South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 342, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 8 December 1915 — Page 3

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

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RED GROSS SEALS I Dl I L Christmas Stickers Can be Secured in Various Stores About the City. llf Crfis.4 ,k;i!s arc now on sah In drug stores ovt thf city, and in other places of business, la-sides the stickers sent out to the rural cominunitos for disposition anionic the students. Py Monday it is planned to have the Red Cross campaign in full vving, with hut 12 days remain ing ior me attaining oi a. iiii mai for lil3. A booth at the postoflice at which seals may he procured will he open I-'riday. according to present plans, anil the tabl s in South Rend bankn and store will he r-ady for hu:-i-n-ss Monday. Mihawaka is already !'p in th- campai-n with the ehih women taking an aetive intrst. Cards an. other display material is I to he je n on all stre ts. The Anti-Tuherculosi.s h-au of Joseph county has tf nsi j.lans for tlie di.-t rihutmn f funds netted hy tiie K-d Crss s-al campaign. It is hoped tfie local secretary may he .vent to New York next .printf for a course in the T'lhen u-l-.sis Secretaries' school. The instal- 1 lation )f a rural nurse wfio will' Conduct examinations and 'ive ' health talks in .ou'h I Und rural' districts is another rim f th" soI ci'fy. 1 'stahlishinsc ... : fr.-.h , r hiL; und'-rta kschool her', is another irr.c !oikel tjpon favorably. These plans, in their carryin out. will be beneficial to the public at J larL'e, nwiiifC t th' successes met in i.rubatt inc th Kreat whit' plamie. Hovver. a sum of money is needed for the work, and it is hoped South F.end nd St. Joseph county will aid in the securintc .f this sum through i the purchase of Christmas scab;. Places wh-re the seals arc now on sale follow: Spohn Druic Co.. Kus.s j Druic '.. Americ an Druir Co.. Kreid- ; kts urufc store, i reen.u r iruc Store. Senrieh Dru stor'. Kli-1 I Pharmacy, Pastian Dru C., Ko- j iupa Irmc store, Appleate DrufCi ('., White Drui; store. Public Drmc Co., Y. M. C. A.. Miller's Pook store. Little s'hop, Philadelphia. Cimmerman Drug Co., Crowfoot .V: Duff Drug Co., Ceore Tooth Pank. Hüft Drug Co. ACTED IN"sELF DEFENSE Court lrecs 3ian Accusetl of As fa tinin JrtrtitlKTs. dOhn Trxyi!-:ki. 21 years old. living at 1 33 1 INdand st., was found not ffuilty of assault and battery upon Louis and Joseph Zalas by Judge Warner in city court Wednesday mornir g. According to the

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K'sxmamy oi u.e iuti orouieis llujets.. Tuesday night

met Kluzynskl last Sunday niglit on the west side. They alh'ged that the ung man bumped into them and then followed them for a bbk. aft'r whicli he attacked them without a word. Poth men bore many marks of the conflict, while the younger man did not have a visible scratch. The defendant asesrted that he accidentally ran Into the men and excused himself, after which they cursed him and challenged him to I battle. He want back to then m nild I alleges that Iouis started after thm. "! just lefended myself." said KIuznskl to th- urt as !: explained the affair. YOUTH PLEADS GUILTY Confesses, to Theft of lticjcle in Circuit Court. Jocrph Behary pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle Wednesday in circuit court. Pronouncing of sentence was deferred until latr. Behary w a arrested n au nitida-, it igr.ed hy Frank Kim sis the complaining witness. He admitted taking the hicjcle. He is 17 ears old. according to his own'stattuuent. Penary skipped into .Mhhigan ihortlv aft er he stole the machine and it was agent to b nee s.iry tor a spc nil sent after him. ALL WILL BE WELCOME Dinner Thursday Will Men Only. Not In l'r Announcement was made Wednesday by the committee in charge of tiie dinr:r to be uiven by Rev. C A. Lippiucott's Bible class at the First Prcsbter:an -hurch Thursday evening, 's open to men. women and children alike. A report w a.s circulated that the affair was for nun only, but the committee has m.o'.e arran-t ments to care for a mixed crow d. M.tuv rabh: :s at; 1 chick ns for the dinner. 1. IV.. v. hie en prepared will start at I I c IS FINED FOR ASSAULT Frank Nemcth Admits in Court II' struck if Crank .Wrt.eth. ..s-.,;;lt and b.t .-... '. a s fined dge Wa I 11 r W . or.hng to the V tio pn .o !'T Upon j ." and . d g ultv to R .1 . A 11. w 1 h v fc. edr A if e-d.c. n.ornin. art d th' a.ii:.eth h str u k the rn.t t n . ; 1 1 1 r got hold f t itot s and m the of her hair by 1. r about tiie

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DE A THS Miis. .loii.v iu:yi:h. Mr.. John l: ycr r.f (!rt cnc township. v." jr.tr.s o il, 1 at her home Monday inorriir.r. She was horn in 'Icrm.'ii'y on I ee. 0, is;:'-. Fh" first marrifd to John Y gri-r in Ger-i many ami Iatr to John Beyer. ! She is survived by the following' children: Mrs. Ch.-.ries Tetzlaff. Mrs. John KurzhaN. Mrs. Charles Henk-,' a!! i f 'lit iif towtiship, Daniel Beyer, anl Raul Weunor. both of South ' Bend. The following brothers and I sisters a;s s arvive; -h..el YVegner. l'oth Paul an-1 of Iowa. Mi-. and

Mrs. Anna Di-ske of South Bend. morning announced the srasim's ba.-I'un.-ral seryj.es- w ill he hdd Fii- kf t hall sclwdule for the Notre Dam? day at 1 oVh-ck. Rev. William live

Both officiating. Burial will be in Bowman cerneterv Mus. n: i: ri. xi n:v. Word has heen receive-! ,f the . d ath of Miss r;ene ie e Claffey. tiorrri' - ny i Mniin i;eni and now oi 1 latt 'r-k evT. i ny w hich ( curred Tu-s-at ::.?0 o'clock. The : hody will a ftr:;oin h. h.-oujcht her I'riday , and liurial will take plate at i:tran. I .Mlts. .MilUCI .CUT. i Mrs. i:ach l All-recht. I'l l K. Ohio -t.. die.l Ta.lay niKfit at Ml 3 o'clock after an illness lasting mor ; 1 than three ars. .he was horn in Watseka, 111., on Oct. U, 1 S 7 1 . coinfni; to tiiis city from Kankakee. She is survived hy her hushand, J. II. Alldetht; a son, Charles, and the; fdhwinK s:.trs and brother: Mrs. ' Olli' Chambers of Kankakee: Mrs. Cynthia ParkT f Chateau. Okla.; Mrs. Illla Wiejert. Watseka; Mrs.' Janus Dow-ll, Fnid, Okla.: Oscar ! West. Shdlou. ( kla. I Piuial will 1m- at Watseka. ! ACTOR IS MARRIED HERE Mi hian -irl is liihh' of Charles S. Plailcll. Ch.arhs S. Plaisdll. known far and wide in vaudeville circles as "Piic Pill P.laisdell." monoloist. fori merlv of KImira. N. V.. hut now )f Xou. Vnrk (.it ,n,H,, v;as lnarrii,l in S'outh Pend V-dnesd ay nuirnin to Miss Verna P. Warner of Sturgis, nch the cerei ' , '.' tri(, j,t.v mniiy l.'in?c prform- ; Henrv D. Davis "Pis Pill" has played in big time j from coast t coast, and appeared , ncrt' in vaiuievnie once aoout six yt-ars ago. He found an old acquaintance at the court house when he stepped up to secure the license, in Charles liaab, deputy clerk. Kaah met the ex-vaudeville ?tar in Flmira. PlaisJell is now a salesman and makes his home in New York. The couple left for New York immediately alter Hie ceremony. CHURCH ELECTS OFFICERS

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dish lAanjiclical. Oificers for the coining year wero eh ted at the Swedish i:angelical church, corner icott and Orchard Rev. O. K. Moberg is pastor of the church and Vi...-. ii-.,.. l-ir"n ! t unrl nil CA tif J 11H1T W.l. Ik IIU 1- Hll i..x.v members. Tim nnv olficers are: President. August Anderson: v!ce ' president. scar Pergstedt; secretary. H. F. Josephson; elder. Oscar Ferg-tedt; deacons. IMward Carlson, Adolph Johnson and Oscar Fredrickson: la-n'- Mrs. Nels Neli son and Mrs. Oscar Fiedrickson: organist. Miss IMith Pergman nnd Mis-? Anna Pearson: Sunday school ..,,,.-, i-,l,in,1nnt VlU'lKt Tliflrson. Il't i lllll ll Hi .v....v ' HICKEY SPEAKS TONIGHT I.aport' Man Will .ddres .MemtVrs of Lincoln Cluh. Members of the Lincoln club are planning a rousing welt ome for An drew J. Hit key ot L omes h r t. night meeting in the club iporte when 1 e to addres. rooms, on the

third ibor of the Toepp building. ! Calhd at 7::i. a parade conducted'. Officers for the ensuing year were by the proerbial brass band is ' chosen by South Bend Commandcry, scheduled to top off the preliminar- No. 1.1. Knights Templars at a meeti s prior to the introduction )f Mr. j ing held Tuesday night. The new Huke. candidate for congress on ! ofheers are: J. W. Shidler. emithe republican ticket. A buffet ' ncnt commander; Paul M. Prass. luncheon and cigars are other fore- generalisemo. Dr. C. Lippincott. capcaste. 1 features of the gat he! i ng. -tain-general : Samuel T. Applegate, which it is said, will open republican j trt usurer; K. M. Boone, recorder; A. political guns in this locality. A. Cobel, sentinel. The outgoing

R0TARIANS TAKE FOUR Keei Initiation to M-eting ami Dinner at laIainaoi Tuesday. Four new mentbers wero taken into the Rotary dab at the weekly luncheon at the lier hotel Wednesday noon. An invitation was received by the club to attend a meeting and dinner to be held at mazoo on next Tuesday nihl. Kala-Mem-i,. r. of the el-.ib were urgd to i:ivo the books that are to be us d in the library at the A. H. Heller. tuberculosis camp to PLANS KOLL CALL Albeit 11. Sin k. A. Jones, jr.. J. I Kitimgcr and O. E. Nicely have been appo-.nted to make arrangements for an open nil call meeting f the Kr.ik.hts of Pythias at the hall next Tuesday night, will be arranged. cial program (.1 Esl PARTY MONDAY. The annual guest party of the be U'omm. r ial-Athletic club will ' li b! at the club on M. nday evening. I TheYheeb-r ami Sev mour . f Michigan City will play. rchest r The live Irove. No. 1. V. C. will hav' eb-ction f ofheers Tiiursil.iy evening. Dec. 1, at iie.r hall. Hi E. JefTcrn. Adv.

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ED Basket Ball Five Will Play Only Five Games Away From Home. Coach J-sM- C. Harper Wednesday But three -imes will ho played away from homMichigan Aggies I - - and Wabash will each he met in tw o j j contents. Kach team will hattle the i !(.( als her- in one

e game and Notre rnJor tnf, present ordinance lischt 1 to Irnsing iin(lmllst h on an hievt b s ridden he-

Dame w ill trave v ra wiorusv in to ciasn wun hip iwo fives on tli-ir home Moor. The linal ' same of th- season, that with De- j Pauw. at Cr encastle. w ill ),o the ' .only other away from home contest ! i he season will open here next wed-

n-sday. I-wis institute of hlcacrjit pr(,vitiPli that lights must he carfurnishing the opposition, and the j ri(. from one hour after sunset schedule will he closed with the ' ntij ono (j,. hefore sunrise. The UePauw anie Feh. 19. ordinance was amended Aufr. 26.

Followimc is the year's .schedule: D'c. Dam-. Jan. K. L'vis institute at Notre : 1 ll Kalamazoo I ame. colh'ice at (Notre Jan. l.' Lake Forest colle-o al Noir Dame. ' Jan. in Michigan Ajcsies at Notro Dame. Jan. -"J Dubuque college at Notre Dame. Jan. 2 Kalamazoo normal at Notre Iame. Jan. St. Ignatius colkue at Notre Dame. I-'el). 2 Michi-can AKi s at Linbinp. Feb. Ö Peloit college at Notre Dame. F'b. 'J t. Viator's college at Notre Dame. Feb. 11 Wabash college at Notre Dame. Fct. 1 Wabash college at Crawfordsville. Feb. 11. DcPauw (Ir'encastle. college at MISSION PLANS DINNER e-'lty Will Ik Cuiim! I Vir n Christmas Day. Plan." are being made by the liescue mission. 4 CG L Lasalle a v.. for the entertainment of the poor f South Bend at dinner on Christmas day. Tiie jld people and children are given special invitation to the mission linner. Th' dinner will be composed of plain substantial food. Arrangements have b n made for Christmas services at 10:.",0 o'clock preceding the dinner. A request i ' 111- III III- LIIVT'II III II I OCT ' 1 . mg to he given On next Friday night Kev. Hill of Iouisville. K.v., will speak at the mission. TWO ASK FOR DIVORCE Vits CI large llu.lanls With NonSupport and Cruelty. Two petitions for divorce were filed in superior court and circuit court Wednesday. Ceorgia Clill asks a livorce and $1.000 alimony from h-r husband. Dnn füll. Magdelene Pop asks and divorce, the care ami custody of their two children and J.'OO alimony from her husband Steve Pop. Mrs. (Jill charges her husband :with non-support and extreme cruel ty in that he was parsimonious and would not even provide her with the bare necessities of life. Mrs. Pop charges her hushand with calling her vile and opprobrious names. TEMPLARS NAME OFFICERS J. V. Shidler Is Khvtcd Imminent Commander. J commander is Rollo G. Päse. POSTPONE GUEST SOCIAL Mt nitM-rs of Y. W. C. A. t 1h Entertained Larl Next Year. Owing to a number of counter attractions the partv that was to ; have been given hy the V. M. ('. A. 1 for the members of the Y. W. O. A. 1 at the former's building Thursday .wight, has i.een postponed. It is 1. probable that it will be held soon j . after the tirst of the year. WILL IJ1V1-: K1ATTAU Advanced pupils of the Smith Bcn.l Conservatory of Music will give a recital Thursday evening in recital hall. The program, which will be presented by pupils Miranda. Frederic Ingerseil, Max Miss Hazel Harris and Miss Jane Whit', will open at S:K. o'clock. All interi ested are invited to attend. TIM: si MTADIil). Erank (linter. barged with p tit larceny, pleaded guilty in city court Wednesday morning. Judge Warner susper.de! a senter.ee of ;'. days in the countv jail when Ointer declared that he bought and was iven the goods whicli was alleged to have been st.d. n from the Malleable Steel liaise C

LIGHT ORDINANCE WILL BE ENFORCED

Itlilris of lllejrlos MiiM Carry l ights lrcm 7 O'clock to Midnight. S.ojth iv-nd bicycle riders will he pro.-t-rat d unless they use lights when riding at night. Tliis is the decision f th fit!' council ami the hoard of puhlic safety. At the meeting of the committer of the whole of thf council Tuesday night Preset Augustine asked an opinion from the council upon the question of the enforcement f 'the present ordinance and aithoun r miiti.in was made to repeal the . c,n,i -.ml the the la w . ina- .is o" ...... ,)oanl of saf,.ty w as accorded lltl(irf 1f fh,. i.orlv-v,(l-irs of 7 n m. and midir,i.. fr,,,., tlt i until M.iv 1 and , , the hours of S p. m. and idniiu fr(im May 1 to Sept. 1. I When th' tirst hicyele traffic ordlnanC( was passed on May L'2. to read as it now stands. The rru)s fnr tj1P change was because of the complaint made fiy men who work at nights and ride homo hetween mitlniht and morninic as it was alleged that there was practical ly no danfCer of accid'nts at that time of niKht. Some of the eouncilmen hold that the ordinance should not compell working- men coming" and going from work on wheels to carry lights. It was explained that the present ordinance gives workingmen an op portunity to get home before . ,,'clock The councilmen felt that practically all riding lurinic the hours prescribed was for pleasure purposes and that the ordinance should affect such traffic during- the hours of danger. Violation of the ordinance means a fine of not more than Z. Pres't i P. F. Augustine of the hoard of will he strictly forced and Chief Kerr has been given orders to such effect. 5jS COURT NOTES , v ,v i 't" ' i ' ni:w CASCS. 1CS0T Josephine Lisk vs. Frank Lisek. s'parate maintenance, circuit. 1-- Harriet L. Solloway liutleilue vs. Janus Solloway, partition, circuit. ciucriT CO CUT. DoILh; Benjamin Buntman vs. Meli powering, account. Judgment granted for $10", circuit. 1 1 1 Rischoff .Kr Cztch Co. vs. William Turnock Co., action to collect on note. Judgment ?s:!.."0 allowed with interest at fi5 from Nov. I. 11 IS. SHOWN AT COLONIAL Valvation Nell" is Attraction There Today. "Salvation N 11." a five red World film by IMward Sheldon, is the attraction at th Colonial theater today and tonight. Th! play is set in London, about the time of the organization f the Salvathin army by William Poth, 4' years ago, and met with tr rmer.dous s".icc-s.sis wliile on the road. A late release. "Salvation Nell" h1 considered one of the triumphs of photo play portray- 1 al. AIRMEN OFFER SERVICES New England Aviators Willing to Aid Government. POST N. Dec. v. National preparedness is being boosted by the Aero -lub of New England, whicli has voted to offer its services to the national security league ir, helping to promote the building and operating of aeroplanes ami seaplanes for purposes of national defense. The club's membership includes pilots and inventors whose sc rvi-.-es. would be at th disposal of th league. IT'S RATHER UNUSUAL xWWNV i - - .N- -. . V ....vv-: FRED M- BRBBtS for a boy b-ft homeless and parer.tb ss t become jul:e of the same court in which It", years before he had be n or.h red to a state institution. Fred M. Breen. '27, years old. is now julg of tlr, Wexford county, Michigan, probate lourt. in which he appeared u.s a state charge in 1 !'.. He als, has the distinction ..f l...ini' th v. icnct -t indite, of liTOLate in tiie Cnited -States.

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ATTEND ME Question of Golf Course For Studebaker Park to be Discussed. c.olf courses and playgrounds will i be discussed by the members of the park board before the members of. tiie studebaker Civic club at the r-uular m'eting to be held Friday 1 night at the school. The people of i that district will be given their first chance to hear from the park board j us to their stand m the proposed j laying mt of a golf course at Stn- j debaker park. This question has, been up before the board and the people for several months, the for- j mer favoring it and the latter want- j Ing playground paraphernalia in- j stead. ; Officers of the Studebaker cluh have been more active this year than i those of any other organization in j the civic federation. During the past two weeks, the school has developed Into a community center and is beInp kept open four nights a week. This action was taken without the knowledge of the recreation department or the civic federation. It is not necessary fr either of these organizations to know of the work, each civic cluh Lxdng independent, but this work shows the advances that are being made by the Studebaker district, says F. U. Parnes. Following is the program for Friday night'.s meeting: Community singing, led by William Goebel; piano solo, Inez Zilky; Lyric quartet: piano solo, Edwin Kowalski: Vocal solo. Hans Madison; clarinet solo, Chester Klopfenstein; Lyric quartet; selection by a trio composed of Donald Pimm, violin; Chester Klopfenstein, clarinet; Edwin Kowalski, piano; address, "The Mayor and the Executive Officials of the City," Shepherd Leffler; community singing: athletic games, directed by Gus F. Haslanger. NEW HAVEN DEAL APPROVED BY M'ADOO Letter I'roni Sfretary f Treasurer Written in 11)07 Head at Trial. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. A sensation was created in the New Haven conspiracy trial when Charles F. Choate. counsel for the tlefendants, read into the records a letter from William G. McAdoo. now secretary of the treasury hut then at the head of the Hudson and Manhattan Railway Co. The letter was dated June 14, 19 07, and was read to the New Haven tllrectors said Charles S. Mellen, under cross-examination and to some extent influenced them as pertaining purchasing in the matter jof the Boston and Maine absorption. In this letter. McAdoo said: "I congratulate you on the progress you are making toward the acquisition of the Po.ston and Maine and hope that your plans may he realize!. I "lo not see how .any broad guaged and progressive man an take any other view than that it will be beneficial to New England." Asked about talks with McAdoo, Mellen told of how negotiations were in progress to bring ahout a conno tion of the Hudson tube with the Grand Central opot. "He tried to pull my- leg." said Mellen, "and I tried to pull his. and 1 guess neither of us succeeded." SOME GROUND IS GAINED BY GERMANS Severe lighting; Oorurs o-i Western Front lYench Win Back Posithms. PARIS. Dec. S. Severe fighting occurred Tuesday and last night at several points on the Franco-German battle front. The offensive in the conflict appears to have been taken by the Germ ins, who gained some ground in their first rush, but the communique issued by the war oMice this afternoon indicates that the French troops are taking back all their lost ground. BERLIN (by wireless). Dec. S. Markeil progress by the German troops attacking the French in Champagne was announced by the war office today. It was also stated that in the eapturo of the Montenegrin town of Ipek SO cannon and a large quantity of war material was taken. NO INQUIRY IS ORDERED Wall Street Said to Have (Jot Meaire in Ad a nee. WASHINCToN. Dec. S. It waa officially denied at the white house today that an investigation will be made of report that Wall st. operators got advance copies of the president message a week ago and engineered a big stock jobbing coup. It was stated that no inquiry had 1 ben contemplated at any time. in tin: oki(;ix.u tleortte Ade was in Germany one summer and met a German professor. "Mr. Ade,'" inquired the professor, "have your works been translated into German"" I "No," Ade replied, "they haven't , bee ntrans'.ated into English yet." ; Sat urday Evening Post. i TOO I.ATi: KOK L.IM(AT10N. ;iUL WANTED- i:iper!eraed. T, b re-?.-::-ral quired. I !ioi:-ork. liefere rices bone Hell I'llV lasai.i.i: a v.. ro w. rn: i:i:nt Holls.. Ajqdy :7 J. M. S. LIJff.t or iL,or.e Ue'.l ülöl; limine XVJa.

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Disbarred From Vigo County Bar TEPUi: HAFTE. Ind.. Dec. Donn M. Roberts, former mayor, former city engineer and former chairman of the county democratic committee, Tuesday afternoon was disbarred as a member f the Yi-o county bar. Kobens was charged with having been convicted of a felony in the election trial at Indianapolis where he was sonten cd to a term in Ieavenwrth by a committ'e of the Terre Haute Par association, which brouuht the disbarment proceedings against him. Roberts' name was called by the bailiff and in default the court sustained the charg and declared him disbarred. BULGARS CAPTURE CITY I'urtlier Progress is Rcioriel in Sofia Dispatches. SOFIA, Dec. S. Bulgarian troor have captured Dibra in southwestern Serhia, it was oflicially announced by the Bulgarian war office. A Bulgarian army is advancing on Ochridi. liesnia. only 10 miles from Ochridi. has been occupied hy the Bulgarians. The French are falling back on both sales of the Yardar, pursued by the Bulgarians. FIND RAIL ON TRACKS Attempt i Mink to Wieck rennylvania Train. STECPENYILLE. O.. Iec. R. An attempt to wreck the St. Louis-New York flier, east bound on the Pennsylvania railroad at Unionport, 17 miles west of here was discovered last night, when a track walker found a heavy steel rail chained to the tracks. He succeeded in removing the obstruction just as the train was whistling for the tunnel, at tlm mouth of which the rail was chained. A GOOD PROYIDEU. "Well, Dinah, I hear you are married." "Yassum," said the former cook, "I'se done gT't me a man now." "Is he a good provider?" "Va.'surn. He's a mighty good pervidcr. but I've powerful skeered he's gwine ter git kotched at it." SPORTY SID AND HIS PALS. ' Y3U KNOW SOORC lfJt 41 J-reMNIlN' hlovJ KID. AMJ VrA YöUR MANA6R,50 I HAVE TOM sen -THAT VUH LY ÖFP TH' 6RAP ArV ALE ! '! ij. .-..l-j- - ' - 9" jwMAT 'ill T" V b 1 "7 5A Y 5 1 D ! WOT YüH GOT WATER ( N6V6R 5EE YOU LGArdiN' UP TUiA ANY W-Q ' s : PO MT CM A KNCWtri'. ) HUrAN 0ODY S soi (WAYERT ANf' YUH PONY YHlNK IM (SoNtMA DIL.VXC MYSELF ANYMORE w tup WHO "ThuU

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crtide and rf ttn .1 oils-. Tsep wcr i auf oif.obiies and other interr.al co-u-bustion ngines and "various ether things where eil ( tion coul 1 le made at th" source." Mr. McAh also says th.at. following th European w.ir. a flood of imports may be expect-! which will increase customs duties. Sec'y McAdoo reports that th country is so prop-u-ms th.at additional tax burdens an easily be lerne. He says that his action in depositing $ 1 ",.immi..oi in southern federal reserve I auks saved the cotton situation when th.at commodity was placed en '.he British contraband list and that cont'.d'-nce ha returned everywhere throughout the country, business in all lines bo. til ing phenomenally. lU'M'ne System sinxtss. The federal reserve system his had a successful year, he savs. demonstrating the value of a mom-v system providing flasii. credit.'. "Our stock of gold coin and bullion increased from 5 1. ve.,s7',."A 0:1 Jan. 191 :.. to $-i:s.ii :t,77;2 on Nov. 1, l!Lr. by far the largest amount of this precious metal ever held by any one country." says the secretary. The secretary emphasizes the need for a more extensiv f'eld service of income tax collectors. "There aro. without doubt, wholesale nasions of the income tax law throughout tho country." he says. He says the government is'losing through these evasions annually a sum many times tho cost of additional men to collect the tax and heck up the returns made. The secretary defends the change he ordered Oct. 1, IM.", in the form of the daily treasury' statement. This chang, v. hi, h was attac ked by republican leaders as being an attempt to Juggle figures so as to conceal the alleged impoverished condition of the treasury, was really made to put the accounting system on a more business-like basis. The secretary also urges the necessity for revising the sinking fund laws. The Fniteil States sinking fund, says McAdoo. i., a paper fiction, very littlo actual money constituting that fund. l,ars Amcmlmeiits. A number of amendments to the income tax law are recommended as f olio ws : Require information as to extent of income, rather than actual withholding, at the source, except a.s to non-resident aliens; xenipt certain associations and organizations not engaged in gainful pursuits from th fax; broaden the liability of foreign corporations; require rcejvers, trustees, etc., to make returns; prohibit corporations from deducting1 from taxable income on account of taxes paid for local benefits; make the income tax payable on June 1." instead of June :;o. in order that the accounts may be finished by the end of the fiscal year, June :'0. The report says that customs receipts for the fiscal year ended June 0, l'Jlä, amounted to $211'. 140, 000, a decrease compared with the previous year of $ s ;. 71,000. Improvements in the methods of procedure in the collection of c ustoms are recommended. BOSTON EXPORTS JUMP Figures Are Almost Double Thos. ,f 1911. BOSTON. Dec. S. of the big -7 in In exports of the Cnited States Boston had almost double that of the country as a whole. The year ending Oct. Ml shows the exports at the Boston port to have increased from ?,000.ono to $ 1 1 s.orio.f.oo. a pain of 91 percent compared to the country's gain of r5 percent. Read NEWS-TIMES Want Ads

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Dr. J.Snarke & Go's

r: ' EST. 1900 Great 15th ÄnniversarySale

. .You who fail to see the advantage of getting glasses during this sale need the attention of an optician. So come any way. If you have been putting it off to see an optician save from $2.00 to $3.00 by coming in this week. If you already wear glasses come in and have duplicates made. S 1 O.OO tS GTa'sfes SS.OO S6.00 and $5.00 ELf Glasses ipOoOO We examine eyes free.

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Optometrist anr Manufacturing Optician. 230 S. MICHIGAN ST. OPEN EVENINGS.

WOMAN ACTED AS GERMAN SPY AID

Villa at Newport Said to Have Flayed Prominent Part in Deeds. NEW YORK. IV e department j S. Agents of -tke are invtsth t : an alit.g t ) determine whether a. rich 1, ' ' b ! e d ' 1 711 .m-rican society villa at Newport is w oir.an 1 n e Me show J I H'.'.H of that famo-,;:; res..rt. a t 1 i'r.ir.z vn Rinteb n. wlio i now a pris. as an 11 id tthe German spy, iner in Englan!. Th. muni. British government has cumt d th information to Uni Cnited States', when von Rinteleu was arr sf'vl at 1 "alnio ith a numbef Iettrs from Amricar.s weri tound in hi. j os. slon. Tliese wrr.i from both m :i a:. 1 wntticti, ar I mot of the writ.rs wer" wealthy ur.d 1 r.t-rir: r.t in the highest circle of Am rican society. One letter was of particular interest. U rwlb ul d the Am ri. an government, the Anierban people and Hp American pr'-s. It brathe-i sym. pathy with von Rintelen's mis sion an.! entair:o 1 further infrmation of ittiportafice. Tliis- b tt r uave tti secret service ng T.ts a clue and they soon learned that von Rinteb n. using his riches socially prominent friends. managvJ to get in clov'o touch with United Stats naval others, army oü'cerj a lul govrnment oflkialx. It is rej.orted that von Rintclen, who was a p rnal friend of the legislature un.hr sent'-n-e to be sh' 1 as a spy. The British government enViel to s-nl him bad; t this country to be tried und r an indictment whicli has be'ti found against him. hut it was said at th I'nite States district attorney's office today that tho German is not wanted h ro notwithstanding tlm indictment. TRAIN IS FIRED ON Can. Ving .Munitions lt lr the Allies. WaJ0HNST0WN. Pa.. Dec. x. Railroad police are inveigating reports that a freight train supposed to be carrying munitions for the allies, was fired on by unknown persons last night west of this city. It was stated today 'hat little was known of the affair nide from indefinit rumors. Heavy trains of munitons are passing through here daily fron the west. TOUT DESTROYED. AMSTERDAM. I c. S. According to the Echo Do B ige, I 'ort Cogr.elle. one of the defenses of Namur, was 1 roved by an explosion of its magazine Monday and 0 German soldii rs killed. HOSPITALS ARE SHELLED Belgian Queen i:'fuscs to Desert hecaus' of Raids. HAVRE. Prance. Dee. S. Hospital? behind tho Bel-Ian front -conducted by Queen Hlizaheth. have been attacked by German, aviators, according" to information reaching; th' Belgian government today. During air raids last week German homos l;S!led 10:: soldiers, by tho queen refuses to leave her post. While Russia Is Increasing in population twice as fast ns Germany, it j'i.tk four times as much at its disposal In Europe. Japan, whose population grows rapidly, has little . r no room for more.

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