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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-25
THE MELTING POT
~Come Fake Pot Luck With Us"
SOFT As NAILS.
BY james j Montague.


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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-07-25

Bugs" are amazingly like the hu-
mans they inhabit. with many Of
their traits and characteristics. They
will go peacefully along for endless
generations. living inoffensively in
the noses and threats OF mankind, as
harmless as the proverbial dove.
Then some strange and unusual
condition of affairs will arise. gem
orally from crowding great masses
Of humanity into congested quarters
with insufficient or unsuitable food
and bad air. and these former doves
will turn into serpents with sudden
ness and an emphasis which is moth
ing short OF appalling. 1t is generally
supposed that the majority of the in
fectious ailments of the human race
were started in this way.
Germs that had formerly been
free living that is, floating
around in the atmosphere and gain
ing sustenance from vegetation or
the soil, became. through some eX-
traordinary process or condition Of
affairs, parasitic, and began TO spe-
cialize, thrive and prosper in vari-
Gus parts of the human system.
Having once acquired the knacl,
they passed II on 10 their multitud-
nous descendants. who are very
much in evidence in the present day.
4 recent and widely reported ad-
dition TO the list Of doves that turn
co into Serpents, or family boarders
that turned pirates. is the eXtraor-
binary epidemic which swept all over
Spain a few months ago
While fortunately not very deadly.
nevertheless il floors" its victim
with thoroughness that could
scarcely he improved upon 1t APP
pears without the slightest warning
starting with a violent headache.
turning later into a high fever with
much throat irritation and gastric
disturbance. and other symptoms Of
that Widespread malady which IS
'cIassed by our southern ''mammies"
under the all-embraCing and very
descriptive term Of "gin'ril mis- ry."
The fever breaks on the second or
third day and the worst is over in
a day or 30 more.
According 10 many accounts these
seizures sometimes become so VIC
lent that they resemble commissions
and there are stories OF unfortunate
victims suddenly being seized by an
attack while on the streets. much 10
their peril from passing vehicles
20 violent and 80 widespread were
the alta cks Of the malady that il
tied up nearly an The industries OF
Spain for days on end.
A mobilization OF troops. which
was under way when the disease frst
appeared. had 10 be halted. the tele-
graph service was greatly i'm paired
and In some districts almost COM
pletely stopped. and the street rail
ways OF Madrid mad 10 greatly re-
duce their car service. The afhiction,
like the law. Is no respecter OF per
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Peace Talk.

1t fills my soul with sorrow,
that men must fight and kill to-
day and yet tomorrow, and more
tomorrows still; Pm tired OF all
the Staying in spring fields over
there, where once the children,
maying, with laughter filled the
air. I'm weary of the story of
shrieks and dying groans, of
weapons red and CORY, of graves
and dead mems bones. And yet
I'd hold it treason to boost for
balmy peace; it's surely not the
season to give such thoughts re-
lease. Until our avalanches of
men have crushed the foe, no
doves with olive branches will
have the slightest show. Until
we've done with shooing the
Prussian off the walk, the dove
that comes a-cooing is due to
meet a shock. The peace that
leaves the junker of Prussia still
on deck, would be a whole lot
punker than war and death and
wreck. We had to leave our
haying to polish off the Hun, and
now we'll go on Staying, until
the job is done. We had TO quit
our farming, desert our growing
crops, and there'll be no disarm-
ing while yet a Teuton yawps.
A half licked Hun would never
foresake his dreams of power,
and he'd be worse than ever in 4
less than half an hour. And so
no gents or ladies can talk of
peace to me, although the war
is hades that's multiplied by
three.
WALT MASON.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
! PATRIOTISM TO FEATURE
THE CLOSING PROGRAM

Patriotism will be the keynote of
the graduation exercises of Gonzaga
College High School. in the college
hall. I street between North Capitol
and LIST streets. at o'clock wednes-
day evening. Rt. Rev. Thomas J.
Shahan. president Of Catholic Uni
yersity. will deliver the address to
the graduates. Rev. Paul r. Connif
also will speak.
John P. Murray. valedictorian of
the class will speak on "The Pope
and the War" Another member of
the class, Paul w. Twombly, will
speak on Catholics and the War"
There are eighteen in the class.
IN addition to these. Bernard ]. Ed
monds OF the class of 1911 will re-
ceive the degree of A. NJ.
Lieut. Jean ]. Labat of the French
military mission will sing the ma
etonal anthem Of his country, "The
'yfArseillaise." Patriotic songs will be
: &ung by George O'Connor and Paul
IL. Repetti. An anonymous song
eFGod Bless Our Gallant Men," will
f1e given, air. America"
Prizes will be awarded students in
kher classes for proficiency in study
Ind for special contests.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
WASHINGTON ETHICAL.
CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
James S. Harlan Made President
Of Organization Which Will
Offer Popular Programs.

James S. Harlan of the Interstate
ed president of the recently organized
Washington Ethical Club. Eugene Z.
Prussing, prime mover in the forma-
tion of the society. was elected vice
president.
Other officers also named by the
trustees are: Recording secretary,
Charles H. Weston: corresponding
secretary. Mrs. Lucille c. Lore. The Of
ficers and Clarence A. Kenyon, one of
the trustees, constitute the executive
committee.
The society, with the approval of the
Fosdick commission. division for COM
munity service, has undertaken to
manage and give entertainments of a
musical and literary character in
Washington attractive to officers and
their families in the Army and Navy
services and officials and employees in
Amateur and professional assistance
of various kinds, as well as audito-
RUINS, has been offered free of all
cost, and the audiences will be the
guests Of the society.
The first entertainment has been ar
ranged for Thursday afternoon at 4:31
o'clock at the Scottish Rite Temple,
18th and S streets northwest. The ar
fists will be Louis Thompson. tenor,
and Lewis c. Atwatei, organist.
Mr.. Thompson has written a number
of compositions of distinction and is
well known here as teacher Of vocal
art. Mr.. Atwater is pupil of the IA
nous Walters, and is organist at
All Saints Unitarian Church and the
Eighth Street Hebrew Temple. For
many years he has been a teacher of
the organ and piano in this city.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
FOUR PERSONS BITTEN
BY DOGS, POLICE REPORT
Two Children, One Three and One
Half Years Old, Are Listed
Among the Victims.

Four instances of persons bitten by
dogs are reported by the police. One
of them was George Gray. three and
one-half years old, 1927 Douglass
street northeast. He was playing
with a stray dog on the street near
his home, when the animal bit him on
the left cheek. A physician dressed
the wound.
William Berlinsky, seven years old,
716 Euclid street, was bitten on the
hand by stray canine Saturday night
about o'clock while at Georgia ave-
nue. and Euclid street. He received
treatment at Gerfeld Hospital.
Harry Johnson. colored, thirty-one
years old, 315 11th street northeast,
told the police he was bitten on the
arm by a dog while delivering ice at
1884 Maryland avenue northeast
Thursday He went to a physicians
office and had the wound dressed.
Policeman A. E. Smoot of the elev-
enth precinct was attacked by a dog
last night while on his motor cycle
near 14th street and Good Hope road,
Anacostia, and bitten on the left leg.
His wound was dressed by a police
surgeon.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
MANY OPENING HOMES
TO NEWCOMERS IN CITY
Y. M. c. A. Listing Average Of rs
Homes Day Additional to Work
of D. c. Council Of Defense.

That the people of Washington are
still responding to the governments
appeal to relieve housing congestion
by taking war workers into their
homes is shown by report that the
Y. NJ. c. A. has been listing an aver
age of seventy-five rooms a day re-
Gently, while an average of only fifty
men have been applying daily for ac-
commodations.
This is in addition to the scores of
rooms that are being listed at the
room registration Office of the Dis
trict Council OF Defense, 1921 New
York avenue.
Edwin S. Hege, in charge of the de-
fense councils room office. said, how
ever. that the people of Washington
should bear in mind the fact that
probably more than $1,000 more war
workers will arrive in Washington
during the remainder of this year,
going to rely on the room office to
take care OF a large proportion of
these newcomers.
Both Mr.. Hege's room Office and the
Y. M. c. A. are still Handicapped in
their work by persons who fail to
give notice when they have rented
their rooms. AS q result of this both
Offices send newcomers to certain ad-
dresses, where they find the rooms
were taken several days before.
The room offices also are annoyed
by newcomers who take twp or three
addresses and then fail to advise the
office from which they secured the
addresses as to whether they accept
ed any one of the rooms.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Some Applications Denied.
Bar Our Enemies After the War!

To the Editor Of The Star:
l wish to suggest that Congress
pass a bill prohibiting the entrance
into the United States, for a period of
years after the war. of any person
or persons bearing arms against the
United States, on and after a certain
date. Not being a lawyer, I do not
know whether this would be con-
stitutional. but I must say I am
thoroughly convinced that If a 1eafiet
or pamphlet were printed and dis
tributed among the Germans now in
arms to that effect it would
have wonderful results. Take, for in
stance, how anxious the German
authorities seem to be to hide from
at the front, and in every way trying
to hide the activity of the American n
forces from the German people. I
noticed in The paper that one of the
mercantile marine officers who was
a prisoner on board one of the L.
week said that while he was a pris-
oner aboard the submarine one Of the
U-boat officers had stated that he
had lived for considerable time in
the United States, was engaged to a
Philadelphia girl, and that as soon as
the war was over he was coming to
this country to settle down! There
are thousands like him. and for them
to be told that bearing arms against
this country would debar them
would give them food for thought
that in my opinion would go long
way to create discomfort and termi-
nate this bloody war. 1t would en-
tighten not only the Germans under
arms, but their relatives and friends
now residing in the United States,
who are a legion, and have a vast in
fiuence with their countrymen in
arms against US.
WILLIAM RAMSAY.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
SERMON TO STUDENTS.

The baccalaureate sermon was de-
livered to the students of National
Cathedral School for Boys by Rt Rev.
Philip NJ. Rhinelander. Bishop of
Philadelphia. formerly of Washing
ton, yesterday afternoon. The serv-
ices were conducted in the open air
at the Peace cross.
Among those present were Bishop
Alfred Harding of Washington. Dean
G. c. F. Bratenahl, Canon William
De Vries and Canon Walden Myer.
Commencement exercises are to be
held at o'clock this afternoon at
Bethlehem Chapel. Washington Ca
thedral.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
NEW RAIL RATE IN FORCE.
Travellers Pay 3 Cents a Mile in
. Buyino Tickets,

Travellers who purchased railroad
tickets anywhere in this country to-
day paid for them at the new rate
of cents a mile. ordered by Director
General McAdoo.
Passengers en- route to destina-
tions on trips starting before last
midnight completed their journeys at
the old rate, but with stopover priv
ileges abolished.
In addition to increasing all fares,
the order effective today added one
half cent a mile to the fare for Pull
man accommodations. The charge
for a berth or chair in Pullman cars
will remain the same, at least for
the present.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Salvation Army Work in War.

The work of the Salvation Army
In the present war was described by
Col. Samuel 1. Prengle, Salvation
Army. yesterday at the Church Of the
Covenant. He told how the organi-
zation heads were called together
by Gen. Booth at the beginning of the
war and volunteers sent to France
with the first British expedition.
The All States Club meets tomor-
row night at the Church Of the Cow
enant.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
WILL SEEK WAGE VIEWS.
Railway Board to Recommend
Notifications of New Scale.

With purpose to recommend to Di-
rector General McAdoo notifications
OF the new wage scale applying to
shop employees, the board of railroad
wages will seek from superintendents
Of motive power and other railway
executives information throwing light
on wages and working conditions.
Following this investigation. other
classes Of labor will have a chance
to explain their reasons for being
dissatisfied with the amount Of wage
increases. The first general payments
OF wages under the new scale will
be made this week.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Relieved From Duty Here.

Col. Henry P. Birmingham. U. s. A..
retired. has been relieved from duty
in the office of the surgeon general In
this city and ordered to Charleston. 8.
c.. for duty as chief surgeon Of the
Southeastern Department. He will
relieve Col. Leigh H. Fuller. medical
department, who is assigned to the
command Of the base hospital at
Camp Sheridan. near Montgomery.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Fifty French Churches Under Fire.

Nearly nifty of the Protestant
churches of northern France have
been under fire since the beginning
of the war. The financial help sent
from America will be used for re-
pair work and rehousing the refugees
in these districts, according to Andre
Monod, secretary of the United Prot
estant French committee. 1t is stated
that the maintaining of the religious
services of these people Is an" im-
portant factor In the winning Of the
war. 4
Evening star., 1918-06-10
CITY ITEMS.
Clnhin Optical Co, 9O7 F st.
Glasses for Farsighted Eyes.
is Lbs, White Potatoes, zsc,

Gunpowder Tea. 69c; IL lbs. White
Meal. 55c: Evap. Peaches. lie: Blue
Label Coffee, Csc: Large Herring. SC:
Red Kidney Beans, 121sc can: Bah
bits Soap, Csc; Pure Pepper. 40c:
A. J. Pancake or Buckweat Flour.
111zc. 1898 N st. NV. and all the
j. T. D. Pyles Stores.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
State Banks Join Reserve system

Nearly 500 Of the 10000 state banks
end trust companies. including most
bf the largest institutions. now are
members Of the federal reserve sys-
tenn.
The Federal Reserve Board has re-
ported that the 486 banks and trust
companies admitted up to June l
have Q total capital OF $272 900. 900.
q sturplus Of S348, ,000. 900 and resources
- Sk,eS1.oe0. .ooo.' Forty-three banks
a( trust oompaniss were admitted
Evening star., 1918-06-10

The historic westover plantation on
the James river, twenty-four miles
southeast of Richmond. Va, has been
sold at public auction to an invest
msnt securities company Of New
York for $4,000.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
CARRIERS CONTEST
Tito END TOMORROW
Close Finish Expected in War
= Stamp Race, Surprises
Not Unlikely.
men ARE WORKING HARD
LEADERS IN CONTEST.

The letter carriers who have
made the largest war savings
and thrift stamp sales in the
contest being conducted under
the auspices of The Star, for
twenty cash prizes aggregating
Evening star., 1918-06-10

Several thousand Americans Of the
overseas forces were warmly greeted
at theatrical entertainment in Lon
don last night, which had been ar
ranged by the British committee.
Evening star., 1918-06-10

thrift stamp selling. contest. being
conducted under the auspices of The
Star. will close tomorrow night and
the winners of the. twenty cash prizes.
aggregating $500 in amount, will be
announced two days later.
There is every indication that the
finish will be close and that there is
a big chance for dark horses" The
carriers have all enjoyed the contest,
and although it has meant consider
able extra work and effort on their
part, they have displayed the great
est amount of enthusiasm and inter-
Evening star., 1918-06-10

Mems Suits& Uniforms Ctenned.Altered
Norris. 10 9th ct. NV. Phi. Franklin ac54
Evening star., 1918-06-10
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
The regular monthly meeting of the

The regular monthly meeting Of the
District of Columbia branch, National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People. will be held Wednes-
day evening at the 18th street branch,
Y. NJ, C. A.
Fire in n shed ON the premises OF
John Hickman, 1011 Sd street, yester-
day about noon claimed the attention
OF the fire department. The fire was
of unknown origin, according to
police of the second precinct, and $3.50
damage resulted.
Floyd Smith, coIOred. tvventy-three
years old, was found dead in bed at
his home. 1928 Marion street. about
$40 O'Clock this morning. William
Smith, a brother, found him and noti-
fed the police. Coroner Nevitt gave a
certificate of death from natural
causes.
Attorney Norman w. Scott. execu-
tive head OF the colored Elks Of the
United States. left Washington today
for Cleveland, where he Is to attend
a patriotic celebration of the order.
colored Elks Of that city.
Louis Giclas of 9Th and L streets.
| has gone to Milwaukee as delegate
from the local Sheet-metal Con-
tractors Association. to be gone a
| week. He carries with him a minia-
1 ture statue of Bartholdfs Liberty" in
| New York harbor as an example of
| sheet metal work.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES
TONIGHT.

1OANfGf1I.
Meeting of the Literary Society of
Dunbar Community Center at Dunbar
High School at $50 O'Clock
Meeting of Congress Heights Public
Improvement Association in the Bap-
tist Portable building at 7:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Some Hustlers Are Missing.

&C. L. Miley, who ran up a score of
5000 in the March contest, has not
put in an appearance as yet There's
little Chuck Conner Of Center market
fame, who had them all stepping live
ly in the last race and rolled up a
II. 200 score. Joe Zimmerman, who
sold $2.50O and who helped Tiffany
count several thousand dollar sales
I Hnd never lost cent. Epply and
fCarquhar. who sold $4,000 and $4,000,
respectively. and who have yet to
make a sound in this race. Big Mike
4ennesy Of 18th and K streets and
sulf creel. too. aretamong the miss
! Many trends of Carrier Jones.
eyhose route is in Pipetown, are get
54ng alarmed about him. And Warren
kHemmacher, Big Hammacher's little
brother. hasn't been heard from; nor
has Faithful Elmer Dom, who made
y name for himself during the last
coptest by turning in a check from
one OF Pershings fighters. Some one
has asked IL w. NJ. Pickett, the south :
east hustler. has fallen asleep in Lin
coin Park. But the big surprise is
the bashfulness of the speed bow of
Apacostia, Mr.. Valentine Waller
However. today's sales are yet to be
beard from. and then there is tomor-
fow-the final day-and, as Johnny
Lyon says. ITS anybody's race yet"
Evening star., 1918-06-10
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
RECALL HEROIC DEEDS
President Shares in Tributes Paid
at Impressive Arlington Memo
rial Services.

Tribute was paid by their rapidly
dwindling comrades at impressive me-
mortal services yesterday over the
graves of fallen Confederate heroes
in Arlington national cemetery. The
President and Mrs. Wilson attended.
The President made no address. He
was given an enthusiastic greeting by
the several thousand veterans and
their friends,
Evening star., 1918-06-10
March Around Monument,

The thin gray line of veterans
marched in procession from the gate
Of the cemetery and around the Con-
federate monument in salut, led by
Capt. Fred Beall, commander of Camp
No. III, United Confederate Veterans
The exercises were held under the aus
pices of the Confederate Veterans
Association, Sons Of Confederate Vet
Grams, United Daughters of the Con-
federacy and the Southern Relief So
ciety.
Representative L. P. Padgett, orator
Of the occasion, lauded the south's
fallen heroes and referred to the
President. who was seated nearby. as
"the greatest man in the world today,
II not the greatest that ever lived"
Asserting the unstinted loyalty of
the south to the country. he said
that reconstruction had been SO thor
oughly and completely accomplished
that in the present war the whole
nation>is one.
The profusion of flowers strewn
over the grave of every fallen soldier
In gray included some sent from the
White House. The distribution was
by Children of the Confederacy. un-
der the direction of Mrs. West and
Mrs. George Covington.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Douglas Is Setting Pace.

No record was kept yesterday of
1 sales and the leaders list printed to-
day Is the same as printed in The Star
yesterday. Douglas is setting the
pace. with Van Voorhis hugging him
close. and Riley Spiker romping along
in third place. H. C. Richter, who has
won more than one selling contest and
who hardly knows how 1t feels to
have dust kicked in his face, is just
nose behind Spiker. and he gives
every evidence of having a surplus of
wind and speed stored away for the
hnal squirt down the stretch.
Where are the big steppers of the
last racer is the question being asked
by Supt. Schooley, Asst. Supt. Reagan
and Foremen Shriner. Sa>>ers and
Lehr, who are getting md.e excited
each day over the race.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
$50, 900 Total Expected.

Owing to the fact that this contest
Is of shorter duration than the one
conducted by The Star in March, and
the fact that the mails in the city are
now heavier than at any other period
in the history of the department, and
that Washington is not quite over
the effects Of the recent liberty loan
and Red Cross drives, the results of
this campaign will not be as large as
in the March contest, but it Is be-
lieved by those in charge that the
sales will go far beyond expectation.
1t is estimated that the total will
amount to at least $4,000.
One would naturally think that a
letter carrier. after indulging in an
almost continual bag-carrying hike
six days during the week, would hang
close to an easy chair on Sunday. Not
80 with these hustlers of Postmaster
Chances force. The end of the race
is too near, and the competition is too
keen to permit resting or idleness un-
til the race is over. Some of the car
riers yesterday shifted the scene of
their activities to churches. where
they made stamp sales after the serv-
ices Some took advantage of the
holiday by soliciting their friends and
neighbors. All were more or less act
i've in advancing the war savings cam
paign and incidentally striving to
boost their own individual sales.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Program Of Exercises.

The program included invocation
by Rev. Randolph H. McKim, chap
lain of Camp No. III: singing of ma
tional anthems by a selected quartet
and benediction by Rev. Andrew R.
feature of the exercises was the un-
yelling of the Southern Cross" pre-
sented by Camp No. 305. Miss Lucy
Burleson was sponsor and Mrs. Joel
Bulkley was maid of honor.
Capt. John M. Hickey Of Camp No.
III. United Confederate Veterans.
presided as chairman Of the memorial
committee. Music was furnished by
the Marine Band.
Evening star., 1918-06-10
Wash. Dancing Academy

Modern ballroom dancing taught. also siae-.
Lady md Gentleman teachers. The Sos.-Siioe.
Fancy and Clog -DaneipE a speciaity. rs. !. st.
NV. Open Sunday. Private lessons HtssoE.
-. s::-e. Guarantee satisfaction. Main s<ss.
Evening star., 1918-06-10

pcVERE GA. AVE. a PAKk -, ND I'D
NE GNA GLADYS LESLIE. IN LII
TIE MISS NO-ACCoUNT.
Evening star., 1918-06-10

fnyA7i 434 9th ST. NV. TO-DAY.
{EkAkA WIN. s. HART. in THE
! rnMooERRoWNBRYAST oE wAsHBURN. in
1 .sTwESTY-ONE.
Evening star., 1918-06-10

NJ VNNpIc OPEN G.30 Pm.
ULkMI ~ HI. B. WARNER. in
1sa1 n ST GOODS MAN"