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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
AUGUST I3. 1921
HARDLY 4 BATTLE OF WITS.

The legal aspects OF the case become a bat
tie OF wits between conteng attorneys" the rath
er naive news dispatch which comes from the eapi-
Illinois regard to the trial Of the governor
Of that state.
The entire nation is interested in this Illinois
matter and the people OF this country will well
come the thought that 80 imI ortant a case is 10
turn upon the wits" OF lawyers
The governor of that state is under arrest He is
charged IN an indictment with the embezzlement OF
two 1illions Of dollars when state treasurer, the
funds question being interest received for the
of state monies.
The governor in reply declares that he is the
object OF vicious political ring which is trying 70
destroy him because he is really trying TO the
people instead Of privileged interests which dis
appointed at being unable to loot the public pocket
book.
The governor. under arrest, is presumably limo
cent until his guilt is proven.
This is verdict which should be reached with
out the bubble OF technicalties tricks delay.
the various motions which clever Iawyers sometimes
find useful in winning cases.
one OF two things is true. The governor, in his
former official capacity stole public funds he is
being subjected attack which in itself
even greater crime
The people Of the country would like to know
the real truth. They want TO look behind the
tains OF Illinois Eolltcs-for the politics every
state affects the nation a whole. Corrupt they
may prove the turning point in a national election.
Clean. they add to the moral forces upon which
democracy depends for its very existence.
If GOV. Small be innocent he should not resort
10 diatory writs but should demand that the facts
be brought out into the light
T. is not good for these United States If a man
who has wantonly betrayed trusts reposed in hint
may be elevated by the power thus obtained tie
highest office in his state.
would be II venal enemies can destroy
faithful public servant because he refuses to bow
10 their demands
The need Is for battle of wits but for a COM
plete portrayal OF facts-al the facts not part OF
them
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
HIS LEE 4 MONTlLENT.

To few il 10 given to achieve success in life not
measured 10y the material evidences OF their &C
tv.res
Not many are able TO so guide their lives by the
lights 81 friendship. high sense of justice.
sympathy that the last seers may be said that
every man was his friend and none his critic.
one Of these was samuel Adler. whose passing
brings sense OF personal loss TO the widest circle
citizens
For over half century ne has been an active fig
ure IN the citys growth. He helped TO build and
part Of that spirit OF enterprise which ami
mated south Bend as he watched it grow from a
little village 90 "a great city.
Ills achievements in a material way furnish a.
example 90 the young. His greater in me
more important business OF living Will remain his
Ereateet monument leaving he does the memory
o. kindly word, OF ENCOURAGEMENT, Of hearty interest
IN better things Of his eager alliance with
enterprise and movement that made for progress and
for human happiness
lie gave freely Of his friendship and nothing Of
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
THEY ARE MODELS.

Editor News-Times:-
Those who are interested in using
words effectively can study with
profit The News-Times editorials.
They are models.
Good writing must have two quail
tiles, force and clearneSs. The edi-
torial writer Of South Bends morn
ing paper causes these to abound in
his journalistic philosopizings.
His language has pep" There
is nothing "slushy, mushy. gushy"
about his style. l admire the vigor
and virilty of his sentences. They
possess tonic properties.
And his clearness is gratifying
Never are We lin a strait betwixt
two" as to what his meaning is. He
seems to abhor ambiguity. Per
spicuity dominates his pep. He
knows just what he wants to say
and without vapOrizing or wandering
says It.
I enjoy the directness Of these ed
itorials. They "hit the target" They
remind me Of what Francis Bacon
stated as 10 his purpose in writing
HIS essay = lNdl he WLSueu lneln 10
come home 10 mems business and
bosOms." The News-Times daily
commentaries on events and con-
ditions get US where we live As
Coleridge would say. they Find us"
Their short-sentence structure
brings 10 mind Macaulay's literary
methods. Their shrewd and pracc-
cal "counsels in wisdom and knowl-
edge" suggest Benjamin Franklin.
as an author. Their clear and cog
ent logic seems TO have been model
ed on John Stuart Nil. And their
interestingness reminds me OF
Frank Crane.
Were I head OF the English de-
partment in a high school or college
would have my students consider
intensively the News-Times editor
ials as examples of effective writing.
style could be patterned from them.
-Literateur.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
OUR CROWINC CITIES.

American cities grow fast. The tide must be
turned back to the farm in order maintain
proper balance between agriculture and industry.
This Is the observation Of Gen Badoglio second
in command OF italian armies after ne had been
whisked from New York to Chicago and was amazed
by the size Of the cities and the wide expanse o:
farm lands. fields which contrasted strangely with
his intensified cultivation at home where every
foot-save few privileged estates outside Of Rome
is a producing unit.
The general is needessy worried. In no other
country is there intelligent more
effective effort being made TO increase farm pro-
duction
The OF the tractor in the vast grain
growing areas has made possible yields not before
dreamed as POSSIBLE
The good roads movement, which came with
the automobile. is moving the farmer nearer to the
picture shows. the city atmosphere. the things
which in years attracted boys and girls from
farms and pictured happiness to those who were
denied participation because OF distances.
County agents are showing the farmer how TO
increase his crops how to cut waste; how get
the greatest results
The rush from farm to city checks itself in just
the proportion that farm life equals excels city
life in comforts
Lest dresses win the altitude race tresses viii be
pompadoured. It's dresses next move
o-
Sid Hatfield was killed by man named Lively,
who lived up to his the trigger.
The latest tariff knocker wants to know why they
didn't take salvation off the free list.
The annual loss by fire is sSOO,OOOCOO; and every
fred man thinks his employer lost that much.
-O-
Having dropped treating. America starts treatyinE.
-o
lhe female of the species is more comfortable
than the male.
No ore appreciates the perils of motoring like the
pedestrian.
The ex-kaiser's 100000 year is some income
for outcast.
The saddest words of tongue or pen. When does
school start up AGAIN."
There's fortune for a man who can invent a
gear fo- meters
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
HE KILLED HIS MOTHER.

Shocking IN the extreme was the news that came
from the southern part Of the state that boy had
deliberately killed his mother.
That death should come TO woman from the
hand OF him whose pink fingers had so short a tine
ago. pressed away the burrows of care from h@r
brow as she pressed his face against her strikes
the civilized mind and heart the atrocity al
atrocities.
While physicians and scientists probe for
quirk OF brain, some defect that wiped out all moral
sense. it might be well pity the countless living
mothers whose hair is whitened and whose hearts
are broken through neglect and thoughtIessness
Of other sons.
Mothers can be killed in other ways than by the
firing Of a bullet
Something within them dies when the boy who
has brought 10 her his childish troubles and con-
adences no longer dares to tell her OF his and
blushiugly eyades her loving interest She knows
telling that he forgotten the things she
tried 20 teach.
Something within her dies when the daughter
becomes snob1ishly ashamed OF her red hands
roush with her daily tasks. and no longer brings
her friends to her home.
Something within her dies when che passes hour
after hour waiting for the letter from the lad who
has gone out the world TO carve his fortune
AM who becomes too busy TO ever think tina back
youder there is the one person who will ever hold
his welfare as her greatest interest in life
Not all the tragedies OF life echo from the rifle
shot
some OF them are written in the tears that drop
a. niaht on sleepless pillows
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
OtherE ditorS Than Ours
GOING BAREFOOT.
(San Francisco Chronicle

What does the modern child know about going
school? We them starched and irOned, capped
and necktied. their shoes shined, getting off tho
street and mounting the steps of the school
house And we who are older and have not always
lived barred by pavements from good old Mother
Earth pity them.
What do they know OF the Joy of school days?
They padded barefoot along the dusty road 10
the district school. All that was pleasure for which
artificial delights of movies mo.oc
ever ms-ke up. II rite if that be a rite
which pure abandon. a long drawn out ceremony
minisering TO animal spirits Two hours go
quarter of a mile, two hours OF leap frog of somer-
saults Of chasing grasshOppers of throwing stones
the birds of making wheat-straw whistles, OF
climbing trees, of walking fences OF tormentng the
girls with captured frogs and garter snakes of
wrestling and jumping and racing! Two hours of the
keenest pleasure boyhood ever know
And barefoot The feel OF the dust the
toes The squidging of the mud in the puddles! The
qualification of the grass the soles! The
freshment Of the creek! The freedom of it, Child
hood had never will have, more exquisite
delights.
The boy who has never gone barefoot has been
cheated out OF his birthright "AIy youth" remin-
isces Clarence Burlington Kelland. the novelist,
bitter and hard 1t made so by cruel parents
who. with unbelievable harshness, refused allow
to attend the public schools barefOoted."
lie was one OF those unfortunates who were not
permitted be boys. And they ALL these lads
whom neatly shod and with clothes that
m be soiled making their solemn
way over the dreary concrete 10 school. Heaven pity
them and their rrisoned and stupefed feet, as out
Of place in shoes as skylark in a cage.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
Sic public pulso

that back in taxes TO Uncle Sam
three times as much. I only want a
job. what l would deserve. If Uncle
Sam can raise billions of dollars to
give TO England, Russia or any other
country, why can't he help his own
soldiers? I don't believe that Uncle
Sam will ever see those foreign loans.
Dear Milly, 1 am not drunkard and
1 am not acquainted with either
Chaplin or Washington SITS, and I
know that 1 won't spend my bonus
money there. If you knew as much
about the soldier life as you know
about Chaplin and Washington SITS.
you would think differently about a
7-year World War veteran Your
cousin is a man, I can say that much
if he wasn't in the fight, but he
never put any shrdluch in the paper
either, and about MARI cd life,
would like TO make a happy family
but can you tell me low I could
keep a woman when I have no
money. The only thing I am after
is a real job, where 1 can make my
regular living.
SEVEN-YEAR WAR VETERAN.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
JUDGE LANDS Is RIGHT.
mefrnif Erec PressN

It is not light trihng thing to deny TO
number of men the right TO their living in the
business where they do the best for themselves
and their families. but when Judge Lands declares
that the acquitted baseball players in the case
Gently completed in Illinois will be taken back
into organized ball he goes further than he must
in the interest of game th pays the wages Of
many hundreds Of professional players Barring the
Black Sox is not done IN the interest of few rch
In the game.
may be said that the acquittal OF the
accused players has changed their status and chat
would be true if they had been trial for "a
offense against organized baseball. The fact
however. that they trial for offense
against the law, and the law is such that may
be a very undesirable sort of ball Layer without
Ing a law breaker The game demands something
more than law honesty. 1t demands whose
pride in sport is such that they be ap-
preached by bribers and who put the game
game live and continue TO pay high salaries 10
ball players while it affords sport to millions.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
FOUGHT WITH ROOSEVELT.
- News-Times:

Editor y eWS- IlmeS:
Answering Miuy's letter 20 the
News-Times on Wednesday evening.
1 would Ike TO tell her that I wasn't
in the army for seven years because
7 liked the army life. but because I
had 20 stay enlisted under the =
years act Of congress of 1912. And
I went through hell. water and fire
in my army life. so I know some
thing about a mans life. 7 read that
statement b. Roosevelt that Mily
mentions. She is right on that.
know Mr.. Roosevelt well. as I fought
right alongside his regiment. He is
one OF Americas best lighting men.
and as a soldier not a man would
say a bad word about A.m who
served under him. But he made a
mistake for some one in his state
ment. IL YOU look at both sides. one
way he is right. and about the bonus
II don't favor the bonus much my
self. for know that have 10 pay
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
dust FOlRS @y,G69zzzsesczz

do you remember number twelve? I
should have 'birdied' that,
But just as 1 was set to putt my
caddie dropped his hat;
And here I am with ninety-four, but
1 know you will agree
That given any luck at all, I'd have
had an eighty-three."
Yes, yes" I answered, maybe 80,
but let me say 10 you,
We'd all be great If all the time we
did as we should do,
And the game of golf and the game
Of life to the self-same rules are
played
The records stand with the scores
we had not the ones we should
have made"
Copyright, 1921
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
THE "OUGHT-TOo sCORE

THE "OUGHT-TO" SCORE.
The game was done and home we
came, and he muttered low to
me:
1 had a four on number five, and il
should have been a three;
l took three puts on number six,
common fault, it's true,
But I'd have made a five back there
if I had taken two.
Il took a peek on number seven that
cost an extra stroke.
Had l been careful as I should, the
ninety I'd have broke;
en- number eight l found the ditch,
and there a five 1 made.
Yet I've had tours there every time
the last few weeks I've played.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
THE TAX PROBLEM.
-ChIcago Id.Examiner.

Prest Harding tells the country he viii cut nine
hundred million dollars off next years taxes; l. is
said government bills viii be less than four thou
sand million dollars. That cheaT, Ye.
not so long ago there wild bowling about
congress shat spent billion in two years
Excess profit taxes come of. and IL IS neces-
sary. for they choke enterprise and cut down en-
ployment No one has discovered way OF making
biggest incomes pay the biggest share Of govern
ments burden. To set real money tax the little man.
lie does not snow how to dodge, and If he IS
happy. that makes difference 10 industry, or
anything IN particular.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
WE TAKE IT THAT HARRY MUST
HAVE DEFEATED SOMEBODY.

CF'rom the News-Times.)
II. G. Gilmore surprised every one
but himself by defeating every one
but himself by defeating Herm Siel-
ken, medalist, OF the Riverside club,
indianapolis. one up in the second
round Of the match play Wednesday
afternoon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
PRIZE FOR BEST LETTER.

Short, snappy letters to the ed
itor on timely subjects Of public
interest are desired by Ihe News
Times for publication in The
Public Pulse. For the best let
ter received each day a prize OF
81 is offered Five collars Will
be paid for the best .etter Of the
week. Communications are linn
tied II 500 words. Religious dis
cussions and letters dealing in
personalities are rejected. Names
will not be published unless de-
sired. Initials may be used II no
objection is offered by the writer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
EXPLANATION OF THIS
PICTURE.

We wish TO cali the attention Of
our readers 10 the elegant picture
today in the column devoted 10 the
daily feature. Boosters for South
Bend" 1t is the picture OF Joseph
L. Donahue. one OF Americas most
popular roofers and was taken while
the great tar and shingle expert was
quietly surveying a raging roof fire.
Mr.. Donahue had just arrived at the
scene Of the blaze in his Ford and
is shown with a pleasant smile on
his face. waiting patiently until the
flames subside enough that he can
get his new roof estimates into the
hands OF the owner OF the burning
structure.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
More Trutl.
Than pOotru
6)g James q MONtd6tio !
IN MOVIE LAND.

IN NOV III LAND.
They're primitive and passionate, the
people OF the screen.
Their loves are always violent, their
hatreds cold and keen.
The hero always get the girl that he
sets out TO we'd
Although to do it he must kin her
male relations dead.
The girl who aims 10 make a man
the partner Of her life,
Succeeds, regardless Of the fact that
he may have a wife.
They do. as you are sure they will,
exactly as they've planned.
GO TO it," is the only law that's
known in Movie Land.
A burglar seeks 10 rob a fat: he's
shot clear through the head,
And you legitimately expect that he
is rather dead.
But no! They pick his body up and
thro wit through the door
And he goes out and robs a fat upon
another floor.
one killing can't deter a man from
perpetrating crimes;
To kill a crook in movie land, you
Kill him seven times.
And even then he may appear in
jumper and blue jeans
If so be that the drama ends in truly
rural scenes.
If you perhaps would like TO see how
kings of finance live
Or how wronged deserted maid can
suffer and forgive,
or how an earnest faced young man
can perish for his art
Forsake your world Of sordid facts.
and spend an hour or two
Where action is not limited by what
folks really do.
Though actualities they shun, they
certainly aCt grand,
And things are done that can't be
done. in dear old Movie Land,
Copyright, 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

bitterness and there follows him to his long
rest the sadness and personal loss insI red
By these qualities Of heart and mind.
The city which he loved and in which he lived
for over 80 years will miss him. and will long re-
member the part ne played. remem bering him ever
a builder not only OF great business enterprises
Sut OF a kindlier spirit in the city which was his
home.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
IT'S A NEAR DAY. TOO!

Some day the who the American peo-
pies multitudinous governments viii be crisCiy
tined by the longsunerng public that paying taxes
the PEOPLES favorite indoor sport
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

II a woman would be as careful in
picking out a husband as she is in
selecting so cents worth Of dog meat
she might get something thas
wouldn't froth at the mouth when
ever spoken to.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
MOST OF I'M ARE HERE.

Lloyd George Is coming 10 Amer
lea where he will have an oppor-
tunlty to meet the Irish leaders.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

A certain blonde widow here in
town SEE that her latest proposal
she had had was from a widower
named Beard who has seven little
shaVers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
DON'T KNOW. But lid co our
AND SEE

Skagway. Alaska, Aug. 8, '21.
Dear Bill:
Up here they stili paint feet
on the sidewalk 70 eet business.
But Skagway is nearly dead
now, though IN the gold rush
days it was quite a city. Does
that prove anything?
BILL GRIMM.
p. S.-Temperature today 40
degrees.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
The Tower Babel 9 81
* o.
.c5p Dill Armstrong es

papers have described some very
striking divorce suits OF late.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

II the golf games kept up much
longer at the Country club. were
afraid Charley Zigler would have TO
have a ticker service installed for
himself at the First National bank.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
.FTFR ANOTHER ATTRACTION

Much 10 the regret OF the lawyers
the summer run OF the Stil.man d.
vorce trial seems 70 be closed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13
WE'LL OPEN TO-DAY WITH \ BIT
OF VERSE

We editors may did and toll
TIL our finger tips are sore,
But some poor fish is sure 70 say.
I've heard that joke before"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

Speaking of the latest styles, the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

Club Birdsell SCI that Billy Hen
derson. of the Citizens, is the only
banker in town that isn't bugs about
golf.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

President Harding's old man was
probably just trying to get back to
normally when he went out and got
married at IS.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

We've Just been informed that we
passed through the tale Of a comet
on the night of August Sth. Home
made hootch produces about the
same effect.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

sxohanEe. Give operstSS,
name az person department vented After m i ffv
ngmbers-Afan 200. classified department Main Zll
editor Slain 200 society editor Main Ho1 cireuIato" ~
Uartuent.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

The saddest words Of tongue or pen. When does
school start up agan?"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

The Associated exclusively entitled % the use 70
republication ~ an dispatches credited 70 u or 10
credited the morning edition Of this paper
aso he local news published herein This does not Apply
The afternoon edition.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-13

There's fortune for man who can invent re-
gear fo- gas meters.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-24
CAFETERIA IS STILL
POPULAR AT Y. NC. A.

Warm weather hasn't had much
effect on the appetities of the wom-
en- and girls who each Wednesday ate
their lunches at noon and in between
meals at the Y. w. c. A. cafeteria.
Miss Helen NJ. Grannis took charge
of the delicious luncheon erved at
noon last Wednesday and realized
a proceeds of over $500 while at
the end of the evening the total pro-
ceeds stood over $500 to add to
the memorial fund.
Although 1t has not definitely been
decided, it is expected that the cafe
terra will continue throughout thu
summer with some Of the appetiZ-
ing summer dishes, candy. ice cream
and cake, and soft drinks for sale
At any rate next week, the lunch
will be held as usual at noon and
the committee will be most appre-
ciative of any donations.
The list of donations of last week
was mislaid but among the gener-
Gus donors were Miss Lily RoeSsler,
who donated a cake: Mrs. George
Hadden, potato salad; Ethel Bartha,
fudge, Miss NJ. r. Meade. fudge,
Mrs. William ellis, fudge; Mrs.
Thompson, cake; r. l.. Predmore,
eggs; Miss May Bergen, fudge; Mrs.
Minnie Wilson, salad dressing and
Mrs. George Shurts, fudge.