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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
More Truth
Than Poetry
BY James J. Montague
NATION OF PATRIOTS.

4 NATION OF PATRIOTS.
There appears TO be no lack OF pres
idential candidates.-News item.
Although the ship of state is rocked
upon an angry sea.
Although the surf beats loud upon
the rocks that rear alec.
Although the man who takes the
helm must be as staunch as steel
And quite despite his hero's heart,
may perish at the wheel,
When fair Columbia sends abroad
her call for volunteers
Upon the winds are waited back ful
fifteen million, Here's
Unrest has reared its Unshorn head.
Men clamor to be free
And emphasize their clamoring with
cans of T. y. T.
The rich refuse TO loose their grip
upon their boarded gold.
And what is worse. they've got on
ours. a brass bound strangle hold.
But when we search a leader out.
the leaders beat us to il
And fifteen million men reply i'm
one stern voice. III do it,
The price of food goes up and up;
the wise man with q frown
Admits that he can see no way that
we can get it down.
The bandit hand Of Mexico IS on the
nations throat:
The still more bandit profiteer has
rocked the nations boat
But when we seek a good. great man
the troubled waves 10 calm.
Some fifteen million noble souls cry
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
Other Editors Than. Ours
TAX ON TAX.
dearborn Independent. }

very large part OF the high cost OF living i
faxes-pure and simple. IL is what paying
or the war
The producer of materials must pay tax on
his Profits and adds not only the tax but profit on
the amount paid in taxes and passes along the
manufacturer who in turn must pay tax what
he makes and adds il his cost The manufacture
adds profit this; also 10 the amount paid for the
tax part OF his materials, and passes 10 along
the jobber O. multiplied tax.
The iobl~. repeats the operation and passes his
TAX % the t,t. Ter who shoves IL TO the ultimate
consumer. collecting only his own tax. but the
taxes OF the three who had whack It, before he
did
There are many contributing causes 10 high costs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
ASSOCIATED PRESS

(Mishawaka Page Of T. y. IT,
The A. r. grocery company
will open a second store in the
city within the next two weeks.
having leased the building just
vacated by the North Side res
taurant. Sill y. Main ST.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
MAYBE \ PERFECT SO WILL DO?

classified AID in r. y. tt
WANTED-A housekeeper. bv
young man. No large WON
an need apply Cali at $40 Lin
coin way T..
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13

loa know the deal I have been
setting up nights trying TO figure
out reads an advertisement in the
New Idea IL must have been a hen
mat was mixed up in this deal.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
OUR GOTHAM CORRESPONDENT
WRITES:


81 feet. inches from the
only original Broadway.
New York city.
Jan. 9. 1920.
Dear Bill:
Enclosed is some Junk which
may make il possible for YOU 10
take a day off 20 patronize Doc
Keegan and then borrow friend
wife's wash boiler and gas stove
and fortify the ColfaX av Glee
club against Jan. IS and indef-
initely thereafter.
/ had a clipping telling Of
New York's preparation for
big wake" for John Barley
corn on the night OF Jan Is.
but lost IT, All the hotels are
selling reservations and getting
ready for a celebration which.
according TO the dope will
make any previous New Years
affair look like a meeting OF the
board or safety for popularity
and crowds.
OF course the big news fea-
ture this week is the auto show
Nv impression Of it has 70 DO
mostly with the accessory ex-
hibits. or course there are
enough cars on exhibition 10
wear out that nice new road 20
Niles in record time. but that's
expected. The remarkable thing
is the mum Der Of accessories for
Fords Special wheels, steering
wheels springs, snubbers, bod
les, radiators. tenders. mufflers.
heaters, transmissions, rear ak
les.-in short, everything but
special engines TO be attached 20
Henrys product-are now on
sale. So YOU see what you can
do with a Ford and three or
four thousand dollars worth of
accessories.
Yours.
BILL GRIMM
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
firmly, Here I am,

Well know they all the sacrifice that
such a lob entails
Well know they all the surging
waves. the bitter. raging gales.
In fact, they each and every one will
tell Won in one breath
That undertaking such a task is far,
far worse than death.
Yet perilous as il viii be 20 seek 10
save the nation.
The volunteers are equal to the vot-
ing population.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
LOCAL BRIEFS.

IL begins to look as If Martin
Jagla's wife stood outside Of the city
jail and sang TO Mart Are You
Coming Out Tonight"
Ii someone ever steals the safe
out OF police headquarters Chief OF
Police Kline will probably just be
mortified 10 death.
II don't like things like that" de
clared the chief referring 10 the
Jagla case Why. the crusty old
thing. we suppose he'll be throwing
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
The Tower of Babel
: BY BILL ARMSTRONG

Once more William Jennings seq
10 Woodrow. Goodbye. good luck.
Cod bless YOU"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13

NOT OK THE BRIGHTEST DAY.
Mr. Bryan may come our or his
hole but he won't see even the
shadow of a chance.
Copyright. 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
SIGNS OF OTHER DAYS.

21 meals for 81.
Tom and Jerry. 10 cents.
Largest Beer in Town. Sc.
GROSS WITCH.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13

THEY'LL NEED AN EXTRA HAIL.
If ell the candidates for the g. o.
p. nomination so TO the convention
there won't be any room in the hall
for the delegates.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13

moth on Jim Schock's coat next
The lieutenant governor of Mich
issn. i'm his address In South
Bend church. said he is afraid ser
ious consequences might result 20
prohibition. II the matter was sub
mitted 10 a popular vote. This orr
cial has remarkable foresight for an
Anu-Saloon worker.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
THE EXCEPTION

Wood alcohol is one commodity
which gains nothing from free ad-
vertising.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13

II we didn't have correspondents
in all the big cities. we don't know
what we would do on Mondays.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13

The philadelphia mint coined SOLO 900 pieces
of money last year Get your share? oh yes. YOU
did Your share
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13
PA PERKINS,
SEZ

What's become
Of the old IA Sin
ion man that ha a
10 have an eve
opener
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13

Prices advanced six percent in 1919. according
81 newspaper report And the cynical remark
that II the biggest six perment in history.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13

j on Jim Schock's coat next
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-13

81 feet Z inches from the
only original Broadway.
New York city,
Jan. g. 1920.
The evening world., 1920-09-08

garden. Indignant at being kept out
people threw tin cans over the fence
TIL 1t got the name Tin Pot Alley
This old shack OF a tenement Cat
107 Washington StreeD Is Just the
same as it was sixty years ago.
'Here's an old relic" said Nelson.
as he turned up Cedar Street. It's
the remains of Lady Washington
Hose No, 80. See It's double door
framed in brownstone- Pat Ryan,
first engineer on the L. lived next
door.
Here at 124 Greenwich Is Sam
Lederer's dry goods store Just as II
was in my time. Sam was one OF the
first Jews In New York and the A. 7.
Stewart of our district.
See that old house at No. 3 Albany
Street? Well, July 10, SO. saw them
throwing the piano and things out
the windows during the draft riotA
An the police Q,O0o) were massed at
City Hall.
"Cortlandt street was the hotel dis
trict then. There was the Howard on
the corner OF Broadway. The
Merchants was another. Peter Gllsey
(who built the Gilsey House), a Dane,
had a Cigar store here then.
Fritz I1pdiger had a bar over in
Fraunces's Tavern in my time. r. +.
Smith made fortune in candy in
Greenwich Street. He gave the beau
tiful altar to st. Peters in Barclay
Street. / haven't missed a parade,
active or passive, since '65. I'm a
Civil War veteran OF the old 69th.
The Kenneflck Musketeers and a fam
tastic Hare and Hounds were our
social clubs. We had Evacuation Day
parades here up to 1888.
''And how 1 remember the hot
roasted corn sold on street corners,
the town pumps. Washington Market,
the Fulton Street foot bridge, that
Fanny Louise Buckingham rode over
on her horse Mazeppa, and Gen1n
rne Mad Halter who paid $500 for
a seat to hear Jenny Lind sing at
Castle Garden"
Here the band on an excursion boat
ut the Battery struck up When You
and I Were Young Maggie What
a coincidence" said Charles Nelson,
with tears in mis- eyes. ~
The evening world., 1920-09-08

THE first mile Of the elevated was
o built here from the Battery to. Beth
une Street in 1861. 1t was a single
track. | witnessed the tensile strength
tests Of the first pillars at Zenas Sec
cor's Iron Works at Washington and
Rector Streets. Smith & Mcneil
restaurant on Greenwich Street,, tried
to stop the elevated because Of smoke
and noise OF the locomotives. The first
train ran by steam, then by cable,
later by electricity.
"Robert Block, who died recently,
went 10 school with me down here,
worked on the elevated and invented
the present block-system semaphores.
= I'VE walked through Washington
Street and found what was once an
all Irish settlement now transformed
into a Near East,
Here are Greeks, Turkish, Armen-
ians Syrians with only one Irish
name, Laughlin, over an ancient
saloon at Morris Street Morris Street
housed the upper Irish in the old
days,"o said Mr.. Nelson. Edward
Hogan and John Fox Gather OF John
Fox jr., author). leaders of Tammany
Hall in the sixties, lived here.
Potash Block was IN Washington
Street. 1t got its name from Rabbits
original soap plant.
IT used to play the accordion for the
girls and boys to dance on the COW
cred platforms there. One night the
Waterman awoke from dreaming
about the F'ranco-Prussian War and
shot Chris Higgins dead while he was
dancing. ~"'-
"over on Trinity Pace was walled
The evening world., 1920-09-08

. A NCdENT New York history be-
~ gan at the Battery and mod
ern New York history also be-
gan there in the old First Ward It's
political and financial influence on
the city began to be felt in the six
ties and survives to-day. though its
agents are gone.
Charles E Nelson. born in 1850 on
the site OF the Whitehall Building.
took me through the district and
gave me a picture of the old lifa
'h' Battery Park Is changed since
played here as boy" he said. '"rhe
Aquarium was then Castle Garden.
where the immigrants LANDED. It
stood OF shore. connective with the
Battery by a. bridge, TRs, building
rested on the piles and I used to
swim under the struc 6ure. T,
"This cement plaza was a sandy
beach. all water beyond where the
grass Is now. The grove Of large
trees back of the beach was country
like. See that old mansion over
there at No. Z State Street? That's
the last of the grand houses that
fronted the park. It's n home for
The evening world., 1920-09-08

Irish immigrant girls now. 1t was
all like that once and peopled by the
Son ton.
son the corner Of South and White
han Streets, there, they are making
over the remains Of the famous old
Eastern Hotel. Lafayette stopped in
II when he visited New York. 1t was
also the stopping place OF old sea
captains. The famous Capt. Sam
S4muels stayed there. Sam com
minded the champion clipper ship
Dreadnohght, the Yankee boat that
broke the sailing record across the
Atlantic. Did 1t in about thirteen
days, / think.
Samuels was hero Of the day and
we used 20 sing a ballad about him
and his ship 1t started:
Come all ye sailors, I'm sns unto 70
The story d the sailor who sailed the sea,
Those were days when Yankee
bottoms ruled the sea South Street
was a forest or masts. You could
step from the upstairs windows OF the
building onto the bowsprits The
jIb-booms were pushed back to make
room.
II am the last survivor of ole
Ward School No. 90" Mr.. Nelson
Street, taken down in 1896.
The late Gen. Tom Barry, Com
mander of the Department OF the
East, was a schOolmate, OF mine
there. I helped coach him for his
entrance into West Point.
-Four other mates also won COM
petitive appointments to the Govern
ment academies with Barry. They
were Frank Springer, killed in the
Orange riots: Charles MIME, n negro;
Henry McGurck, John Connel, killed
an the Samar, p. l., massacre, and
John Keefe.
"Our school was rich in achieve
ments. When teacher called the rol
in the sixties, every day boy was alb.
sent. Where is he?" asked the
teacher. He enlisted yesterday,
was the answer. Two thousand
went in the Civil War from Wash
ington Street. 1 give two medals a
year as prizes to Public School No
20, my old schools successor.
THE boys had to make their owr
amusements in those days. We goi
up sleigh rides. They put runners OF
the stages like the Dolly Madison OF
Lady Washington. The boys anC
blowing trumpdO in country fashion
1t was 10 cents round trip. We alst
slid down hill on Rector Street from
Broadway to the river.
THE volunteer fremen gave III
thrills, too. Washington, 90; Column
bia, IA: Franklyn. 10; were some o
the favorites. After every fire the boy
engaged in stone-throwlng fights
defending the regulations Of their pc
fire companies. We went over 4
Hoboken once and had pitched bat
tle over 1t.
THE Barclay Street Ferry. the onl,
one across then, was a low one-decl
affair. Took fifteen minutes TO Ho
bokon. That was long before the Ger
man boats locked there and created
German settlement.
1.-THE Staten Island ferry took three
quarters OF an hour in those days o
against twenty minutes to-day,
1.-THE Staten Island boat Westfiel
blew up at her dock here in the sew
entities, the boiler busted. One hundre,
; and nifty were drowned or scalded I
death.
The evening world., 1920-09-08
The ggqlHsDe IE9hgQ.fly
BY l20W il,

Copyright. 1890. ID The Press PubllAhiI
CGX/ you forget we were to 20 to
the wedding of Mr.. Stryver's
sister to his head bookkeeper. "
said Mrs Jarr when Mr.. Jarr came
home.
I'VE sent them a present; we don't
have to co., said Mr.. Jarr carelessly.
Mrs. Stryver would never forgive
me II wasn't there" said Mrs. Jarr.
I wouldn't go either, but they have
q lovely place in the AdirondaclCs and
maybe she would ask US there for a
week In September with the children.
do you think I'm going to O we'd
dipg on the chance OF getting an In
vitation somewhere some day." asked
Mr.. Jarr with a growi.
You shouldn't talk in that heart
less way" said Mrs. Jarr How
would you like II II you were to die
and people would be that heartless
that they wouldn't como TO your
funeral2"
what would carer exclaimed
Mr.. Jarr. 'Doggone III / don't want
any funeral. I hate them. I want 10
be cremated"
"You shouldn't talk that way; it's
heartless." said Mrs, Jarr. "A nice
funeral shows respect"
Jaw, don't let us fight again over
the funeral question" said Mr.. Jarr.
We're going TO a wedding now!'
Il don't see why you want to drag
me there. don't know those people, "
said Mrs. Jar, as she proceeded with
her toilet.
st Vitus's Church Is far Uptown.
We should take a taxi" said Mr.. Jarr
as they started out,
III we were going 10 one OF your
haunts would submit TO your better
Judgment in the matter" said Mrs.
Jar. AS we are going 70 a church,
think you had better leave II 10 me. "
Mr.. Janr protested, but II was no
use, and In due time they reached
the street Mrs. Jar said was near
the church. Mr.. Jarr insisted that
st. Vitus's Church was not near, but
Mrs. JarT declared she would turn
right around and 90 home II he didn't
stop fussinB with her.
So here they allghted and walked In
various directions. Finally police
man was encountered, who prOmptly
declared he didn't know whore st
Vltus's Church was.
They took O street car back in
silence. The street corner Mr.. Jar
said was the right one to got on at
was, 1t happened. near the church
but they arrived Just as the wedding
was over and the guests departing.
ThAy gathered with the guests Al
The evening world., 1920-09-08

Used to Take is Minutes to Hoboken :
on Barclay Street Ferry; IS Minutes to
Staten Island, COrtLaRdt Street Used
to Be the Hotel District. r. + a
The evening world., 1920-09-08

Co TINE NtN lOfk Evening W0ridl,
tho steps and watched the bride and
bridegroom enter the machine.
At this juncture Mr.. and Mrs.
Stryver encountered them. "Oh,
was AFRAID YOU were not cOming"
exclaimed Mrs. Stryver. what did
you think OF At"
'"We"---- began Mr.. Jarr. for men
are always blurting out the truth I'M
thinkinEly, and Mr.. Jarr would have
done 80 but for a warning nudge
we thought It was beautiful" in
terpolated Mrs. JaY. The hand
soonest couple ever Raw, and a love-
ly service And such a fashionable
crowd. Even Mr.. Jar was much i'm
pressed. and you know how men are
about sAlch things!"
But on the way home she told AR.
Jarr coldly but calmly that the next
time he dragged her OF TO a cheap
wedding of that sort among HIS
friends 10 please be sure he knew
where he was going!
The evening world., 1920-09-08

UoDyriEht' 1870. D The fTess Fubllshlnl
CN/OU forget we were to go to
the wedding of Mr.. Stryver's
The evening world., 1920-09-08

u ATMoND s. BAIRD, the young
X est orchestra leader in tho
world, 10 barely five years old.
For two weeks he directed a 90 piece
orchestra in Los Angeles, imperson-
ating the famous sousa. He has also
directed orehsstras at Long Beach,
CAL, and Pasadena and in Salt Lake
City. Master Baird is livina with
his mother, Mrs. Margaret ]. Baird,
in Los Angeles, Cal. Musical critics
state that his sense OF cadence is
marvellous and he directs any kind Of
time, Raymond speoializes on the
aaSaphone for his own musical enter
tSlnment. Note the string Of medals
on HE jacket presented TO him by
various musical organizations
The evening world., 1920-09-08

standing In a car when a lot OF sup
posed gentlemen are so absorbed In
their papers. The only time men are
polite is when they are out with their
sweetle.
Ask Me-!Best question ever. Ac-
cording to the Nineteenth Amend
ment, they have equal rights. Let
EN- stand. Three cheers for Terrible
Al.
Fol de Rol-Women are better
fighters than men, anyway, so II they
can't shove through the line and
score, It's their own lookout. Start
ten men and one woman at the same
time from the platform. and the
woman VIII get two seats while the
men stand uDs 1919. ~. -, 81,
The evening world., 1920-09-08
Old Ne1O York as Seen THROUGH Young Eyes

s South Street Was a Forest Of Ships !
{ Masts: Castle Garden Stood Where the
) Aquarium NOw Is: Bon-ToH Tenants {
LiUed at No. 2 State Street. j. J. &
The evening world., 1920-09-08
15oIguenanG7N World Quito lEdA0URMST@

Copyright " wohf.
because
M of column
w
eaegoers might what
The evening world., 1920-09-08

didn't get IN until the last editions.
But It won't happen again, and were
going to ask the fans to help us make
up for lost time this week We asked
for suggestions for questions for
weeks to come. as the stock you sent
in is about gone. Then, also, we an
nounced that we would print an
Illustrated picture about the question
Of the week IL the fans could get old
Ouija to furnish the inspiration. Toe
day we're showing one by a stan
artist, just 10 convey the idea. Make
'em in ink and about the same size as
a newspaper column.
Now If you've ever had some one
dance on your feet while sitting in
the subway, or had TO stand up from
Coney TO Van COrtlandt' Park while
all the males We're sitting on the
choice seats, you should get a big
tumble from this question, We
haven't had as many answers as
usual to date, so there'll be more
room the rest of the week than ordi-
narily. Just dust the Labor Day cob
webs off Ouija and ask him.
The evening world., 1920-09-08
2 Ss ?sg5ou453}gga97

1. Under what name are n great
mass OF Balzao's writings grouped?
2. Who Is the leader OF the Ulster
Party?
3. by whom was the most famous
English history Of the French Revo-
luton wrltten2
4. BY what name did the ancient
Greeks term their country
6. What does a scarlet Beranium
mean in the language OF flowers?
g. What lis the large bone OF the
lower leg called9
7. What Is the belt OF time to tho
east OF eastern time called1
8. What Is the birthstone for Aug
ust?
O. Who wrote '"rhe Confession OF an
English Opium Eater2"
TO- What element In used as q
standard for atomic weights7
IL. Where was Bolivar, the hberatOr
OF South America, born?
r. Who were the sisters of Lazarus
whom Christ loved greatly?
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.
/, Human Comedy; 2, Sir Edward
Carson: 3, Canlylei 4, Hellas; 8, Kiss
&, T1bia; 7. Intercolonial: s, Sardonyx;
0, De Quincy; 10. Hydrogen; IL, Car
aoas CVeneEuela); II. Mary and
Martha ~
The evening world., 1920-09-08

a much l dd-but NOR
Indeed you a YOU
IN ong
20
1 dom. VIII / have with
not your ha-iPs a psaehi
/ are o n a p .
whether pretty
l
a woman, =
1 Ike a fire n
The our catches
little feet
n youl owe m
he ma WIN tha
Gould hold out he ont o pay envelope,
DO o night f
scolding
he babys bank turning he a brewery
happier
10 a
Il 4
The evening world., 1920-09-08
BW lNlQIG@ll0IlIl


TO save their voices.
And nerves and tempers
And time and mileage.
All the Presidential candidates
Are canning themselves
Putting themselves on records
And the talking machine does the
rest.
Here's n hint for husbandsl
Perhaps their wives wouldn't 'can"
them 80 often.
II they canned themselves for their
wlvosl
There arc certain speeches
Which some husbands never make at
all,
And no husband makes often enough,
Between his wedding day and the
day Of his wife's funeral.
How simple ana charming
II he would only can them!
Suppose he put himself on record
and on A record
After this fashion;
Dear, you know I love. you
The evening world., 1920-09-08
SHOULD A MAN GIVE A LADY
HIS SUBWAY SEAT2

And remember, hereafter wen be
on this page. Keep right in line with
tho rest Of the fans.
Hon and Dearie-tMost certainly
it's the mans place TO give his seat
TO the woman, | should feel most
ashamed of Hon II he didn't give me
or any woman his seat.
Flo of the BronN-Why ask II
they should? They don't, and that's
all there is toit And we were stand
ing long before we got the vote, so
that wheeze about Now they vote,
let them stand like the men," doesn't
go.
Limited, N. Y. C,-Many's the
ms GEA. hoaa an elderly woman
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-08-19
NATIONAL FOREST BUS|-
NESS SHOWS INCREASE

Receipts from National Forest
business in the North Pacific dis
trict for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1920, totalled SS~60,663.40,
which is $106, 06O.60 greater than
the receipts of the proceeding year,
according to a report just compiled
in the office of District Forester,
George H. Cecil, Portland.
The Whitman National Forest,
eastern Oregon, leads in receipts
with a total of $~119,252.S7. In the
second place, is the Tongass National
Forest, Alaska, with receipts of $94,-
210.23; the Crater Forest, in SOU
thern Oregon, comes third with $751;
074.99; while Columbia, Olympic and
Wallowa follow in the order named
with $~44,964.96, ~s43,581.01, SAL
541.S4 receipts respectively.
BY far the greater portion of
these receipts came from timber
sales which brought $518,845.17
during the year and an additional
sS,5S2.35 from timbep settlement
and timber trespass, The Whitman
National Forest leads the District IN
timber business, with a total of $685.
806.94 receipts from timber sales
alone. The Tongass National Forest,
Alaska. comes second with $79,878.-