South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 131, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 11 May 1915 — Page 6

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i hii? in life are pood, ntiful. The trouble is ovlng fat enough, and iIk s arc tcared stiff at r wall. Less than four .n?y must handle ten twenty millions "of etc. iy there Is in eirculaintry ..4 8 4 million dolcd with 3,4 53 million -id interest disburse1 of this year total 1(54 which is exactly the ril last year when the earned of war. Amerjp a tremendous credit '.. Foreigners arc now iy or more of our seley are selling. linanelers estimate trade balance of the it the end of 1915 will in one billion dollars. country report a net rnlnss In February of cent. All this would ;;erity. stimulation of ity, labor a plenty, 1 full dinner pail, Conines, for all, under a ninistration, but with in power, it means u to the mental conountry, the propensity ho have garnered the ri them, and hide them no happiness in tho f money. It's in the ?ur things worth while, i need is a better martent securities, to have on dollars turned over over, spent, for real locks, bonds, yes, for lothing. groceries, all of life and a lot of rrything that you can it and buy again. Keep viiii;! Swap them for , through the medium ir in Furcjc, think of denty at home. Think 3 id your Pilgrim forevs the seas and plant freedom in a country 'itself So that their '. independent of all

$-4,u00. which, with the school city's share deducted would leave about M 7.000 for special assessments. It is a mutter that those interested should get together and fight out in some tort of intelligent manner. It U useless to sit back and throw brick bats, and to those in particular, who would favor the movement, we would sugKcst that thev be on hand by all means; that is, unless they have a financial interest to promote, in which case it is probable that very like the other fellow who would escape the tax they don't need tho suggestion.

tri:i;t opknixc. a. rplcndld compliment t in South Bend wero ' meeting to result at tnight when the Wil- : au.Un comes up. Here '.xpc.nditurc of approxI for an Improvement no question about its ovemcnt more or less can never be made iarne money, and it is It will be made some lis not now. There is

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over the entire city. 525,000. or thereassessed against the ty owners and others situated, whom, it is e somewhat especially presumably according It is impossible to 1 f taxation absolutcow near the board of to it in (he levying ' do not presume to 1 give them credit for Judgment they have, question of whether ected -want the imcnough to put up for r or not, in the ma1 make the board of -s through their tcle"gard the opening of e street as being necit may be desirable, erly portion, between fax, it is so desirable xcusable. Indeed, we authority, that 2.000 s daily through the tned into a street at which eas-; it would were almost a public e improvement, and t to b put through. this would be about

Mi mi: shakixc; WITH MI'X. The Texas CeK, mammoth oil concern of the Lone Star state, is to the front with a proposition that puts it in the Henry Ford class. Its capitalization, which has been $.0,0OU,0u0, has been increased to the tune of $7,000,000, which will be spent for develepmcnt. Of the new issue, one million will be distributed among the company's employes, at par. The stock has a ready market value ef $110 per share, woulel in fact probaMy be snapped up at that figure, so this action is equivalent to a gift to the cmploves of $400,000. Tho motive is, of course, to identify the interests of the employes with those of the company, so that the former will feel a personal interest in the success of the concern, to which their own labor contributes in a greater or lesser degree. But it accomplishes a better and higher purpose in its psychological effect on the Texas company's employes. It elevates them from the plane of mere hlreel men, it takes them Into a great partnership, and imparts to them a desiro to emulate their partners. It tends to inspire in them a sense of responsibility and a wish to meet that responsibility properly. In short, it makes them better men, better husbands and fathers and better citizens, as well as employes. Of course, the idea is an old one and worthy of mention only because the Texas company is rapidly becoming a really dangerous competitor of the oil trust, by just such methods. Its policies stand out in strong relief when contrasted with those of the Standard Oil. though that the latter pays -its employes well has never been denied. The success of The Texas is due to broad gauge humanitarian methods and to the fact that It has meddled very little if at all, in state or national politics. It is sincerely to be hoped it will continue in its wise course.

thi: (skiimax pui:ss. The Xev York .taats-Zeitung is the recognizeel leader of the GermanAmerican press. Herman Kidder, the editeir, commenting on the sinking of tho Lajsitanhu said: I know that British sympathizers In America will raise their voices in solemn protest and horror. ' They will have many opportunities during the next few months to swell the chorus. If this mocking threat represents the real attitude of German-American journalism toward the wholesale murder of American citizens by order of the German government then we are sorry for German-American journalism.

lA'KKYBODV'S AITFJl IS. Canada has issued an order prohibiting the 'shipment of wheat. Hour and a number of other agricultural products to the United States, save when such shipments are solely for domestic consumption. Funny proposition, isn't it? Germany about to swat us for selling munitions of war to England by declaring a boycott on American products, which she can't get anyway, and England refusing to sell us Canadian products for fear we will sell them to Germany. Poor eld Uncle Samuel gets it a going and a coming but lives through it somehow.

With Justice Holmes declaredly not a candidate for the presidential nomination, the prospects look good for Hoot to cop the republican nomination. Well, Elihu has been "rooting" for it a long time and he won't tako it any harder than any other standpatter.

ashinKton dispatches of May 1. predicted that the second German warning, issued that day, would cause a 'diplomatic sensation." It hardlyrippled the waters, till the Lusitania had actually sunk. We had grown as blase as a third season society bud.

Terre Haute's mayor has been impeached and ousted. Here in Indiana, vhen they actually get a mayor into the penitentiary, they most always don't like him.

j Great Britain has a tine chance to J show what she really thinks of "scraps

of paper." sometimes referred to as treaties. Japan already has 0 0,0 00 troops squatted on China. If Germany really decides to boycott American products, we just won't s'-nd her any, that's all." And the w hde Uritish navy will hae'-: us up in it. too. "Women ill outstr:p rea in this

generation!" declares a distinguished suffragist. Any c'ogironed suffragist who will try to promote such a cor.te.-t ou,nt to be locked up early. This good l.ttle oM high moral organ won't stand for it. at anv rate.

Now we're told that the report about the German licet bombarding Dunkirk v.as a "misapprehension." Oh! if a fe-llow could only corner and sell the misapprehensions in this war.'

the melting pot I COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

Anyhow, you've got to believe that Teddy made a noble effort to reform Boss Barnes prior to that 1012 convention. Some sinners are just too stubborn for the most expert evangelists.

German airmen have tried to bomb an American ship flying tho American flag and hound for Hotterdam. First thing those airmen know, they'll hit something American.

That Chinese president is another to lick him, if he doesn't knuckle who has a hot job. Japan threatens under, anil his own people threaten to revolt, if he does.

Letters of the People

The Nwg-T!mM opens this column t' lis readers for express! tis of their views. It accepts no rcsponslbiL ty, Ltwver. for the opinions here put forth. Oorre-sjnndents must show good faith, however, by dgn!ng thir eonimunl'Mtlons w!th their correct i:iuh. This will not be published if the ( rresp )i.den t s desires and Indbntej. but the uume Ml'.ST accompany the communis atim or it cannot he considered.

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THAT WILLIAM ST. OPKXIXG. Editor News-Times: The William st. improvement, or job, whichever you like to call it, comes up before our city solons some lime in the forepart of this week Tuesday, or Wednesday. I think. Is it any use making another appeal to them to kill this scheme foi another term? The present administration got into power on large pretensions of economy, and other things. What has been their record along that particular line 2 Mostly what in cei'tain circles is called "four-Hushing." Exempt as part of a largo scheme

of tearing down and rooting up the I whole town, and replanting it on j strictly geome trical lines, like trees in j

a child's garden of Eden, this William st. extension has no merit. And should any such scheme ever be proposed the mere mention of it would lo its own condemnation. Standing by itself, the proposal has no more pressing necessity than a wagon has for live wheels, or a cow for two tails. I know that a few people would be financially benefited to a large extent. But I don't think that even our present administration spendthrifts have any right to make such private benefactions at the expense of the general public. If there is any loose cash lying around in the city treasury, there are many other ways in which It could be more beneficially applied. I am no "kicker" against taxation; I pay my full share of that; maybe more. But I would like to see a good deal more wisdom used by our spending authorities. And particularly bysuch a pretentious aggregation as that at present in power. X. Y.

Editor News-Times. In paying respect to the memory of George E. Clarke, the Knights of Columbus have -done honor to their order, and rendered a service to the community in which the best of Mr. Clarke's life was spent. It is right, good and seemly that we should hold in kindly and affectionate remembrance those of our friends and neighbors who have passed from earthly sight, our griefs are intensified when such passing has been apparently premature, that is, humanly speaking. With larger vision we re-cognize that "the souls of the righteous arc in the hands of God". But to their earthly memory it is becoming that we raise memorials ef enduring brass and marble. The writer was privileged to knowMr. Clarke intimately. And though it is several years since he died, his loss cuts as keenly as today. Mr. Clarke was a man brimful of life- of abounding energy. lie never spared himself. Maybe that was his undoing. In his professional occupation in the amount of political work which he undertook in his social and civic relations in his religious obligations at every point at which he came in contact with his feliowmen, he was always enthusiastic. He was utterly unselfish. His good nature was irresistible. If he had been spared to us longer, he could probably never have acquired greater worldly wealth; for he was a piver. rather than a getter. But to die in the prime of life, and yet so to live in the hearts of those he left behind as to deserve such a memorial as the Knights of Columbus have raised to the name of their comrade. Is a greater achievement than the possession of much fine gold! A FBI END.

TO HUH. Ah! yes, my love was so blind! But the heart and the winter wind, Who can check their roarings? So scatter the cypress dark about. And let mo dream my oorrow out. She's gone, but lives in my mind. Sweet maid, I did nt see, What a mockery Death could be, 'Till thy pule face I saw. You i-miled no more, as of old. That day, the sun was as cold. As the ice-bo u'ld, wintry sea. Under the whispering willow tree, Where clouds are fleecy, fancies free, My heart lies a-sieeping. She Jives in my thoughts all the day, In slumber, my dreams are as gay, As her lauuhter used to be. F. S. F. T S. F. will have the undiluted sympathy of all M. P. fans. It is a pathetic tiling that his young life should have been shadowed at a period when it most needs the sunshine of lovj! and joy. Whether "Her" was a living, breathing entity or the creature of a feverish imagination the tragedy was the same, at least to F. S. F. All of the tragedies of this life arc not real. Many are temperamental. AS Chaucer remarked: "Tragedy is to say a certain storie. As old'.' bookes maken us memorie, Of him that stood in great prosperitee And is yfailen out of high degree Into misery and endeth wretchedly." A MOTORCYCLIST riding through Jefferson boulevard at a speed of 12 mib s an hour attracted a large crowd of curious spectators. The Wandering Student Mind. Years ago. when their world was young, a bunch oT students were up in the gallery of a theater at Ann Arbor. The toys were out for fun, filled to the brim with the grape juice of youth and deviltrv ginger. The showpresented a second-rate ballet. Tho students paid particular attention to those "girls." At regular intervals

they would rise, bow and solemnly intone their parody, which with slight alterations is still doing press duty: Kicking! kicking! little star. Up above your head so far, How I wender if you be "venteen, or seventy. of course there is another chapter, but I'll spate gray hairs. JIOS. OF cours?, as has been remarked, it would have been absurd for nature to have provided the cow with two tails, but the season is coming when sho would be glad to have the double app-ndix. A MONUMENT to the memory of George E. Clarke is a fitting tribute to a man whose individuality left an indelible mark on this community, whose brilliant talents were given freelv to the cause of humanity, who graced and dignified the profession of law and whose highest ambition was to serve loyally and efficiently. In his passing he exemplified the love of death for a shining mark. KxccKhur! (Notre Dame Scholastic.) The barber grabbed a plate of beans, And lashed it to the mast. The villain strode upon the deck, And said the die is cast. The Captain jumped upon the rail, And did a buck and wing. The Bos'n grabbed him by the throat. And cried: "God save the King!" The First Mate took a fountain pen, And scribbled in his book, The Captain's lass rolled up her . sleeves, And kissed the Chinese cook. And when the good ship "Bunk" sank in The lashing, briny drink, I staggered to the cabin And drank a pint of ink. SOMETIME, when in the mood, we shall attempt to write an elegy entitled "When Order Was Banished From the Editorial Room." We are now engaged on the historical research. IT is often more difficult to keep vour head than your feet. C. N. F.

SIGNS OF PROSPERITY

Sunday, May 0, ll13. Editor News-Times: As we observed and joined in the honor accorded mother, Sunday. May 0. I am sure mine was not the only heart that called for a little mention to be made of father. We should hold the sacred love of parents in our hearts as one; inseparable: without the father there is no honor t motherh 1. Without the father's help, the result of his labor as a maintenance of mother and child, there would not be the time for mother to give us her time and attention. I would like1 to see the day reverenced as Barents' day, or Mothers' and Fathers' day: if you. wish; but by all means let the two who are equal in all things concerning us be given an equal share of love, and honor. The little song of sometime ago idves us a beautiful thought; and is one all children should keep before

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Juvt A Won! I 'or Father. Just a word for father. Dear, old, patient father: Working- with his head and hands To make our troubles few; In our love fr mother Don't forg t the other. But. svy a word for father too. Let us put our influence together for

! a Mothers' and Fathers' day. j I am .op.wr.cid that every mother j today, as she was mentioned in many ways; f. It iust a little sorrow in the

MARQUETTE, April 2S. While ligures are not yet obtainable, orders received by the iron mines of the Marquette range, indicate that they will have a season at least l')0 and perhaps 150 per cent better than last year. The Oliver Mining Co., the shipping end of the United States Steel corporation, has received within the last few days to prepare for a total shipment of from two to three times as much ore as was moved last year, while the Lake Superior and Ishpeming railroad, owned by tho Cleveland Cliff's interests, has already in sight as much tonnage as was moved during all of last season. The movement of ore in 1014 was ."2 per cent of thai of 191: and in that year every bit of ore had been contracted by Jan. 1. Mines on the Marouette range are beginning to resume. Today the Lake Angeline property began sending ore to the docks. Tho Hartford mine of the Republic Iron and Steel Co. also begun operations. A number of independent mines have added to their employes and within from two to four weeks it is estimated all the mines will be operating normal forces. Herald, Grand Rapids, Mich., April 20, li'15.

No one that follows the news of the day can have the slightest doubt about how the wind of prosperity is blowing. The Chicago and Northwestern railroad has just ordered $:;.ou0.000 worth of equipment. The Pennsylvania will spend $28,000,000 this year in furtherance of its expansion policy. A dispatch from Detroit informs us that the Ford company of Canada is distributing a wage increase of $000,000 among its employes. A largo plant at Gary, Ind., has resumed operation after several months of idleness. . Local conditions are similarly nourishing. The valuation of polk county real estate, excluding Des Moines, will be raised about 2T per cent, according to the chief deputy county auditor. Local values have also increased -reatly, the city assessor asures us. Last Wednesday's weekly crop report, prepared bv the local weather ortiee, grades Iowa farm conditions as being excellent. In the face of this cheering data, pessimism is pathological and should be medically treated, like any other spring ailment. News Albia, la.,

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With the wheels of the numerous factories humming away, some of them night and day, with tratlic moving at top speed through the street, railroad business heavy Ottumwa. enterprise appears to be at its height for the present season. The big stores have been enjoying a very good spring trade, the agricultural implement houses have; been setting up and delivering to their customers hundreds of cultivating machines for the highly productive farms, the automobile dealers, like wise, have been daily adding sales to their list, the clean-up proposition has forced all previously idle teams into service, and if there are idle, men about Ottumwa at this time undoubtedly it is his own fault. Although the spring season usually is the busiest season, this year appears to be an exception in respect to general business, for everybody seems to lie busier than usual. That a still busier summer than those of tho past seems assured, with tho possible erection of a new hotel building, other business blocks and probably a number of new residences. Review, Ottumwa, la., April 29, 1913.

W. B. Jordan of Minneapolis, who, together with Frank C. Robertson, owns extensive land interests in tho Shields River Valley, and is also founder of the town of Wilsall, arrived Friday from California, where he has been residing during the winter. Mr. Jordan had not been at Wilsall for about a year and he marked the numerous changes that had Laken place during that time with much satisfaction. He Is very optimistic concerning the future of the Upper Shields river valley and Wilsall and believes this community will come into its own during the next few years. Mr. Jordan, who is a wholesale grocery jobber in Minneapolis, states that, in his opinion, the financial depression that has generally prevailed throughout the country during the past two years, has apparently struck bottom and that from now on we can expect a gradual improvement in business conditions. He predicts that better times will result in increased immigration to the Shields river valley, as many eastern farmers who wish to locate here have been unable to do so because of inability to dispose of their holdings. Record, Wilsall. Mont., April 29. 1913.

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be very glad if others more capable than I would join me in making this Mothers' and Fathers' day; or Parents' dav; next year. BIRDIE HILL. Y. W. C. A., South Bend, Ind.

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The Music Study club held its last meeting for the st ason at the home of the instructor. Louis Elbel. F. H. Rabe sang and tho Elbcls contributed ins? rume ntal numbers. Notre Dame is preparing for its golden jubilee in June. C. Henry Eberhart of Penn township was killed by the accidental discharge of his gun. The Progress club was organized at the home of Miss Catherine Esmay. The first officers were: Miss Esmay, president: Mrs. ?dary Siull Studebaker, first vice president; Mrs. Lucy Putnam Chaffee, second vice president: Mrs. Mary L. Bine, third vice president; Mrs. .Mary Wiggins, corresponding secretary: Miss Sarah Iuiise Kirby, recording secretary; Mrs. Mary LeVan. treasurer. These with Mrs. Cora Niear. Mrs. Elizabeth Kizer. Mrs. olive Tarbell Birdsell. Mrs. Carrie Johnson Bast, Miss Alberta Jones. Miss Sarah Harris. Mrs. .Vary E. Barritt and Mrs. Elizabeth Greene Kettring formed the hoard f directors. Prof. Sanders' musical class gave nn entertainment at Maennerchor hall.

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