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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
REPORT HEAVY BUYING
IN EASTERN MARKET

George Robertson, of the Robert
son Bros. CO. store. and Thomas
of Brandon-Durrell COM
pany, have returned from an extern
sive eastern buying trip. Both men
report a big season in the New York
and declare there is little
for a break in prices for
some time TO come.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
FIRST UNDER TIE WIRE.

Of OHIO HOOKING VAL
LEY and OLD EASTERN KEN
lucky BLUE DIAMOND in all
sizes.
A COAL that has often been tried.
never denied, and willing 10 be tried
again. also high grade Of ILLINOIS
and INDIANA COAL G. II. DE-
FREES. Phones Bell 279, Home
5279. SIS s. Taylor st.
139O9-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
SOUTH BEND TO HAVE
NEW BANK, Is RUM0R

That South Bend is to have an
other banking institution is the lat
est rumor heard on the street. II is
stated on unusually good authority
that the new concern will be a state
bank and be located at the corner
of Michigan ard Broadway. Plans
for the opening place are Yet tenta-
tive, but it is probable that a de-
tailed announcement will be forth
coming in the near future.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
LOCAL MAN PROMOTED.

J. L. Kittinger. well known in
South Bend through his years of con-
nection with the McHenry- Millhouse
company where he held the position
of assistant manager. will leave this
week for Fulton, n. Y. where ne
will take charge of the plant in that
city operated by the local concern.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
ATTENDING CONVENTION.

w. L. Cooper, sales manager for
the Malleable Steel Range Manufac-
turing company, is at Columbus. O..
attending the annual convention Of
the Ohio Retail Hardware Dealers
association. John Woolverton, pres
ident of the local company, is at
Chicago. where he is attending a
similar meeting of the Illinois deal
ers. The South Bend company has
comprehensive exhibits In both
cities.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
BIG STORE .HOUsECLEANING."

In keeping with the spirit of
spring housekeeping. consider
able interior decorating is taking
place at the big Brandon Durrell
store. corner Jefferson and Michi-
gan SITS. The ceiling and walls are
being given a fresh coat OF paint.
while several other improvements
serve 70 transform the place into a
beautiful and homelike place.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
A HERMANN ST. PAUL.

a. Berman,. proprietor of the Ber-
man sporting Goods Store. leaves
today for st. Paul. Mimi, to spend a
week looking after his interests
there
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
BUY COAL OF BEST VALUE.

We invite a trial order Of Coal
Service Premier confident it will be
found the best soft coal now OBJ
at the price. 81 per ton. Bell
351; Home 1862. 1921
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
colds Cause Grin and Infiuenza.

LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tab
let's remove the cause. There is
only one "Bromo Quinine." Z. W.
GROVES signature on the box.
soc.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20

Holy Water Founts at Schilling's.
13sO3-2O
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-20
ASSERTS RHEUMATIC
IMPURITIES CAN'T
STAY IN BODY

When My Prescription Goes in,
Rheumatism Goes Out Along
with all Poisonous Unc
Acid, Says Discoverer
James r. Allen.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-22
FOOD SHORTAGE IS
 BLAMED FOR RIOTS
Clashes Between German Troops and Civilians Becoming Serious

Cobenz, Aug. 16, Correspondence of the Associated Press. )-Through out Germany there has been a re- neWal recently of clashes between troops of Gustav NOske secretary for military affairs, and civilians but just what has caused the disturbances is not clear in dispatches published in German newspapers. American navy officers, however, believe it quite pos sible that the manifestations are due to the food shortage, tn 3 relocation of NOske troops and the subsequent ap- pearance of strange troops in many cities.
 In Celle, Hanover, there has been troubl2 for more th1n a week. at times the manifestations amounting almost tO riCts over the appearance of a Jaeger battalion which arrived re- gently from the eastern front. The citizens cOntended that this battalion had eaten too much of the city's food supply. In Heilbronn. Wuerttem- burg, individual soldiers have been at tackled and beaten by civilians at night and their insignia stolen Dis tuTbances between Insterburg, West Pr lssia citizens and soldiers of the First Jaeger gu Pferde regiment has reached such state that the civil authorities have made demands upon the government that the troops be moved to another district
 From information in the hands of the officers at headquarters of the American forces in Germany it is be- lieved that, while the majority of the German people are now Loyalty sup porting the government troops, there is an energetic minority witch has been increasing in bitterness recently against the NOske troops wherever they have appeared in various parts of Germany.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-22
GOVERNMENT BUYS GOLD
Austrian Treasury Purchasing Jew elry, Foreign Bonds and Forests Owned By Individuals.

Vienna, Aug. 20, Correspondence of The Associated Press. )-The gov- ernment has decreed that it will take over all gold. silver, jewery, foreign bonds and forests which are in the possession of private individuals, who will receive compensation for them. One of the governments objects is to obtain funds to purchase coal and raw materials in order to provide work for the people, incidentally to buy foodstuffs, without which the starVa ton conditions of last winter will be horribly accentuated this fall.
 It is predicted that unless the Allies occupy Budapest and end the present communist regime the cOuntry's crops will be wasted and the people will starve in the coming winter.
 The first effect of a kind of block ade established by a force of Ameri- can soldiers along the Austrian iron tier of Hungary will be to prevent money, or materials which represent money. from flowing out of the coun- try, for it is known that the com munists are sending money abroad for propaganda purposes,
 The Americans are elxperiencing great difficulties in cOntro3ling an inn mense amount of cOntthband and
New Britain herald., 1919-08-22

traffic that has sprung up in small border towns like Bruck, through which the communists are smuggling g out money and Hungarians who fled to Vienna are trying to bring out their buried treasures and bonds. There is said to exist a special snug gling service carried out by airplanes by means of which hundreds of mil lions of crowns have been conveyed out of the country.
The Press., 1919-04-17
PROOF OF BIBLICAL TRUTH
Religious Writer Points Out Parallel Between Germany and tse Re-
 corded Fall of Man.

The world war has brought to the fore striking illustrations of the truth of Bible doctrines as usually interpre- ted by what Is called the old theology. Glance for a moment at some of the old Bible truths that the war has illus trated and vindicated.
 Take, for example, the fall of man as recounted in Genesis. Some have had difficulty with this fundamental doctrine of the Bible. I was talking short time ago with a brilliant young college man, steeped in the scientific skepticism of the age. and he said:
 But, doctor, think how irrational Is the theory that man fell in a garden, just created by an all-wise and all powerful Godw
 l replied by pointing out the very interesting fact that modern Germany also fell in a garden. There was not a country upon the earth more blest and prosperous than Germany. Her progress in all lines, except morals and spirituality, had been marvellous. If she had remained true to right ideals she would have gone on un- dOubtedly into the leadership of the whole earth. But even in that garden of prosperity and peace the devil of selfishness, untruth and false ambition entered, and the ruling classes fell, and, like the fall in Eden, carried oth- CTS down with them.-Dr. John Roach Straton in Christian Herald.
The Press., 1919-04-17
FEWER HEROES' NAMESAKES
One Popular Custom Seems to Have Virtually Ended With Cleve-
 lands Administration.

Americans are abandoning the old custom of naming their children after the hero of the hour, according to the New York Sun. At the time of the Civil war and immediately thereafter thousands of children were named Abraham Lincoln.
 This custom continued about thirty years after the war. The last Ameri- can president to be honored in this way by any large number of persons was Grover Cleveland. The American army today is damned with Grover Clevelands, as boys born during the great democratic administration are just now of the finest fighting age. The slump began during McKinley's term and has continued ever since.
 There are comparatively few Will liam McKinleys, and even Theodore Roosevelt, with all his immense popu- larity, gained but few namesakes. Pres ident Taft had only a small number of babies named after him. In time of war, such as has existed for the last two years, 1t would be imagined that the custom would revive, but there has been only a slight increase.
 Out of 43,OOO births recorded in Philadelphia. in 1918 there were only 27 Woodrow Wilson's and only John Pershings, according to the records of the bureau of vital statistics.
The Press., 1919-04-17

substances of soils, and, Furthermore, they are more readily and evenly dis tributed throughout the soil by the soil moisture.
 Regardless of the form, fineness of division has an important bearing upon availability since the finer the material the greater will be the surface area exposed to the natural agencies which cause disintegration. The particles of slaked or hydrated lime are infinitely small and there is no question of their solubility on this score With lime- stone it is question of grinding pure ly mechanical in nature. The applica- tion of coarsely ground limestone, coarser than 100 per cent. through 6 1O-mesh sieve, may not show any re- suits the first or second season, while the same substance pulveriZed to an extremely fine powder, 100 per cent. through 60 or 80 mesh sieve, will show results during the first season. that is, it's fineness permits of the solublity of a considerable portion of it's lime.
 The kind of soil to which the lime or limestone is applied influences the rate at which they become active in the soil. A soil which is open and porous and thus permits the free access of air and circulation of water, and ono which contains large portion of or ganic matter capable of decay, animal or vegetable, presents more favorable conditions for the solubility and activ- ity of lime and limestone than ono which Is close and compact in texture and purely mineral in it's character, thus preventing the free access of air
The Press., 1919-04-17
MAKING CITIZENS OF ALIENS
Excellent Work Done Through Glasses Conducted Under Auspices of 6u-
 reau of Naturalization.

Many aliens who enter the naturali- zation courts as candidates for citi- zenship are much better grounded in the knowledge of American govern ment and institutions than the average native of this country. Indeed. some aliens are able to answer questions that the judges themselves are not able to answer off-hand.
 The reason for their excellent knowl- edge of the American government lies in the care taken by the citizenship classes, now conducted in public schools throughout the country by the bureau of naturalization, department of labor, to inculcate thorough famil- iarity with the institutions of the land of their adoption. The courses given by these classes are designed to raise the standard of citizenship by insur- ing Q preparation adequate to meet the requirements of the most exacting state laws.
 Naturalization Is a somewhat com plicated process at best, for not only must the alien satisfy the require ments of the state In which he ex- poets citizenship. but he must also meet the demands of the naturaliza- ton court, which has the right to re ject his application, at Its ow dis cretion.
 The citizenship classes aim to make the way to citizenship as easy as pos sible for men and women who are will Ing to fit themselves for it-Grit
The Press., 1919-04-17
INVENTION GOT GOOD TRYouT
Explicit of an Elderly French Aviator, With Particular Hobby, Has Be-
 come Legendary.

Another French officer, recently pro- noted to very high position in avia- ton, is a genuine character, a numero, as they say here. He recently spent many hours in perfecting a trick opti- cal sight, guaranteed to down a Boche at any range, angle or speed. He adored his invention, which, he admit ted, would probably end the war when fully perfected. and grew quite testy when his friends told him the thing was far too complicated for anything but laboratory use.
 A last, though he had reached a non- flying rank and had not flown for months, he installed the optical wonder on single-seater and went out over the lines to try it out. As luck would have 1t he fell in with patrol of eight Albatrosses and the fight that followed has become legendary. Boche after Boche dove on him, riddling his plane with bullets, while the inventor, in scientific ecstasy, peered this way and that through his sight, adjusting set screws and making nasty mental notes By miracle he was not brought down, and in the end French patrol came to his rescue. He had not fired shot! :!
 At lunch the other day someone ask ed what sort of chap this inventor was, and the answer was so exceed ingly French that I will reproduce it word for word: "He detNsts women and dogs he has wife he adores and a dog lie can't let out of his sight" A priceless characterization, l think, of a testy yet amiable old martinet.- Charles Bernard Nordhoff in the Att lantic Monthly.
The Press., 1919-04-17
CROW IS ENEMY OF FARMER
Under Modern Conditions There Seems Little Reason for the Bird's Con-
 tInued Existence.

The record of the crow is like its .cOat-about as black as black can be- a writer in Detroit Free Press says. It may be that in the great plan of nature, some time in the past, the crow served a useful purpose-like- wise the hawk and the buzzard. Take the buzzard. for example. Once pro- tected by human laws everywhere be- cause useful for removing carriOn, the stench of which offended the nos trils of all animal life, 1t is now out lawed, because man realizes that 1t is better to burn or bury the dead-leav- ing no excuse for the existence of the disease-carrying buzzaId. So, in the beginning, the mission of the crow, we may conjecture, was to preserve some equilibrium, some balance in the econ omy of nature. It may be he was placed here to hold in check the weed seed and grain eating birds, because weeds were a factor in the past in covering the waste places of the earth and making them fertile. However that may have been, there seems to be no. excuse for his existence now since man, the agriculturist, seeds the waste places to useful grains and grasses and needs the help of the in- sectiverous birds.
The Press., 1919-04-17
COULD NOT SEE 'BEE-BOMBS
Washington Authorities Turned Down Suggestion That Was Made In
 Perfect Seriousness.

It would be hard to say which of the many impractical suggestions toward winning the war" that occurred to individuals and were submitted to Washington was the most imaginative, bdls conasotihing- the busy bees cer- tainly deserves h0nOraJie fne1tiaa. Enormous numbers of these mellifer- ous or anthopilous aculeate hymenop- terous insects. as the dictionary calls them, were to be distributed by air planes over the enemy trenches, pre- sumably by dropping what might be called bee-bombs, and the confusion that would follow may easily be imag- ined by anybody who has ever got into trouble with a single beehive. But the military experts failed to see the util- ity of the scheme. Perhaps they fore saw that the enemy would promptly provide himself with netting and de wise bee-armor. The aviators who dis tributed the bee-bombs would natural ly have been called apiators. The idea was ridiculous, but let those laugh who have never thought of something that seemed sensible in the evening and ab- surd next morning.
The Press., 1919-04-17
RoUsEs HENS FROM INACTI0N
Theory as to Benefit of Use of Arti- ficial illumination Wo1ld Seem
 to Be Plausible.

How can artificial illumination have any effect on egg production, is the question being asked by some skep- tical poultrymen who have never made any tests.
 The answer is, according to the workers in poultry husbandry at the New York state college of agriculture, that the light appears to equalize the time between meals and to shorten the period of inactivity of the fowls dur ing the long nights.
 The long nights of the late fall and winter months apparently cause the fowls to use 8 larger proportion of the night feed for bodily needs than would be the case under normal con- ditions in the springtime, when the days and the nights are ot practically equal length.
 At the time of the year when fowls lay the most eggs in New York state the months of April, May and June the days and the nights are approxi- mately of equal length. Under these conditions, fowls appear to assimilate their feed. secure the proper amount of exercise, and form their eggs to best advantage.
 The latter part of December there are about fifteen hours of darkness and nine hours of daylight, whereas in the latter part of June the reverse is true there are approximately fifteen hours of daylight and nine hours of darkness.
 In other words, illumination at tempts to initiate spring conditions so far as the hours of activity and the regulation of feed supply are con- cerned
The Press., 1919-04-17
Ministry of knitters.

With real regret good many of our ladies will lay aside their knitting needles at the word that their industry has supplied the immediate needs of the soldiers and sailors. Their record of millions of sweaters, helmets and other protective gear is unexampled In the history of the world, and will be immortal In the grateful memories of the returning heroes. These knitters did not need to begin their lesson of thought for others when they took up knitting. But having kept 1t at the forefront of attention for so long. they will certainly be eager to find other means of thoughtful ministry.-Con- gregationalist and Advance.
The Press., 1919-04-17
Tim Healy's Wit.

The resignation of Tim Healy from parliament, says a writer in Tit-Bits, means that the house will lose its greatest wit. I recall, from his inex- haustible list of witticisms, his de- scription of a bill to which he ob- jected as the offspring of ga headache of the Irish off1ce," while he once de- clared that the making of the late Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman into chief secretary was an attempt to gov ern Ireland with Scotch jokes. One of Tim's most exquisite imaginings, how ever. was during a divorce case, when he said that "the spectacle of his learned friends client crying in the witness box was the greatest miracle that had ever happened since Moses drew water from the rock"
The Press., 1919-04-17
Creatures of Ashi%

The Clean (N. Y.) Times headlines 1t this way: "Twins Born Seven Times in One Street." The news fills us with amazement and tempts us to philosophize. Amusement, because twins should like being born so we'll that they repeat the act seven times :; to philosophize on the force of habit which makes them continually choose the same street as the scene of their natal encores. It seems to us that if we were twins with an incurable birth habit, we should desire bit of vari. ety. Having been born once in Olean we should yearn for some different place for our next debut; we should try to be born in China, in France, in Salamanca, in Cattaraugus, in Indiana, at Aurora Pond.-Oeveland Plain Dealer.
The Press., 1919-04-17
Cutting Down Work Hours.

Charles W. Runyon, clerk of the Martin circuit court, who attended the meeting of county clerks and who is said to be the youngest clerk in the state, has daughter, Alice. just start ing to school.
 Alice was at a little desk Santa Claus had brought her. She had apparently been In a deep study for some time when she suddenly looked up and said:
 Mother, 1 have made a new resolu- tion." What resolution have you made, my dear," replied Mrs. Runyon. "Well. mother" said Alice, '1'm not going to work so hard next year as I did his."-Indianapolis News.
The Press., 1919-04-17
Measuring Earth's Temperature.

A novel but simple method of meas uring earth temperature has been sue cessfully tried at . depth of 5,3O2 feet, that of the bottom of the bore-hole of St. Jean d'Herans, the deepest in France. Two exactly similar centi- grade thermometers were cut off at 40 degrees, and compared with third thermometer to show that the indica- tions were not affected. The shortened instruments were fixed in opposite po- sitions-one inverted and the other erect-in a simple sheath. Lowered into the hole, they were then kept one hour at the bottom to acquire the rock temperature, and as this was above 40 degrees, some of the mercury was forced from the tubes. On being with drawn, the tubes were gradually heat ed in water-bath until the mercury just filled them, which the standard thermometer showed was at 62.5 de- grees in each. The surface tempera- ture being 12.5 degrees, the earth in- crease was one degree for each 1Oo feet of depth.
The Press., 1919-04-17
PURCHASING LIME
 FOR FARM USE
The Form, Concentration, Fine ness of Division, and the Gen. dition of the Soil Are Factors
 Requiring Consideration.
A Study of the Soil NeutlaIizing Power of Lime.

The chief point to be observed by
 the farmer in the purchase of lime is the form. The action of each form '3hust be known under each of the many varying conditions Lime and
 limestone are both mineral products, but the former is a product of manu- fracture treated in a manner to make it concentrated, which means that 1t contains only the clements active in correcting soil acidity, whereas the latter contains carbon diOEide amount ing to approximately one-half it's weight, besides any impurities of the original rock from which it is ground. While there is no organic fermentation in the case of mineral materials, yet the concentrated forms are acted upon more readily by the natural soil sol vents, air and water, and other solvent
The Press., 1919-04-17
SPRUCING UP UNDER FIRE
While Enemy Shells Were Pass- ing Above Him.

The sailor who can shave himself in . storm has found his match in the soldier Walter Ehrman, a Kansas City man, saw at the Argonne front. Ehr- man was with medical corps and as he passed into No Mans Land with the stretcher bearers, he noticed a youth in khaki hiding in a shell hole.
 He had q mirror between his knees." writes Ehrman, land he was intermittently shaving himself. Which is to say, that, between acts, he'd mow . section of his face. Whenever a shell would come over he would duck expertly, only to resume his interrupt ed task in moments of what you might call peace.
 "'Hey. puddle, do you need a shave that bad? asked him.
 "'Aw. my mugs so blame dirty, had to have it, was his reply.
 And here's another: One of our medics found a pair of hair clippers on the field. and while he was waiting In shell hole with a doughboy until an enemy barrage should light up. he clipped that doughboy's hair as nice and stylish as you please till they'd hardly let him in when he returned to the trench, he looked that different"
The Press., 1919-04-17
Was Good to. See Her.

Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, who Is home on a furlough after four years of service in France. where she has been for the last IS months directress of canteens for the Red Cross, was just about to enter a New York shop the other day when she felt some one touching her arm. Turning, she was face to face with two husky dough- boys that she had helped to nurse back to health in one of the convalescent homes in France. Mrs. Vanderbilt" one exclaimed, while both extended rough. work-hardened hands. It's sure good to see you again. We don't forget old friends like you"