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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-14
FEW PURCHASERS ON
MARKET THURSDAY
The 80 MIC IS dying 80.


With snow in the air. a few house
wives went 20 the city market
Thursday where one truck OF ap-
pies and two trucks OF fresh meat
were being offered for sale.
Beets, carrots and parsnips have
been appearing on the market for
about the past two weeks and, with
apples. were about the only offer
ings on the market. But Thursday
nothing remained but the apples.
Fresh pork, just butchered. on the
farm, was being offered for 90 cents
per pound. Choice of any cut was
given the purchaser.
No one appeared on the market
until about o'clock and. after max
ing their purchases. hurried home.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-14
This Question is Ever OH the Lips
OF the Afflicted

Eczema. letter. Erysipelas, and
other terrifying conditions of the
skin are deep-seated blood troubles,
and applications of salves. lotions
and washes can only afford temper
airy relief. without reaching the real
seat Of the trouble. But just be-
cause local treatment alas done you
no good, there is no reason to des-
pair. You simply have not sought
the proper treatment that is with
in your reach.
You have the experience of others
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-14
Sweaters for Chilly DAYS

Ladies and Girls WOrSted Slip-on Sweaters, fancy
weave, pompom tnm large sailor Dutch collar Priced
S6.25, $3.50 and sos
Two styles in flare Sweaters-slip-on with round neck
other styles open to waist fastened with two buttons in
American beauty turquoise and peacock Priced $3.50.
Ladies ScarfS angora finish coorS brown tan and blue
with pockets and belt Priced $3.50 and Sto.5O.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
KILLS MORE Than WAR
tuberculosis Claims 10000
Victims a Year.
Survey Indicates 1900, 900 unsupported
Sufferers From Disease in
Nation.

New YOrk.-A survey of the country
shows the United States is face to
face with condition more menacing
to it's people than actual warfare, &C.
cording to the report of the executive
committee of the National Tuberculo-
sis association.
The survey shows an annual death
rate from tuberculosis in the United
States of 10000, and more than 1 ,OOO,-
600 active cases Of the disease in the
nation.
TO combat and prevent the spread
OF the disease, an intensive national
campaign is necessary, it was asserted.
Funds for the campaign will be sought
by a ten-day sale of Red Cross seals,
beginning December 1. The total Of
the several state budgets will be more
than $6,50O,0O0
During the discussions, attention
was called to the revelations of, the
wartime medical examination boards,
made up largely of members of the as
sociation. Official figures were cited,
showing that of the men called to the
colors, nearly 100000 were tubercu-
lous.ze.. -. .--.. .-.-.,,,~.,,. ...--..
1t was pointed out that the death
rate of 100000 a year from one pre-
ventable' disease means the sacrifice
of more lives than the United States
army lost in the year it was actively
engaged in the. war.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
PERSHING GIVES TO FRANCE
More Than $4,000 Donated by Gen.
erai and Staff to Red Cross
for Orphans.

Washington. - General Pershing's
final days in France contained an incl
dent which is disclosed in a report
just reaching national headquarters of
the American Red Cross from Paris.
1t was gift of 94,625.4O francs,
more than $4,000 from General Perish
ing and the officers of his staff to the
Red Cross to be devoted to some de-
serving work among the mothers and
children of France who suffered in the
war.
Several weeks ago, it now is re-
vealed, chaplain attached to General
Pershing's headquarters visited Amer
lean Red Cross headquarters in Paris,
asking to be shown the various phases
of the work being carried on.
The check, bearing Pershing's sigma
ture, was the result, reaching the Red
Cross the day the general babe fare
we'll to France.
A letter accompanying the donation
STIMULATES that the money be placed in
the "Stars and Stripes war orphan
fund, which, assisted by the Red
Cross, has adopted" thousands of
French children whose fathers we're
killed in battle, insuring for them sup
port and the means of educating them
selves.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
ST0WAWAY 4 TIMES IS HELD
Girl Who Finally Gets Into America
Passing as Coal Passer,
Is Arrested,

New York.-After her fourth at
tempt to reach the United States from
England as stowaway had failed, FL
sic Wilson, twenty-five years old, cut
her hair short, dressed herself in sail
or's clothes and succeeded in arriving
in New York as coal passer.
The sequel was her arrest. in Hobo
ken as disorderly person and her sub
sequent arraignment in the recorders
office.
my home is near Liverpool she
said, "but things were so bad in Eng
land that wanted to get away from
it all and come to New York. Please
don't send me back. I will take any
thing you want to give me here but if
I go back I'll get five years."
She was held for the federal author
tiles on a charge of having landed
without a passport.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
Child Hurt bv Loo.

Maryville, Cal.-G. F. Williams
brought his little daughter from Rack
erby to a local hospital, recently, for
treatment for injuries she received
when struck by a rolling log, a twig
Of which entered her mouth and
pierced her neck, pinning her to the
ground. An operation may be neces.
-sary, but it is believed the child will
recover. Williams was saving a log
on the side of the hill, it is under
stood. His two small daughters were
standing below on the hill watching
him. AS the log went hurtling down
the side of the hill it struck both chill
dren. The other girl was only slightly
hurt.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
BRITISH SELL WAR STORES
mense Quantity Of Goods and
Factory Plants.

Washington.-The British govern
ment is offering at public sale, either
by auctions or bid from private par
ties, an enormous amount of goods,
stores and all kinds Of property &C
cumulated in the course Of the war and
now held in quantities far beyond the
needs in time of peace.
A special publication known as "Sur-
plus" copies of which have been re-
ceived here, show that this property
includes whole factories fully equipped
for manufacturing all kinds Of COM
mOdities.
An effort is being made to dispose Of
much Of this property abroad and a
special bureau has been established In
London to interest export houses. =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
JOBS SCARCE FOR
BRITISH SOLDIERS
Officer, Honored by King George,
Finds It Impossible to
Get Work.
MAY COME TO united STATES
Reports Come From All Over tho
Country of Difficulty DemobiIized
Officers Have In Obtaining
EmpIoyment.

LOndOn.-From all parts of the coun-
try come reports Of the difficulty de-
mobilized officers are having to find
Jobs. Those former officers with wives
and families to support are in many
cases living on meager pensions.
One Of the most remarkable cases
OF unemployment is that of a Cam
bridge university graduate who for
the greater part Of the war held an
important command in the army and
subsequently a temporary post of
great responsibility in a government
department. He is armed with a let
ter from the war Office thanking him
for his services and adding: "There
are few people with greater organ
izing ability, more charming manners,
greater tact and drive than yourself"
Honored by King George.
Another letter to him from Sir Auck-
land Geddes, president Of the board
of trade, expresses warm personal
thanks for your loyal and devoted CO.
operation in very difficult work." King
George bestowed on him the order of
Commander of the British Empire.
But these credentials have been of
no avail in his quest for suitable en-
ployment in this country, and, in de-
spair, he says that be is going to
America next month.
Ex-ofticers have discovered that the
business world regards long military
service as disadvantage rather than
an asset. An infantry captain, 43 years
old, with wife and three children,
said: II have farmed in South Africa,
served with the Natal mounted police,
and prospected for gold. I want an
outdoor job connected with agricul-
ture, with minimum salary of ST.
ESQ. I cannot get one and I have ap-
piled for a small holding, but am told
may have to wait twelve months"
Offered Half Old Salary.
Another former officer reported his
firm would take him back at half his
prewar salary, saying that was the
best they could do, as trade was so
bad.
Some companies don't know there
has been war on" commented a lob
seeking ex-officer who before he went
into army was the head clerk in an
insurance office. my people have Of
fered me $3.50 year, and I am &C."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
show YANKS AROUND
7. M. c. A. Conducts Sightseeing
Tours Through France.
BattlefieIds and Castles Of LEADING In.
terest, After Paris Has
Been Seen.

Chantilly, France.-The progress Of
the sightseeing doughboy through
France, after he gets through with
battle fronts, is from one beautiful
spot to another. OF course, the battle
j fronts come first, and the Y. NJ. C. A.
trips to Chateau-Thierry, Belleau
Wood, Rheims, scissors and the Che
min-des-Dames are so popular that the
boys have to draw lots every day for
the coveted free tickets, as only 100
persons can be taken on each trip.
But all the other trips the Y. Nj. G. A.
has arranged for American soldiers
and sailors are studies in beauty and
art and history amid pleasures and
palaces, and the eagerness and in
telligence with which the boys go
on these expeditions is plain evidence
of their essential soundness Of heart
and mind.
The first day, as q rule, the boys get
aboard the big "Y". sightseeing auto
mobiles and see Paris. Then they go
by special train to the palaces Of
Versailles, Fontainebleau, Malmaison
and st. German. Next they come
back to Paris and spend a day in the
Louvre. And then those still keen
for palaces are invited to take another
trip to the jewel Of them all, the ia
nous chateau of the Condos and Mont
morencys at Chantilly.
Thousands of American soldiers have
visited 'Chantilly this year and have
learned something of a place which
many wealthy tourists overlooked. In
deed, though many Americans visited
Chantilly in years before the war, a
large percentage Of them saw only the
race course and never visited the
chateau. Yet many experts hold that
though a number of other museums
outrank it in size, nowhere in the
world-not excepting the Louvre-is
there a more exquisite collection of
objects of art
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
WHISPERS AS OLD AS HE IS
And Former County Auditor in Cali.
fornia Is lowering Near tho
Eighty Mark.

Santa Ana, Cal.-Who's got the old
est whiskers?
Other towns have entered contest
ants in the race for oldest hfrsute
adornments, but Santa Ana only now
jumps into the fray with set of
whiskers sixty-one years old. If any
body can beat that, let them come for
ward or forever hold their peace. ~.
The proud possessor Of the aged
beard is J. II. Hall, former auditor Of
Orange; county, who is now dividing
his time between Santa Ana and the
East. Captain Hall, G. A. r.. man,
never has shaved, and the whiskers
which now adorn his face are on the
roots Of the "fuzz" which showed up
when he was in his teens.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27

Who Would Wish Him Happiness7
den of scythe. Just beneath the pic.
ture were the words: Happy New
Year."
Who could it be wishing him such
happiness? 4
---- Quickly his hand sought the recess.
es of his trousers pocket. Out he drew
his serviceable jack-knife Silently
he cut the envelope and pulled from
within it a dainty card on which was
engraved these words:
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Scatter Seeds of Kindness.
Scatter seeds Of Kindness" came
from his lips. And why not? Per-
haps he had not been thoughtful
enough of others. Perhaps he had
not, when occasion offered, helped
those who could not help themselves.
An hour later he arose and went to
his bed. "Scatter seeds Of kindness.
Scatter seeds of Kindness" The words
seemed to be burning into his brain.
Finally they lulled him to sleep. He
dreamed a good deed performed
without hope of reward. =.
-. In the morning he awoke. 1t was
the first morn Of the new year. Co
ing to the window he gazed up at the
blue sky. He saw silhouetted there
those words: "Scatter seeds of kind
ness" His eyes beheld the immacu-
late mantle of new-fallen snow, and
there he also seemed to see the words
"'Scatter seeds of Kindness" - -.
Descending the creaking stairway,
he went silently to the place where
his treasure was hidden. In the re-
cesses of the closet his hand went
carefully until it came in contact with
three small parcels. He handled them
as anyone would boarded treasure.
Quickly he made his way to the
kitchen door. Very quietly he drew
back the bolt and with measured tread
he tiptoed to the vicinity of his back
fence. Before unsealing the three
treasured packets he read on each
"Early Cabbage" Hardy Onions -
Mammoth Radishes." ..,-' 20
Filling his wrinkled hands with the
precious seeds which had been q gift
Of his benefcent congressman-he
quickly threw them in the, midst Of 8
surprised but happy bunch Of hid
-neighbor's chickens.
"Scatter seeds Of Kindness he re.
peated, as he retraced his steps. "And
they might just as we'll have 'em now
as in the spring when I thought to
plant them.'' -. >~J
That was a happy New Years day
for the old man-to say nothing Of the
chickens.-Yonkers Statesman. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
CENSUS TO SHOW
GREAT CHANCES
Remarkable Shifts in Population
in United States Because
Of European War.
CALCULATIONS ARE UPSET
Figures for 1920 Expected to Reveal
Striking Changes In Growth
and Character Of PopuIa-
>. ton Of This Country.

Misunderstanding changes in
the growth and character of the popu-
lation Of the United States are ex-
pected to be shown by the 1920 Gen.
sus, preparations for which are under
way.
The shifting of population because
of the war has upset the calculation
Of census experts who since 1917
have considered it useless to attempt
to estimate population of any other
units than states. Before that it was
possible to predict with a fair de-
gree of Accuracy the number of per-
sons in any given locality.
The center of population" it is be-
lieved, has stopped it's westward move
ment, which was continuous from 1890
to 1910, when it was located in Bloom
ington, Ind. This lis because indus
trial cities in the central east, such
as Cleveland and Detroit, have been
growing at greatly increased rate
during recent years. as have manu-
featuring centers farther east. For
merly, the Rocky mountain and Pa
cific coast states increased in popu-
lation with twice the rapidity Of east
ern and central states.
Notifications Are Seen.
During this year, however, certain
notifications Of the usual situation
may be made. The opening Of recla-
nation projects in the west, the re-
sumption of immigration, and other
causes, it is thought, will change the
abnormal distribution. There will also
be tendency to return to normal
now that the war has ended.
Pronounced changes are expected
also in the constitution of the popu-
lation"-the ratio of males to females,
the proportions of native and for
eign stock and the age distribution.
When city experiences rapid
growth due 10 industrial and COM
mercial activity the gain in population
is largely made. up Of persons in. the
young and early middle ages. Among
these persons there will be more men
than women. For example, in Okla
homa City, where the population grew
nearly 500 per cent between 1900 and
1910, the ratio of males to females
in the latter year was 126 to 100, and
62 per cent of the. population was be-
tween Is and As.
Percentage Of Negroes Drops.
The coming census is also expected
to show a continuation of the move
ment from the country to the city,
which has been going on for many dec
AIDES. A further decrease in the pro.
portion of negro population is ex-
pected. In 1900 negroes numbered
11.6 per cent and in 1910 1O.7 per
cent.
It is expected that the percentage
of foreign-born will show a marked
decline, due to the discontinuance of
immigration. In recent years the ma
tive-born population did not increase
as rapidly as the foreign-born. Fewer
persons will be found, it is predicted,
who are unable to speak English.
In 1910 this number was 28.8 per
cent. of the population.
The law requires the census bureau
to make an actual count, every ten
years, and an estimate for cities and
states every year by arithmetical pro-
gression. Since 1917, however, the bu-
reau has not estimated cities.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
BLIND, HANDS GONE, WRITES
Crippled Soldier Becomes Competent
Typist Through Patient Train
ina.

London.-Blind and deprived of both
hands, Sergt. Alan, M. Nichols Of the
Second Durham light infantry refused
to be classed as an 'unemployable,"
and today can write letters as prof.
GENTLY as any normal stenographer.
Nichols restoration to self-support-
ing basis was accomplished through
patient training, a specially construct
ed typewriter, pair of artificial alum
mum hands and his own indomitable
spirit. Recently he passed a writing
test of two hours and fifteen minutes,
his "copy" necessitating only two cor
rectiOns
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
Offered His Friend
g.. Choice of Nice Jails.

Kansas City.-A certain sa-
1oonkeeper entered the office Of
Sam Hargus, assistant United
States district attorney, here,
and explained that he wanted to
know if he could sell some liquor
with his 2.75 per cent beer. 9th
ers were getting away with it, he
declared, and he wanted to know
If he could.
How far would I get?" he
asked.
WELL" replied Mr.. Hargus.
seeing that you are an old
friend I think I can fix you up
so you COULD get your choice Of
any Jail in the Western district
OF Missouri. We have some pref
ty fine ones; some say they have
never seen BETTER
"I'u stick to my near per cent
beer" replied the saloonkeeper
as he hurriedly left.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
Prize Fish Yarn of 1919.

Topeka, Kan.-The champion "fish
tale" for 1919 was brought to this city
by Mr.. and Mrs, Paul Lovewell, who
returned with their family from Lake
Koronis, Mimi, where they spent two
months.
The family consisting of the pa
rents, two sons and a daughter,
caught total of 1853 pike and bass,
In addition to pickerels which they did
not count. They showed a snap
shot with catch Of 40 fish averaging
two pounds each.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
JUST 4 MATTER OF MONEY
Ontario Town Would Pay for Amerl-
can Coal in Own Cur
: rency.

Windsor, Ont-Orders placed by
Mayor Winter with United States firm
for 600 tons Of anthracite coal, quoted
at SIP ton, including freight, and ex-
pected to be paid for in Canadian
money, must now be paid for in United
States currency, according to word re-
ceived here.
The demand for United States money
will make about AZ cents difference a
ton, the mayor says. The order is held
in allegiance until it can be learned
whether another American company
will accept Canadian money.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
CLASH OVER ORIENTAL RICE
Chinese and Japanese In Hawaii
Accuse One Another Of
Profiteerinq.

Honolulu, Hawaii. japanese and
Chinese of Honolulu have, temporarily
at least, found the Shantung contro-
versy versnadowed by a new issue,
the rice supply. Because of an en-
barge on the expectation of Japanese
: rice, Hawaii is threatened with a grave
shortage of this oriental food staple.
boarding and profteering, it is said,
are adding to the gravity of the sit
uation. japanese and Chinese agree
on this point, but each nationality
charges the other with doing the hoard
ing and profiteering.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
Cared for Town Clock,

Bucyrus. >O.-Care of the town clock
rer family, which has had it for more
than fifty years, when George J. Ken
rer Jr., was taken i'll and had to dele
gate his task to the court house jani-
tor. About twenty years ago the elder
Kehrer died, after tending the clock
for thirty years, and the clock stopped.
For month a stranger struggled with
it, but it would not run more than
forty-eight hours consecutively. Then
the townspeople have set their watches
by II. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
ST. PAUL AND DECEMBER r. 1919
Sight Large Sea Serpent;
Immune to Bullets.

Reno, Nev.-Doubt not the au-
thenticity of this, for the nation
went dry long since.
-Four hunters report a sea SER
pent % feet long in Yuramid
Lake, largest fresh water body
west of the Great Lakes. It has
huge fins and a serpent's tail,
comes to the surface Of the wa
ter and its hide is impregnable
to bullets.
The hunters who shot the an
imal but who report it dived af-
ter being hit unhurt are J. s.
Neff, Mike Macy, w. J. Nen and
M. Gent. They were camping on
the shore of the lake when the
naonster-was first sighted, they
said. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
CurfeW for Pianos.

Appleton, VISIT will be a mis-
demeanor for anyone to play a piano
or other musical instrument in his
home here after II p. NJ, if the COM
mon council adopts a proposed ordi-
nance. The ordinance provides a fine
of from 81 to $S5 or Imprisonment in
jail for not more than ten days. The
ordinance is aimed at saloon men who
have been permitting piano playing
in their business places at all hours
of the night since July /.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
BREAK NELL GWYNN SUNDIAL
English Workmen Destroy Interesting
Relic of Times Of
Charles II.

London.-A sundial known as 'sNell
Gwynn's Sundial," which for years has
been in position On the terrace at
Lauderdale house, Highgate, was bro
ken beyond repair while workmen were
trying to change it's position. There is
still in the house Nell Gwynn's original
bath, which is much older than the
sundial, and was placed there when
she was installed in the palace by
Charles II.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
BEGAN YEAR WELL
Card Read Scatter Seeds of
|. Kindness and Old Mans
Heart Responded. -.
New Years eve.

9"WAS New Years eve.
Before the bright logs Of
satisfying fire sat a man
wrinkled by age. His sole compan-
ion was a pipe, old enough to be
wrinkled, if it was not.
The only holiday wreaths in evil
dence were those slowly arising from
the bowl of the aforesaid pipe.
Lying near him on a table was an
unopened envelope addressed in his
name which a few minutes previous
ly he had taken from an n. F. d.
metal box near where once had hung
a gate. -. -;
He glanced at the envelope medita-
lively. Yes, it bore his name, and above
the name was the picture of an old,
white-haired man adorned with q flow-
ing robe and laboring under the bur
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
Wants to Change Absurd Name

New York.-Justice Callahan, in the
supreme court, has reserved decision
in the application of Leon Abouta
Beekh to change his name to Leon
Atallah Abouta Beekh said he was
born in Damascus, Syria, February 10,
1877, and has three children. The
name Abouta Beekh. he said, means
father of cooking" and is so absurd
that it has all his life subjected him to
ridicule. He said he wanted to pre-
vent his children from enduring the
same ridicule.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
Farmer Gets 5000 Pearl.

Vincennes, Ind.-While digging mus
sells in the Wabash river recently
Martin Straw, farmer, found a pearl
which he sold to Mt. Carmel, ILL.,,
jeweler for $500. Mr.. Straw had only
dug one pound Of shells when he
started cooking them and made the
find
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-12-27
Ra+hes in Well. Reoains sioht

London.--Almost blind since Sep
TENDER, 1915, Joseph Culshaw, ex-sol-
der, bathed several times in st. Wini-
fred's well, North Wales, and has re-
covered his sight, he says.