South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 148, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 28 May 1915 — Page 6

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the park and taking in the most interesting points. Any provision that will pot more p.ople to travel leisurely through the V llowstone is a good thine. It is not

i only a place ,f nature freaks in. the

way of ueysers. glass mountains and such things, it is a heaven on earth of restful, natural beauty. The air is sweet and life-giving. Hotels and tamps are comfortable, or one may M "sage-brushing" with one's own tent and frying pan. It is the most delightful of playgrounds and it is all r ur own.

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tii;: iioim; dividi:d. Dilfcrence of opinion seems to have. Lioken out in the camp of the Chicago. South IItid V Northern Indiana Ilailway Co., uitM respect to the reasons fur the proposal installing a halfhour service on tin: Southern Michigan line running up to Nibs, larrien h'pringa, sjt. Joseph and Denton liartor. C. D. niiiioii-', x .if nil manager of the company, says it is h'Tans-; lcrrlon county "iliy" ami the extra service nerds to l.c put on to accommodate the "thirst artists." who will be bound to come hither on a perpetual spree Just as they used to lroni Elkhart, which created the "high tide" in the, lotal company's earning. .Vow I'. I. Hardy, passen.-r superintendent for the company, says this is all "poppycock." ami that the extra service had been contemplated regardless of the "wet" travel. We hope Mr. Hardy is right. We f- re glad to b arn of the traction people contemplating an improvement of .-'rvicc. just to accommodate the public the plain, every day traveling public, without some special pressure to give it a boost. It would be gratifying to have something of the kind h -re in South IJend like a lU-minute service and six fares for a ejuarter, to sort of compete with the "jitney" buses. as ue.l as on that Southern Michigan inte.-urban line. And furthermore, allow us to offer this gentle bint to Mr. Emmons and Mr. Hardy, that whi(heer of their positions is tiuc, South I lend will never thank them for any extra service on their Interurban lines, installed for the purpose of dumping into this town any onsiderable aggregation of Michigan booze bisters, who conn hither for no other purpose than to "tank up." And decent people will expect a degree of decorum to be maintained on the cars or winch they travel. "Booze specials" would be a better way of handling such riff-raff, if the traction people wish to encourage them, rather than to (lump them into regular cars, where the general public rides. It might not prove protitable to increase the service in anticipation of such tratfic anyhow, since it seldom lasts. Wholesale exoduses from "dry" territory into "wet" as a sort of spilt "just to show 'em that we kin git it anyhov," seldom keeps up longer than a few weeks, and why should it? The brewers and distilh rs tell us that they sell m re liquor in "dry" territory than t ley do in the "wet" regardless of the prohibitions, so now. But perhaps that difference of opinion as between Messrs. Emmons ana Hardy, is more dependent upon the manner in which the matter was put up to them than real. l'erhaps, too, they thought it would take better with the entire public, if they could please both the "vvets" and "drys" with their reasons. What they want is the money. They have proven that quite "onsistent ly. Perhaps again. Si:pt. Hardy is more astute than ("Jen. Man; ger Emmons, in his realisation that if respectable folk should get it ;nto their heads that the Southern Michigan line is being run more particularly for "refreshment seekers" than for anyone else it might increase their demand for the cxtention of the !iie Highway through outh B-nd up into Michigan, that they might have other modes of agreeable travel, quite to the discomfiture of the Murdoeks who tried so hard to keep the highway from reaching South Bend nt all. Who knows but we may next have n "jitney" bus running to Niles. Berrien springs and Xt. Joe. Tin: i.in: i i:n n nors. If war in the trenches is sordid slaughter', vith all the color and adventure gone, it isn't so in the air. An aviator gets all the thrills he wants without taking the trouble to look fer them. And of all ihe millions engaged in the many-sided struggle, these bird-men seem to g t the most satisfaction out of it. "To begin with, you make up your mind that you're dead." explained an English aviator when asked what his sensations were. "After you understand that, ou have a tine tune sailing around up there." Here is an incident reported in tho day's work of another British aviator. He was driving a living boat, with a dozen bombs, at a In ight of T.eOi' feet, aiming te) destroy a fJcrtnan ammunition factory in a seaport town. Beaching the place, lie turned the no.-e of his machine downward to get within hitting distance. Hiving at 1-0 miles an hear, he "ran into a bursting shrapnel" which knocked off his goggks. half-wrecked bis machine and turned tne machine straight downward, so that everything loose fell overboard. A second later anotlu r shell broke the rack that hell the bombs, knocking out all but op.e. He r gained control, and about L'.' 1 ' f et lower he met a fusillade of bullets. ( me of them hU his iheek. ."nkers cut tlv 1-racir. v. irts and riddled the planes. He dropV d his remaining btnb and headed , Ut to ea with a ciippb-d engine and S, fcroktn winiT, and reached the water

safely. Hut the boat had been shot full of holes, and started to sink. He dunged the holes, baled out the water and threw out the anchor. The anchor refused to hold, and the wind blew him in toward the hostile shore. He started up the bat:ered engine again, and.it set the craft on tire. He got the lire out. and was tinally rescued by a torpedo boat. Yes, that's the' life if you cart for that sort of thing.

WHAT Y(1 I,l BI Lt.HM IX). One of the most unfortunate possibilities. In case a break should , come between the United tates and Germany, is that the Belgians would bo left helpless. If we wen- at war with Germany, the Americans in charge of the Belgian relief work would of course be expelled from the country. They might be expelled if we should merely break off diplomatic relations. They are there now only by sufferance of the German army board. There are still 7.000.0UO people in the great Belgium "bread line." Of this number l.rOo.O00 are absolute objects of charity: the rest are able to pay for th ir food in whole or in large part. Contrary to the belief of most Americans, this country has borne a comparatively small part of the financial burden. Altogether about $60,000,000 worth of cash and supplies have been contributed from all parts of the world. -Perhaps $40,000,000 worth of foodstuffs have gone from the United States to Belgium, but most of this freight has been paid for with funds raised elsewhere. The Belgian commission had. to start with, a working capital of $14,500,000 provided by the Belgian banks and other institutions. J-arge sums have been contributed by England and other countries. It is raid that $10,000,000 would cover the food supplies actually given by Americans or paid for with American money. Some other neutral nation might take charge of the work if we were forced to drop it. It is unthinkable that this great philanthropy, in augurated and managed by Americans, should lapse and actual starvation should be the lot of a nation that has already suffered far too much. Americans could still provide funds and food, and would doubtless do so as liberally as ever, if some responsible agencv were found to handle them.

riUl.D DAY DlSUKOUOimONS. There is something about the letter of J. A. K., that appeared in The Xevvs-Times yesterday that commends it and commends it highly. If there is anywhere in the world where a square, deal should be dealt out it is to the youngsters and especially on such occasions as field day. conducted under public tuition. That boys or girls of ten or twelve years old, and of average size, should bo required to compete with overgrown dullards of three or four years more age and greater size, simply because the latter have not been able to make the grades as they should, places the younger children at a disadvantage, and one not so very encouraging. They wouldn't countenance such disproportion at a prize light, a wrestling match or a horse race. In these light-weights meet light-weights, vvellightweights meet lightweights, welbt av y-vveights meet heavy-weights, and even at a horse race the rider or driver must weigh-in for the match within certain bounds, even if he needs to till his pockets with lead. On the same basis, school gradts against school grades, with the contestants kept down to some average of age anil size, would seem both pcssible and desirable. There ought to be as much fairness about a school field day as about a pme tight, a wrestling match, or a horse race, even if betting is not allowed. Indeed, yes, we would suggest some consideration of this subject by the promoters of the children's field day next year. It is a pica for the younger children who are up in their grades, that they be given a square deal; that's all.

MOTORS IN Till: YULLOWsTONi:. At last the department of the interior has decided to admit motor vehibles to the Yellowstone National park. After August lirst, subject to certain restrictions, the man who owns an automobile may travel in it through this region of wonders. It is only recently that the Tenuis have been fit for motor tratfic, but they have been greatly improved in the last few years and the work is still going on. There are many stretches, however, where they are but narrow- strips along precipitous cliffs. One of the objections has been that to meet an autobile suddenly appearing around a sharp curve at such a point would be terrifying to horses and disastrous to the passengers of horse-driven vehicles". The rules provide against this danger, howevt r. by requiring all motors to leave half an hoar in advance of the regular stages, and to proceed in the same direction over all stage routes. These main roads are lafd out in such a way that tratlic movs alwavs in the same directive, circling

YVOKKUUS AND SIIOI'UUIIS. New York Fifth avenue merchants are in a bad way. Besides the war and consequent "hard times" they have another grievance. It seems that when the big stores movd up town leaving vacant space behind them, garment manufacturers and other workaday Institutions of various sorts took their places. And now these are crowding hard upon the new shopping district. Their operatives, out for a few minutes ' airing at noon, naturally flock to the beautiful avenue and the streets adjoining, looking In the windows, watching the well-dressed crowds and in other ways enjoying themselves as other Americans are wont to do on the famous thoroughfare. But these worktrs are most "undesirable." Says the New York Times: "Many of these workers are unkempt and their conduct is not such as to make their presence agreeable to shoppers. They do nothing, however, to offend against the law or ordinance, and are. therefore, not subject to police discipline. Storekeepers say they hurt business and wish them kept away from in front of their doors and windows." It's hard to believe that in the short nooning of the operatives much damage can be done to real business. Serious purchasers buy anyhow. Idle gazers and "shoppers" do no real business even If well dressed. There is a theory, even in New York, that tl.o streets belong to the public. And to jostle against the workers of the world in their "unkemptness" may not be a bad experience for the well groomed and manicured but economically ignorant Fifth avenue snob.

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II. M. II. AS appropriate to the occasion, we are going to let our contributors and shears do all the work today. SOME philosopher In Olive township has evolved this: "Iazy husbands wont support their wives and children, they spen they money in saloons and let they children barefoot." A W ord I Yr tho Dog". Sir: Take my word for it. it is i perverse nature that hates a dog. Not one dog in a thousand deserves condemnation. Tried by the test of fidelity, constancy and kindliness what kind of a showing would man make in comparison with dogs? James Bussell Lowell must have liked dogs. Of a meal at a wayside Inn while on his travels in Italy he writes: "A small dog sprang into an empty chair, and a large one, with very confidential manners, would go from one to the other of us. laying his paw upon our arms as if he had an important secret to communicate, and alternately pricking and drooping his ears in hope or despondency." I). M. SPEAKING of fishing, you find something on your telepho e line once in a while you wish would get off.

M. I.: As to the difference between !

bedbugs and snakes, I know next to nothing about bedbugs, but I havo heard it said that it is possible to overcome repugnance for snakes. D. A Man of letters. (Notre Dame Scholastic.) A Journalist must have some pep. O yes. in D I) must And N E thing that Ioo!. like news, He h is to get or "bust." He newr once can B R hind. And fail to do his duty. A story he must surely find. And it must B A B II T. An II T has for writing new.?, Or H C loses out. But this not an E Z thing. With naught to write about In K C wishes toX L., And travel to the top, lie has to C K chance to work. And then must never stop. Through fire and I C has to go To get a feature story. And if he fails his N D knows Will not be filled with Klory. And if he's loafins to X S, The editor will say. That he's of little U C finds. And bid him pass O A. But when old A H has to meet, And must give up the strife. Just give him credit for his work And not au M T life. It. Savintz, 'IS. THE popular contrast between May and December lost a good deal of its force in the current year though of course we may have a mild December. After all and to be Frank about it, that was a Ilapp-y Kuhn that came back from the Dixie highway meeting. J. A. K. THE wet weather seems to be absorbing all the moisture out of the wet majorities. C. N. F.

For ten months Americans have been talking about establishing steamship lines for the South American trade. Many persons imagine that uch lines have actually been inaugurated. As a matter of fact, there is not a single regular steamship service yet to any port In South American except to those of Venezuela and Colombia. Rrazil, Argentina and Chill, the countries with which we naturally

elesire the closest ties, hardly know

what an American lias looks like.

i rwm WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

The east has .complained more of hard times than any other section of the country. However it develops that in the state of New York there were registered last year CO, 000 more, automobiles than the year before, and so far this year there have been 50,C00 more registered than for the same period last year, and more than 1.00C1 ever last year's total registration. Unless automobiles are a sign of poverty, business must bo improving.

Billy Sunday classed Unitarians with saloonists and a New York Unitarian minister comes back with the announcement that if any considerable number of Unitarians get to hell, they'll change its temperature. Jimlny Christmas! Arc v.e eternally to be victims to these infernal changes of weather.

During the tlrst 15 years of this country Uncle Sam spent $1,700,000000 on his navy, one-third of it being wasted We need additional armament against our domestic fools and grafters, anyhow.

Jt is pretty hard for some people to remain cheerful in view of the awful destruction of life and property by the war, and the spread of prohibition in the United States.

Allies' troops will now use asphyxiation gas, when the wind is favorable. We've heard of sailors whistling for favorable wind and may now see soldiers praying for it. It is a great war.

The complaint is made that Vice Pres't Marshall has not been heard from for a long time, which would seem to indicate that he is making an excellent vice president.

Pres't Wilson went to Massaehuaetts to attend Baby Sayre's christening. Now it remains to be seen whether he can hold the child in a way to suit the infant's mother.

There is a widespread belief that operating a lawn mower is a glorious form of athletic exercise for everyone else.

Edison is said to be working 20 hours daily on a new secret. Don't cheer, ladies! Maybe it's a new process for preserving secrets.

Most women dislike tobacco smoke. Also they dislike the lack of masculine society. vi:uy sinuous intitou. A St. Bonis merchant, while in NewYork, received a telegram notifying him that his wife vtas very ill. He wireel to his doctor asking what was the matter and if there was any danger, and promptly received the ans w e r : "No danger: our wife has had a child; if we can keep her from having another tonight she will be all right." The mvstirication of the agitated

i husband was not removed until a "re

peat mtssaire' told him that his indisposed vvife had had a "chill".

T1IJJ FL(J. (Dayton Dally News.) There ought to be a Hag of our natio.i in every American home. We ought to pay at least that much attention to the details of patriotism. We are brave enough as a people; we are jealous enough of the nation; we are boastful enough of our union. But we do not pay as much attention to the smaller affairs in connection with patriotism. We do not always remove the hat when we hear the strains of the national air as we should. We do not always arise when the band or orchestra begins the tune that inspires. And there are a Jot of homes right here in this city that do not possess an American flag of any kind whatsoever. The Daily News is doing what it can to encourage the possession by every home of a Hag. It in not a moneymaking scheme. The prolit is not sufilcien to be worth while. There is considerable trouble in connection with the proposition. But there ought to be more Hags in this city, and this paper is doing what it can to induce people to secure an inexpensive piece of bunting that represents all this nation stands for. It would be well if every home possess even a bigger and better Hag than the one which the business office is distributing or several of them, so far as that goes. But every home ought to possess some sort of American flag. The children ought to play with the Hag of their country. They ought to have it before them constantly. And the homes of the city ought to be decorated with the Stars and Stripes more frequently th in has been the case in the past. When all the world is at war, or nearly all of it. it is a pretty good time to tell the kiddie. about the Stars and Stripes and to impress upon them that the banner stands for peace.

HISTORIC TAKGUTS. (Terrc Haute Tribune.) To those observers of current events who remember the fate of Douvain, some apprehension comes over the plunge of Italy into the war. Venice, with St. Mark's, the ducal palace, the restored campanile and many scracely less notable monuments of the highest art of past centuries, is a brilliantly shining mark. It lies near the Austrian frontier, within easy Hying disstance for army aviators. oTourse no possible military advantage is to bo gained by destroying or injuring the city, and it may be hoped that the Austrians will confine their attacks to military establishments both at Venice and elsewhere. The first aerial activities of Italy's enemies give ground for this hope. The aviators who attacked Venice are not reported as attempting to damage any part of the city except buildings used for military purposes. Such attacks are Justifiable, and neither Italy nor the outside world can make any just complaint. The Austrian moderation is highly commendable. Florence, Rome, Orvieto, Pisa. Milan and other Italian cities famed for their wonderful monuments of bygone ages will probably be immune from attack because of their distanco from the frontier. The Adriatic cities, notably Ravenna, with its remarkable relics of prerenaissance art, will be in constant danger. If Austrian bitterness toward the Italians of today spreads to include the Italians of former a?es nothing can assure the preservation of many works of Incalculable value to mankind.

the United States if the names of the unscrupulous lirms should be exposed. Every possible means should be used to overcome the bad impression created by such infractions of business principles in dealings with the French government. All the countries at war have been compelled to appetd to the United States for supplies, thereby creating an unprecedented opportunity lor the extension of our foreijn trade, r.ot only temporarily but permanently. American business men, realizing this, have promoted and assisted 'a project for "Made in U. S. A." labels. But what will the "Made in U. S. A." stamp on merchandise amount to if unscrupulous American firms take advantage of European customers and destroy their confidence In us? Tho label will be a liability instead of an aset to American commerce.

tin: REASON. Kickmore "Waiter, what in thunder makes this coffee so black?" Waiter "I guess the cook must have used ground coffee, sir."

"MADE IN U. S. A." (Wheeling, W. V.. Register.) Newspapers of this country are, without exception, condemning the American firms whose contracts for supplies have b een cancelled by French army officers, on account of inferiority of good? to the samples furnished with bids. One contract calling for the delivery of 30.000 pairs of boots monthly has been cancelled because the soldier "tore the boots to shreds." A contract for socks was cancelled, and 200.000 pairs refused, because they were to have been made of HO per cent cotton and 70 per cent wool, and the proportions were reversed in the goods furnished. It Is suggested that the American firms sending thse spurious goods believed that France and England are so crreatlv in need of equipment for soldiers that they will accept anything they can gtt, and pav a good price for it. It is fortunate " for France that she is not so hard pressed that he cannot Insist upon setting what she pays for, and it will be unfortunate for the Inncst business interests of

the max tiii: world owns. (Kalamazoo Telegraph-Press.) "My country and my king call me, and 1 must hasten to the front to offer my life as a true soldier." Patriotic sentiment anel manfully expresse-d, and quite characteristic of the man and his nation. Giuseppi Marconi, an Italian, a soldier by the law which requires all men of his land to do military duty, was the man who expressed his willingness to give his life if need b3 for his country. As such, he was perfectly right in his prompt response to the call. But Marconi, the scientist, the inventor of the wireless telegraph, is not alone an Italian he is one who owes allegiance to humanity, ,to the entire world. His life does not belong to his country nor to his king and his vision is too circumscribed by the horizon of the danger threatening his native land. Marconi belongs to America, to Britain, to France aye. to Germany, and to Austria, and to Turkey, and to Asia. The vast expanse of the seas, with the multitude of ships of peace and of war, claims the right to protest the call of one mere nation and one mere human king to Marconi to come and immolate himself on the altar of patriotism. Civilization gasps in distress at the thrusts and stabs indicted by the nations in the barbarous game called war. Hcxarments of white are torn almost to shreds and stained with the red blood of warrior and civilian, of women and children, of youth, manhood and age. She, too, lifts up her voice in protecting lamentations against the ruthless call to sacrifice of the sons she h.ts given to the world anel for the betterment of mankind. Marconi is not the only citizen of the world who has made the supreme sacrifice, but his call is the latest to startle the thoughtful, and he stands out just at this time as an example of the inexorable injustice of a system that makes it possible for the whole world to risk so much that one more little target be set up for the guns of the enemies of his native land. Of course. Marconi will go to his duty as he sees it as an Italian. He may escape the sweep of death-dealing lead and iron and the scourge of disease. He may fall an early victim to either. Even so, what has the king and his country gained? 53ven ro, what has the world lost? Marconi and many others who have answered the call of king and country are wrongly inspired. They owe more to the hurian race than to either.

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Electricity as an ILLUMINANT has not jumped in a day or a year to the world prominence it now occupies. It has taken more than a dozen years to reach the present position each year showing a substantial increase of new customers on our lines. Are you one of the few that are not enjoying the benefits of Electricity? If your house is not wired, let us give you an estimate; the price will surely decide you to get in the satisfied class, and get the benefit derived from Electricity.

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Indiana unis nr.xrriT. (Lafayette Courier.) Despite the disappointing outcome of the Dixie highway movement we can not fail to see in the publicity accorded the project a world of benefit accruing to the cause of pocd roads. Every community mentioned in connection with the route of the proposed north-and -south highway has been stirred as never before to a realization of the value of its highways and the importance of improving and properly maintaining them. Heads, as the i;reat arteries of trade are the

best in lex to the character of the communities through which they pass j

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mous for its good roads, but there is J

need of further improvement and the awakemng of the new spirit is indicative of an earnest desire to nake Indiana roads not only the best in the country but the best that can be constructed. Thus we see the promoters of the "air line" route from Indianapolis to Chicago planning an lndepend-

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tnt highway that shall form an idead connecting link btuen 1 1 1 Indiana metropolis and the (Jr;at lakes. And through northern, central and eastern Indiana the iti s are all talking of new roads and xtenive improvements. The Iloosier state reaps enormous proiit iroin its Dixie Highway activity, although the ,tamis.i..!iers saw :t to divert the Dixie route fron; its natural path to a much longer ami less desirable route through Illinois. The real value of the project lies not so much in the mapping out of a eourve for the highway a.s in the spirit of enthusiasm and enterprise it has developed in connection with the pood roads movement generally.

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