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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

near Wakarusa. spent saturday AFT
erroon al the nome OF John Kirk
patrick. Henry Renner accompanied
them to their home for a few lays
visit
Mr. and Mrs Hostettler and
daughter and Miss Cavanaugh Of
Ardmore were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ r Runyan.
Mr. and Ms Charles Butt and
son. Charles, Jr. OF South Bend.
were Sunday visitors of D1r. and
Mrs. John Martin and family.
The new Sunday school. recently
organized on the North Side. and
held at the Pleasant Valley church.
had a good attendance Sunday
Donald and Raymond Gaughler
spent Sunday at Edwardsburg. Mich
Mr. and Mrs. William limerick
and daughter, Mrs. Jennie Gibson,
AIr and Mrs. Marvin Koff. and Mr.
and Mrs. Chares Daugherty of Elk
hart and Goshen, were entertained
at dinner at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Richards, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs James Snyder Of
South Bend. and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Snyder of OsCeola, motored to Bre.
men sunday.
Oryile Maiden and George Barn
hart have accepted positions in
Michigan City. Ind.
Amos Beasecker is slightly i'm
proved
Mr. and Mrs. Crester Townsend
entertained mt dinner sunday, among
the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Shafer of South Bend.
Miss Leona Townsend has accept
ed a position with the AIishawaka
Woolen company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie Hier were Sun
day visitors at the home of Elmer
Barnhart.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03
BARGE SERVICE TO
GULF Is ASSURED
Water Traffic on Mississippi
From Minneapolis Is
Revived.
MrNNEAPoLIs- lnnn- Nav

MINNEAPOLIS MINI. Nav g.
Barge line river service from Mn
-eapons 70 The Gulf OF Mexico is as
red THE year. resumption Of traffic
by water following May wears Of
quletude
AZ ieast two and probably a third
barge lire service wiu operate with
Minneapolis as IFS northern terminus.
one wli. operate between this city
and Lacrosse. Wis. and another viii
make the trip 90 New Orleans
Assurance OF tho barge service was
predicated on action Of the Mime
apous city council .u apDr0pr.ating
sufficient funds 20 improve the levee
here and giving authorization for
the erection OF warehouse on the
municipal levee-
one veteran river pilot who is de-
s.rous of running a barge line from
this city 20 New Orleans declared
the river is in better condition for
navigation today than it was so years
ago He plans on taking -four on
the trip down Another company
guaranteed the council committee
recently TO bring coal cargoes uD
from che south. Both sources state
that Largss are under construction
10 carry out their proposed barge
service.
Pending also is government action
for dredging the Mississippi for a six
foot channel on the upper river.
which after passing the house is
awaiting its fate IN the senate The
rvernment barge line service. OPP
Grated by + r. Goltrs Of ST. Louis.
s.. m that city 90 New orleans has
lren ordered 10 extend its line 90
. iuneapoLs also. and should tho
- er Improvements take place this
year. fl IS probable other packet
lines VIII steam the Mississippi river
from here.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03
dust EOlRs BY &9 5zsscz
THE UPHILL sTRUGGLE.

THE UPHILL STRUGGLE
It's up the hill 10 glory in every sort
OF weather.
It's step by-step and slip and fal'
End pull yourself together
It's slog along and jog along ahead
OF you's the city.
It's down. and 40 10 fght again. and
Eive yourself no pity.
It's up the hill 10 what YOU want
and there's no way of cheating g.
It's btt-oy-oit. with pluck and grit
and facing care and meeting 81.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

It's wind along and grind along. and
stand the burning thirst Of i.
Nor count the cost. for he Is lost
who thinks ne gets the worst OF It,
It's up the hill 20 wealth and fame
long trail and a dreary one.
It's day-by-day along the way. and
many a night a weary one;
It's much OF pain and little gain.
and stand up 70 the test OF Il.
It's work and fight both day and
night until you get the best OF il
Copyright. 1929
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

Aero Club or America has appor-
t.oacj the awards as follows first.
$1,000. second. $500. third. $500.
fourth. $500 nth. 5000. sixth. 500.
The three leading teams 40 the
an.sh will be chosen 10 represent
America in the International Cor
don Bennett race. which viii start
from Zurich. Switzerland. about
Aug s.
Twenty-four committees have been
appointed 20 take care Of every
phase az the race. The chairmen O..
The committees comprise an execu-
tive committee
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

Saturday OF her mother Mrs
Spenny.
Mr.. and Mrs VIII Baugher and
Mr and Mrs. Ed Hand and Owen
Hand all OF South Bend. were
sunday visitors a. the home OF Mr..
and Mrs Fred Strong.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

A dwelling Al miles from Jordan,
days and across several deep cOulees
without. cracking a window pane or
damaging the plaster
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

In IS years. from 1883 10 1887
the kingdom Of Naples lost enarly
10000 inhabitants by earthquakes.
or more than 1900 a day.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

Girl students Of the University of
Oregon have organized a rifle team.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

A compilation OF the last census
figures shows that SOB percent ot
the entire population. 10 years ot
age or over. yeere engaged .r some
gainful occupation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

Boys Wash Shirts, 81 up
Juvenile Topcoats, S. up
Athletic Underwear, 75c up
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-05-03

Boys Caps, $50 and 81
Boys Stockings 35c to SOC
Boys Waists and Shirts ST. to
$3.50
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20

no thrill In the world comparable to skip
ping along a steel thread above the heads
OF ten thousand staring, %gasping people.
The Bird Millman troupe went abroad
in the Summer OF 1914. II was touring
Germany when Europe plunged head FIRST
into war. In the mad scramble OF tourists
TO get out OF Germany--trains choked,
each station a fighting mob, troops pouring
to the front over every road and track, red
tape tightoned, steamship s~silings can
celed. families and friends torn apart
Fern Andrews became separated from the
rest of the troupe. Bird Millman returned
to America. uncertain whether the girl was
alive or dead.
But Fern was alive. She was very much
alive. The lines were too closely drawn
for her TO get out OF Germany at first, but
they were not too closely drawn TO bar
love. By the time a month had passed
Fern Andrews didn't want to leave Ger
many. Romance had come 10 her in two
flaming dark eyes, a sun-tanned face. and
a hot French heart beating under the mas
querade OF an overcoat OF Prussian gray,
Miss Mlllman. who heard the story much
later, remembers his name only as Jean.
lie was In the French Secret Service,
struggled across the border by his Govern
ment in the first days OF the war on an
important and p~erilous mission. He met
Fern Andrews, connded In her. and she
loved him.
The disguised Frenchman was not Fern
Andrews only suitor. Her beauty and her
daring had won German hearts az we'll,
and the aristocrat. Baron Won Welchs. was
the most smitten Of all. He was not young,
but he loved her ardently-he wanted 10
marry her. And Fern Andrews did not re.
pulse HIS suit. She smiled upon him. Sho
told him she would marry him. They be.
came engaged.
Why? There ia no written record OF the
workings OF Fern Andrews heart. But II
IS known that the Baron Won WEIGHS was
IA Hohenzollern; that he was q blood kin
OF the then IAN Highest; that he knew
as few men in Germany knew-what plots
and plans were going forward in the war
councils at Potsdam. And-the Baron
loved Fern Andrews. Better men than
barons have hidden nothing from women
they loved.
1t is also known that for Fern Andrews
there was ane mainland one man only.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20

@ NARED 10 a net of love and war and
intrigue. Jailed in n lions den, sen
fenced to be shot as a spy, separated
from her American home by hve thousand
miles OF blazing land and smoking sea. her
sweetheart slain. her heart broken, her
brain %throbbing to but one thought-the
desire to liye!-pretty Fern Andrews, blue
eyed daughter of au nllnoia farmer, cheated
the firing squad by a cage wedding" to a
Hohenzollern baronl
This most amazing romance Of the World
War has been an international secret. Not
a dozen people knew that Fern Andrea.
movie star; Baroness Won WEIGHS, divorced
wife OF q Prussian nobleman. and little
Fern Andrews, OF Watseka, ILL.,, were all
three one and the same, until recent cables
from Berlin carried the rumor of the death
OF Fern Andrea IN an airplane accident.
The report wal later denied, hut the cir
cumstance established her identity,
Then Bird Mllman, the beautiful tight
wire walker OF circus and theatre fame,
who was Fern Andrews chum and patron
for years, though scouting rumors OF her
death, consented 60 reveal the story OF her
protegee's remarkable wedding. IL 10 told
on this page for the first time,
Fern Andrews was feeding chickens,
milking cows, riding ponies and doing tho
giant swing In the barn on her fathers
farm IN Illinois until, a few years before
the war, the circus came 10 town. She
went TO Watseka I'm q wagon with the rest
OF the folks TO SEQ tho grandest show on
earth" Fern, being a tomboy, liked the
Rcrobats best.
Especially did she admire Miss Bird
Mllman, queen Of tho air" who danced
q fox-trot on a tight wire better than most
people do It on the ballroom floor. Fern
knew some stults herself. She believed
she could walk a wire. The neSt day she
sneaked of 10 Watseka all by herself.
found Miss Millman, did her stuh' and
won that artists approval. When the cir
Gus left Watseka, Fern left with It.
In a year the little Illinois farm girl was
a ullfedged performer. Among her init.
mate circus friends she was known as
"Fussy," She was pretty, she was supple,
she was graceful, above all, she had a
heart that knew no fear. Fern tried tricks
that made even Miss Millman gasp. And
Fern only gigglsd. She declared there was
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20

He was Jean OF the flaming brown eyes
and the hot French heart. And Fern had
no condolences that were not Jeans also,
Jean himself had but n love and one
allegiance-France.
1t was a desperate game this blue-eyed
daughter OF IN Illinois farmer, this supple
little American acrobat, played in the late
Summer OF 1914-there on the Belgian Dor
der. within earshot of the thunder OF guns.
among swarming hordes OF gray, in little
towns where no man trusted his neighbor
and every bush and wall might shelter an
enemy.
1t was a desperate game-wlth a Ger,
man baron who loved her on one end of
the see-saw and the Frenchman she loved
on the other-and IL was a game that had
to end in tragedy, 1t came with a crash.
The police surprised Jean, r~ed-handed, with
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20

under the spell OF the blue eyes. He for
gave her. But he protested that he had
not the power to stay her sentence. There
was but one chance-if she would marry
him, II she would become tho wife OF q
blood relative OF Kaiser Wilhelm, not even
Prussian militarism might touch her. And
he, the Baron-a noble and a gentleman
he would agree hat the marriage should
be no more than q marriage Of form. He
would give her a divorce whenever she
asked It.
And so, crouched in the lions cage In
the heart of Berlin. with a soldiers bayonet
but a few feet away, with the groom clasp
ing her hand through tho steel bars, with
a minister standing IN the graveled walk.
Fern Andrews, of Watseka, Illinois, be-
came the bride of Baron Won Weiohs, scion
of the house of Hohenzollern.
The marriage was announced to the
Kaiser. It was the "All Highest himself
who ordered her release, conditional on the
promise that she would remain a neutral
And Fern Andrews kept her promise
All through the war. while she was interned
in Germany, she lifted neither voice nor
hand either for or against that country.
AND until after the armistice she remained
the Baron's wife-in name. So long as she
was Baroness Won WEIGHS she was a Ger
man citizen and entitled to the protection
OF the Prusstan empire. II she had d.
vorced him. II she had become little Fern
Andrews again, the first night might have
seen the police battering at her door--her
arrest. her retrial on the old charge, her
conviction and her execution by the marks
men she had foiled.
But once the war was over Fern An.
drews, Baroness Won WEIGHS, asked the
Baron for her freedom And the Baron
kept his word. A divorce was granted. aha
took the name OF Fern Andrea, she went
into pictures.
America has heard Of her more than once
since then, though she never has returned
TO this country. Back in Watseka tho
people who knew her as a tow.headed tom.
boy, have gazed in admiration at pictures
OF Fern Andrea, daredevil of the screen,
And they recognized in this new star the
same little girl who used to Skin the cat"
in the barn on the Andrews farm.
Then came a cable. Fern Andrea. Il was
reported from Berlin, wat killed in an air.
plane crash on the Fourth Of July while
flying with Baron Won Richtofen, a brother
OF the famous German lace" 1t appeared
that destiny had written a tragic climax
to Fern Andrews career. Then came the
cheerful contradiction.
Before that, however, Bird Millman con-
sented to an interview and revealed, for
the first time, how Fern Andrews, farmers
daughter. became a lions cage BRIDE to-
cheat q firing squad. -
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20

his secret wireless outfit. WnN
Fern, seeking him, was ar yx
rested. Both were sent TO VA
Berlin under guard.
The trials were swift and ruth.
less. Jean, found guilty. was sen.
fenced TO death. At sunrise he
crumpled under the volley of a fir.
Ing squad. When Fern got the
news she tainted. The light had
gone out of her life. She might have pre-.
ferred death herself in that moment. Only
1T is very hard to die. When her own
trial followed, and she, too, was convicted
as a spy and sentenced to be shot, she
stared at her accusers with CHASTITY eyes.
Her heart was broken, but there still
burned in her the primitive impulse to
fight for her life at all costs.
They led her back to her prison-the
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20

strangest ever n woman occupied. "
The wholesale arrests carried out by
the German police in the first days Of
the war had filled the tails. There
was nc room left. There was no pro-
vision made for tho detention Of women
spies.
As a makeshift, Fern Andrews was taken
to the Thiergarten. Berlin's great amuse.
ment park. The geological gardens had
been emptied OF animals. Fern Andrews
was led to the lions cage, and there, where
the king Of beasts had paced and dreamed
OF jungle kills, the little American girl
crouched through the days and nights pre-.
ceding the date for her execution.
A guard patrolled the cage. People came
to stare at her-to marvel at the white
face and the blue eyes pressed so close to
the bars. And Fern Andrews, staring back
at them with the fear of death ever pres.
ent in her heart-Fern Andrews staked her
last hope on an appeal to one man
She was allowed TO send a message to
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-20

Baron Won WEIGHS, the man who loved her,
but the man she had betrayed, that she
wanted to see him-that II he wanted to
see her in this life this was his last op.
portunity.
The Baron came. He fell once moro
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Or. MUNCIE'S PAINTING
ATTRACTS BIG THRoNGs
Much Public Interest Aroused by
Work on Exhibition at
Church.

Not In recent years has painting
Of any description aroused SO much
public interest as the picture "At the
End OF His Way" by DR.. Edward H.
Muncie Of Brooklyn, which was on
exhibition at the Scottish Rite Temple
Wednesday and Thursday: at the
Vermont Avenue Christian Church
yesterday. and which will remain at
that church until 10 o'clock tonight.
At the temple Wednesday and
Thursday, from 10 o'clock In the
morning until s o'clock in the after.
noon Of each day, throngs OF people
filed in the auditorium, perhaps
little doubtful as TO the pictures re.
ported spiritual effects. At the end
seemed to have vanished.
The clergy were unanimous in their
praise. and one went SO far as to
say that II the painting could be pre-
sented to the world as 1t was to
Washingtonians, that 1t would. with
out q doubt. accomplish much in the
way OF Christian teachings.
The exhibition at the temple, al
though not needing any auxilfartee
to make the picture drive homo the
story, nevertheless was augmented
by the program arranged for those
days Addresses were made by Dr.
Hugh K. Fulton, secretary of the
Federation Of Pastors Of the Dtstrtci
Of Columbia: DR.. James; Shera Mont.
gomery. chaplain Of the House ol
REPRESENTATIVES.; DE- steok
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Britain Pays i. S. $z9672,5 500
On Debt for Silver. for India
Makes Second Installment on Loan of $122 2OOO 900
Next Payment $l2,20O,O00 Will Be
Due on May 15th
THEODORE e. BURTON.

coed were outlined in the act, pro-
viding:
The commission is hereby
authorized to refund or convert and
the principal or the interest, or both,
of any obligation of any foreign
government now held by the United
States of America. or any obligation
of any foreign government hereafter
received by the United States OF
America dncluding obligations held
by the United States Grain Corpora
tion. the War Department. the Navy
Department.. or the American relief
administration). arising out of the
world war, into bonds or other obliga-
tions of such foreign government In
substitution Tor the bonds or other
obligations Of such government now
Of America, In such form and Of such
terms. conditions, date or dates of
maturity. and rate or rates of inter-
est. and with such security, II any,
as shall be deemed for the best in
terests Of the United States Of Amer
lea: Provided. That nothing contained
in this act shall be construed to au-
thorize or empower the commission
to extend the time OF maturity of any
such bonds or other obligations due
the United States Of America by any
foreign government beyond June 10
1871, or 10 nx the rate OF interest al
less than 4A, per centum per annum
Provided further. That when the bond
or other obligation OF any such gov.
ernment has been refunded or con.
verted as herein provided, the au.
thority Of the commission over such
refunded or converted bond or other
obligation shall cease.
Section 3. That this act shall no,
be construed to authorize the ex-
change of bonds or other obligations
Of any foreign government for those
Of any other foreign government, OF
cancellation of any part of such in
debtedness, except through payment
thereof"
Total In ol0,lS0,1S4.ls8.4l,
The total Of the original Indebtedness
to the United States is $1O,150,134,.
1854. To this. interest accrued and al
yet unpaid amounting to S1,18S,O59,.
S44.76, has been added, making the to.
tai Indebtedness at this time $11,S33,.
194.0n.17. The interest which has
been paid to date totals $4ss,s13,.
1898.
The total indebtedness by countries
inclusive Of the accrued and unpaid in.
terest, follows:
Evening star., 1922-04-16
Parade Which Riculs Rainbow,
Casters Promise for Today
Local Flower Supplies Quickly Vanish in Face o
Unusual Demand = Weather Prophets
Glue Hope for Ideal Day.

make Easter what It is today. Flowers
play their part, and an important
part, too. II a fellow forgets to send
his sweetheart q bouquet 20 wear
certain that he'll soon be looking for
another girl. But judging from the
business the florists did yesterday and
last night. many fellows are des-
tined to cling to their present sweet
hearts for a time. at least.
extra supplies for this Easter. but
they sold out just the same. Easter
lilies, il they could be found last
night, sold at q premium. Cut roses
also were scarce and had a fancy
price tagged to them. And the fel-
low who waited until the last minute
to say 1t to his girl with flowers. had
to take anything he could get.
OF Sol was almost overlooked In
this story, despite the fact that upon
his smiling face depends the success
of the Easter procession. The weather
prognosticasor. however. has PROM
ised for, several days that the sun
would; be on the job today, tending
strictly to business, and 1t was as
sumed that he could be overlooked in
the first part Of the story.
Visitors to White House.
The thousands of Easter excur-
siOnists that have come to Washing
ton kept President Harding busy yes
terday. The stream of visitors that
has flowed into the White House since
Mr.. Harding opened the gates and in
augurated the practice Of holding day
receptions reached the high water
mark yesterday. when 1900 people
shook hands with the chief executive.
They filed past him in his Office at
the rate. of forty to ffty-five q minute.
White House officials estimated that
1900 people. had shaken hands with
President Harding during the week.
Sightseers and students from high
schools and colleges made up the
larger groups OF callers. all of whom
letters from their senator's and repre-
sentatives in Congress.
The National Botanic Garden is the
chief gathering place Tor these tour
list parties, and Director George w.
Hess estimates that more than 10000,
mostly high school parties, visited
the garden yesterday, and that more
than $4,000 were there during the
The Botanic Garden is now at its
best. both about the grounds and in
the big conservatory. The collection
Of Biblical plants-the crown OF
thorns. the fig tree. the Judas tree
drew big crowds. The garden is now
in full bloom. with large beds of
pansies surrounding the famous Bar
twenty varieties OF magnolia in
bloom, with the two matchless haw-
thorn trees Just inside the north
gate coming out. and with more than
a SCORE Of different kinds Of shrubs
bursting into bloom.
Evening star., 1922-04-16
MILLION CROP LOSS
IN ILLINOIS FLOOD
75,O 900 Acres Are Inundated
When Raging River Tears
Holes in Levees.
By the Associated Press.

CAIRO. ILL.,. April 15.-Loss OF more
than $1.0o0.000 worth OF crops is
feared by farmers residing in four
drainage districts north of Cairo, as
q result of Hood waters of the Mis-
sissippi river. An area Of approxi-
mately $4,000 acres is being inundat-
ed and all families in the districts
have left their homes for higher
ground.
Preston drainage district in Union
county Is flooded and levees dividing
this district from the Clear Creek
district. the North Alexander district
and the East Cap Girardeau district
cannot stand the strain of the ap-
preaching flood and probably will be
forced to give away at any moment,
according to commissioners OF the
district
Hundreds Of citizens are working
to strengthen the levees. but most OF
them admit they are engaged in a
losing fight. The Preston district
was inundated yesterday when tho
river tore out q 200-foot section Of
the leyee at Aldridge.
With the river continuing to rise
all preparations have been made for
evacuating the threatened areas The
several towns in the section are not
expected to be flooded. although high
water will surround them, and their
only outlet will be by boat. Live
stock Is being taken to higher land
by boats.