South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 120, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 20 May 1915 — Page 6

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riavriKor.NDs and schools as agencies or anti-iiyimien MOVEMENT. It i.- pleasing to note that the efforts of Mr. P. Parms. .'outh Pend superintendent of recreation, to sccunOliver Held for a city playground. Lids fair to li"h.illy sucreed. The initial negotiations undertaken by .Mr. Parnes. finally taken up ly the municipal recreation committee and the Rotary rluh, have finally gone before the council with a request lor an appropriation of i"..f."J t be used in putting the livid in .iuch shape as .Mr. Iarncs and Mr. Oliver talked rarly in the winter. This Is the affair over which the park hoard and recreation committee arc reputed to havi' come to a acini-clash in the mayor's otlice recently, and upon which friction the "lid" was, .at least temporarily, clamped. The need of such a playfield in that part of the city is self-evident; likewise the Woods-Turner tract of land out Division st., beyond the Singer plant, recommended by Mayor Keller, to be used for recreation grounds and eventually for a school hi to. If there is anything to the. value of schools and playgrounds, no section of South Bond needs to be served more immediately than tho vicinities of Oliver field and this Woods-Turin r tract. They have been quite wantonly neglected. In fact, in lino with the earliest possible Americanization of the people, in those sections, they .should have had tirst attention rather than attention so long delayed. Mr. 1. P. Giulfoylo hit the nail squarely on the head, when, addressing tho council committee Tuesday night, lie said: In the sixth ward there is not even a public school house. In fact there are.no public buildings of any sort. Thro has been no public money spent except for sewers, sidewalks and other compulsory civic improvements. If the people of this ward knew what they were entitled to. we (speaking for the Polarians would not have to speak for them. The foreigners are a responsibility to South Pend and one that should receive the city's gravest consideration. A responsibility. Indeed, we should Fay, and the demand for a graver consideration, is upon us. We referred to this responsibility quite extensively Monday, in this column, commenting upon the undertaking of the federal bureau of immigration and labor, to extend to our new Americana r. larger opportunity for amalgamation, and a greater desiro to Americanize, by association and educational methods. It is time for us to take up the correction of our past neglect. We: must extend to these new-comers j from other shores, and u.s well, those; who have already been with us for a season, a new welcome, aside from our demands upon them at election time. We must make them feel that we are I not afraid of being contaminated by contact, save in tho option booth, and by our presence and the dissemination of certain knowledge, inspire them with a desiro to absorb and help maintain our American ideals. Play fields in the vicinity are a pood start. Interest tho youngsters and you have interested tho future pood citizen. Schools are the next requisite. They lio at the very foundation of our American Institutions. Tho declaration of independence In fathering a government founded upon the "consent of tho governed." presumed an intelligent consent. It is no disrespectful commentary upon the intelligence of cur foreign-born to say they stand in need of more intellectual training, when wo stop to consider that none of us, not even the wisest Americans, know so very much. We do, however, know more about America and American ideals, and that is one essential factor in desirable American citizenship. Tho common council should have no compunctions with regard to the appropriations for either Oliver field or tho Woods-Turner property. It is all in the right direction. We have our splendid parks in the center and east end of the city, and all right ar.d proper. Let us move out now into the neglected regions and give children in those parts of the city a little boost. They have it coming. We cannot eliminate tho hyphens from the PolUh-America and the HungarianAmerica, etc.. of those sections over right, but we can plan! the seeds in a scs.on un.l start them growing. It Is an evolutionary process to be sure, and bourn! to le more or less plow in wording out, but it has to start somewhere. The good work of the Kaley civic center the past winter might be counted as the start, hut if so, by all means the council should see that it doesn't stop, are! a:rain. .upt. Harms, the liotary club and the rrcrt ation committee, ib s r t ed on their r:Vrts tr be c mi plirr entkcep it moving. A PEACE FAIIIE. Once upon a tl:ii! there lived in a 7. iridium Ncigh orho,.ti a Small and Mel Man. w h m:ddl nam- v as Peace. Indeed, iVte.f was l.e :ml their ;po-i ..o'l. this Man W ae;i lv c her' 5 ':; n ' 1 a borat e -rr: Immediately : :i ider bis be .

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2irertory you can telethon your want will be allied after Its insertion, llotat a woodman Ilprt8entatlTa. Advertlain Bulldin. ChLc3 And it happened that one day the Nearefct Neighbor, when his Wife had triumphed ux usual, lied to tho peaceable Man's houso for refuge, and, seeing his Hoots protruding from beneath the bed. he forthwith argued to himself that the Peaceable Man 'va.s Peaceable, whereupon he Hauled him forth bodily and finished saying to him those Certain Things he had started saying to his own Wife. And the Peaceable Man swallowed them Whole, for his heart was filled with the Milk of Human Kindness, and he wa-s Meek, and Small, as well as Peaceable. Whereupon the Nearest Neighbor did spread the tidings about the Turbulent Neighborhood that the Peaceable Man was Peaceable, also 'mall, and Meek. So. it came to pass that the Turbulent Neighborhood contracted the habit of calling around when it had a grouch on and belting tho Peaceable Man, just for fun or exercise. Hut, after many days, tho peaceable Man's Milk of Human Kindness became quite curdled and quoth he to himself: "If my Neighbors do not love Peace, it is not meet, that I should thrust Peace upon them." So, ho hied him forth, and procured him a Hull Dog and a Stuffed Club, and it so happened that, on that very day, the Nearest Neighbor lost out in the Family Discussion, and, as had become the prevailing custom, went over to even things up by cussing out the Peaceable Man. Now, the Peaceable Man met him at the door, and he swatted him a royal swat with the Stuffed Club, and fhen some, and he invited the Hull Dog to help himself to the Nearest Neighbor, which it did. Whereupon, the Nearest Neighbor galloped down the middle of tho road crying loudly to the Turbulent Neighborhood that the Peaceable Man had Packslided, and had a Bull Dog and a Stuffed Club. Wherefore, the Peaceable Man sighed, and grasped his Stuffed Club more firmly, and whistled to his Hull Dog, and repaired sadly to the front yard so that he might properly welcome tho Turbulent Neighbors. Hut, Jo and behold! they came not, for they, too. had become Peaceable; and ever thereafter the Peaceable Man and the Turbulent Neighborhood were Delightfully Peaceable. Moral? "Huh!" SOCIALISM. GOIXG DRY, A report on alcohol was presented to a session of the socialist national committee in Chicago last week. The report was read by Carl D. Thompson, secretary of a special committee appointed over a year ago to investigate both sides of the liquor question. Here are a few extracts from the report: Alcohol is a narcotic poison. Alcohol weakens tho intellectual powers. The very influence by which it enables tho user to forget hunger, worry, sorrow, and pain, constitute its danger. Although the wages in the liquor industry are among the best, yet the degree of exploitation is greater than in any other phase of the capitalist system. In addition to the exploitation of labor In the production of alcoholic liquors, the liquor traffic still further exploits labor in. excessive charge when the liquor is retailed to the consumer, and, what Is worst of all. exploits the working class through the evil effects resulting from the use and abuse of alcoholic drinks. The socialist party cannot remain indifferent or inactive, but should take a definite position and active part in combating the evils of alcoholism. In regard to the restriction of personal liberty, the committee cannot wholly approve of tho opinion held by those who use this argument. For while there are certain personal rights that should be inviolate, yet there ore others that must give way if the common interest requires it. Tho committee is in favor of recompense in the abolition of the liquor traffic and urged that the question finally be referred to the entire party for decision. What with employers coming more and more to restrict or forbid the use of liquor on the ground of efficiency, and with labor, as represented by this committee, urging its disuse on the ground of exploitation, it looks as if John P.arlecorn were soon to be fighting with hU back against tho wall. sriTsTxcLi: pink. "No interests of ours would be served b America's entrance into the war." London papers. Now, don't you be ?o cockey! Uncle i-'am is going to go to the limit to keep out of your war but he never yet has gone to war. at home or abroad, without making it almighty interesting to everybody concerned. Hefore the war ends, you Ixndon editors may be right interested in -itUing more foou and war supplies into London, and you might be happy to observe Cr.cle Sam's navy protecting a safe t ratio road, a it vvc-re. from New York to Liverpool. At this writing, we have in mind a nation that would feel kood to see Uncle1 tryi'ig to do this in its behalf, riht now. Hut Uncle i stneliy neutral. They're making it a bally to.;gh job for him, with their r.a-gmg. submarines and other things, but he's just -vs -itubbom

aa a neutral as he is as a fighter. If nobody wants him in the fight, it suits him perfectly. He's not only about the sole high moral, civilized fellow left on earth. C A 1 I It A X Z A A N 1 7( ) V K 1 1 13 1 P. Notwithstanding the assurance given by Gen. Carranza when the hemp situation became acute, a few weeks ago, that no additional export duties would

j be imposed on sisal exports, advices irom rrogresso say that an extra tax of -DI of a cent, gold, has been levied on that very essential commodity. We've got to have our hemp. That's all there is to it. Sinking a passenger vessel is one thing; cutting off our binding twine supply is just another. We give fair warning as to both. Governor of Kansas says he's got hold of election frauds at. Kansas City that will make tho3e Terro Haute cass look like a Sunday school class. He'll have to show us good and plenty, before we copper an' bets on those Tcrre Hauters. See America first! Germany warns Americans not to visit London, as the jrtal Zeppelin affair is about to be I pulled off. Hut. actually, there'll be Americans who will go to London, or stay there, just to see the thing done. Hobo is the name of the fellow leading the Haitian rebels. What a relief, after those staggering foreign names! The telegraph editor's heart is with the folks who named Hobo. Jim Hill's "Don't monkey with t lie tariff!" is most enough to start a new party on. Jim has a high opinion of tariffs anl a low opinion of monkeying. The protest in the Frank case is a protest against hanging a man to "save t lie face" of the police, then we're in favor of the protest. A sneaking suspicion is growing that that Panama canal is a mighty sight greater accommodation for banana ships than for battleships. Poisoning of wells by warring Christians must appeal to the moral susceptibilities of the native African heathen, like blazes. Imagino New York taken away from the U. S. and you can get some idea of how Austria looks Trieste to Italy. upon giving More watchful waiting for Woodrow! The stork is 'most ready to alight on the McAdoo chimney. Prosperity Signs While confidence is undiminished, actual progress is provokingly slow, the gains and losses about offsetting each other. Perhaps the situation can best be described as a spreading out of activity which though not of large volume, is looked upon as a basis of an upward tendency. Failures continue abnormal, " the liabilities for April running considerably over $40,000,000 as compared with $18,365,553 for the same period last year. The failures for tho week numbered 447 as compared with 308 during the corresponding week last year. Hank clearings throughout the country last week showed an increase of 1.1 per cent over the corresponding week of last year, but locally there was a falling off of $141,000. Railroad earnings still show a decrease as compared with a year ago, but at tho same time a steady improvement over January February and March. Kuilding operations throughout the country and locally are disappointing, but there is still time to bring up the-average of the season. Our sales abroad, while diminishing, are still of large proportions and will no doubt remain so. The first reports from the income and corporation tax seem to indicate larger returns than was expected and may reduce the deficit by over $80,000,000. It is reported that many government payments arc being put over till the next fiscal year and in spite of the general fund being down to only $20,000,000, it is believed that the situation can be financed without resorting to a bond issue yet. Outside of the national treasury the finances of the country are in most excelent condition. We are still importing1 gold, paying obligations and building up our credits. All this must influence the general industrial situation in time to an appreciable degree. It is believed that May will show substantial results towards a realization of the more satisfactory progress that should soon come. Dispatch. Erie, Pa. May 3, 19 It. No matter how much the politicians of the standpat variety may indulge in calamity howling, the Jolid business men of the nation are preparing for the greatest tidal wave of prosperity th nation has ever exper ienced. This was evident from the ; tenor of the speeches made at the j meeting of the American Academy j Ot I'oUUCal and OCienUIIC science Ml Philadelphia on Friday. Pres't John-J son of the Haldwin lomotive works, one of the largest employers of labor in the country, who a year ago waa j bitterly criticising the Wilson admin- j istration. said: " ur trade balance; has already rtaehed a billion dollars and an improvement in business conditions has set in which will go, on until the gates of prosperity arc wide Open to US." lattle comfort in that for Sen. Penrose, who sees naught but ruin starimr us in the face. I5ut most important of nil was the announcement by Scc'y Iiedtield that we are fast becoming a creditor instead of a debtor nation. A Heating debt of four hundred million dollars has been paid in American goods and we are saving money at an astonishing rate. Hie basin . ss is beginning to realize that it can b1 big without subsidizing a political party. If the money spent in previous years in campaign contributions is devoted to building up business cwry one will be better for if. with the exception of the politicians who lived well on the blackmail tlu-y eolbeted frm manufacturers. Alb it own. Pa. Mav PJ15. The war with all its horrors is p i I -1 ing up money in America as never; 1 efore known. Pva i y sane man vv ho j has a heart -arne?tly desires to see J it close. If. however, it must txn on it H fortunate for this country that it is m a position to recover from I

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Uncle Sam' badge is the big reel cross. AT Till; IIOTAIIY CLUH. "Say, Deutsch," iiid Dill, the hardware guy, "I move you 'poiiiX-commitiees To fix up for our picnic days For which now nearly timitis." No action being taken The motion went by default, And jae. the oil king, rose to say 'Twa ; time to call a halt On t'. ings that caused suspicion Of selfish intent or thought Of seeking Ilotary glory Which mUht be cheaply bought. At this Old Dill, the shirt man, Poe in his place and said "Mister President " "Ten cents!" shouted Mac, and then the fine was paid. Doe,, D. D., and Doc., M. D.. with Art, the undertaker. Then took tin ir turns at talking 'Gainst Fid. the real talk maker. For ono- Frank K., the Eagle, Wis silent on his roost. Three fines in quick succession Hud cooled his bent for boost. Louie, the farmer, was not there, Or else there'd been more fussing, And Home was roaming far away With other matters mussing. TIIUHi: is more of that if you want it. CHLHRFULLY we yield space to a protest and argument against threadbare music. It comes from a qualified critic, whose views, though they may differ from the views of other qualified critics, are worthy of consideration. 'Tennyrate: WHAT IS THUUADIlAKi: MUSIC? Chapter I. M. P.: I suppose it will be admited that David was a pretty fair judge of music. His fame as "The sweet finger of Israel" lias come down to us for a goo,i many hundred years. Even memories of Caruso will hardly survive that test of time. David was also accounted no mean performer on the harp. When King Saul had a fit of the sulks to which his ill temper made him prone, David could usually be relied on to charm away his ill humors with music. If the foregoing seems to establish David's competency as a musician, why not give some heed to his rdvice? Well he knew that to-stir the emotional nature threadbare airs would not do. Over and over in the Psalms he says "Sing unto the Lord a new song!" The hymnr of Ira D. Sankev. P. P. Bliss and o.hers were immensely effective in th.dr dav. but that period was a quarter of a century and more ago, and the evangelistic singer who attempts to melt souls now with those old turn-turn melodies has an uphill job cn hand. There are certain simple classics that will never die or lose their nower; but novelty music, however pretty, catchy and while new delightful. Is necessarily ephemeral in its nature, and when worn out must give way to something else. By all means keep the Moody and Sankey books, if desired, for the good they have done, but put them revently away, and remembering David's injunction, "Sing unto the Lord a newD. S. M. song (Chapter II tomorrow.) the shock and even profit by the disaster, so far as money goes. Money is piling up in the banks of this country as never before. Statements during the past week showthat the national banks of tho United States have excess resources of over $734,000,000. Such a thing was never heard ot ief-ore. It is claimed that the federal reserve banking law has brought such stability and confidence to the financial world that this is possible. Then comes tho war and Europe's buying which piles up tho yellow metal. Thus it can be seen that the European war has not permanently injured the country. Trade is pouring in. Foodstuffs, horses and mules are going out to bring back the money. It was reported bust week that the French government had placed an order with New England shoe factories for three million pairs of army shoes, the shoes at $2 per pair, a $6,000,000 order. Great Britain has placed with American factories an order for sheila which is tho largest ever given, 5,000,000 shrapnels, at a cost of $06,250.000. France has placed an order with tho Westinghouse company for rilks at contract price of $50000,000. Russia is buying enormously but no available figures are at hand. It is known that all steamers leaving Seattle for Vladivostock are loaded with cotton and war supplies for the czar's country. The trade balance for the United States up to the end of March was $720,000,000 and it is growing by the millions of dollars each day. Cotton has been exported much more rapidly since February than any ono dared hope last fall. The movement abroad still continues as fast as ships can be secured. The mill industry is in much better condition than a few weeks ago and the predictitn is that American mills will take as much as in 1914 if not more. The country has the largest acreage of wheat ever sown. With a C(,,T, nnH cmnrl nr-nn tho nut put will sur,,ass anv Vear in historv. If tho war continues it will go at "a ii.u m ice. Sentinel. Statrsville. X. C. May 6. 1015. TWEHTY YEARS AGO Reminders From the Columns of The Daily Time. The Handel Oratorio society's May festival was an artistic success. Louis Folk, organist, and Fanchon Thompson, soprano, were the outside attractions. . The Indiana club again defeated tho Medics to ::o. The high school graduating class at Mishawaka twas composed of Maud A. Jackson. .Wttie Ibed. Man' F. Peam. Minnie M. McDonouirh. Fdith M. Stiles. Catie p. p.ostwick. Ida P. j Pctts. M. Grace Pllne. Julia K. Mud-j son. Theresa G. Tromp. Alice L. Jud-; kins, Mary P. Jakeway, Maud P. j Feam. MaKl Williams. Arthur P. ( Perkheiser. ' O HERMAI Successor to Wilhel 1 lUIAUY-TO-WI-lUl IVT'Q Successor to Wilhelm'a UIZAUY-TO-WKUl TOR WOMEN Special Value fiulta at SI 5.00 to S25.no,

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WE see J. M. S. calls his new terrc cotta front on Wash, a v. the Ashland block. Thnt U . '-- .... ... a luuni 11, nit iv 11111 inn-. 11 uuuhs ui me past ami present an 1 makes them look like the old mare and the colt. J. M. emanated, as It were, from Ashland and it doesn't hurt his reputation with us that he doesn't forget it. The successful man who remembers and recognizes the place of his origin has something more in his makeup than capacity for making and selling wagons. What Did the Doctor Sa3 ? (Boston Globe.) A mother once complained to a wise old country doctor that her child was pigeon-toed. The doctor replied, with a twinkling eye. that the American Indian, the finest of athletes, is ited. but you can find it and summaries of to do. retorted with some heat: "That may be, doctor, but my child is not an American-Indian." "EVERY time I Fee one of thoso 'don't spit' signs," remarked an observer. "I think of the public telephono mouth pieces, which are tho depository of more germs than the community could spit our in a year." Some Court Killings. An open knife, a bottle of whisky and a iazor are certainlv a deadly combination Clalborte vs. Chesapeake, etc., It. Co., 4G W. Va. THE wearing of derby hats, we obFcrve, is still largely confined to hobos and fellows who come here from the big cities to sell us goods. There may be something in the itinerant life to account for the coincidence. "NO doubt." writes M., "it is true that usually 'silence is golden,' but there arc times when reticence censes to be avirtue. A case in point is when one partakes of a meal with no notice given that a fat strawberry shortcake is coming on for desert. I maintain that such an unfair advantage should be condemned." WHILE we try to be neutral in all things we cannot restrain our sympathy for complainant. However, we usually take the precaution to ask, "Any second today?" A MEMBER of the allied embassy ramped in Lang's glen took exception to what was handed him at our house and we gave him his passport. ITT SIBLEY on the high seas must be high C in something. Take Your Choice. (Cor. Ft. Wayne-Journal-Gazette.) The "Daisy Class" met at the home of Miss Pearl Colby last Tuesday evening and all enjoyed a very pleasant evening and all enjoyed a very pleasant time. IT'S like this. In a six team league It takes less time to get to the bottom, hut apparently the schedule to the top is no shorter. OUH conception of the European war situation is that the quicker all get in the better the prospects of peace. THE Installment plan slow. Is always C. X. F. 2EZZZZZJ Of course, you might compete in your ora kitchen with the Italian chef who cooks 3 OH COOKED READY .TO SSRYKj But why go to all that bother when you can get such a delicious food all cooked, ready to serve by merely heating in the can? At all grocers'. H. J. HEINZ COMPANY 57 Varieties tin .i.n.ifl "SHIMFS COAL MAKES WARM FRIENDS" Good Soft Coal $3.50 Ton All kinds of Hard and Soft Coal. Also COKE, PooaJiontn PEV for underfeod furnaces, CAXXKL Coal for Grates, and Wood and Ft'ed. Give mc a call and I will inako it IfOT for you. w. d. simw 1C13 W. WASHINGTON' AV. Home Phone 5810. Jell Fhono 110 A Man's Mall Will Ileaea IUra Wlere No Mrtnl Cnn. MAILING LISTS 99 PLIK CKNT GUARANTEED covering all classes of business, professlocs, trtides or indirlduils. Send fur our eom ; t iatslog nhowlng national count ot T.OoO ebtssiaeatler.s. .Vis tpeclal prions oa fuc-sia.ile letters and td-KOSS-GOn.D, 11.1-K N. 9th St.. SL rxmJ.

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