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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31

robbers entered the home OF Dr.
and Mrs. Harry Mitchell, s2s River
side dr., Tuesday afternoon. They
ransac the house while the oc-
cupants were away. and among the
loot taken was a valuable Swiss
watch. several rings, stick pins
canoes. table linen, silverware ana
other valuable articles, including
several ordinary gold watches
When DR. and Mrs Mitchell re-
turned home late Tuesday afternoon
they found everything in the house
topsy turvy. Every drawer in the
place had been opened and things
that the robbers did not want had
been strewn about the floor. Two
suitcases that did not belong TO the
Mitchell household were found in
the dining room.
The police are keeping the fact Of
the robbery a secret, acting under
the usual theory Of the past 10
months that if were to become
known by the public that a house
had been broken into and robbed,
the robbers might get the notion
that the police were looking for
them. and they would not remain
in town.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
MOTHER GETS LETTER
FROM HER TWO SONS
SERVING IN FRANCE

Mrs ed Cordray, 1909 S. Michi-
gan St, recently received a letter
from each of her sons. Corp. Archie
w. Helmick. headquarters co. and
Pvt. Alva ]. Heimick. battery 3, 18th
field artillery. A. T.. f.
cpl Helmick writes in part as
follows
Dearest Mother
Received your welcome letter d
few days ago. We have been very
busy the last couple of days getting
Strengthened UP after little time at
the front We had no trouble get
ting the Huns on the run and ] guess
they would have been running yet
could We have kept up with them.
They are a big bunch of towards
They pull that 'Kamerad' stuff and
sometimes get away with it, II de-
ponds how our boys feel ABOUT il
III they want prisoner it goes
alright if not he gets about seven
inches of good cold American
steel"
Pvt. Helmick writes I'm part.
Dear Mother:
Harry Schultz and I are in a
billet just across the street from
Archie. You should see Archie. he Is
so fat. You will not know US when
we get home.
we had some terrible battles in
July. August and September. I was
pretty lucky. Went over the top and
came out without a scratch and the
bullets were falling ike hail, but
there was none of them made for
me-"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31

Editor News-Times.
Dear Sir:
Today 1 noticed republican ad-
vertisement reading something like
this, The party OF Lincoln and Nc
Kinley with its glorious record
marches on under the Flag OF the
Republic
Very good, we all know that Lin
coin and Mckinley were republicans
and we believe they did their very
best for their country, so having
done all they could when they were
alive why not let them rest in peace
when they are dead.
Now then, the glorious record Of
which they boast got decidedly rot
ten not long after Mr.. Mckinley
departure for the great unknown.
otherwise so many thousands of re-
publicans would not have trailed off
after Teddy and kicked 50 large a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
FIRST IN THE NEWS-TIMES
COUGHS AND COLDS
NEED ATTENTION
DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey brings
speedy, easy relief.

Pneumonia and tuberculosis often
follow neglected colds. and coughs.
Don't neglect yours. Take DR.. Bell 5
Pine-Tar- Honey faithfully according
TO directions and be on the safe side
Brings quick relief from lingering
coughs, protracted colds. grippe,
bronchitis Soon the sniffling stops,
breathing becomes easier, the
phlegm is loOsened and expelled
congestion vanishes. You feel like
yourself again.
Effective as it is. Dr.. Bells Pine
Tar Honey is most economical. Try
it.
SOC, coo and s1.2O.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31

Our orchestra will return with
pleasing programs and consistent
accompaniment 10 the worlds best
pictures.
And don't forget the Coupon
Books. also good at the Castle-fO
tickets for 81. including tax, on the
two opening days.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
The Public Pulse

Communications for this column
may be signed anonymously but must
be accompanied by the name OF the
writer 10 insure good faiti. No re-
spOn sibllity for facts or sentiments
expressed will be assumed Honest
discussion Of public questions Is in
vited. but with the right reserved 20
eliminate Vicious and Objectiona BILE
matter. The column 10 free. But, be
reasonable.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
Lawyer Scores Police
for Searching Home
Without Warrant

Roundly scoring the members OF
the South Bend police department
for their illegal habit OF entering
private homes without the necessary
search warrants in search OF liquor,
and declaring that they restrict this
habit 10 the home Of the poorer fam
lilies Of the west end. not daring 70
enter the residences OF wealthy fam
lilies along the fashionable thorough
fares OF the city, Atty. George Kurtz.
representing Mrs. Nellie WinkOwski,
1913 W. Durham St. on trial for the
unlawful possession and the sale Of
liquor in city court wednesday after
noon severely arraigned Asst. Chief
OF Police Cassidy and the members
OF the department for what he term
ed the invasion OF the rights Of the
home.
How many homes along River
side dr., z. jefferson blvd. w Col
fax av., or W. Washington av.. have
you broken into in search of liquor
without a search warrant" Atty
Kurtz asked Asst. Chief Cassidy
during his argument for the defense
Of Mrs. Winkowski.
Not one" continued the attorney.
answering his own question. You
don't dare. Mr.. Cassidy, 10 enter the
home Of a wealthy citizen in Chaplin
park without a search warrant. and
you never get one 10 go to these
homes to search for liquor No. You
confine your efforts TO entering the
private homes of poor people on the
west side where you think you can
get away with il. You ought to be
ashamed OF yourself Mr.. Cassidy"
Judge Gilmer found Mrs. Winkow-
ski guilty Of the second count in the
affidavit. fining her $50 and costs
for having the unlawful possession
Of liquor. Mr.. Kurtz appealed the
case to the St. Joseph circuit court
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31
HARD GOAL.

is getting scarcrr each day. People
Will be fortunate if they can get
all the soft co*i they need Have
you a soft coal stove? See our line
before you buy Quality is up 20
our usual standard and prices are
close. Reimold. at 125 y. Main 81.
ADV
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31

Room for a few more trucks and
cars at the Martin Garage. Centrally
located. Home 5516; Bell ia.
Advt. 877O-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31

We can store that furniture. stove.
trunk. piano. etc, at a reasonable
price. Call Home 551e. Bell No. ia.
Inter-City Transfer Co.
Advt. S769-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-31

DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS
THEATER Is EQUIPPED WITH
\ PERFECT NENTILATING
SYSTEM?
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
War and Its Aftermath;
Interesting Personalities
By Willis Fletcher Johnson

there until long after war was pro-
claimed between the United States and
Germany. In that time she cherished
friendships. and even some romance.
and gained an intimate insight into
the German mind and heart--not the
official nor the military heart, but that
of those people whom we regard as
forming the best substance Of the
nation.
The result written with fluent and
vivacious grace, is a most interesting
revelation. which leads to a convincing
conclusion as to "the falseness and
evil inherent in the Prussian idea and
Prussian Kultur." The German people
are poisoned with false ideals, and their
salvation of which they are yet
capable--must come not merely through
the elimination of the Hohenzollcrns,
but through the radical tearing out of
a cancerous growth from the very nat
ure of the people. That is the belief
of this clear eyed and clear minded
young woman who began her involun-
tary observations with an inclination
10 sec the best that there was in Ger
many and who was brought to her
present conviction through the mex
orable processes of experienced facts.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Great Americans
Sketches From Life of People
Worth Knowing

CERTAIN AMERICAN FACES by Charles Lewis
sattery Illustrated. 12mo. pp. 239. H. +.
Dutton & Go.
The eloquent rector OF Grace Church
has in this little volume accomplished
a difficult task with admirable grace
and skill. 1t is in one respect an easy
thing to write of ones contemporaries
because of amplitude of knowledge,
but it is not at all an easy thing to
do so with Judgment and just sense
of proportion because of lack of per
ceptivo and intimacy of influence. But
it is this latter thing which DR.. Slat-
terry has done with notable success,
and it is that fact which gives a pc
culiar value to his work He writes
Of his own familiar friends with the
amplitude of knowledge which familiar
ity gives, and yet with something OF
the judicial detachment with which he
might regard some historic figure of
the ancient past.
We had hesitated for moment to
speak of all the subjects of these
sketches as great, for that word is not
to be lightly or Unfortunately APP
piled. Concerning Josiah Royce and
Phillips Brooks and William Reed
Huntington and some others, there can
be no question. But there are others
far less conspicuous; indeed, to the
average reader obscure if not quite
unknown. Yet in the keen analysis
which the author gives they are seen
to have possessed equally indisputable
elements of true greatness. We need
not again debate the question of the
fragrance or non-fragrance of the flow
er which bushes unseen amid the des-
ert air. Common sense triumphs over
chop-logic. Greatness is at least as
much subjective as objective. There
fore, we reckon these men and women
great in mind and soul; and those
who are not great in mind and soul
cannot be great at all. The reader
VIII thank Dr.. Slattcry for so intimate
an Introduction to Il company of peo-
pie so we'll worth knowing.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Under the Red Cross
A Record of Service, Observa
lions and Impressions

ZIcizAGGINC. by Isabel Anderson (Mrs lar An Ar
derson). illustrated, svo, ID. xvii. 2e9. The
Houghton MG'ln Company.
One of these days complaining critics
will begin to speak of the aftermath
of war books" but the time for that is
not yet. Indeed, the serious scribes OF
the Great War might better adapt Paul
Jones's epigram and say that they have
not yet begun to write. Not ali, bur
many, Of the war books thus far writ
ten have been ephemeral which, Of
course, does not mean that they were
not of great value. An increasing pro-
portion of those hereafter to be writ
ten will at least be intended for perma-
nent value and use.
Such is this volume Of DR.. Ander-
sons. Her object in writing it was not
portentous, nor pretentious. But 1T was
serious, and all the more so because
her sense Of humor was by no means
lacking. And she has put into it so in
forming and veraclous q record oil a
very important branch of service, and
reflections, that it will be of lasting
value for reference comparable with its
very considerable present interest
Note, for example, this glimpse of the
very human Belgian Queen in a wal
hospital:
Her majesty wore white cloth
suit and simple white hat She
asked if my husband was hungry be-
cause she had let me go into the
trenches, and wanted to know how it
happened that the French had let me
off to come and work in Belgium:
She smoked a cigarette and
chatted very pleasantly with US.
When l was in Brussels before the
war, none of the ladies smoked, but
now they all do. C'eSt la guerre!
Dr.. ", who had come in, remarked
that he occasionally smoked d pipe,
and her majesty said the King did,
too, sometimes, and she often cleaned
out his pipe for him, but feared she
didn't do it very we'll. 1t seems they
had just come back from trip, and
she told DR.. V. that she wanted to
begin work again in his operating
room.
An appendix contains interesting let
ters, bulletins, regulations, etc, con-
cerning Red Cross and canteen work.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
The Peak of the Load
Miss Aldrich's Interpretation of
The Second Marine

THE PEAK OF THE ROAD. By Mildred Aldrich
l6uo. PIP 217. Small, Maynard x Co.
1t is scarcely possible that moro ap
propriatc title could be gvon to a book
than the one chosen for these charm
ingly written lettcrs by an American
woman, who experienced the thrill and
the pride of "our boys" when they
entered the great holocaust of going
lover the top" at the second battle of
the Marne and on to Nesle. In this
collection of letters, written between
April 20, 1917, and August Ia, 1918, the
author has reached the highest PIN
nacle of achievement in her interpreta-
tion Of the bond Of sentiment and re-
gard between the French people and
the American soldiers stationed there.
We have presented to us in a simple
and lucid manner all those months of
anxious waiting at the crucial period
when the American boys were brought
in to stem the tide, and the things they
accomplished, generously sprinklcd with
humor and the pathos and the indom-
table spirit of the French people.
Though these arc personal narratives,
the personal note has been SO effaced
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
With Pen and Press

The Century Company will bring out
in January "The Aero Blue Book a
volume on the order of the "Autom obile
Blue Book" though really an encyclo-
padia of aeronautcs. The book will
contain MAPS, aviation records, lists of
international and national trophies and
prizes, besides information about mail
service, etc.
Moffat, Yard & Co. are presenting
two volumes of the "Modern American
Writer'S Series" which will be COM
posed of biographies, comments and eX-
tracts from the works of the people
about whom they are written. Volume
I is by Grant NJ. Overton, on "The
Women Who Make Our Novels" and
commenting on prominent American
writer's. Volume II is by Howard W.
Cook, on "Our Poets of To day." con-
tanning sketches and quotations from
the present-day American poets. In
the early spring the publishers will
bring out the third volume Of the
series, entitled "The Men Who Make
Our Novels" by George Gordon.
Captain Chomelcy- James, author of
every Day Philosophy" published by
the John Lane Company, has recently
been promoted to the rank of lieuten-
ant colonel in recognition of his ser
vices with the War Risk Bureau, A. E. F.
The Page Company is making an
attractive suggestion as to books fol
Christmas gifts, and so solving a diff
fcult question for many people. The
company is Offering the famous "See
America First" series, three new titles
having been added this year" "Florida :
The Land of Enchantment," by Nevin O
Winter; "Colorado: The Queen Jewe
Of the Rockies" by Mae Lacy Baggs
and Sunset Canada: British Colum
bia and Beyond by Archie Bell. The
volumes are handsomely bound in sill
cloth, with many plates in full color
and fifty eight fine page illustrations
in duogravure.
The Century Company will publish
early in 1919 "a Little Gray Home in
France" by Helen Davenport Gibbons
The title of the book is taken from the
name given by the American soldiers
in the zone Of Base 1 in France
to the chateau near ST. Nazaire in
which Mrs. Gibbons, with her husband
and four children lived last summer
and where she kept open house for
the doughhoys from back home. She
believed in "treating them special.
bringing 10 them the atmosphere of
"at home, back home"
Mr.. Isaac f. Marcosson has inst
returned to the United States from
his fifth trip to the front, where he
has been engaged in an extensive in
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Was She a SOY?

CLYDE CORNERS. BY Ellen Douglas Deland
illustrated in colors by il. s. Caswell. l2mo
pp 800 D. Appleton & Go.
intended to be girls book and cal
cu'ated to be interesting to girls all
the way through their teens, Miss De
lands war idyl, if the phrase be per-
mlssible, will not be devoid Of inter
est to adult readers, too. 1t tells the
story OF young woman in country
town, under the suspicion of being a
German spy. 1t is suspicion which
ls not far from the truth, though in
the end she plays a nobler part than
the character would have called for.
mere Is pleasant vein of sentiment
duplicating other young people in n
thoroughly entertaining tale.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Tragic MYSTERIES

THE MAN WHO KNEW BY Edgar Wallace with
colored frontspicce by William A. Kirkpatrick
l2ino, PIP. 3i3. Small. Maynard & Co.
There are those who weary of detec-
tive stories, yet there are more who
find in them perennial delight 1t is a
matter Of record that some of the fore
most statesmen and other masterful
men Of affairs have special fondness
for such works, finding in them both
relaxation and stimulus, as their need
may be. In the present volume we
have a complex tale of tragedies, we'll
constructed and we'll told; simple and
natural in style, yet Of gripping and
breathless fascination. 1t may be
recommended in entire confidence that
there will not be dull moment in
the hours spent in reading it.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21

when. on rerusai. we find that both
have done their work we'll 1t is the
story of young Canadians daring and
persistent attempts to escape from a
German military prison, and itspur-
ports to be entirely truthful. That it
is an actual narrative we should be-
lieve even without the authors assur-
ancc, because of its unmistakablc air
Of veracity, and because it would be
difficult to invent adventures Of peril
and hardship and daring quite as stir
ring and as thrilling as these. 1t is one
of the best war books of the kind that
we have read.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Secret Service

THE STRANGE STR ADVENTURES, OF BROMLEY
PIP 3i5. Tho Page Company.
The dozen detective stories which
make up this volume are all interest
ing, and some Of them are fascinating
IN their ingenious mystery. But they
are too obviously artificial to enjoy
the highest rank Of such writings. 1t
is not we'll to set the stage and pro-
claim with blare of trumpets that a
mystery drama is about to be enacted
which the infalible detective will
conduct to certain triumph. Of course.
story thus presented may be Of
gripping interest, but it is not true
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
The Irish Heart

DOCTOR }s DANNY; BY Ruth Sawyer Illustrated
l2mo' PIP. AL Harper & Bros.
Too many irish stories are what VIC
might call professionally Irish. They
are tull of propaganda. sometimes ag-
gresslvc, sometimes subtle Of course
1t is quite permissible for any one tc
write stories of that sort about Ireland
or America or the FIJI Islands; but the
art of such productions is likely to be
seriously marred. In the present col
lection of related short stories Miss
Sawyer has happily avoided this error
and has told US good stories just fol
the sake of telling good stories. In
them she gets very close to the rea
heart OF Ireland, away from the CON
Ventlonal tourists tracks, away from
politics, away from all manner of prop.
aganda, and she reveals that heart te
us in all it's throbbing warmth ant
with all its bewitching compound OF
love and humor and all delightful
human passions. 1T is a book to be
read and to be loved.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
A Girl Amid Beasts
Her Moral and Physical Tri-
umph and Escape
WITH OLD GLORY IN BERLIN. By Joseph

WITH OLD GLORY IN BERLIN Iy Joeephne
Thercsc With foreword by Eliot Harlow
Robinson. Illustrated. Svo. pp $40 The Page
Company
Amid the many books of personal cx-
periences and observations in Ger
many and of escapes from that country
during the war the present stands con-
spicuous and noteworthy for several
reasons. One is that the the author
went to Germany simply as a music
student, without thought of being an
observer or Investigator and obviously
without any prejudices or predictions
unless, indeed. in favor of the Ger
mans. Another. almost unique, is that
she went thither some time after the
outbreak of the war and remained
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Out of Hunnish Prisons

THREE TIMES AND OUT. Told by Private Sim
mons written by Nellie j. Mctlune Illustrated.
12mo. pp. 247 .loughton MnIn Company
This book commends itself on it's
face, with the frank avowal that while
the story is told by one person it is
written in literary form by another;
and the commendation is confirmed
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Fact and Fiction of Life;
. News of the Book World

art. Such things could not happen in
real life. One Of earth's wisest men
said many centuries ago that I'm vain
is the net spread in the sight Of any
bird;" and the saying is worthy OF
all remembrance--by writer's of detec-
tive stories
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
bills In ers-N Ws:

that the reader might we'll be living
through those thrilling times.
The author touches briefly, though IN
tcrcstingly, upon the famous Caillaux
affair, tho various changes that were
going on in Russia and the general mil
itary situation, and her observations
upon these subjects are worth while
reading, and will no doubt give to many
a new and more vivid conception Of the
conditions in France. In speaking OF
the destruction of property and the ef-
fccts of tho war from tho spiritual side,
Miss Aldrich says:
Is it not true of all Of us who read
our history straight-or as straight
as our limited intelligence will let us
that. though the life Of each gem
Grafton is made cnthralling Ny the
personal struggle, by new ways of
making money, new ways of spending
it, new ways Of living and new ways
of dressing and eating and amusing
ourselves, these arc not the vital
things? If they were there would
have been few wars, in spite of adj
venturcrs, camp followers and free
lanceS.
In speaking of the German prisoners
spoken in their limited French, she
says: "Mechants les AMERICANS -
mcchants.' Aren't they wonderful
Strange people, who feel the right to Dc
the things they have done and ther
think a soldier who fights back impo
ltcly is "mGchant"!
There are so many delightful bits o
bubbling humor that the book must bt
read to be truly appreciated, and i
must not be forgotten that all thes'
facts so cleverly told arc authentic.
II A. IT
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
CHRISTMAS DAY SERVICE
Church of the Beloved Disciple

S9.h Street near Madison Ave.
Rev. HENRY VI. BARBOUR. d. D.. Rector.
Services 80 10, II A. NJ. Ctector. 4. s
r. NJ (inv Floyd 5 Leach, Pm. D..
POPULAR vESpERS at 4. consisting mainly of
vocal and Instrumental music violin. cello. harp
and organ.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
MIDNIGHT COMMUNION: Preliminary service
beginning at 1iS0 Christmas Eee string quar-
tette, with usual Instruments RS Communion
Service in D. Pastoral symphony from The
Messiah" HALIEIUJAII CHORUS
CHRISTMAS DAY. Il A NJ; Fosters Com
munion Service in C. Hassc;s,en's Festival March,
Fletcher's Anthem. "SinG A'nls Blessed Morn !"
Sermon by Rector. S-tn. Quartette, Harp. etc
All welcome.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-21
Where to Go TO Church Tomorrow
RIsFOR ED

TIE MIDDLE COLLEGIATE CHURCH.
% Ave and 7th st.
Rev. EDGAR FRANKLIN ROMGG, Minister.
VIII preach at II A NJ. and s Z. NJ
service On Christmas Day at 1880 A NJ
THE MARBLE coIEGlArE CHURCH.
9Th Ave and 29th ST.
Rev. DAVID JAS BURRtLL, D. D.. Minister
il A. M.-'Thc Child Who Troubled the King"
T. M-"Why These Christmas Songs?"
Special Christmas Music. Choir assisted by an
orchestra Of slrnged Instruments.
Service on Christmas Day at II A. NJ.
THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH Oh ST
NICHOLAS.
18th Ave. aud 4Sth St.
Rev. MALCOLM JAS MACLEOD D. D. Minister.
II A. M-Dr Macleod will preach Christmas
T. M.-ChriStmas Carols.
Short address by Dr. Macleod
Service ON Christmas Day at IL A. NJ
TIE WEST TND COLLEGIATE CHURCH,
Wcs End Ave. and 7tA 81.
Roy. HENRY EVERrSON COBB. D. D. Minstcr
M i:So Z. NJ. Special Music. Maunder's Can
tt2ta bethlehem Choir assisted by Violin and
Harp.
Service on Christmas Day Mt II A. NJ
THE FORT WASHINGTON COLLEGIATE
Fort Washington Ave. and 1slst St
Rev. IRVING II. BERG. D. D.. Minister,
will preach
u M.-"'Ihe Christmas Spirit.
r. M.'An Enduring Peace
Cantata. "Thc Christ Child" by c. b. Hawley.
will be rendered by the choir
Sunday school at 9:55 A. NJ
All Seats Free.