South Bend News-Times, Volume 30, Number 307, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 27 October 1913 — Page 6

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FOR MAYO It, Patrick A. Joyce. rou city :li:hk, Hariey HoMKcr. city' juih;i:. Iatrick Houlihan. COUNCILM FX -AT- LA HC. K. J. A. McCullough, (Jcorge X. White man and Joxph Paidcl. COUNCILMAN. MUST WAItD, Gorge CliuiDcriuuii. sfcond v.nn, Sevor Tliomiwoii. THIRD WARD. Jcrc T. Hagerty. rOL'KTH WAKI), Andrew Slcfert. JIITJI WARD. George Phillips. SIXTH WAIU), John K. Smgor. SKVi:XTH WAIU). Ci u stave I La "danger.

xothixc; is iMPossinLi:. The discovery in thr arctic regions of what may prove to be a continent has caused speculation a to whether It will ever be any practical value to mankind. But the comment has not pone beyond speculation. Prudent people have reaped to declare anything Impossible. So many predictions of this kind have been overturned and demolished that it is no longer safe to venture beyond speculation. There iy a long period between Benjamin Franklin and the electric motor. It would take :t Ions stretch of years to span the gap between Morse and the telephone. It is a long and slow journey from the horse drawn vehicle, and so on Indefinitely. But In these later years development H more rapid. The bare has been moved nearer the field of operation through development. The climate of the canal zone has not been changed, but the zone has been made healthfully habit-able. Somebody has even talked about changing the course of the gulf stream and making New York the capital of the arctic circle, but no one really dares to say it cannot be done. The new land found in the arctic may never grow orarges, but it may produce a more certal.i and profitable crop of Fomethlng just as good. Or It may be chock full of gold and silver. The source of those golden streams that flow through Alaska and trickle along the vei.is of the continent's backbone may be found in this newly discovered country. If It Is you can be your bottom dollar some means of getting along with the climate will be found.

that the United States is quite capable of taking care of itself in peace or war. The imposing spectacle that will be witnessed in the waters of the Mediterranean and in the ports of the old world will be one calculated to inspire respect and command admiration. No nation has finer or more effective warships than the United States and the sea fighters of no nation are handled with greater skill and efficiency. Americans may well envy the people who will witness the maneuvers of this fleet. In no country have the people so few opportunities of seeing such spectacles as those of the United States, the most of whom live in the inland states and know of their sea power only by report.

A LAUDADLi: UNPFUTAKIXO. We, sincerely hope Prof. Ingcrsoll's optimisitic anticipations for the future of his new symphony orchestra will not meet with disappointment. We will go furrher than that and say that w believe they will not, in spite of the difficulties such enterprises always encounter in their earlier experience. The task undertaken by "Vof. Ingersoll is a formidable one. It differs in many respect.s from an ordinary business proposition or commercial or industrial enterprise since it will draw for its support upon the artistic taste o fthc community rather than upon its physical or mental necessities . No man can succeed alone through Ills unaided efforts in such an undertaking. Even Theodore Thomas, the greatest of all orchestra leaders of the present day. with the populous and wealthy city of Chicago to draw upon, would have failed but for the aid. n couragement and co-operation of individuals who enlisted the interest of the city and impressed upon the minds of the community the vital importance of maintaining the orchestra. It will be a proud thing for South Bend to boast of such an orchestra as Prof. Injrersoll will be satisfied with In the beginning but which he will be ambitious to build upon, enlarge, enrich and strengthen as the years go by. The enterprise is placing the city Jr the way of r. rare opportunity. The cities that have orchestras of note may be counted on the digits of one hand. uch aid and encoui acement as can be given Prof. Ingersoll in this laudable enterprise should be freely offered. It will bo a good investment cf Interest and means to help build up such an Institution. OUR WARSHIPS ABROAD. As we are sending the pick of our navy off to the M diterranean fr a frit nd'y cruise in foreign waters the movement may be ai t -pt d as an assurance from the war ;iMartno nt that there is no war cloud in Meat frrn our point of iew. Apparently it is eor.uler d that our troubles with Mei . should any arise v-r the political situation in" that country tan be settled diplomatically or with the u.-e of land fore, s if tu -eary. and thai it is not antieipated that the nine biu' hatthVnips now headed for (Jibralter will be m- dvd to stand off any foreign navy. The dreadnoughts of the American r.avy u to the Mediterranean on a mission f p-ace and good fellowship. They to to eu;ttate the acquaintance and friendly aMciat;on of foreign nations, and they go quite as i rtainly to thew to other peoples of the world,

THi: OARY SCHOOL. SYSTKM. Something akin to amazement is the sensation caused by reading how the public school of (Jary Is conducted. There is only one in Gary. In other cities of the same class there are several. But that Is only one of the amazement creating thines about the Gary school. Perhaps less than any other this economic feature Is attracting the attention of the country. New York city has adopted the plan in-t modilied form and is giving schooling to 70,000 children for whom room could not be found under the old system, and Philadelphia has offered Supt. AVirt, the originator of the Gary system $10K000 a year to go there. But Mr. Wirt is not going. He prefers to stick to his work in Gary. The thing about the Gary school that amazes most Is Its adaptability to the pupil. The schooLis made for the child. The child is not distorted and tortured to fit the school. It is more like a manufacturing industry than like a school in the common understanding of what a schcol is an industry that manufactures what its trade demands instead of forcing that trade to accept "something Just as good. The idea is that the school should supply whatever the child needs outside of its home and give It no excuse to seek elsewhere for what it wants, and to provide a place where the child would rather be than any other place except home. It makes school the very thing a boy or girl wants, not merely, what they need.1' The system deviled by Mr. Wirt is in its infancy. It may have defects which have not become apparent, but it has all the symptoms of a successful means of getting the best out of the material provided.

The increasing heat of the campaign is starting the thinking apparatus of a good many people who have given local politics little attention up to this time, and they are beginning to realize that the city Is up against a serious proposition because of the so-called citizens' movement, which seeks to place public affairs In the hands of a clique of selfish interests. v

The issue in this campaign is whether the city shall be governed by the representatives of 'A legitimate, regularly organized and responsible party or be placed in the hands of an illegitimate., irregularly organized and irresponsible combination of selfish interests. Think it over.

Voters should devote the few intervening days to a careful study of the political situation in South Bend. Much depends upon electing for mayor a man whose experience has taught him to run the city economically and safe.

The campaign of the so-called citizens party Is built upon misrepresentation, personal abuse and political trickery. Isn't that sufficient, to condemn it In the judgment of every fair minded man?

Keller's claim to election Is based on disloyalty to both of the parties to which he recently belonged and to the political trickery that made Place and Swygart victims of a confidence game.

No intelligent, disinterested voter will be misled by the promises of a man who doesn't know enough about city affairs to make an intelligent promise. That's Fred Keller.

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BY HI Si BL FA".

C. A. CLUB DAY. Since the inauguration of this column we have made frequent allusions to members of the Commercial Athb tie club. The initials C. A. C. have a: eared many, many times. One disgruntled reader has complained that our department resembled more a C. A. C. advertisement than a perioral news column. Ther Is some truth in that assertion. We will admit that we have mentioned the C. A. club with cheerful freouency. But we have several

good substantial reasons why we have!

done so. In the first place, aside from being

Chapter V.

The Iron horse commenced to eat up the miles, and then gradually the Jungle gave place to these endless lowlands of grass, and occasionally there were what looked like islands of trees in the midst of a quivering sea, A reeling of great joy came over me as 1 looked far away Into space. From being in the jungle bo long, I had felt penned up, and now that feeling had vanished. Then another little thrill came over me as the landscape brought back pleasant memories of the old days on the cattle range. At the end of a four-mile drive, following the train-trip, , we pulled up at quite a sizeable house, with a high veranda. ' Mounting the steps, I was met by a tall, dark, handsome girl ("Bet a nickel that's Halley's sisters." I said to myself). "I have a letter of introduction to Mr. Jack Haley," I said, and then added, "Is he home?" "Yes that is, my brother Is back from the ranch und though he isn't in just now I expect him any moment," she paid in a pleasant voice. Hc's.goln' right back to the ranch tomorrow," she continued; "he just came up to town to get some hounds." "Hounds!" I exclaimed, evincing perfect surprise. "Why, what is he going to do with them?" I asked. "Well, there is a big tiger klllin' his stock out at the ranch, and he is going to use the hounds to hunt 1dm." Some one closed the gate with a bang and swung down the path with long strides. Then Jack Haley came up the steps, three at a time; and well he might, for he stood six foot six 1n his socks. He was lithe, wellbuilt, dark-skinned, dark-eyed, and had a tangle of black hair. In a word, I liked Jack Haley the moment I clapped my eyes on him; and when he laughed there' was a mischievous twinkle in his eye, and his teeth gleamed with very whiteness. Day broke over the River Berbice. The sun rose pale-yellow, and the dirty, oily waters reflected the brazen glimmer of the sky. Over the unresponsive desolation- came the chug-chug-chug of a gasoline launch. Haley, the writer and the hounds were sliding upstream--that is. when the engine didn't refuse to work. Soon the not unpleasant odor of cooking was wafted up our way, and shortly Booklaul appeared with two steaming pots one of the boiled antbear, the other of boiled monkey. Aside from the name, which is a litpeculiarly attractive to us, the C. A. cl'ib Is happily located. It is as we s:.y, on the Strand but a biscuit's toss away. Of all the clubs In the city to us it is the most accessible. We do not even have to cross the street to get there. In the second place, it la a prolific throes of trying to squeeze a few items from a dry brain in order to complete our copy in time for press, we have but to step Into the C. A. club and the items are immensely forthcoming. It is a clearing house for much that happens In this bustling village. We have there in our employ a corps of gentlemanly snoopers whose business It Is to supply us with succulent bits of information. If they don't happen to have succulent bits of Information on hand, they manufacture them. We depend a great deal on the C. A. club. Which explains, we believe, wny we favor tle C. A. club. To be sure, there are many other excellent, social clubs in the city for instance, our antlered friends across the street but we Just don't happen to get In .touch with them. We should like very much to give them all due attention. Bui please don't think us prejudiced. Now, ladies and gentlemen, we have with us on this auspicious occasion: , Arch M unlock, who is in command of the crew which takes the club members out for bo many delightful cruises on the social sea, promises to far outdo his performances of last year. Nearly every party or entertainment this season has exceeded expectations. The crowds have been immense, as it were. At the opening dance last Wednesday evening there were fifty-one more people than there were sandwiches. That was a calamity. At the family night party Friday evening there were sixty-two more people than there were cakes. That was a catastrophe. After the entertainment program the ball room was packed to suffocation with fluttering femininity and well-groomed masculinity gliding in the mazes of the two-step, the waltz and also the distracting complexities of the two-step circle. Even tne most gallant could not dance without ramming a sharp elbow in a neighbor's partner. Innumerable pairs of No. 3 shoes were ruined. The maimed were carried out by the score. It was a great success. Miss Dora HcTshenow of the South Bend conservatory, headed the program with a piano solo which held the undivided attention of the vast audience. She was obliged . to respond to an encore. Owing to a jungle of 'ostrich plumes, waving stick-ups and Mercury wings intercepting our Bomewhat astigmatic vision, we cannot comment upon Misi Hershenow's technic. From where we sat behind thia screen, however, the dulcet strains of the piano caused our tympanum to vibrate with most pleasing harmony. Irof, Pcrrott of Notre Dame sang two selections in a rich baritone, but knowing our limitations as o vocal critic, we cannot go into details of range and execution. Prof. Perrott's renditions, however, elicited much enthusiastic comment on all sides.

Miss Irma Hoounan whom, it will be remembered, was recently presented at court and who, in conse

quence, is very much at home among royalty, apeared before a delighted

audience with two vocal selections

rendered with charming insouciance. Miss Hootman had the rare distinction of getting her personality over the footlights at the first note and to her we owe one of the most delightful numbers on the program. Mi-H Marie CuavIoj followed with a recitation delivered In soft brogue, of the experiences of in lflclplent globe trotter trying to sleep in an upper berth. The HUbJect of the sketch was much concerned as to how he was going to get his duds off preparatory to going to sleep. He conldn't see how he was going to get his clothes off when he was slttln on them, and after he got them ,off he didn't see how he was going to get them on again without throwing the train off the track. He finally solved the problem by merely removing, his hat. (At this point, being shy on material, we will step over to the club and get some.V Herb Paxton, on account of his sentimental propensities, has won the title of "The Crustacean." The Crustacean, be Is known, is, a highly

tie startling at first. I found them very good. Adding to his cassava bread and baked plantain, we had a Very enjoyable and typically tropical dinner. "He is the very devi! himself, this tiger with the cattle appetite," remarked Haley, as he leaned back In his chair, rolling a cigarette. "He has killed over twenty head In the last few months." he continued: "he knows just as well as we do that he is on .dangerous ground, and he seems to possess the craft and cunning of 'the old boy himself! Why, he'll make two or three 'kills in a week, and then, perhaps, he won't show up for a month; or he may kill tonight, and then he may shift ten miles tomorrow! Out of a score of these fellows I've killed, this one seems to be the most mj'sterious and elusive of them all." ' "He works his game something like this," Haley wem on. "Abut six or seven miles from here there Is a long strip of Jungle running through the savannah and from this strip extends several long arms of thick woods, which are. perhaps, from one to two miles apart. It is down these strips this marauder lurking under their cover, waits for the cattle to feed near enough to single out his victim. It will take two or three days to hunt these strips of jungle properly, and if old Spots is still up to his tricks we are almost sure to pick him up." Haley rose and went to his hammock for the night. For a few moments I sat in a sort of dreamy thought. The voices that I Lad grown accustomed to hear rise up out of the Jungle night after night were here, for the most part, absent; but they, yere replaced by other sounds. It semed I had only been in my hammock a very short time when I heard Haley saying. "Come on, it's three o'clock; we've got to walk over a mile to catch the horses, and we want to be hunting before sun-up." -We rode straight away to the south, where the faint outline of a strip of jungle showed against the sky. "How does it feel to be in the saddle again?" asked big Jack. "Feel? Why. it's got struggling along through the jungle on foot beaten forty ways," said I. "By thunder," broke in Jack. "I wonder what's struck those dogs! Look at 'em go! And none of 'em saying a word, none of 'em singing, and running a blue streak!" Jack pulled up and stood upright in his horse's back in order to get a better view. "There they go!" continued Jack, pointing over the savannah, "headed for that neck of wood. Come on, you Yankee cowpuncher, let's see you ride." Jack sung out as we broke Into a run. It was a tight finish right up to the woods, with the quarry just ahead. What was the quarry? Jack didn't say, and I didn;t know. "Come on," said Jack as we pulled our horses up, and slid oft to enter the bush. "It'H shooting time," he added. The hounds were only a few yards in the woods and barking treed. We stepped along gingerly into the woods, and soon, upon looking up, we saw, flattened on the branch of the flamboyan tree, an ocelot, staring down with a slow, evil. Insolent stare. Then his eyes blazed with hate and fury. For his Inches his disposition is a very wicked one, and even a young calf does not come amiss to his kill

ing propensities. After dispatching this handsomely marked little chap, who is second in beauty cf all the "cats" in the new world, we continued our hunting. Another mile, and we were at the edge of the strip of jungle. Jack's brow grew dark his lips tight set. his dark eyes were fixed upon something half-hidden in the bush. "A fresh 'Icill.' he said at last; "done today, not ten hours 'old. We ought to get this fellow now. If we ever do." The hounds came up, and as they sniffed the evil scent their hair bristled along their backs. Then Star, the biggest and boldest of the tot, led out. with the others following through the jungle, and then their quavering chorus rose until the whole woods echoed with the din of the wild chase. The jungle was thick and the going difficult. Jack went on ahead with the cutlass, for the tangle of vines and creepers made It impossible to force a way without continually wielding it. The hounds had evidently stopped short, for we could hear the whole pack, not fifty yards ahead, while the wailing and clamor that smote our ears assured us that just beyond, in that intricate and tangled mass of almost Inconceivable thick cover, that savage, crafty and powerful lord, the American tiger, was facing the pack. At this ill-timed moment Jack leaped back, nearly knocking me to the grounds; his face went white. "Shoot," he said, for he was carrying nothing but the cutlass. I saw nothing to shoot at, but a second glance revealed a coil of a dozen feet of the most dreadeu of all snakes the "bush-master." The treacherouslooking reptile appeared so enrageu at our Intrusion that an attack seemed almost certain. Hut in his moment of hesitancy it was averted by giving him an undisputed right

of way and changing our course, for I did not wan to shoot at that moment, fearing that the report might spoil my opportunity just ahead for which I had come so far and which seemed almost within my grasp. The moments were precious now; the baleful chorus of the hounds warned us the quarry was within a stone's throw; yet we could see nothing. Then my eye lit upon something that held me for a long moment arrested, motionless. Close along a bough, its ears fiat against its neck, its tail switching:, its lips drawn back from its yellow fangs in a vicious snarl, lay the handsomest American tiger I have ever seen. From between their wide lids his eyes blazed Into mine, as I raised my gun to my shoulder, took careful aim and fired. The claws relaxed their hold; slowly the great body rolled over and fell into the midst of the frenzied pack. But, before I could take a forward step, the huge cat had leaped to his feet I had aimed too high; the bullet penetrating the upper part of the shoulder. Into the wild melee I dared not fire, though my soul sickened at each lightning stroke of those terrible paws. At last my moment came for an instant the dogs drew back. Before they could again rush in. my second bullet crashed through his brain. The cattle-killer had paid his debt many lives had he asked now he had paid with his own. (The Knd.)

THE MELTING POT

C031EI TAKK IOTLUCK WITH US.

t TWO WORDS. I heard a single word from Hps profane; A word that gave each hearer added pain; And tears and sorrow were the bitter gain. . I heard a kind word murmured like a prayer; I felt Its soothing cadence everywhere; The gain was hearts made glad and free from care, . B. E. 11. THE remnant of the population not running for office might feel lonesome but for the solicitude and kind attention of thie candidates. It cheers them to feel that though few in number they are not forgotten. THE situation of the mere voter Is not an enviable one. His clothes are often torn between two opinions. A Charming Tliought. In these .somber days of approaching Winter, the political skies are likewise overcast and threatening. Huerta defiant, the British lion growling, the administration propitiatory but nervous, so many of us wondering how we are going to make both ends meet after paying the income tax, the inheritance tax, and the second install

ment of state and county. Just Imag

Ine what a "perfectly corking time'

T. Tt. is having.

STILL, we are not unmindful that the colonel's subconscious mind's eye Is nailed to the map of North America. There Aw I1H1 Thorps In South Bend. (Logansport Pharos-Heporter.) During , the past summer Bill Thorp made a g$od record as center fielder for the Ottos, but he also developed a talent for finding excuses every time he missed a fly or failed to make a hit. Last evening he returned from a several days' duck hunting expedition at Bruce lake duckless, and Bill brought the same talent into play in giving reasons why his game bag was empty. In the first place, he said his gun got out of fix would not shoot straight. It was too windy, the water was a trifle too wet and besides that, his wooden decoys broke loose from their moorings and swam away before the high wind. Bill's wife was

waiting to get supper last evening "all set" for a duck feast, but . instead of that Bill sneaked in with a dime's worth of liver and as he did so remarked that he didn't care much about duck meat anyhow. WHEN woman gets the ballot in Indiana what are the bull moosers going to call their female voters. THAT was a close call for a coincidence in Laporte last week when Miss Henrietta Sallwasser and Miss Minnie Alsfasser were married on the same day. WE observe by the Kokomo Dispatch that "The inability of artists to paint a goosepimple has probably deprived us of an October Morn." ' We had made the same remark in the same words sometime previously. Bears a Charmed Life. (Line-o'-Type.) Boy, a hero medal for Mr. Horton of South Bend, who has confided to Vox Pop that he averages three nights in a sleeping car each week and hasn't tipped a porter in two years. It's a wonder a berth hasn't fallen on or under him. SLEEPING porches, writes a staff correspondent, aren't so modern as you miKht suppose. This from the Odyssey: "She (Pallas) found Telemachus and Nestor's son Upon the couches in the portico Of Menelaus, the renowned." TWISTING the British lion's tail is one of the best things we do, and for every twist we have given it there is a kink. Double Headers In Tributes. Ex-Pres. Taft, eulogizing Grover Cleveland, said he had a "sense of public duty .which enabled him to meet great and critical issues without regard to personal consequences." A

richly deserved tribute, an i fittingly j

spoken by one who himself typifies illustriously the rugged virtue so sandsomely commended. WHAT do you suppose th? governor of Indiana said to the governor of Illinois at the end of the second quarter?

JCST so.

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emotional creature which welcomes frivolity with the same gusto tnat a thin-skinned pup welcomes xleas. Horace Fox is very ubiquitlous. He is probably the most ubriquitious person in the club. If you turn around to telephone, there is Horace, if you look for the latest cow of the Post, Horace is reading it. if you desire to loll in a certain very comfortable chair. Horace Is occupying It. If you rush down htalrs. you will bump into Horace. If you rush up stairs, Horace will, bump Into you. In short. Horace is all over the place simultaneously and continuously. Carl Hlbberd wa also very much present. But you see, we can't say much about Carl on account of that cigar. The volumes we know about

Carl spicy tidbits we will probably carry to the grave. George Horn made the coffee. Fortunately, he made enough. And Mike Bognar was btsy all the next day cleaning up.

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