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South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23
EBERT IS SWORN
IN AS PRESIDENT
New Head of German Republic
Takes Oath at Wiener
Before Large Crowd.

WEIMAR. Aug 21 Delayed -
Frederick Ebert took the oath as
imperial president az the National
theater today. large crowd had
gathered IN the square before the
thoater. where a guard OF honor was
drawn up with the Landjaeger band
playing.
Herr Ebert arrived In automobile
AZ O'Clock in the afternoon and
was received at the main entrance
~ the theater by the vice president
and secretaries, who conducted him
70 where Konstantin Fehrenbach.
president Of the national assembly.
was awaiting him. The organ
played as Herr Fehrenbach led the
president % the center OF the flower
befecked hall, where the presidents
tribune is situated. The members Of
the imperial council and Assem- bly,
rose 10 welcome Herr Ebert. but
the places reserved for the German
national and independent socialists
were empty
RcCitcs Oath.
Herr Fehrenbach handed the
president the document containing
the oath. the formula Of which
Pres't Ebert recited with a firm
voice.
Herr Ehrenbach then said 10 the
president:
You came from the people and
therefore you will ever be a faith
ful friend OF the working people. 10
whom you have devoted your life
work. You will also ever be a shield
20 the fatherland. which you have
done your best 10 serve and for the
sake OF which you have made a
terrible and most painful sacrifice,
seeing that Of four sons you sent 70
the colors two have not returned
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23
CARING FOR THE AGED.


Old people, like little children,
own family and generally speaking
can be best cared for in their own
home. With advancing years, both
body and mind show lowered re-
sistance and diminished vigor. When
the mode OF living is adapted to
these changes the happiness and
usefulness of the aged is greatly pro-
longed
They are keenly sensitive to the
cold and should have warm under
clothing and extra wraps when need
ed They should be provided with
warm night clothes. stockings. hot
water bottles, light but warm COW
ers, and a sufficient thick mattress.
Many covers will not supply the de-
fciency Of a thin mattress. Old
people usually want their rooms
yer warm but it is better TO keep
the temperature about 20. Remem-
Der ventilation is very important,
and it is quite possible 70 keep the
room warm and yet well ventilated.
The aged must be guarded from
chill, exposure, crowds and cOmmun-
icable diseases. Their food should
be simple, hot and divided into four
or five meals a day.
While old people should be en-
couraged to continue moderate act
ivities and TO take regular exercise
it is bad for them TO undertake sud
den muscular exertions or to place
themselves in an insecure position,
since their bones are brittle and heal
with difficulty. However, it is a
questionable kindness to try to man
age old people too much, to deprive
them Of all freedom Of action. In
fact at times it is better 70 let them
follow their own inclination even
if you feel it is not for their good
Perhaps the saddest of all changes
that occur in the aged is their grad
ual loss in power 10 respond TO new
demands. They cannot understand
new points of view and in conse-
quence feel that the world has gone
on without them. How often we
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23

PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS OF
Gary took a decided drop Friday
when prices were nearly cut in
two by the city market master
Tomatoes formerly selling for $2.25
per bushel were sold for S1.25
while eggs were cut down to 45
cents a dozen. Ducks and geese
sold for 20 cents a pound instead
of 50 cents as was formerly
charged.
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23
FAMILY IN WASHINGTON,
FIND HOME Is LOOTED

BY T'~ftnd prpsS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. %
Loau after load OF valuable loot has
been carried away from the palatial
residence of Charles Layman, since
ne and his family went 20 Washing
ton, D. G. last November. IL was dis
covered Friday. Miss Isabelle Pick
hard. employed in Layman's office.
entered the home today and found
every room ransacked with another
load of valua BILE silverware. cut
glass and bric-a-brac piled on the
kitchen floor and covered with a bed
spread.
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23
StOckmen Tell Committee
To 'Tet Packers Alone"

want 10 pay high prices. because
they think they're getting better
stuff"
These hearings VIII help get the
fool ideas ont OF their heads" he
said. while the committee laughed.
That's the only good they'll do
In answer 10 Sen. Capper OF Kan
sas, J. p. Lynn and a group of other
feeders said they had lost some
money on cattle this spring
But that's not the packers
fault" J. a Christianson. a third
man from the same district said.
Any man can make a mistake and
pay too much"
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23
VESEY OF FORT WAYNE
MAY RUN FOR OFFICE

BF Uuitod Press
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Aug "a
Dick Vesey. OF Fort Wayne. member
of tie Indiana legislature Indicated
Friday that he viii be a candidats
for the republican nomination for
n -utenant governor lie has served
in the house OF represen ntatlves
several to-us from Allen county
Nesey was here before the faK
board protesting the assessment %
three Fort Wayne business concerns
the :. T. Bowser Co. the Nessman
and ArnelIe Hardware firm and the
Tr!-StRte Loan and Trust Co
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23

MUNCIE WILL HAVE SOME
of the advantages Of a big city
is completed The Big Four has
decided TO build a belt around the
city in order that freight need not
go through the center of the city
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
featured the Fridays session of
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 23.-Accord-
ing 10 German merchants here. as
quoted in FL Universal. a million
marks worth OF drugs and hardware
will be sent 20 Mexico City by Ger
man firms as soon as shipping facili-
ties are available. The orders for
these goods were placed as soon as
the blockade against Germany was
lifted
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23
MODIFY BILL TO LEASE
OIL LANDS OF AMERICA

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-To OBJ
viate possible retaliation by foreign
governments, should oil land leasing
legislation discriminating against
aliens be enacted, the senate late
Friday. without a record vote.
adopted the Smoot amendment mod
flying the leasing bill TO permit
aliens 10 obtain leases TO govern
ment lands under restrictions.
Miss Isabel Niles will resume her
dancing classes starting the last
week in September. Classical dane
ing classes at Beyler hall. Social
classes at the South Bend COnser-
vatory. S135-25
Tru MCWC TIMEC Wonf hd
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23
BY ISABELLA GRIFFITH. r. NJ

hear the cry Things aren't like they
used TO be when | was young"
Clearly this gulf between the gene
rations must be bridged by the un-
&erstanding and sympathy OF the
younger and more flexible minds.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
X. VI. o. writes: What is the best
thing 10 do in a case of severe nose
bleed?
Answer: Let the patient sit erect
in a chair with the head hanging
backward. Loosen the collar and
put cold congresses to the nose and
the back Of the neck Make pres
sure on the upper lip with the finger
or by means OF placing a roll of
paper or cotton between the upper
lip and the gum. If the bleeding
persists put a teaspoonful of salt or
vinegar to a cupful of water and
have the patient snuff it up the
nose. If the bleeding still persists
send for a doctor. In the meanwhile
place a small piece Of cotton or
gauze in the nostril from which the
bleeding comes and shove It up for
about an inch. This may be done
gently with a pencil
L. Il. G. writes: Is dust harmful?
Answer: Dust does not carry dis
ease germs to any appreciable ex-
tent. but air in motion is harmful in
that t irritates the lining membrane
of the nose, throat. bronchial tubes
and lungs; at times even causing
wounds through which disease
germs enter. Dust containing sharp
gritty particles. as in cutting hard
rock is especially dangerous. This
causes a chronic irritation Of the air
passages, in which the germs Of
tuberculosis frequently lodge. Tu-
berculosis is especially prevalent
among stone cutters, felt works and
others working at dusty trades.
South Bend news-times., 1919-08-23
HOOSIERS
A Glance OUer
Indiana

EDINBURG HAS a WHISTLE
on its canning factory direct from
the battle fields of France. While
Ernest Law was in the engineer
ing forces he made a whistle for
his engine from a AS French
shell. 1t produced such a queer
shrek that he brought it home
and put it on the canning factory.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05
Promoting Optimism

The Manufacturers Record. in a
recent editorial, takes the ground
that what saved the United States
from a period of depression last
spring was the policy of advertising
1t calls attention to the appeal issu-
ed by the government to business
men. that they should advertise
freely. Last winter the financial
outlook was verv doubtful. 1t was
generally expected that the release
of the soldiers and the closing of
the war work plants. would create
an enormous amount of unemploy-
ment.
The government took the posi-
ton that what the people needed
was confidence. and that liberal ad-
vertising would tend to promote
that feeling, and would stimulate a
buying movement that would keep
all the industries busy.
AS the result of the government
appeal, or of ordinary business,
sense, the commercial interests Of
the country have done an uDprece-
dented amount of advertising since
January l.. And this must have
been one cause of the tremendous
buying movement that has set in.
Certainly never before has 80 much
money been in circulation.
Confidence is as contagious as
fear Optimistic advertising spreads
abroad the idea that business is 90
ing to be good. And if people be-
lieve that business is going to be
good. it usually is,
There is of course such a thing
as undue optimism. But pesSimism
and fear promote great deal more
industrial disaster than hope and
courage. Every man who advertises
makes it his foundation principle
that there is always a market for
good goods. and there always will
be. Every one who goes ahead
with faith in that idea, encourages
many others to buy freely and plan
for future needs. And when people
are doing that. business can't be bad.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05
Liquor Causing Trouble

The large amount of whiskey
stored in the four government
warehouses in Indiana, offers
problem for Peter j. Kruger, collec-
tor of internal revenue, who is in
charge of the consolidated districts
of the state. Government bonded
warehouses contain approximately
3,500,000 gallons of whiskey which
it is impossible to transport by
common carrier except for medici.
nal. sacramental, or experimental
purposes in compliance with the
national prohibition law, and as a
consequence it cannot be shipped
to other states where possession OF
liquor is not illegal, nor can it be
sold in Indiana, according to the
collector. AS a result the govern
ment is compelled to keep watch
men at the ware houses day and
night and the distillers also are
compelled to help police the ware
houses and maintain force of in
spectors to watch for leakage. as
the owner must pay the regular
beverage tax of $640 a gallon for
all that is lost. The lost liquor is
technically considered to have been
consumed
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05
Nothing is Lost

There is something solemn and
awful in the thought that there is
not an act done or word uttered by
a human being but carries with it
a strain of consequences, the end of
which we may never trace. Not
one but. to a certain extent, gives a.
color to our life, and insensibly in
fluences the lives OF those about us.
The good deed or word will live,
even though we may not see it
fructify, but so will the bad; and no
person is so insignificant as to be-
sure that his example will not be
good on the one hand. or evil on the
other. The spirits of men do not
die; they still live and walk abroad
among US. 1t was fine and a true
thought uttered by Disraeli in the
House OF Commons on the death of
Richard Golden, that "he was one
of those men who. though not
present. were still members of that
House, who were independent of
dissolutions, of the caprices of con-
stituencies, and even OF the course
of time"
There is, indeed. an essence Of
Immortality in the life of man, even
in this world. No individual in the
universe stands alone; he is COM
ponent part of system of mutual
dependencies; and by his several
acts he either increases or dimin-
ishes the sum of human good now
and forever AS the present is root
ed in the past, ard the lives and ex-
amples of our forefathers still to a
great extent influence us, so are we
by our daily acts contributing to
form the condition and character of
the future Man is a fruit formed
and ripened by the culture of all the
foregoing centuries; and the living
generation continues this magnetic:
current of action and example des-
tined to bind the remotest past with
the most distant future. No mans.
acts die utterly; and though his body
may resolve into dust and air. his
good or his bad deeds will still be.
bringing forth fruit after their kind.
and influencing future generations
for all time to come. 1t is in this
momentous and solemn fact that
the great peril and responsibility of
human existence lies.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05

That Iowa farmers are more in
telligent than Missouri farmers is
evidenced by the numter of Mis-
souri, farms being bought by our
neighbors on the north. Iowa land
is held from $3.50 up per acre and
the average Missouri farmer who
probably bought his land years ago
at $25 per acre, or in the past TWEEN
ty-fve years from $25 to $50 pei
acre is taking the Iowan's money al
S 100 to $3.50 per acre, as ifhe fallen
upon bonanza. In the next ten
perhaps five years. Iowa and Illinois
land price will prevail in Missouri
The man who is not a Speculation
but wants land to cultivate. and 6
home, will be wise to keep his farm
-Vandalia Leader.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05

An illustrated Sunday paper in
PRODUCES its readers to a man 100
years old tasting his first ice cream
soda, From the expression on the
old gentlemsn's face it is evident he
didn't think much fit, Indeed. by
holding the picture at arms length.
you gradually get the idea that the
old gentleman has lived most of his
life in Kentucky and that 100 years
is a long time.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05
The Old DAYS Gone

door was thrown away, the old.fash-
ioned one. armed courtship also
passed out OF existence The old
buggy and faithful Ned who pulled
it. are memories. The moon doesn't
shine any more as it used to and
as to the row of cottonwoods that
lined the road near the four corners,
that's only a resting place for hoot
owls whose hoot is drowned out by
the chug-chug of the motor car.
Only in the very rural communities
does old-fashioned love making
still flourish.
Who doesn't remember his "settin'
out" days when keeping company
with the prettiest girl in town caus-
ed sleepless nights and days of tor
ment and fear?
Yes, after all, those were the days.
Instead of telephoning Mable:
Want to take little spin tonight"
it was understood on the way home
from prayer meeting Thursday night
and on the following night, you and
Mable were going out driving And
you made arrangements at the
livery stable to get the big bay that
stepped out lively and that Concord
buggy with the red wheels and rub.
ber tires. At 7:30 the next night.
the man" drove around to your
house and you pretended you weren't
at all nervous and made him wait
a minute while you took one last
look at yourself in the mirror to see
that your tie was on straight.
Then you went out seized the
Ribbons" shouted a giddap and
started off right straight through
town where the fellers could see
you and nudge each other and say
Some gals going to get look at
the moon tonight" Of course
Mabel wasn't quite ready so you
had to he entertained by her mother
or kid sister until she breeZed down
stairs. And after it got good and dark
and you got into the country a ways
didn't Mabel do the driving and, OF
boy! as they say nowadays.
The younger generation doesn'
know a thing in the world about it
Gasoline has ruined romance fol
them. A horse is human for tht
purpose of youth, but who eve
heard of an engine that would take
the right road and pull out for pass
ing teams when two pairs of eyes
were fixed on each other instead o
on mundane things and all that
Nobody. Who ever heard of ;
horse refusing to take a hill on low
high or Intermediate? Nobody
Who ever heard d girl scream wheI
an engine jumped at a shadow
Nobody. Vino ever paid any atten
ton to a boy and a girl driving b!
in motor cal? Nobody Tnere'
class to a horse and rig " But it
all over now Gasoline has RUNE,
the one armed courtship.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05

A convict in the Lavenworth peni.
te ntiary won the first prize in the
Kansas City Posts contest for the
best defination OF happiness. He
" rote that happiness was state of
mind within our own control, with,
ut regard in our environment and
ASSOCIATION, To be happy. he said.
one must have a clean active mind;
constructive ambition to do some.
thing for the other fellow with no
tn ought of self, that such a condi-
tion could not be found by search
or travel but was in the minds and
hearts, wherever they might be. An
En- glish magazine once offered q
large prize for the best defnation of
happiness The prize was given to
the one who answered: Reciprocal
ed passion between the opposite
sex" Nero thought he found it in
the burning of Rome and the
slaughter Of the christians. Napoleon
sought it in the defeat of bis en-.
emies. Christ found it in doing
the will of my Father. Macon Re
publican.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05

Another way to decrease produc-
ton. since that seems to be every
body's object, would be to reverse
the Daylight Saving Law, moving
the clock up in the winter. and set
ting it back in the summer. Then
everybody could 90 to work in the
middle of the forenoon and quit in
the middle of the afternoon the
year round.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05
viii Someone Please Explaln

is true of the resident of many other
cities.
In addition to shortage of food in
Europe there's a shortage of vans
in America and unless something
is done to correct this situation it
may develop into a famine by Octo.
ber 1 when every city person
worthy of the name moves or tries
to move.
But what are the woes of the
American in comparison to those of
the man of Amerongen9 Last year
he had 80 many homes that he
couldn't give a list of them to you
without consulting a directory. At
one time he had 33, but as he didn't
believe in odd numbers he took a
lot more incidentally making the
total even. Still he wasn't satisfied.
He had castles and mansions scatter
ed all the way from the Baltic to
the Mediterranean, yet he wanted
chateau or two or possibly a dozen
in France. II ever a man could
sing Home, Sweet Home" he could.
He could sing it over a goodly part
of the map of Europe and sing it
beneath his own vine and fig tree
And yet he moved. He seemed
to get the Yankee impulse And
think of the place to which he
moved! Holland in November, of
all seasons in the yearl Still there's
no accounting for tastes. Possibly
he thought the air was better than
in Berlin.
To show how this iniquitous habit
of moving gets hold of person it
o My is necessary to say he has gone
house limiting again.
What is there about a city that
makes for home destruction?
Why is it that city people sing
Keep the home fires burning"
when they have no home and the
nearest thing to home fire any OF
tn em are acquainted with is a gas
range or a radiator?
What is 1t that gives to the city
dweller something like the eternal
restlessness of the gypsy?
Perhaps the philosopher Of Archey
Road can tell
Or, why the American newspapers
, give more space to the house-hunt
ing of Mr.. Hohenzollern in Holland
, han to the house-hunting of a mil
lion or more persons in America
r ev en- through the house-hunting o
, the million or more is evidence of {
t cardinal and increasing weakness
in American life?
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05

Three more Civil Service students
at the Chillicothe Business College
received appointments last week at
$122000 per year initial salary.
They entered an examination in
Chillicothe only a month ago.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05

Archey Road, used to introduce his
O bservations on men and things by
saying Il see by the papers" and
then, after saying what he saw by
the papers, he would ramble along
in his wise and craftily satirical but
humorous way to show US how
much alike we are when stripped
Of our gauds and trappings.
We see by the papers these days
chat many persons are house hunt
ing. There are people who never
seem to enjoy life unless they are
moving or considering the subject
of moving. There are persons who
have town houses and country
houses and cottages by the sea-
shore and yet spend not a little of
their lives in hotels. There was a
man in New York who had So auto
mobiles. yet, now and then, rode in
ahe subway in the crowded hours.
just for variety
There's no accounting for tastes.
Why so many people are house hunt
ing just now is not clear. A person
who has roof over his head should
be thankful. Apparently there are
not enough roofs to 60 round, but,
regardless of this fact, there is a
moving mania and nobody is happy
but the van man. Some persons
say they are seeking other quarters
because their landlords have raised
the rent. Generally they pay as
much. if not more, in the places to
which they move as they did in the
places they vacated. There are
people who are as migratory as the
Arab. This despite the fact that it
is alleged three moves are as bad
as fire Some persons. it is said,
consider it is cheaper to move than
to pay rent, but while this may
have been true in the days when
house owners would give one or two
or three months free rent before de
manding real money it hardly OBJ
aains in these sorrowful times when
you are asked to pay in advance
and renting agents and landlords
and janitors once servile have been
transformed into superior if not
.supercilious and suspicious persons
We see in the papers Ii any ads
of rooms. apartments and houses
wanted and few ads of tenants
wanted. We read of evictions, ol
tenants appealing to the courts fol
protection against the heartless
tyrants who would cast them ou
into the hot. hot world.
All this is wrong. City life Ii
wrong. House hunting is wrong
Moving, this eternal grind of NOV
ing which is incidental to city life
is wrong.
They shall sit every man unde
his vine and under his fie tree.
said Micah iv. a.
A man loses lot of things in ad
dition to his temper every time b
moves. The other things stay los
but his temper, like the cat, come
back.
We probably could pay off ou
war debt if we stopped moving fC
10 years. We probably could saw
enough to own our own home
But we will not. from the housetop
fieuratively, we preach the virtuI
of owning our own home, but wh
amoung New Workers owns b
home? Not one in a hundred on a
average. Two thirds of the popul'
tion live in the 10000 tenement
Nine persons out of ten who live
town house or suburb and thin
they own their own homes. and ss
they do, do not, for rare is Il
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-09-05

1t will be arranged for those en-
tering Sept. 9th or 18th to enter the
new classes which were organized
at the big fall opening of the Chill
licothe Business College Sept. End.
Young people planning Business,
Telegraph and Civil Service course
should enter on thesesdates.