South Bend News-Times, Volume 31, Number 98, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 1 April 1914 — Page 8

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Tin: rn;irr half won. The sane s n- of honor and integrity of th' American people prevailed in the fight fr and against fre- toll

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far as tins action go- the ships of all nation will I. admitted to th Pana-I ma canal on an e'jual t r 1 . in cordance with th" terms of the ac- ; I Pauncefote treaty. I t r,imni0 r.. ,.... J i upon the free toll clause. What the action, of that body will be must remain in doubt for some we-ks to come. The senate will not be limited in its discussion of the bill. The cloture rule muM.t apply there. The fight will be prolonged and hotly contested, if not bitter. The i orecast shows a fairly even- dicision of sentiment. Inevitably the result will be close. There Is the possibility, however, that as in the house republicans will rally to the support of the president in sufficient numbers to offset whatever defection of democats. there may be. and it H not unreasonable to believe that the strong support given the repeal measure by the house will have a favorable Influence on the upper body. The result In the house afforded a striking example of non-partisan legislation. Party lines were largely obliterated, party traditions and prejudices were smashed. Democrats, republicans and progressives fought shoulder to shoulder for and against the repeal of free, toll. Twenty-seven of the republican members of the house, stood manfully with the democratic majority for the good faith of the nation. Their votes were not needed, but they gave force and emphasis to the president's interpretation of the duty of the United .States to its Flster nations and to the overwhelming public sentiment in favor of an hot:cst eoirplianoe with our International agreements.'Tt is. immaterial In analyzing the vote on free tolU.tn the house to seek the motives of republicans and progressives who voted against repeal, but it is proper that democrats ;,ho opposed should be given credit for whatever of merit there was hi the.r attitude. They stood flatly on their convictions of principle, they stood for what they believed to be the right, the dignified, the honest thin?:. Speaker Clark unquestionably expressed their sentiments vhen he said his position was in no sense a criticism of the president. An examination of the vote will show- that it divided largely on the line between the sea coast and the interior. Of the fifty-two democrats who voted against repeal only nine are from interior state?, and these may be said to be personal followers of Speaker Clark or Rep. Underwood. The nine are dnromus of Michigan. I"rman of Illinois. Ilayden of Arizona, Helm of Kentucky, Igoe of Missouri, Morgan of Oklahoma. Murray of Massachusetts. Murray of Oklahoma. ia;,p;iri tu euiasta aim icii i"i l i Colorado. The coast states are naturally interested In securing the subsidy of free tolls for American coastwise ssols, though th benefit to any but the ! shipping interests themselves is doubtful. On 'he contrary tho interior is not interested in a subsidy of that kind, nor any other for that matter. The leading issue, however, was a question of national honor. ;;nd on that point thf hoos" has voted patriotically and wisely. WHY in vii i, mT.CM:s. In m05t case it is a wise policy to follow- the course of least resistance, p.r.d thi.-? will apply with especial force t the plans now belntc considered for ! track elevation in South r.cnd There is no use of making a difficult task out' of an easy Job. The plan." of the Improvement division of Mayor Keller's board of advisers contemplate meri'v: hc Ir.ind Trunk railroad's right of vav with i that of the .New ork entr.il lines; through the city from Arno'd st. on the west to Miami st. on th" east. From that point it is proposed the Crand Trunk shall cross the river ar:d return! in a northeast rly direction to its present richt of wav. the union station located on the north side o; the New York Central tracks between j Michigan and Main sts. j If tins plan is adopted it will cause' th abandonment of Li ision t. by the (Jrand TrunU arid the cutting of a su a" rnutrt diagonally across the eastern portion or tri citv. 1 nis pro: aii ." 1 dmiy I feasible, but will be found excee xr.-er.sive a: troubb some laying r; ilroad .side other considerations a bridge at or near Miami st. would seriously mar the beaut of "one of the picture spots along the river. I'll ere are. however, other and more urgent reasons for not adopting litis plan. One i the economic from the Mandpoints of the city and the railroads. Another is the consideration due .Mishawaka. In a number of ;u-.-tani 's, the planning f parks, the building of 1 r i ' c s. i tc i.:th Ibnd &&tl Misha.vaka have n -penned. Why

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not work together i;i the matter of trafk elevation? If. beginning at Arnold t. on the west, the Grand Trunk should use the York Central tracks to a point of Mishawaka, say for instance east directly south of Grander and then pi ocec( north tf its present right of way both cities would have union depots, the largo expense of securing right of way through a portion of South Rend would be avoided and the cost of track elevation to both the cities and the railroads would be materially reduced. Right of way from Granger directly south to the New York Central tracks would be a matter of buying fai m lands. Roth .South Rend and Mirhawaka would be relieve of one set of railroad tracks and both would have union stations. The attention of the improvement division of tho mayor's advisory board is called to this suggestion. WHY APRIL FOOL DAY. The seeker for information about April Fool's day and its origin is likely! to be finely April-fooled himself, as history and legend offer different reasons for the practice of, fooling our friends on April first. Legend traces April Fool's day back to the early miracle plays which represented Christ as being sent ir. mockery from Annas; to Caiaphas for v. rial; the day is also said to be a survival of the Feast of Fools celebrated by the early Romans. History points to Vhc changes made in the- lunar calendar by Pope Gregory in tho 16th century as the reason for the nonsensical antics practiced on April first. The Gregorian calendar set New Year's day back from April to Jan. 1. same as it had been in tho Julian calendar in Caesar's time. New Year's, then s now, was a season of present-giving. It was a great disappointment to people, especially the servants and dependants of royalty not to receive gifts April 1 as well as Jan. 1. It was then, so some historians tell lis. that the distressed gift- ! givers bethought them of presenting their relatives and dependants with mock-presents, making the old NewYear's day a comic duplicate of the real New Year's. Out of the disappointed expectations of the servants and hangers-on of the feudal lords of the 16th century have grown the antics L'Oth century people will play next April Fool's day. Till: COMMl-iNCKMISXT GOWN. In deciding on the character of dresses to be worn at commencement time the senior class of the high school should have a view -to establishing a precedent which will for similar motives find favor with futuro classes. The question of graduating dresses should not be a recurrent one. A sane standard should be fixed. ome years ago the girls of a high schools class graduated lu calico. They made the dresses themselves. The gowns were simple, pretty and becoming, and yet they represented an extreme. The pendulum had swung clear across the arc. Naturally there was a reaction. From what embodied the last extreme of coon omy succeeding classes revolted and from time to time because extravagant. At other times the . normal standard has been closely approached, but it has lacked the sanction ot oliicial adoption. And so must all other efforts to :.ttain the sane in graduatioa attire lor sirls fail if left each time entirely to the whims and fancies of individuals. Now, when the class of 1914 is endeaoring to lind a standard l which will stand the test of future ; criticism, appears to be a good time fr the school authe-ities to assist much J in bringing about a result so ! to be desired. The boy, Harold Cilery, who made murder his first crime by shooting a (woman and robbing the cash drawer of her store, has been sentenced for life by Judge Hridgeman of St. Jo.weph. The boy said he was prompted to the deed by reading of the Fink i ease in .outh Bend, and as he was pronounced normal bv a i-anitv cornietim of suggestion. 'rii ne well-to-do classes, it is ciaim- ! :. taKe to race suicide, ana tnis may be largely true if the very rich are j not considered. Having accumulated i large fortunes they usually have the prudence to provide caretakers. Still , . . . . .. . , ... tin- careiatxers uo not aiwajs tane eare f the fortunes. The mu n;t progressive ness of this comis marked by such things as, the building of a tuberculosis hos - puai, now conir-ucieu ir ui a coat, oi j more than $10,000. with a farm of C'O acres attached. The white plague has been hit a hard Mow in South Re ml. Little Anna Friek.son is a living example nf what human interest can j arcomplih when properly directed .j Utherwiic she might have been

'rarity of human , Asouith is the man ot the hour In i Oreat Hritain. and being a glutton j for work is what makes him so. If : uiric hi; mi) uiurr urjidi inii-iu i - i ing around loose send them to Mr. As- J quith. i The present American Invasion of . the golf grounds of Kngland is the most notable on record. The pill 1 wallopers on the other side will have ! t r ko some to retain their honors. If the federal troops in Torreon are tto be executed if captured it will be more satisfactory fighting it out. Tradition has been verified. March came in like, a lion and went out like a lamb. The commerce board suggests that the Newport Central and Pennsylvania lines fired employes to save money for improvement, and it is a very charitable suggestion. The Illinois coal operators , rnd miners have the good sense to remain at work while a new scale Is being arranged. Ohio should follow the example. A crack has been found in the republican organization of Nebraska. The old machine peems to be" badly shattered. It is the kitchen door canvass against the parlor conference in Chicago, and it is not hard to guess tho result. wa ...w.vnm STATESMEN REAL AND NEAR UY FRED C. KELLY. WASHINGTON, April 1. Representative William C. Adamson, chairman of the committee on interstate commerce that will have much to do with the job of harrassing the trusts at this session of congress, got most of his education on a wagon. In his boyhood Adamson spent much of his time hauling cotton and other commodities to market from the farm, whero he was brought up, down in Georgia. Every time he went to a town, as he did once or twice a week, he bought a book and read it on the way hack, while the mules guided themselves homeward. The books he read in that way were of every kind and variety. Once he bought Pilgrim's Progress, thinking it was a detective story. But he read it through. Occasionally In his speeches in the house Adamson quotes Dickens or Scott. And every time he docs so his recollection has to traipse clear back to those days when he read while trundling over the Georgia highways. For he has had no time to read them since. Adamsen's experience with tho public schools were not fraught with as much Jollity and gayety as they might have been. Every year, when he was in the midst of so-called vulsrar fractions, he was obliged to quit school and help out on the farm. By the time he returned to school he had allowed the details of vulgar fractions to Blip his mind, and it was necessary to begin the battle with them all over again. Even to this day Adamson Is not certain whether he er learned how to handle vulgar fractions or not. One time Adamson found himself accused of some heinous - offense at school, such as placing a garter snake In the teacher's desk drawer. It must have been an unjust accusation because they held a trial, in which the teacher acted as judge and jury, and Adamson was allowed to go free for lack of evidence. In high glee Adamson went home to tell his parents of his good fortune in demonstrating his innocence and of the simple triumph of right and Justice over those who had sought to wrong him. "Uh, huh!" gnu ted Adamson's father. "You fooled the teacher, hey? I reckon you packed the witness box. I don't know a thing about the incident you mention, but just from my acquaintance with you I'd say you were guilty. You may fool your teacher, but you can't fool me. I sentence you to three weeks work in the brickyard." And the sentence was carried out. Secretary of War Garrison, came back from New York the other day telling of an awful experience. Tie had been obliged to go somewhere on a surface car. He boarded the car that had been recommended to him, paid his fare, and was just getting seated, when the conductor came around for another nickel. "This is the end of the line." the conductor explained. "We turn around here and go back, so it's another fare." "Why didn't you tell me?" asked Garrison. "You must have known I wouldn't wish to pay a fare to ride just one block." "Mister." Garrison says the conductor replied, "isn't it worth a nickel to know just where a car goes?" That reminded Garrison of another street car adventure. In the days when horse cars were more common than they are now, he was in New York trying to travel from one point to another. He gave the conductordriver a $." bill to change. The man went up front and made no move to return. "What about my change?" asked Garrison. "Haven't enough change." nnswered the man. "Then give me back my bill," coaxed tjarrison. "Can't do that." said the man. "but

dead example of the charity."

f you'll stick on 'till we get to the f pers, Batchelder was frequently bebarn you can have this horse." ! sieged by visitors who dropped in to 1 i chat about all kinds of matters per"Once when I was a boy .we had taining to the world of sport. Most some informal little boxing con-; sporting editors have that experience tests." remarked Representative Frank j and Batehelder took it as a matter of Park of Georgia, shortly after he en- j course, but there was one man who ferod congress. "I had never fought came to the otlice so often that it was before according to rules, but this difficult to get any work done. The

! time we had a referee and if we hit :inv bbiw nnt nnT.r.iv.. ).e tv. mt. . it counted for the other fellow. I was rules that I didn't succeed in landing nny blows at all and th other chap neany knocked my head off several times before he had finished with me. Here in congress I feel a good deal th same way. I don't seem able to ! figure out this parliamentary law. I'm afraid to l'eak lest1 unintentionally hlt b-low th belt."

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THE MELTING POT COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

TIIKOrCH Till: YKAK WITH LONtil'KLIiOW. The vyc of age look meekly into my heart! the oicc or am echoes mournfully through It! the hary head and paNitil hand f CC plead irresistibly for It sympathies! Outre-Mer. IT would be a wonderful thing for us if we could be such an orator as Demothenes or Cicero or such an all round artist as Michael Angelo. but we would cheerfully forego all that if we could do Fred Stone's stunts. THOUGH a good hand when it came to a rough and tumble fmht over a question of "Knuckle down", or a sprint if the owner of the watermelon patch appeared with a club or a dog, it was always our fate to envy the boy who could walk on his hands or turn a flip-flop, and we never got over it. Who, Indeed? A Notre Dame author who has a new book coming out next week is telling, these days, a literary story with an obvious moral. Shortly after James Russell Lowell's "From My Study Window" was put cn the market, a lady, meeting the distinguished author at a reception one evening, remarked: "You have so many friends, Mr. Lowell, that I presume the number of complimentary copies of your book you have to send them is very large." To which Lowell replied: "Not at all, my dear madam. If my friends don't buy my book, for goodness sake, who will?" WE have never seen the term "April fool" defined. The lexicographers, we i believe, have all sidestepped it. Webster, for example, defines the April i fool as "one who is sportively imposed upon on the first day of April." This i is not the experience of the confiding man who kicks a hat with a brick under it or has his teeth Piled witn cotton batting when he innocently bites into his morning cakes. Other adverse instances might be cited. Hut enough. Innocent sportiveness may have been the original conception, but the custom has outlived It. Whaddaya :can. Hcttcr'n None? Clary Tribune.) Some of the bowling fans that like to hear the "music of the pins" and can't slip away from home have struck a line little makeshift. They call up the bowling alleys and ask for some one in the house. It always takes a long time to locate the request and in the meantime what joy! The smash of pins, clicks of the balls, and groans and grunts of the crowd swell over the receiver. It's like taiiing a whiff of a cigar for a smoke pretty poor substitute but better'n none. THE political or personal or prudential reasons which prompted our well known congressman. Mr. Parnhart, to nominate Gordon Murray for the Nappanee postofliee are un i:c;ij:cti:i iiilduex and youcks. Whether or not we have "too many divorces;" whether or not stricter divorce laws should or can be passed in this state, arc questions upon which earnest men and women have long differed and will continue to differ. But the report of Judge Petit to the new bureau of marriage and divorce statistics directs attention to a very grave aspect of the divorce question an aspect that has received little, if any, consideration and with reference to which there should be practical unanimity of judgment. What is the effect of the present divorce policies of the courts on childhood? Judge Petit gives really startling figures to show that in the breaking up of homes little is done to safeguard the welfare of the children. Over two-thirds of the juvenile court petitions for the care of neglected, truant or delinquent children are in the nature of sequels to divorce dramas. No guaranties touching the future care of children are demanded of the parents about to be divorced, and in many too many cases the children suffer physically, mentally and morally by reason of parental negligence or worse. What Judge Petit suggests is better provision for the protection and education of children of divorced persons. This requires no additional legislation. The judges would be entirely within their right in exacting proper guaranties and preventing injustice alike to children and to the com muni tv. Chicago I lecord -Herald. Till: SOUTH AM) SlTTUACiK. The Insincerity of southern senators who gave as their reason for voting against the original suffrage resolution their objection to interfering with "states rights" was shown when Senator Shafroth introduced a resolution leaving the question to state referendum. Senator Bryan of Florid moved that this resolution be referred to the judiciary (graveyard) committee, instead of the committee on woman suffrage. Every southern senator who had previously voted against the suffrage resolution joined with Senator Bryan in trying to have i this "states rights" Shafroth resolu tion sent to the judiciary committee and killed, showing that not one of them is honestly in favor of sutfrage. The claim had been made that the Shafroth resolution could receive si.v or seven more votes of "states rights" ! senators than the original resolution.! I j was sporting editor and George nbd i stein owner of one of the Huffalo pa-' ! visitor was so polite ;nd affable that Patchelder greatly disliked to hurt his feelings, but one day he made up his mind that something would have to be done. "Ry the way." he bgan. "don't yu work any place?" "I make a bluff at it." laughed the visitor. "What's your job?" inquired Patchelder. "My mam job." replied Rleistein, "is being the owner of this paper." (Copyright. 1 1 4. by Fred C. KtdTy. All rights reserved.)

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known to us, but after a man has served his country and his town for 20 years or more as editor of the local newspaper all other reasons are negligible. IT is reported that A. L. H.. S. L.. E. H. M. and J. C. E. will petition congress to divert the present route of the Lincoln highway to Wawasee so they may start the season earlier. The ice is all cut and the bass are running their tongues out. but the

road is hub deep. Our Boasted I'ducatlonal Facilities;. Columbia City Post.) The contest brought out tre fact that there were a lot of poor spoilers and the words used were all for fifth grade pupils. READING the Congressional Record, which for more or less obvious reasons has become our daily habit, we have been struck by the volume of talk necessary to carry a small tonnage of action. IT fills the heart with sadness to witness the disappointments oT budding genius, as related by the schoolboy author of Trials or a Poet. I wrote a piece of verse one dn.v, Expecting to get immediate pay. But when the editor looked it thru. He firmly said, "that will not do". Nonplused with such a harsh reply I vowed to see it in print or die. So as T passed the next press by I resolved in heart, again to try. This time he looked me over good And kindly answered, "you need some food". He handed me a nickel new, "Here son, buy a pot f stew." The last chief on the list was old, Hence 1 need not be over bold. He scanned the poem quickly o'er, And went straight forward to door. the "My son." says .he, "to the asylum you'll ride If you don't remove that from your hide." No more will I need roam Since that little verse is on my tombstone. THE decedent should follow our illustrious example and start a publicity medium of his own, then however rotten hi verse might be he could print it. For instance: Search the Pot from top to bottom, And somewhere you will fin $ A morsel of mental pabulum That will greatly enrich your mind. In case you should happen to miss it With the thing you may use as a tool. Just charge it to a sportive custom And admit you're an April fool. C. N. F. but the vote proved that none of the "states righters" had a change, of heart and that their excuses were but excuses. Saginaw News. si;tti.i;i at last. ; For a long time, many centuries in j fact, people have wondered what the j center of the earth contained. There ; have been many theories. One of the j pet theories has been that hell is lo- j cated in the middle of the earth, and j volcanoes snouting lire and smoke j have been cited to prove it. Dr. Cook, ; that eminent north-poleist or per- ' haps, alomst-north-poleist and al-1 most Mt. McKinleyist has long believed that the interior of the 'earth is a beautiful garden spot to be i reached through an opening in the eartli somewhere near the north pole. . Now comes the Journal of Geology, I published by the University of Chi- i cago, to claim that the interior of the i earth is not a molten mass; instead, i it is a solid substance with a greater ! rigidity than steel. These conclusions' are based upon a series of experi- I ments conducted for several months j at the Yerkes observatory near Eake Geneva, Wis. Ditches were dug in the bottom of Lake Geneva, and apparatus installed to register tides. It was proven, according to Prof. Michaelson. that the surface of the earth is somewhat elastic, bur. that the interior is hard as bone. It is indeed pleasant to have this matter finally disposed of, although there will be those who will always believe that the Lake Geneva scientists are talking through their headgear. One thing about it is that nobody will ever know the exact truth concerning the matter. If those good old souls, the scientists, can get any pleasure out of this discovery, they should be welcome to it. it will give them something to tight about for several years, at any rate, Fort Wayne Sentinel. SOOX SATISFIED. Xora. when asked for a reference, presented the following: "To whom it may concern: "This is to certify that Nora Foley has vorkel for us a week and we are satisfied." Fvervbod v's. Twenty Years Ago Reminders From the Columns cf The Dally Times. The General Power and Quick Transit company was incorporated by Andrew Anderson. W. L. Kizer. James DuShane, YV. Crabill and J. McM. Smith. Mr. Smith held 06 out of 1,0M shares. The purpose was to build an eh-otrie line on the south side route to Mishauaka, Kev. A. U. Chaffee and family have moved into the Coquillard flats. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Henrich are occupying the Swygart house on YV". Washington st. Mr. and Mrs. II. J. Davis havo gone i to White Pigeon to attend the golden j wedding of Mrs. Davis' parents. Real estate transfers for 1 S 1? 4 to date. .140; consideration. $552. :C j.SS. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Uaskill b ft Tuesday for a visit to California. Mrs. W. G. Crabill entertained IS young lady friends Monday evening. Miss SaJie Henderson and Charles A. Darland were married at the home of th bride's mother, Mrs. Joseph Henderson.

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