South Bend News-Times, Volume 31, Number 111, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 14 April 1914 — Page 2

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SISTER REFUSED WHISKY; BROTHER DIES-II SUICIDE

Charles Compton Swallows Acid and Girl Fails to Secure Antidote When Drug Store and Saloon Men Want Proof. A rioter's tearful pica? f r al.ohol to save the life of h? r dyiruT l ruthrr fell on deaf cars lat r.i'ht and Charl'.s Compton. L' 1 7 X. Michigan .st.. Is d'-ad from the offsets of an ounco of carholic arid whleh he :-v.tlloed with Miicidal intent. Compton took the acid in tho pre nee of hi? sister, who, uhfn she realized his act, summoned a physician and then airily tried to purchase alcohol as ordered by the physician to save her brother's. life. Miss Compton ru-died to a nearby drujr More and hegjred for alcohol but was refused, the dru'ist i.-ilini," her -he must first have a physician's prescription. Then she tried a saloon but again I.cr efforts faikd. The saloon keeper akc,j questions. lie wanted to know for what it was wanted and for who. Frantically the Kirl told hini it was for her brother J iid tliat he was dyimr. Then the .saloon keeper told her he 7iad none. Almost on her knees the irl then pleade(i of a man in the saloon to et it for lur. He finally took her bottle and sauntered out. Her Brother Yn Dead. "While he was one the irl waited and it seemed so lon. She prayed while he was pone that h- would succeed. In time he returned but his bottle was empty. "I went to half a oozeri places hut couldn't tret any." lie said. And the sister balked at every turn rushed home to find it too lace. Her brother was dead. Discouragement over inability to -Ut drinking is Riven by the family as the probable cause of his act. Compton drank the acid in full view of his sister. Thinking that he was 1'oolinsT, as she said he had often done in the past, she did not believe him a, hen lie said he was oln to kill himself. When he drunk the deadly acid he thought it was water and not until she srnelled the fumes of the poison and raw his convulsions did she ieali7 that he had carried out his threat. A physician was hastily summoned .-snd ordered the Klrl t pet alcohol as an antidote. Nolo Is !evtro4l. According to Mrs. Compton she .cnt her son to Ply uouth two months to take a liquor cure. He returned later and it was believed that lie had been cured as he refrained irom drinking for some time. Then the old habit returned and he iew morose and discouraged because his efforts to stop were in ain. A note was left by him in which it is believed lie stated his reason. This note was so crumpled and defaced by m id 'pilled over it that it was unintelligible. Compton was well known among the moving picture house patrons having played the piano at the Royal and American theaters. His sister at the present is pianist at the Auditorium. THREE DIVORCE SUITS ARE HEARD BY COURTS Two Women and One .Man Tell Court How liielr Helpmeets Treated Them. TMvoree day was celebrated in the St. Joseph county courts on Monday, most of the work of the courts being taken up with the domestic troubles of South Henders on that day. IU)th courts, the circuit and the superior, heard hotly contested divorce suits. In the circuit court the case of Ruth I. Carrett against Raymond (lairett was the principal piece of business transacted. In this case Mrs. Garrett, but a younc girl, is suing her husband for divorce on the ground that he had a bad disposition, was incline' to le moody and sulky over nothing and that he treated her with great cruelty at times. The domestic tangle of Kdward and Nancy Kites was on in the superior court. Kites accuses his wife of a number of offenses. She is occupying his home and he has taken out an Injunction against her to prevent hrr from selling the furniture. He alo secured an injunction against another man to keep him from visiting his home. This case went over into the Tuesday session as did the Carret t case. one divorce suit, that of Kdna M. KIrby against Leonard Kirby. was partly heard on Monday in the superior court In addition to Kites case, one was dismissed in the circuit court, that of Kmma versus John Youngrcn. In three cases attorney's fees were granted to the lawyers r -p-jeemting the wife and in another a divorced husband was ordered to show cause why he should not be punished for failure to pay the money awarded his wife. In a number of cases defaults were taken or other preliminary action taken for the trial of the divorce suit later. DAW IS VALID. WASHINGTON. April 1 . Montana's license tax law which imposts an occupation tax on merchants, a SI a n month tax upon dealers in cigarets, one cent a pound upon oleo- I margarine Wednesday was held constitutional by the supreme court. ! 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(CONTINFKD FROM SUNDAY NKWS-TIMKS. CIIAITMK III. May was a month of beautiful crowing weather. Frequent showers and sunshine brought the srtn and grass along wonderfully. Pasture was line and th co s gave an excellent How of milk. We still had $17T :ti the b.irk. We p"iit 7" of that for i cream separator. We. oUl the t ream and fed tho kirn milk to the calves and pigs. The hens started to lay and between the proceed? from the eggs and the cream and the g;.rden. we were able to live very well. There was no monthly rent to pay, store bills and clothing bills were reduced to a .ninimum. Mary, who had doctcred uve ytars for nervous trouble, suddenly f -uml tint she didn't, .ieed a-v medicine. June star.! out promisingly Then It turned hot Hot winds and ihr-?e rainless week burned the pasture, (ut the hay cr p down half, and badly damaged the oats. "Keep the corn and potatoes cultivated," our neighbor said. os the moisture. "Don't go too deep or you'll do more harm than good." We. were up before G o'clock in the morning. I did the milking, fed the horses and harnessed them. Mary -'ot breakfast and fed th? chickens. It was ;suallv S o'clock iv. th.? evening befo.e we finished. Fxcept fcr an hour or two at noon, we were busy all day. There was no rain until the second week in July. The last of .lune we began cutting hay to iced the cows. They were our main source of income and it would never do to let them fall off on their milk. Under a pressure cf new work I learned that one is apt to forget impcrtant things. 'Notice your potatoes lately.'" the cV.rful neighbor demanded. "What's the mattei with them?" I ;:i-kf d. "Hlight. They always get thai kind ef hiack-green color when it strikes 'cm. They'll turn yeK.nv pretty soon." I walked a war feeling Well, VOU can guess how. Why hadn't I sprayed those potatoes with RordeauK mixture in time? We had little time that first season SEVERAL DIRECTORIES AT COMMERCE CHAMBER Hooks Will lie Kept in Itoom at S. llullding For McnilKrV Convenience. J. The nucleus for the directory library which it was announced last week would be established by the Chamber of Commerce in its rooms for the use of citizens has been received and comprises the city directories of the following Michigan cities: Saginaw, riint. Jackson. Traverse City, Adrian, Cheboygan, Owosso, Corunna. With ?he publication of the Ilibberd directory of South Hend this year a larpe number of directories of the principal cities as well as all of those of cities in this immediate territory will be secured for this library through exchange. This will not only enable the people of the othr cities to have ready access to South Bend directory but will also give a reference service to the people of South Hend which will prove very convenient often times. MAN IS BURNED IN EXPLOSION OF GAS John Kynn Injured in Accident ut ?.'2i Not re Dame A v. Is Taken to His Home. In a mysterious gas explosion at 21'J Notre Dame a v. yesterday afternoon John Ityan, C21 Notre Dame av., wa seriously burned about the face. A window in the basement was blown out while some of the Joists were slightly scorched. The fire department was summoned as were the police, who removed the injured man to his home. The" house where the explosion occurred is vacant. What the injured man was doing at the place could not be learned. It was at tirst believed that he was an employe of the gacompany. and while at work on a meter the explosion occurred. When ailed Manager H. S. Walters of the Northern Indiana Cas and Electric company said it was not one of the company's men. MEXICO CITY BANKER KILLED IN ACCIDENT s. J. Haiti and Dud IHdcr Lose When Auto Goes Over an Embankment. Lives' EOS ANOEL.ES. Cal.. April 14. George I. Ham. the Mexico City banker, and Dudley Harvey Elder, son of a millionaire, were killed Monday in an automobile accident near Whittier. Calif. Ham was the father of Harry Ham. the automobile racer. The banker's capture by Mexican soldiers recently created world-wide interest. Ham and Elder were returning from a fishing trip when their machine dashed over an embankment into a crct;k. Roth were pinioned beneath the car and drowned. Ham for many years a wealthy banker In Mexico City but his bank failed and he was thrown Into Relem prison w In re he remained for three years. During the revolution a year ago all the prisoners were freed and Ham came here. Elder was a grandson of C. W. Harvey, a Whittier millionaire. ELKHART OFFICIALDOM ON INSPECTION TOUR Visit South Rend in Quet of Tips. Ir Improvement of Their City. Elkhart ofHcialdom, to the extent of Mavor Smith. Police Commissioner Drown. Police Chief Ross. Klre Chief Doison and Street Commissioner Coleman, were guests of South Rend Monday, making an Inspection of municipal methods, here, and gathering tips for application at home. During th- afternoon Mayor Keller took the visitors on a tour of the city In his automobile-. "We ( in hardly expect to bring Elkhart up to the South Rend stand-

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i' "PASTURE WAS FLOW OF MILK." FINE AND for social life. A few of the neighbors' wives cahed on Mary and one or two families came in a body to spend a Sunday afternoon. We' returned the visits, but for the most part we lived alone. Sometimes we spent a Sunday afternoon In the woods or with a boat on the little lake nearby. Twiae we went to picnics. The chickens did well. We sold $75 worth of poultry and had leO young pullets for winter laying. That $75 we put in the bank there were taxes to pay in January and Interest to pay In March. I cut eipht tons of hay, which, with the corn and oats, would put the stock through the winter. The oats yielded about 200 bushels. The clover seeding was a failure. Things didn't look as bad in the fall as they had in the summer. ard at once," said Mayor Smith, "and do all the things you are doing here, but we are In the progressive column over there and are looking around to see that we direct our progress In the right direction." Police, lire and street repair systems were given particular attention yn the trip. i WOMAN CHANGES HER MIND Mrs. Iannia Youngrcn Withdraws Suit Against Huland. The divorce suit and injunction case brought by Kmma Youngrcn against John Youngrcn in the circuit court was withdrawn Monday afternoon by the plaintiff. Mrs. Yolingren, the SO-year-old wife of an equally aged spouse, heard that her husband was on the verge of going to Laporte to live with a stepdaughter there and that the family funds were scheduled to accompany him. NEW DORMITORIES TO BE ADDED TO Y. M. C. A. Kducationul Department Will he Moved to New Room in Kront of Iiuilding. As a result of a meeting of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. held last night at the association the rooms now occupied by the educational department of the association will be built into ten new dormitory rooms. The board appointed a committee to open bids for the contract of the work and the change will be made as quickly as possible. The committee, composed of Christopher Kassnacht. Dr. E. P. Moore Ceorge Robertson. Walter Kassnacht. K. J. W. Kink. K. E. Rumor and C. D. Emmons, will plan the proposed changes that the total expense shall not exceed J1.SS0. The educational department will be moved into the front of the building into the section which was occupied by the boys' rooms. MORE WRECKAGE IS SEEN Relieved to be Part of the Sealing Vessel, Southern Cross. CURLING. N. P.. April 14. More wreckage believed to be that of the Southern Cross located 13 miles from the point where the lost ship was last seen was sighted by the steamer Dloodhound which reached here Mon day. The Rloodhound also reports passing much floating sealing gear 90 miles east of Cape Rroyle. The wreckage is now being gathered by a steamer which is expected to return Tuesday morning. DIRECTORS ARRANGE FOR NEW CLASS TERMS Catholic Chili Has Secured Sixty New Members Since Last Hoard Meeting. The board of directors of the Catholic club held a short business meeting Monday afternooop in the St. Patrick's library. The principal business of the afternoon was the arrangement of a new term of classes to open in two weeks. The present term of classes In basketry, plain sewing fancy work. Rible study and dra matlcs will expire at the end of that time. Tht-y will close with a social evening, the date and program for which are to be announced later, which will also be made the occasion for registration in the new term ot classes, to be eight weeks in length. Since the last meeting of the board of directors 60 new paid members have been added to the club list, making a total of 175. Work in the various classes is flourishing. Especially gratifying has been the increase In membership in the English class. Krom a membership of six. it has urown to 14 in the past few weeks. The gymnasium work is aho encouraging. DEN VEIL Col.. April 14. Military rul In the southern Colorado cal region ceased today when Oov. Amnions issued an order withdrawing all troops who have been In that section since the coal miners' strike was called last fc'eptem

THE COWS GAVE AN EXCELLENT

The corn on three acres that was manured yielded a good crop enough to fatten the hogs. That meant, by selling one and buying beef, a year's supply of meat. ' I dug a hundred bushels of marketable potatoes besides enough tor our own use, in spite of the blight. They j brought $."!. which I Invested in oil I meal for the cows. j Our garden was the best , in the j neighborhood. Some of the vege- j tables took prizes at the county fair , and Mary took another prize with j jelly. The dry weather ruined the ; fruit crop, but we had enough apples j for our own use. i So far we hadn't really lost. Fut ; we thought pretty soberly of the year ; to come and the $300 payment to be '' made. Could we make the little farm yield that much above a living? CLUB TO MEET TONIGHT Illustrated Lecture to bo iivcn at Sludcbaker School. The regular meeting of the Studebaker. Civic club will be held tonight at the Studebaker school. An illustrated lecture on "Glacier Park" by Atty. Kred Woodward and an address by Atty. L. J. Oare on "Good Government" will feature the program. A piano solo by Miss Mildred Turner and a reading by Miss Lena Turner will complete the program. Election of ollicers will precede the program. SEEKING FEDERAL HELP Governor Rrcwcr Would Have (iovcrnment Care For Veterans. WASHINGTON, April 14. Gov; Earl Rrewer of Mississippi Monday presented to the senate through Vice Pres. Marshall a memorial asking the federal government to assist in the care of Union and Confederate veterans at the semi-centennial celebration of peace between the states next October at Vicksburg. 7 Builds Best for Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, all throat and lung troubles. No alcow Guaranteed. Father John's Medicine is tor sal in South Rend by Coonley Dru? Co. Cor. Washington av. and Michigan st.. also Public Drus Store, Striel el Sr Steifiel. l j 4 N. Michigan .t.. and prac tically all other dru stores in th. city. If you have any difficulty In retting Father John's Medicine from your drugK'i--t, write to Father John's Medicine. Lowell. Mass.. enclosingI one dollar for u. full sized bottle.

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FESTIVAL DATE IS SET Arrangements were completed on Monday afternoon at the meeting of the South Kindergarten association for the children's play festival to be held Saturday afternoon at the high school building. The festival will be given by the kindergarten department of the public schools under the supervision of Mrs. Ware of the Kindergarten Training school. It will be the kindergarteners part toward raising the fund for the school survey. SOME NEWS NOTES. Davles Laundry. Both phones. Leslie, the optician, 01 S. Mich. st. Dr. Stoeckley. dentist. 511 J. M. S. EYES EXAMINED fixut. UaJdiefl Itellered Without the Um f Drugs by r , H. LEMONTREE tJouth Ilrnd'a Tudlnr Optometrist ranufarturlcr Optician. 222 Va So. MIchljan feet. name Pbone 6501. Cell Phont S37 Suodas from to 10:20 A. X. IF WERE NOT SO GOOD WE WOULD NOT SELL SO MUCH OF IT. New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois R. R. Co. TIMK T.ULU .VO. . Effective Mnrcli 2nd, 1911. SOUTH HOUND. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 Fouth Pend 6:0 sm 10:1." am 2:1." pm j Klier :47 am'10 :?,2 arn 2 :32 pro j Wharton s 6 am 10:42 am 2:42 pm i fcweenejs 7:(tiam 10:5lam 2:"dpia t'iue 7:10 am llaiuam 3:00 pta NORTH BOUND. Nrt. 2 No. 4 Nn. Fine 7:4"am 11 'A' am 3 :. pm Fweenfys 7:.""am ll:.7m 3:37 pm Whart-Jtis :0')am liiOCpm 3:40 pm KUer v:13arn 12:15 pm 3:."pm fcouth Kead S:C0ara 12:C0pra 4:10 pm All trains daily except tiunday. Thl Company Reserves right to vary from this without notice. H. J. JACKSON, CommerclsJ AjcnL Raincoats and Ruobrs AT THE RUBBER STORE 20ft S. Michigan lU J L. a ORVIS FUNERAL DIRECTOR Lady Apslftant. 120 Wwt Colfax At. Ifome 5207. Hell 297.

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