South Bend News-Times, Volume 30, Number 224, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 9 August 1913 — Page 2

L'cc di cn hid pnTATnw mun hhrh C Ld I LLn I U II 1 wmiuLo nnu uumi We Don't Know How We Standing These Days of Quick-Disposal Watch the Papers AFFECTED BY ORDUGHT According to Government Report Corn Crop Will be 452,000,000 Less Than the Yield of Last Year. Judge John A. Aiken Opens the Campaign For Local Movement With an Address at the Auditorium. Selling

C T ZENS' PARTY

, Declaring that efficiency will never follow party government in municipal fl.ffa.irs and asking his hearrrs to support a citizens' ticket if they want a "busine administration", Judge John II. Aiken of Ft. "Wayne made the openlnp speech In tne campaign of the "citizens" at the Auditorium Friday even In?. A. 1Z. Martin, attorney, law partner of John A. Hibberd, Plate senator, preceded Aiken with a speech attacking tho present administration for what he termed "costly mistakes" and charging a "hand in glove relatlonrhip" between the city officials and the public service corporations. Ken. Uibberd presided at the meeting which drew a crowd that nearly filled the lower floor of the theater. Music was furnished by Elbel's band before the meeting and by a male quartet. Says He's a Democrat. Aiken, tho principal speaker of the evening, is Judge of the Allen county Fuperior court. In national and state politics Aiken claims adherence to the democratic party. In his speech Friday evening he vigorously denied it meant the loss of party relationship for a voter to espouse a "citizens movement". Municipal government, according to Aiken, should be strictly business. "Ho a my.n can not bo said to have deserted his party simply because he voted for his business Interests in a city election. "For my part I fail to see what application the tariff or any of the other rational questions have in municipal government and I believe the time has come when the national and state dividing lines shall be obliterated In the cities." Aiken declared the greatest reason for the inefficiency In city government which he charged exists wherever party rule obtains, is the appointment of political henchmen to positions which they are not qualified to hold. "A political party is a faction," said tho speaker, "and a faction can't run a city. In the first placo the officials do not represent the people, they are subservient to the party bosses. They must appoint the men who helped nominate and elect them if they are to remain In g"od standing with the bosses. Question Always Raised. "Every action the official takes is preceded by the question?: 'How will this affect my standing In the party? "Will It hurt me in case I want to run again?' An efficient business administration is obviously out of the question when such conditions prevail. "What gives, our American politics the general reputation of corruption among other peoples, is not so much genuine crookedness as It is genuine Incompetency." Aiken pointed out that although good men might bo nominated on party tickets, if the influence of their jrarty backers is bad, the administration will be bad. Tho speaker paid a tribute to women and their influence In politics, declaring a voteless woman can often exert more influence for good than the man with a ballot often does. "Unless the church people are too lazy and the business men too 'busy' South Bend can have officers who are responsible to the people." said Aiken. "Do-wn in Ft. Wayne our young ladies are boycotting their young men friends when they find they are standing for the partisan candidates. And they're doing a lot of good." Tells of Movement. The speaker then traced the origin and the development of the citizens' movement in Ft. Wayne. Aiken presided at the meeting last week which nominated Charles Huck as independent candidate for mayor. Martin's speech was an impassioned plea for the citizens' movement. He declared a city administration must Ft and on Its record o achievements and failures when judgment is to be passed. He condemned the officials for granting the franchise to the two railway companies to cross the Lasalle av. bridge anil declared that both gas and electric rates In this city should be lowered. He intimated that the reason there has been no reduction In rates was the "hand in glove" relationship" which he charged existed between the officials and the companies.

BATTLESHIPS SUNK IN MAKE BELIEVE WAR

NEW LONDON, Conn.. Aug. 9. The entire battleship fleet of the 2lack squadron attempted Friday to run the gauntlet of Forts Terry, Michie and II. G. Wright, defending tho eastern entrance to Long Island pound. Theoretically the attempt was a failure and the s;uadron was sunk. The trial at running the forts was ppectacular, as the cuter rim of the fortifications was outlined by flame for nearly half an hour. In that length of time the last of the bnttlephlps had been sunk. The outcome of the battle Is regarded as a complete demonstration of the supremacy of the coast defenses against naval attack. The battleships in two lines started from a point near Block island, and rteained directly toward Fort Wright. This fort is the extreme western end of Fisher's island and commands a range of the race. West of the race is Fort Michie and farther west Fort Terry. The guns or all three rorts opened on the battleships.

EXPLOSION OF PIPE CAUSES A SHUT DOWN

The Elkhart Paper Co.'s mill, which employs 193 hands, will be idle until Monday, while repairs are being made. An explosion f a 12-inch exhaust pipe at 11:30 Friday forenoon

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entrance of non-ernploves from entering the damaged portion, stated that the reports of the extent f the damage hud b-en frrovs'y exaggerated and that the actual loss would not exceed 2C.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. A loss of 300,000000 bushels of corn, the nation's greatest farm crop, has resulted from the great damage wrought by drought and other conditions since July 1, the government's agricultural experts estimated Friday in their August crop report. A total production of 2.672,000,004 bushels of corn was predicted. This is 432,000.000 bushels lets than laBt year's crop. The general condition of corn waa placed at 75.8 per cent of normal, compared with 86.9 per cent on July 1. Kansas was hit hardest, the condition there having been reduced from 81 per cent In July to 30 per cent on August 1. Oklahoma came next with a condition of 4 4 against 87 in July and vbraska reported 67 against 97 July 1. These three states have almost 19 per cent of the total area planted to corn this year. A bright spot .in the monthly grain report, however, was the preliminary statistics showing a production of 511,000,000 bushels of winter wheat. This is the greatest harvest of wheat ever gathered In the United States, exceeding the record crop of 1902 by 19,0-00,000 bushels. Today's figures exceeded by 2 8, 000,000 bushel the estimate made by the department in July. Spring wheat, too, was given an increased estimate of production, it being 15,000,000 bushels more than the July estimate the total being placed at 233,000.000 bushels. With tho bumper winter wheat crop and a fairly good spring wheat production tho total harvest of fall wheat is estimated at 744,000,000 bushels. A crop this size would place the year's production second only to the record crop of 1901 when 748,000,000 bushels were produced. The harvest of white potatoes, It Is estimated, will be smaller by 82,000,000 bushels than the crop of 1912. A total of 339,000,000 bushels 1 estimated.

FIRE LOSSES LESS IN J ULY

Monthly Itcports Cover Work of Various City Departments.

Fire losses were decreased several thousand dollars during July In comparison with the previous month. The total losa during July was $9,385, while the June losses were several thousands of dollars in excess of this. The damage to the buildings and contents is about one-ninth of the value of the buildings and contents at risk. Hose Co.. No. 1 laid more hose than any of the "other companies, 6,000 feet of "pipe" having been used by this truck. No. 5 came second, with 3,00 feet used. Outside of the companies at the Central station which go to most of the fires. No. 3 company made the most runs, answering 2 0 alarms. To make 177 arrests during July, the same number of runs were made by the police auto, covering a total of 715 miles. Out of the 177 arrests 17 of these were women. Goods to the amount of $34J.50, reported as lost or stolen, were recovered by the police department. Three us meters were inspected by CKy .Sealer Peters ann all of them were found to be correct. A total of 'S butter prints were inspected, 2 0 of which were found to be correct. Four of them were over-weight and the others short. In all $53.25 was collected by the city sealer for inspections during the month. Four electrical corstructlons were condemned last month by the city electrician. Permits to wire buildings were Issued to 13S persons.

SAVES LIVES OF TWO BUT LOSES HIS OWN

HARBOR SPRINGS, Mich.. Aug. 9. Hal Souter, 19 years old, of Shelby. Mich., Friday night lost his life In Little Traverse bay, after saving the livs of his Kweethcart, Miss Teresa Miller, and his chum, Arthur Cook. Cook and Miss Miller were standing on a reef where they had gone bathing, when the undertow from a storm swept them from their footing. Souter rushed to their aid and held his two campanions above the water until life savers arrived. In the excitement attending the rescue. Miss Miller and Cook were hauled aboard the life boat while Souter, exhausted by his struggles. Kink and was temporarily forgotten. Two hours later his body was washed ashore. The three young people were students in Michigan colleges and were employed for the summer at a local club.

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Luther J. Sevison Answers Alarm at ths Frederick T. Shigley Home Although It is Day Off.

parents, are spending the summer at Simonton lake and were notified over the telephone by their son, C. R Shipley. They hastened to Elkhart in their motor car. Frederick T. Shigley was born in Elkhart Sept. 6, 1R72. lie entered tho service of the fire department June 10, 1910, and a few months later was made electrician. Previously he had been employed in the enameling department of tho Angldlle Scale Co. and as a lineman with the old Home Electric Co.

ELKHART, Aug. 9. While fighting

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of Luther J. Sevison. No. 330 Y . Crawford St.. at 6:40 o'clock Friday morning. Frederick T. Shigley. electrician of the Elkhart fire department, was fatally shocked. An hour's efforts on the part of his comrades and the use of the pulmotor in forcing artificial respiration proved futile and he was pronounced dead shortly before 8 o'clock. As it was Fireman Shigley's day off but he responded to the alarm. The dead fireman is survived by a wife, four children ranging from 11 months to 15 years of age, parents and a brother. He was a member of the Firemen's Renevolent association and the Loyal Order of Moose. Funeral services will be held Sunday at an hour not yet determined. Burial will be made in Grace Lawn cemetery. The exact' cause of Fireman Shigley's death will probably never be known as he grasped a seemingly harmless telephone wire which had been burnt off. It Is generally believed that the telephone wire became temporarily crossed with a high tension wire in the distant part of tho city. A thorough investigation hy officials and linemen from the Home Telephone and Indiana & Michigan Electric companies had availed nothing up to a late hour Friday night. The furnishings of the Sevison home were damaged to the extent of $600, fully covered by insurance. The residence is owned by Roy M. Stark, cashier of the St. Joseph Valley bank who refused to estimate his loss, although stating that it was also fully covered by insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Shigley. the

FAHMFK DROPS DKAD, IiLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 9. John Stipp, 7f years old, one of the most prominent and wealthiest irmers of Monroe county, dropped dead from heart failure on the court nouse lawn here Friday. He is survived by seven children.

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Once again Old Sol showed his teeth Friday and let it be known that he still has few hot shovs up his sleeve. During the afternoon the mercury went up to 92 where it stayed the greater part of the time, according to local weather man. Henry Fwalm. Swalm predicted that the mark would likely be reached again Saturday. The absence of any breeze during the afternoon enhanced the heat, pedestrians and otfice workers suffering to no little extent. During the morning' hours a slight breeze blew while the temperature ranged between 65 and SO. Shortly after noon the wind died down and the thread in the tube arose until it reached 92 depress above and the old phrase "flee whilllklns it's hot aga'n" became popular.

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