South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 32, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 1 February 1915 — Page 4

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WHY NOT CilVi; CITY ATTORN II Y m:i;diut a ciianci:? i Tin? vrnnJiial disappearance of so many vt t lie socalled iee cases recently instituted on evidence secured by the administration vice sleuth, and the very natural self-excusing for it that halls from the administration furcc3 by way of criticism of the prosecutor's office, suggest that the city miKht, having a well-paid city attorney at its command with not so rry much to do, prosecute the cases itself, and rnayhe then, it would be better satisfied. x It Is within the province of any citizen f Indiana, that having a particular interest in a criminal proceeding, ho may employ counsel to as.-ist the prosecutor's office, and It has happened, where such citizen sees fit to insist, that after approving of the issuing of the warrants, cases have been turn ?d over to such special counsel entirely. We can see no reason why this should not apply to a municipality. Perhaps with City Attorney Xeebirt, "citizen" counsel of the administration, at the legal helm, a full satisfaction could be had, and a purified atmosphere outside of bulging jails, would immediately result. Besides, we anticipate that the city attorney souUl enjoy the experiment. It would afford him an opportunity to show an activo hand in the moral dcaning-up of the town, for which he labored so assiduously as a member of tho "gab -trust," back in those campaign lays. Having reaped his reward by way of appointment to the city attorneyship including the emoluments, there can be no reason under the sun nhy lie should not gladly lend this helping hand in carrying out this moral side of the administration program. A city attorneyship ought to carry with it attendance to duty wherever an administration program is at stake and the full legal status of that program needs to be established in tho light of success. The general pubHs. we anticipate, will maintain confidence in the good faith of the prosecutor's office, that it is dcing the best possible with the evidence at its command. This confidence, we note too, is occasionally justified by the appearance of Chief Kerr, of the police department, with the assurance that the necessary evidence is not at his command, to compel convictions. Certainly the ice sleuth must have slipped a few cogs, when the chief of police is readv to throw up the sponge so often, but of course, with our "citizen" administration it is different, when a democratic prosecutor's office take the chief's advice. There is. indeed, something wonderful about the way some minds have of performing. o w. suggest that the administration tase the whole responsibility, assuming that the prosecutor's office may bo willing, and have the cases taken over by its own lawyer. The city attorney could, without doubt, tie all these accused people up in a knot, and throw them into jail without h'f trying evidence sufficient to cum ict being a secondary consideration. It would complete the circle in its entirety. Mayor Keller and his associates, when it all is over, and finished, could claim every bit of the credit. The full victory would be t heir's, and supremely blest, with democratic contamination nowhere to ttain the. accomplishment. We ;:te not saying this either in anticipation of the city attorney wani ng tho job. Neither would we convey the imprcs ion that it is he who has been finding fault with Prosecutor Mortgomcry and his deputies. In fact, wc have it from semi-authorative sources, that he ".vould almost as soon resign and forego the emoluments of his office, as to undertake the task that tho prosecutor's office has before it. Ue!nc a lawyer, ho wualiftcdly has. perhaps, a rcasonaM' conception of what real evidence essential to the successful conduct of a lawsuit means but neither his personal feelings nor legal scr.se should be allowed to count as w o understand it. as nuainst the fulfillment of an administration program, for the Installation of which he is s- largely responsible. He is a part of the administration force, and. If the administration is not getting as much is it wants out of the ice eases it should soft-pedal a little heavier, .ame io it js due to Mayor Keller and hi associates, that the accomplishment, if it procs an accomplishment, should all be their's. so it is du to the public that the failure, if it proves a failure, should be their's

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brush, or stove-lid lifter. But Presidentress Mur.ds did not throw tho gavel. .he promptly and vigorously rapped for order, and got it, and in seven minutes all of Senate Bill No. Z had been read and approved. Thtn, the lady turned and asked of the real president, "What shall I do now'' For this question she Is being laughed at, but why? It was an innovation, hut a good one. Heretofore, presiding officers have boen in the habit of either turning to some lobbyist and asking "What shall I do now?" or have gone ahead with some program previously arranged by some private interest to work the senate. Woman in office is going to ask that question a whole lot of times, in the years io come, and the answer isn't going to hoodwink her a bit oftencr than it has man. Cheers for Senatoress Mund's beginning! fihe promises to do what she knows should be done, and not to go it olind, when she doesn't know. It is a whole bagful of Improvement on twentieth century senators.

Ml'I) THAT WON'T STICK.

t The statement of one M. E. Davie,

during the testimony given by hlri in the inquiry into the fitness of James M. Sullivan, American minister to tho Dominivan republic, that Secretary of state Pryan was to participate in the profits of exploiting public contracts, is , too ridiculous to merit the attention it has been given by certain influential newspapers. Even the most partisan anti-iJryan-ite has never questioned the unimpeachable Integrity of William Jennings Bryan and to dignify, by f-cnt pago notice, thia absurd charge, emanating from a self-confessed .""uggler of federal franchises, is unworthy of any self respecting paper, even though the inuendo be disguised as a news item. Fair play is a jewel. The partisan press of this country is much too prone to give heed to aspersions on the character of men occupying high public positions, ignoring the fact that in the eyes of other nations, the office itself comes in for a share of the ignominy. It is httle wonder that the average foreigner regards the public office In this country as a profitable source of quickly, but questionably, gotten wealth. Let's boost our game awhile and see how it works!

MOUK MILLIONS TO DFMP IN. The rivers and harbors bill pours another 12 milions dollars into the Mississippi. Ohio and Missouri rivers. The money is not for any new project, but for improvements on works already begun. it fs the regular habit to pour millions info 'these rivers. There are millions of acres of desert and other millions that have too much water. Some day, we will have sense enough to make those unruly rivers pour millions of dollars into our pockets. Water, like fire, if a good servant but a poor master. We are no v simply trying to bribe a master not to do things to us, largely in vain. Pig folly in that!

too had: It's tco bad! Now, after all our efforts as ti blessed peacemaker, it is announced that Taft and Roosevelt will not take that Panama trip with

j Wilson. It's because William H. and

Theodore are not on speaking terms. Isn't that just silly, and masculine. Would two women act that way? They would not. Both would go. if only to .diow that they couldn't be put out by "that other person."

Villa says he was surprised to learn that President (Juticrrez fled from Mexico City taking 10 million pesos. Well, w c're not surprised, Francisco. Any Mex president who can lay his hands on l"1 million pesos and doesn't fly, iloern't know what wSiirs are for. The administration "vice" detective is now accused of having operated here without a license. which would seem to indicate that the "sleuth trust" has been cheated out of a more or less desirable job, and is kicking at it.

SHi: WAS ALL KKIlfT. Let us obscre how Mesdumo Munds, ser.atorcss. acted, when called to temporarily preside over the Arizona senate, the other day. With firm, quick steps and amidst applause, she passed down the aisle, mounted the rostrum and seized tho gavel. The grip "vith which she se'zed the vael produced a great silence. It so reminded the senate of boyhood

days when mother seized the hair

Our columns are open, if the proprietors of L'nglish seaside resorts desire t express what they think of M. Zepnelin. Frisco's assessment figures are a hundred million dollars more than before her earthquake.

TWENTY YEARS AGO Kcminder From the Columns of The Dallj TUnea,

Statesmen Real and Near. By Fred C Kelly

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WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 James C. McReynolds. associate justice of the supreme court of the United States, has his library and workshop In a hotel room. The fact is not extraordinary, for Justice McKeynolds is a bachelor and naturally lives at a hotel. So why should he not take his law books in hand and do his work right there? But let us pause and consider the situation: Did you yourself ever attempt to do any serious work in a hotel rodm? Let us assume that you were merely trying' to write a letter. Before you had completed the first page Is it not a fact that a chambermaid came along the hallway rattling her keys and trying them in different doors? And didn't she come in and leave you a supply of towels? And did she not putter about the room just long enough to gum up your train of thought? Moreover, was there not in the adjoining room either a woman telling about something she had bought, or a drummer telling of something he had sold? And if there was not that, didn't a plumber come In to take a cynical iook at your radiator? And did you ever finish your letter? If so was it not a shorter letter or at least a different letter than the one you started to write? Supposing, now, that instead of a letter it had been a supreme court decision you wre working on a decision from which there can be no appeal. Me Reynolds, of course, is at a good hotel and has a secretary to protect him. Also, people are less likely to disturb an associate justice of the supreme court than if he were a traveling salesman for a suspender c6ncern. Still, even at that, if Jutice McKeynolds were working away in his hotel room some morning on a decision of international consequence, and a chambermaid should come in to change the lace curtains or the counterpane And, should stumble off a stepladder and upset a bucket of soapsuds on the tloor Thereby upsetting, in turn, the justice' train of thought Wouldn't it be odd?

Sen. Cummins of Iowa, either consciously or unconsciously, likes to be original. For this reason it is extremely difllcult to agree with Cummins. According to one of Cummins' fellow committeemen, here is what happen?: Cummins states his view on a proposition. It may be an unusual view that few men would take. Hut some other senator, let us say, speaks up and says that he is in full accord with Cummins. He and Cummins seem to agree precisely. Then Cummins qualifies his attitude, making it more specific, and going into more details, until the first thing one knows he and the other senator do not agree at all. We'll suppose, for illustration, that Cummins remarks some bright, clear day that he is inclined to think it may possibly rain before sundown. Up speaks another senator and declares that he himself wouldn't be at all surprised if it should rain ere nightfall. Then Cummins says that owing to certain perculiar barometric indications it will rain, not only hefore sundown but within three-quarters of an hour, and if It goes any longer than that without rain there doubtless wil be a dry spell lasting a week. After Cummins has th"T defined his exact view of the situation the other senator who looked for rain doesn't agree with him at all.

A friend of Vice Pres't Marshall made up a little scrapbook of newspaper clippings and pictures of Marshall and gave it to him for Christmas. On the last pace of the book in place of the customary "Finis" was a wee picture of William Jennings Bryan. Marshall inquired why Byran's picture was used in that way. "Oh. 1 thought it was appropriate," said Marshall's friend. "You know, after everything has been said, there Is still Mr. Bryan." (Copyright, 1915. by Fred C. Kelly.)

Letters of the People

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Editor News-Times: The condition of the city streets Sunday, following the snow of Saturday night, and then the rain, are such that I thought it would be well to call the attention of the city administration to it. in the hope that something may be done to improve the situation Kv having the responsible parties remove the snow and ice at th? earliest moment. A freeze-up means ice now and almost impassible sidewalks. This should be looked out for. One must recognize that little could be done Sunday, but the walks were in bad enough condition before. I mention it in the hope that action will be taken bv the proper authorities. ' ClTIZKN.

Wo liat to dispute with a dead man. Inn can't agree with ToNtoy in raying that "Only tho-c Jc vtho do grnxl." There arc a lot of Irfuple Iiin around here uho do no good.

FEBRUARY: Clothed in a dark sky-color, carrying in his right hand the sign of Piscus. Old book. NAT GOODWIN'S first appearance here was at the Auditorium in "When We Were Twenty-One." He has taken on jowl and slowed up considerably since, but is still a natty no pun intended figure on the stage. How did you like his new wife? WHILE in the dramatic lire, the prospective return .of John Drew recalls that his first play In South Bend was "Rosemary." Maude Adams played opposite him and Ethel Barrymore then a long slip of a girl, carried a minor part. That was 2 1 years ago, without the slightest reflection on the age of the ladies. THE next time Mr. Quilhot is employed to clean uu South Bend he should be paid by the piece. Home Is Where the Heart Is. (Jackson Citizen-Press.) No matter how "tough" the cell of a prison may look to a man when first he somes to the penitentiary, he learns to look upon it as his home the place where he can shut himself in from all others. Nearly 100 beds are made in the prison corridors nightly, and on these the inmates of the prison find rest at night, but they are without a place they can call "home" during the daytime. WE are amazed at the lack of interest in our appeal for suggestions for a third ration to alternate with buckwheat cakes and fried mush for breakfast. Only one response has been received and the writer bf that referred to a third person. We anticipated at least half a dozen recommendaFons of breakfast foods and eggs in various forms and conditions. Very well, we are not suffering on buckwheat cakes and fried mush. Here's Another Conception of Don e. (Detroit News.) Three alarms were" turned in by the firemen, as the building gave indications of making a stubborn fire. Tho gas mains in tTte basement of the Waldorf broke, and a sheet of the flame was driven across the basement

window where firemen were attempting to enter with a home. THERE is just a dash of levity in

that part of the anti-lobby bill which requires newspapers to report any remuneration they may receive for , publishing articles concerning any j measure before the asembly. NewsI papers need not be required to con

fess receiving money for articles published in their columns. The novelty of it would be so great they could not conceal it. t THE theory that one good turn deserves another from the same source is an article of faith among the railroad companies. Having gained a freight increase they v,-ant the passenger rates boosted. This comes of bringing np industries on subsidy pap. Tho "Movie" In Rhyme. (Cor. Burr Oak Acorn.) Second Movement.

'Then back again we did rally.

To my mother's cousin's whoso name is Sally, And here we haU a splendid xLnnci At cooking this lady to a winner. Next we heard the fire-bell And saw everyone running pell mcl! The preacher had been smoking meat; And squelched the fire quite complete. I looked at their fire engine This I must not forget to mention It looked to me like a little toy. Or a plaything for some small boy. But they said they could put out a firo Up twelve feet and even higher!

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Then I went to see aunt Grady, The only aunt, a fine pld lady, A grand old aunt to laugh and talk She stays with her daughter, Mary Shrock. (To be Continued.) LAMBASTING amusements is a popular occupation with reformers. Our idea is that these reformers are not sufficiently discriminating and that they are inclined to overlook the good in amusements. It is the abuse and not tho use of amusements that makes the harm. If we pet the thought that the good things of earth were placed here for our use, not our abuse, and stick by that, the intemperate reformers would lost; their jobs. IF, as Hudson Maxim says, we have got to light the winner of. tho European war we'll do it. but we hate to jump on a cripple. C. N. F.

DISCOURTESIES OF DAILY LIFE

It is always the merest trities rather than the big things of life which indicate the manners and tastes of the average person, A glaring social error, a particularly rude action or tactless speech are not made too great frequency, but other less obtrusive faults are often committed sometimes solely through ignorance or want of thought. It id just as grave a mistake to be too polite as to be abominably rude. The painstakingly polite person is very trying to encounter, for extremes often meet, and he generally succeeds in being actually ill-bred. For instance, there is always the man who, in the mistaken idea that a woman should always precede him, allows her to fight her way first into a crowded train, descend unaide-J, and walk before him into a restaurant that is rather full. He fondly imagines that he is being ex. edingly polite, and it is only when the errors of his ways have been'pointed out to him by some kindly soul that he suddenly realizes how aggravating he must have proved to the women he has had the pleasure of escorting. Removing his right glove before shaking hands with a. lady; raising his hat when he offers a damsel his seat in a car; carefully piloting his fair companion across a crowded street; walking on the outside of the pavement, and refraining from sitting when talking to a lady who happens to be standing, are all instances of those little things which mark the good breeding aid thoughtfulness of a man. Unfortunately, in some cases, these things do not come by instinct, but rather through the hard school of experience.

as tiresome to have the attention diverted from the play by loudly-whispered comments as by the continual crunching of sweets or fidgeting of someone in the vicinity. A woman who is untidily or carelessly dressed is quite as rude as a man without a collar. He would never dream of going out without something round his throat, yet she will appear in public with a divorce in the region of the waist, a few buttons and hooks missing, her hair bundled up anyhow, and her shoes down at the heel. Not only is she exceedingly unattractive, but she is being actually discourteous to the folk who are obliged to look at her.

On the other hand, a woman requires to be just as careful of her manners. It is very exciting, no doubt, to talk loudly and initiate casual hearers into the mysteries of ar intimate conversation with another woman. Unfortunately, the listeners are only contemptuously impressed with the fact the speaker is incapable of controlling her own voice. If the voice is heard in a place of entertainment, the contemptuous feeling is replaced by one of decided irritation. It is just

It is usually either nervousness or thoughtlessness that prompts a woman to display her worst side to the world. She will take a seat that is offered 1o her in a crowded car without a word of thanks, or else will make the chivalrous person feel still more embarrassed by a quick and emphatic refusal to profit by his generosity. Or perhaps she will rush through swing-doors without bothering to notice if anyone is likely to be caught in Ihe rebound, elbow people who are in her way, walk on the wrong side of the street, or fail to remember that she must always bow first to her male acquaintances before they raise their hats. This last little ceremony is unusually mutual, and on no account must a cut be administered direct unless an acquaintance has dore something leally unpardonable to justify such a step. Even the coldest and most distant inclination of the head is better than ignoring someone completely. Consideration for others and a desire to be inconspicuous always mark the well-bred person in public, it is still more important that in the home this consideration should not be pushed aside like an irksome duty. It is a mistake to encourage indifferent manners towards those who ire Ii.ed with day after day. It is vst as much trouble to bo rude as to re polite, and intimacy in the home should not be made the peg on which to hang countless potty bickerings and little errors in good manners.

KAISER IS MVJ AT BERLIN COPENHAGEN. Feb. 1. A slight indisposition as a result of the severe weather in northern France has compelled the kaiser to return to Herlin. His entry into the capital was secret and unobserved.

Mrs. Otto M. Knoblock has returned from a visit to her old home near Ed wardburg. Mrs. George H. Wheelock and children left today for Madison. Wis. Mrs. Sarah Mikesell of Warren township died, aged 6'.. Twin daughters were lorn to Mr. and Mrs. Anton Disk wf German township.

A test for Liter Complaint. Mentally L'nliappy PIiyicaU , Dull The Liver, sluggish and inactve, first shows itself in a mental state unhappy and critical. Never is there joy in living, as when the Stomach and

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One man looking out upon life through the dimmed eyes of dyspepsia is dead-sure to see things seriously dark and threatening. Another, viewing the world through "lamps" lit with the clear light of health, sees men and things steadily growing better and his being here a blessed privilege.

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