under the control OF the French
General Davout, who gave free reign
to pillage, and the population rapidly
dwindied from loO,oOO 10 nehrl! ~
600. After Napoleon 1t entered the
German federation as Il free city OF the
empire. From this 1t developed as .
commercial and maritime city with
amazing rapidity, suffering only one
check the disastrous fire In 1872.
The old HanSeatic league had been
long a matter Of history, but there re-
mained Of il the original three free
cities. Hamburg, Bremen, with its
splendid port Of B. emerhafen, and ln-
beck. The three gained In population
wonderfully, but Hamburg far ohtstr'b"
ped the others. and is. next to Berlin.
the most populous city In Germany.
Within 80 years preceding 1900 II has
increased in population more than 3n,-
600, and before the war the population
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
Quite Aware of IL.

Percollum (of the Daily Bread)-
My dear, you are not only my chief
incentive to work but my lifelong in
spiration.
Mrs. Percollum-I know I'm your in
spiration, all right, Percival. When
ever | mix metaphor or make little
mistake in my grammar you turn it
into a story and get pay for it!
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09

little turtles.
"But the spring
is here said Mrs.
Turtle. "There
will be lots of OK
citing things hap
pening down in
the pond. We
must hurry and
get our summer
homes ready. I'm
sure Mrs. Hard
Shelled Turtle
will be nll settled
by now"
Just one more
little nap beg
ged the little tur-
Ties. And then
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
POTATO PUDDING.
(Omcial recipe.)

One and one-quarter cups mashed
potatoes, four tablespoons fat, two
eggs we'll beaten. one-hah cup milk.
one-quarter teaspoon salt, one-half
lemon (juice and rind), one tablespoon
sugar, one-half cup raisins and nut
meats.
Add to the mashed potatoes the fat,
eggs, milk, lemon Juice, grated peel
and sugar. Beat all ingredients to-
gether and bake In creased dish three
quarters hour or longer. Serve with
top milk.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09

i'lt WI
derStand at ALL"
said Mrs. Turtle.
"IOu say you
know it is going
to rain, and the
reason you knew
it is beCauae you
see Mr.. Tortoise
in the distance.
And then you say
that Mr.. Tortoise
hates the rain.
It's all very con-
fuSlng."
"Mr. Tortoise
hates the rain,
and he is the
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09

this time"
"Tell me how you know" asked Mrs.
Turtle.
Because" continued Mr.. Turtle, Il
see Mr.. Tortoise"
"Does he like the rain so much?"
asked Mrs. Turtle.
'T.ike it" exclaimed Mr.. Turtle
"Gracious. he hates the rain. He SIM
ply cannot stand it. He thinks the
rain II horrid, yes, extremely hOrrid."
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
His Bun Called.

80 you advertised for your lost
purse, pretending that the person who
found It was recognised"
"Yes."
"How did the bluff work."
Didn't work at all. Next day this
ad appeared in the same paper The
recognized gentleman who picked up
the purse on Boylston streets re-
quests the loser to call at his house.. :"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
A PosaIblIItY.

Jinks-If had not married I would
be worth a million.
Binks-But I am single and pennt
less.
Jinks-Ah, but If you had married
you might have learned to economic
Catoctin clarion., 1918-05-09
Two or Three.

Country Cousin-Well, l was in the
Metropolitan museum this morning
City Host-That's nothing to brag
about. / know two or three fellows
living right here In New York who
have bse4 there.-sPart Set.