South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 306, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 2 November 1915 — Page 6

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Ufth Avenue, New York SOITH INDIANA. iti:ssi..v i'kii:nishii. In Kusriia, a society for Promoting Mutual llolations letveu ltus.ia and America has Ktarted Ki 'in friendly dinners to Americans in Petrograd. It is oin to Kive lectures then; for the benefit of these same Americans, and It expects to send lecturers to th United States tf) disseminate friendly Information reg.irdiny llussia and the Russian people. One of the furomo.it leaders of thf movement i.s Karon Rosen, formorly ambassador to this country. This is all very weil. We shall welcome rnisjiarie of Russian culture, and lend an attentive ear to anyt'n.ng they may have to say. so lonr as they limit their efforts to praising v'nat is praiseworthy in their own land and people, and do not attack or slander the nations with whom they happen to be at war. We have had enough of mutual recrimination by war partisans on our neutral .o:I. We ufjht to know more about the Russians. Americans in general are ignorant of their abilities and virtues. We judoO. them by their worst repreHcntatives the ignorant and bigoted peasants who vent their traditional grudges in "po.-,roms" against the Jews, and the undesirables at the other extreme end of the social scale who have made Russian aristocracy a synonym for corruption and injustice. And thus we miKjudge a Kreat people, of whom the aristocracy Is merely the froth and the bigoted peasants the dregs. We misjudge them all because we fee so few native, representative Russians; we do not go to Russia, and the pure-blooded Russian seldom comes here. Rut from their literature and art, which are today as great as any in the world, and from occasional glimpses of sturdy and admirable qualities In the average Russian, we are coming to suspect that "ve have not grasped the soul of Russia. If Russia, however, really wants to win our friendship and admiration, she can persuade- us far more quickly by acLs than by words. She should start by removing the causes that have turned us against her. Amei leans cannot be well disposed toward any nation that is characterized by political and religious tyranny. Let the Russian government give its people freedorii and genuine governmental representation. Let it remove the political disabilities of the Jews and discourage and suppress the popular outbreaks against them which, but for government tolerance, would be no more significant than are our own occasional lynching. Then we shall be ready to take Russia by the hand. And perhaps, when ve come to understand each other, we can learn from that great people perha1 dentined some day to be supreme rli Europe things just as valuable as anything we can teach them. MOUI-: AlttllMSTIlATIVJ-: l'i:XY WISDOM AM) lor.M) IDIOCY. For just a little specimen of the "penny wise and pound foolish" economy of our city administration, witness the lire out luvision st., Sunday, beyond the city limits, to be sure, but It tells the story of a destroyed house and barn because the chemical truck has not been kept equipped with i proper tires. A blow-out delayed the apparatus for a half hour until It was too lato to exhibit the needed amount of saving urate. And it was no mere accident. The tires, all of them, are reported to have been literally on the "ragged edge," and the one that gave way was so far gone as to have undergone repairs, f y.i y what the board of safety rev'.' :-:ie been thinking about when it so;; li.ed that worn-out or repaired tires on auto trucks employed in the tire department, were consistent with any considerable degree of et!iciency, will perhaps always remain a mystery. To make time and speed in approaching a fight with the lire demon, is w hat auto trucks are for. The rehult would have been the same had the Division st. farnic- been a factory owner injidc the city, as it was with his being outside. Assuredly our expensive auto equipment is a farce unless it is kept on wheels reasonably fitted fur necesary run-. Good, strong, healthy tires are quite as essential as good, stroi.g healthy men, or good, strorg, healthy motors. A little of the mney proposeu ;n tie spent on a new ear for the fire cklof. invested in tires that will enable the other apparatus to reach the tires for which they start, would look more like sense to the mast.s of the people. And Incidentally, will; reference to this new car for the chief, if it is necessary, and he is to have one, we wonder if it is to be a Eolith Rend artith will come from a patronage of I home industry. or will be imported? If we are to go without proper tires tn the real br -fightin, equipment, in order that the chief may have a new Jar to lead the oJise In Snnh Hend

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U N IIAT12S iJally in Sunday for the wwfc hj carrier Pally, tinglo rjr 2c Siimiay. single copy iV Advertla'r.s HuIMlnp:. CMenjjo NOVKMM-IU 2. lüi:. ousht to et something out of it if it isn't any more than the profit on the car manufactured. The new car will no doubt be rice for the chief. It may even be safer than the. present one, and then too, the new arrangement, we understand, will result in the old car for the assistant chief, after which manner, if the thing keeps moving along, new cars and the doscendrney of the older ones may eventually provide all the firemen with special cars of their own, and they won't be Kords either. a 1 1 . n j o m x ; c 1 1 1 1 a i u i : x . Since Mrs. Finley J. Shepherd; who was formerly Helen Oould, adopted a five-year-old waif from an orphan asylum, several hundred men aiid women have written and telegraphed claiming to be the boy's parents. It's hard to understand the point of view of those men and women. If we may judge from their numbers and their readiness to claim patcnthood in this case, the crime of abandonment must be amazingly prevalent, and must also be held lightly by the criminals. Kvery such claim is an implied confession of a deed which all normal parents hold in abhorrence. It means the deliberate casting off of a helpless child by its father or mother, the surrender of it to the mercjes of a society that is not merciful in such matters, the- betrayal of their own llesh and blood either to early death through neglect or to a life made unhappy by the lack of a home, the absence of all family ties, the perpetual shadows of a dubious origin. A brilliant American lawyer who began life as a foundling and who rose to eminence in his profession, and then sank into comparative obscurity through alcoholic Indulgence, was once heard to exclaim, "May you never know the bitterness of treading the winepress alone!" The burden of his isolation was what dragged him down. Kvery abandoned child that amounts to anything feels that deadly isolation. In any case, the offense of abandonment is looked upon by right-minded parents as unpardonable. And yet there are hundreds of men and women who have either abandoned little sons, or pretend that they, have, and Haunt the disgrace of it for the doubtful advantage of claiming a sort of connection with rich and famous foster-parents. ( It's a Muimeful thing for Americans to contemplate. Child abandonment is common enough abroad, particularly in France and Kngland, and the great author, Jean Jacques Rousseau, was not ashamed to declare that he had abandoned his children in their infancy. Hut the United States has been supposed to b pretty free from that sort of thing. oiT or Tin: vkyixc; iwx into tiii: Fi rix It develops now, after it is all over, that while Mrs. Reno.- II. Cox, of Terre Haute, defeated candidate for the presidency of the Indiana Federation of Women's clubs, may be the wife of a man who owned a building in which a saloon was located, Mrs. (Marke Fairbank, her successful rival, from Fort Wayne, is the owner of considerable brewery stock due to investments made rf her moneys by ex-Sen. Stephen 1!. Fleming. And so Mrs. I'ox. defeated to evade a eonm cling link be tween the federation and the Indiana brewery interests, seems to have been defeated and that was all. with even stronger possibilities of the connecting link not bein? broken. The w omen may have jumped out of the frying pan into the fife. ( r was there an understanding betwet n the two women? Have the club women of Indiana had a lesson in that system of politics, which provides candidates agreeable on both sides, so no difference which party loses, the "interests" still win. On the face of it at least, it seems possible that the brew ery interests played politics just a tri lie too cunningly for the women, and despite their good intentions, foisted onto them exactly what they thought they were getting rid of. Wise women, indeed. They ought to sit down, tine and all. and extend their congratulations to the Indianapolis News, for its streng light against Mrs. t'ox. and its lack of investigation of the case of Mrs. Fair bank. They (Might then to sit down and complacently roiled, that the next time, when in response t a great noise, they lind it desirable io Jump out of a frying pan. it would be well to look about a little to make sure that they are not jumping Into the fire. They ought to take notice from this that henceforth, when they tight the brewery interests of Indiana, they are pretty sure to be fighting a two-edged sword, as appears to have been their experience in this case. And. it also seems that the Indianapolis News is not above being one of the edges if its aim merely 1 to dull the other cdse. LiriTixc. i nn: iiavi: its way. Speaking of the terrible diiv:r la

Peabody, Muss., In which twenty-one J school girls were burned to death, a ; local police official is quoted as saying: "Apparently the loss of life was not i

due to any lack of fire precautions, but Pimply to the unfortunate place in which the lire started, almost under the front steps, and to the accident which blocked the front door." Fires have a habit of starting in "unfortunate places." It is a shrewd enemy; it should be treated as a fiend endowed with human intelligence. The way tf ficht tire is the way Daniel Iioone fought Indians. He would figure out what he himself would do if he were in the Indians' place, and then proceed to outwit his own plans and almost Invariably he figured right, and checkmated the redskins. It should be assumed that fire will start in the most dangerous part of a building, that It will take every imaginary' advantage of the building's occupants. .Starting with that assumption, neither builders nor public authorities would tolerate such conditions as the city of Peabody is excusing a building without tire escapes, a main stairway of combustible material with a space under it favorable for tlames, and doors which, if they did not open inward which would have been inexcusably criminal were capable of jamming and blocking the exit. That stairway inevitably recalls the fatal stairway and jammed doors of the school building in Collinwood. 0.. where 167 school children were burned to death in 19ÖS. How many other stairways in school buildings, factories, hotels and apartment houses all over the United States, afford fire, the gret enemy, the same fatal advant age It served King George right to be thrown from his horse while parading in royal state before his army. George's training was in the navy. He is a sailor, not a cavalryman, and the sailor should stick to his mast. All the belligerents are wondering how soon .the other fellow will be willing to quit, and the chief trouble with the miserable war is that there are no quitters in it. FEDERATION FOR SOCIAL SERVICE STATEMENT Ry President. To the People of South Bend: In addition to the statistical reports of the distribution and expendi- , p'.re of the fund. contributed last j year for the use of the, Federation for Social service, it has been thought , fitting that I, as president of the federation, should furnish the public a statement showing the history, ac- ; eomplishments, purposes and needs I of said federation. First, in behalf ' of each and all of its members I de- j sire to express the most grateful appreciation and sincere thanks to the contributors. organizers, solicitors, and all who in any way directly or ( indirectly assisted In furnishing support for the year 1915. j The federation was formed in 0c- j tober last j ear. and Good Will Week for soliciting the funds was in No-; vember. Thus the time for organization and publicity was very short. The plan was new in this city, and much explanation was necessary to secure an understanding of the proposition on the part of the association affected, the expected contributors, and the public generally. Rut through the untiring efforts of those who undertook the task, very much was ac- ' eomplished. Valuable assistance was : rendered by the press of the city, j Especial credit is due to the solicitors, . who through fair weather and foul ! made a laborious canvass, explaining the plan, answering objections and appealing to the wise generosity of the people. The various associations furnished the federation a list of the known contributors to their support in the past. This list contained but ?.(M names, yet as the result of the canvass during Good Will Week H.OOu subscribers were obtained. Doubtleys many more names would have been added had there been time to place the matter personally before more of the citizens. One of the conditions of the federation plan is that there shall be only the one solicitation during the year. The amount raised was greater than the tqtal of all the contributions made in anv previous year. Yet it fell short of the sum asked for and felt to be needed. The funds raised were apportioned among the various bodies according to the best judgment of the , federation officers' but there should be a contingent fund reserved to meet i emergencies. As it was. a few of the j associations had hard work to meet i all demands, but relief was obtained ' from two of the bodies which were able to get along with less than the ! amount assigned them. j Py careful management and rigid ' economy, and by helping imn another In emergencies caused by shortage of funds, all of the associations have been able to live through the year without violating their pledge not to ask for further contributions. In many caes. however, they have had their ' usefulness curtailed. Only the most urgent calls could be met. Needed ! Improvements and betterments have 1 not been possible It should- be borne in mind that the work of the federation is for the most part constructive. Temporary relief ii but a small part of Its functions. Its chief purpose is to assist, where needed. In the vigorous development of children, the restoration of health. ' and the general physical and moral J upbuilding of Individuals, so as to make them self-supporting, useful citizen.. The federation, therefore, comes to tlve people of South Rend for the year 1916 not only with full appreciation for what was done for 1913. but w-ith an earnest request that the number of givers be greatly increased, and that the amounts civen shall, whenever possible, he enlarged. In order that the members of the federation can properly perform their work. It Is necessary that not less than $40,000 be raised. This is a sum which the penpio of South Rend, we doubt not. will h proud to give to support the several worthy institutions of the city. To obtain it. however, the cooperation and support of every thouchtful citizen should b cheerfully given. Most respectively, E. Louis Kuhns, President South Bend Federation for Social service

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IF it were possible we would be spared the throes of a presidential election until the war is over, but we presume the powers that be will prevail, not our wish. Mr. Wilson will proceed next Thursday to lay the keel of the campaign. That will stir up the old sea lion of Oyster bay and start the well known and alleged republican press, which in turn will inspire the presumable democratic organs to action. .Still, the diversion will be some compensation for ending the thunders of war. SPEAKING of thunders, what has become of the resuscitated old-fashioned theory that the continuous rain of the past summer was produced by the roar of artillery along the battle fronts of Kurop? The roar persists, but the rain desisted (touch wood) two weeks ago. TUR latest portrait of Villa (no offense to either) suggests a well known patriot who shows his lower teeth when he smiles. And recent events indicate he Is the-earr.e kind of a fighter. Under iV.uro. (Personal, San Francisco Chronicle.) GNO Wish you would ease up a little. I am not the LT. i. mint. LOUISA. IF corporations have no conscience and governments are ungrateful we need not marvel. They are inanimate, unsentimental things. Rut what shall be said of European war refugees helped home by Uncle Sam who have not had the good taste to reimburse the treasury for the expense. Had this trait of their character developed earlier they would have been left on the other side or compelled to swim home. SEARCHING the ever amusing press for M. P. stuff is not our favorite occupation, hut we do it from a sense of duty, relieved in some degree by thoughtful friends, who aid us In keeping our hell box stocked. We have a subconscious feeling that ocr friends might do more of this. Or a Log-nl Technicality. (Law Notes.) In Rouisville R. Co. v. Veith. 1"7 Ky. 424, the sole question for decision was. according to the court, "whether or not one's leg Is a part of his body." May not that decision be referred to hereafter with propriety as a "limb-of the law?"

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