South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 49, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 18 February 1916 — Page 8

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THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

SOUTH BEND NEWSTIi-ES Morning nveninjr Sunday. JOHN HF.NKV ZEVEH. Editor. TV. TTOV.ni I,oNr,I,i;r, IltVIN S. POLK. Circuit!-!' Mm-jr. A'Uprf'.nlnj Manager. GAEIlIEL, Ii. .S(:MMi;i:S. Publisher.

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lively, tli distinction break down and the merchantman becrne practically, and perhaps technically, war ships. ()p the other hand. Great Britain argues that the .. a. i. in methods of German ubmarin' have driven hf-r to this measure; that th U-boats have persistently acted as pirates in attacking without warning, and that therefor? fhe must treat thorn as pirates. She cannot depend, rhe says, on German pledges made to the I'niWd States to refrain from attacking ships without warning if they will remove their puns. And besides, the British are moved by a desire to punish the fierman submarine for past crimes. Caught in the feud of these bitter belligerents, what can we do? The situation seems fraught with graver dangers than any we have yet faced. It calls for statesmanship of a high order if we are not to become hopelessly involved with either Germany or great Britain, or with both of them.

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REASONS MORE AGGRAVATING THAN THEY ARE SUFFICIENT. At la.-t .om' eileii( e of wliat it is tb.it has been a'-;-yra atin certain fdli'ial and peda ".ic lcnizens of the .-i bod t it v to their determination to "l rid of Supt. I.. J. Montoiiiery. ha. -oine jo lii;ht. That in slerious .-'nietbiiii; that .Mers. llupel and (Mem. a few school put:eipal3 and ( cusioi.al teaehers. have been earrvin-r al.o it up their le-ves. ha.- at last dropped out. and has pnen nt 1 .1 t a -trU'e mro than merely their arms. Mr. knpel has done thn pubJU- a distinct service. He has tinally talked, at hast as though h' thought he had sooiethifik' to s ty. rather than as though he had something st-rinus to withhold. We are obliged to admit that the charges, if trti, prt nt a rendition certain to he a.irra va t inn. siy nothinu of their bein compromising. Certainly they are dti-ervin of in estiiration. and not only these, hut more. It is not mrrf that .Mr. Montgomery shmild be the "-"it" for all the friction in the local schools. While iiiesti:atinic. for example, what Sapt. Montgomery has done to Principals Sims and livers, why not tind out what Principals Sims and Ryers have done to Supt. M i-ntoniery ; f the friction is to le eliminated by dismissals, why not tfo the whole length of the line. We never did like ",'oat." If we ale to have a hotiseleaning, why not make it Kf neral'.' It is not a p'cstion now as t c wnetheor nt Mr. Moiitomrry wants an investigation of "the charges against him. anri they are charges; nPottant or frioloiis, that nee, to be disposed of. ' The publie wants to know not only wh.it is i;oinj on. lut why it is o:nur on. These accusations should be sifted to the bottom. Mr. Montgomery is ot of it. He has ben di:niss-d. It is a ijüestion of public policy now. The public may want some more dismissals. As a rule, when two men disagree, there ate more reasons than one for it. the reasons bein two men instead of one. It may not be rock-bottom justice to playfully oust Mr. Montgomery just to plea:-e Principals P. vers and Sims neither of whom hae pnen such infallibility as entitles them to indisputable preference. The only charge by Mr. Uupel that to us seems real ferious is to the effect that Supt. Montgomery has been employing teachrs through an o ttside teachers' agency, these to the exclusion of local teachers, with tue strong insinuation that he may hae profited from the aenc's commission. If that has been Rtdn- on Mr Montgomery shir.d not only have been dismissed now. but he should have been dismissed long asjo when it was t'rst found out. and he should be prosecuted for -.-raft" which is exactly what it would amount to. Such work on the part of a superintendent of schools pioMtinj: financially, in any way, from the emploj ment of teachers. ouuht 'not be tolerate. 1 for- lv instant. We do not believe It of Mr. Montgomery, ami iJIr. Montgomery himself cannot afford to allow such a charge to stand Wo speak similarly of what Mr. ku'iel has to vty of the manner in which the superit ter.dent has fo.nhase.l s. h,. -i supplies, though we fear there mav be prejudice in that accusation, perhaps the pafonae f Mr. Ilupel's notion and school supply store on S. Mu hU-ar. st.. having been at a lower ebb. on ar.mint of ir. than he has found profitable. South Pend wants honesty, r.rt. last and always, in the conduct of its s.hc.d city, and a Cain we repeat that if what has been charged has been -joint; on. ther should be a considerable hotise-t leaning, and Maor Keller's responsibility crows rather than diminishes. These charges should be probed. (Mr. Montgomery k.sliould Insist lipon a probe; the board of education should be reUjred to back :p these charges; Messr. Suns :ind liers. havitii: been drawn into it. sliouhl demand a he. trim:; and. the tu.dic. int ludin- those b;.siness men wlm luve been taking interest, should demand that tiie situation be cbaiod up. and once for all. Mr. Rüpel 1k,s at least met the publie part way.'w'e know something now of what has b'e. n acitatinir him. and if h.e an prove his charges, even to the point )f reasonableness, in son,,- casts, the public has reason to be a-'cravaUd as well. Ihr.o. if he cannot 'prove them.

THE HOMING ROOSTER LATEST ACCRETION TO CHICKEN WORLD. Homing piceons are familiar, and cats, as everybody know:'. ha e an unconquerable tendency to "come back while tjieir nine lives last. Chickens are scatterbrained, irresponsible critters, civen rather to straying abroad than finding their way horn-''. Put New York boasts of a rooster that overthrows all Chicken traditions. A month axo there was a poultry show in Madison Sejiiare Garden. nd ;imun the birds shown wa-s a prize rooster valued at fi'"o. from Port Jervis, X. Y. When the exhibits were being crated for shipment after the show, this rooster escaped. Nothing more was seen or heard of him. He was piven up for lost. And then, four weeks later, just the other morninc. when Albert Monroe, his owner, went out to feed his flock, there was old Mr. Prize Booster hack home again. II" didn't strut about the yard as of yore. He st'tmbled feehly, weak from exposure and lack of food. His feet were calloused and swollen. How he pot back fiom the bi city. ;i distance of eight miles, is a matter for conjecture. Mr. Monroe inclines to the opinion that he started to fly home, but wearied of the air route and walked the rest of the distance, all through sheer homesickness. Am as the neighbors say, '"Soy. what do you tnink of that!"

SARTORIAL LAW NOW REACHES OUT TO OUR STATESMEN. The National Association of Merchant Tailors of America, in their convention at St. Louis, passed a resolution calling upon all members of congress, state legislative bodies and municipal assemblies, and other public otrh-ials in general, to be "particularly careful to wear to pubiie filiations the attire prescribed for such occasions by the generally accepttd rules of correct dress." We ti usv that the members of confess, etc.. w ill attend to the matter in a spirit of proper humility. The disregard of fashion's edicts by American statesmen is notorious and reprehensible. There is a sort of tradition in this country that publie life calls for a certain simplicity, and even carelessness. But that is all changed. Statesmen must understand that, though they may be lawmakers, there is a higher law than theirs. Bvery woman knows that intuitively, but men folks are slowto learn things of real importance. Let the taib.rs fight it out along this line if it takes all winter. Let them by all means enforce the salutary statutes requiring frock coats, plug hats and other insignia of genteel pomp. The time is ripe, anyhow, for their propaganda. A straw show,s which way the wind blows. When Congressman "Cyclone" Davis of Texas goes to the incredible length of putting on a collar, what mav the tailors not expect from otheY statesmen?

NICE GIRLS, YES, BUT NO BEAUTY "TRUST" AT THAT. our society editors Inform us. and not the least grudgingly, that according to measurements taken by a Massachusetts gymnasium, there are l.öOo girls in WcdlesUy college who conform almost precisely to the measurements of one Venus de Milo. Wherefore, Wellesley exults. It is good news. alP right, but not so all-tired, startling as to cause us to throw our hat out of the window, execute a llopi war dance, or otherwise demean our editorial dignity. We can walk into any telephone exchange or big department store in the country and spot a large bunch of females who would make Miss Venus look like an Apache squaw, at any time you ask us to, end we won't use any tape measure either. of course, we are proud and glad of the Wellesley girls' measurements, for it proves that the daughters of our wealthy classes are running more to physics than to philandering; that "Society." as written with a capital .-, is goctintr ready to turn out some real fine American mothers; that, so to speak, the upper Tust Is thickening. Par be it from us to deride; on the contrary, we are delighted at the tidings from dear old Wellesley. Put lest the fifteen hundred get all puffed up, and vain and unapproachable, so that an honest, hardworking youth who isn't even a fifth cousin to Apollo cannot look at them through a spy-glass, we are remarking, most gently, that Wellesley does not monopolize the Venus de Milos of little old America. Not any or at all.

BEl.l.K iERENT A R.V.ED MERCHANTMEN OUR LATEST SEA PERIL. Germany's announcement that uriued merchantmen will be mated as warships leaves American commerce eetween Scylla an,l Charvbdis of German submarines and Briti-h se.4 p..v.er. In spite of German protestations, a tuay nullify all the concessions that our government has gained since the German submarine campaign began. it may even close the ocean to American titirens and Amern an good., except as carried on American ships. And Ui it w,..uld amount to a blockade of Amrncan commerce. The most 1 aftüng thing about this new situation is that each of the rival power presents a good argument. Germany explain that Inasmuch as the British government has not only rmed merchantmen, bat has given their commanders instruction to attack subtnar:i:.s od s.ht. the l'-boats have no alternative but to treat the men ha nt men as armed foes and attack them witlo .t warning. International law has hitherto regarded !. mounted on commercial sliips for defense e,!v s permissible, and the I'nited States has held to O.i- v.ew Bat the vulnerability of submarines comiica.tt the issje. A?. J when the guns :u m used effen-

RATHER HARD ON MARJORIE BUT IT WOULD MEAN l.So,ooo,Ooo DIMES. Little Marjorie Sterrett of Brooklyn. N. V.. decided that she wanted to help I'ncle Sam build a big navy. S she y. nt a dime to Scc'y Paniels. to go toward a battleship. She had an idea that a lot of other children '.ouhl follow her example. She dreamed of a dreadnatuht biilt altogether by the boys and girls of the I'nited states. Its name was to be the "America." And then the country would be safe. Li'tle Miss Marjorie met with enthusiastic support. Her schoolfellows hastened to contribute their dimes. A New York newspaper took it up. Theodore Buosevelt wrot Marjorie a wonderful letter, enclosing a dollar, representing a dime for each of his four grandchildren, and six dimes for the other six grandchildren that are not born yet, but whose names are all ready for them. And now Marjorie is bitterly' disappointed. For Scc'y Oiniel has returned her dirre. and the other children's dimes. He praises her "motiv es." but explains that the government is big enough and rich enough to pay for its battleships in the usual way, and that if more money is needed he knows that grown-ups will be willing to pay more taxes. AI of which is doubtless true. It's also true that, inasmuch as a modern dreadnauglu oT the California type costs $ 1 ö.u'K'.OO'- it would take 1 ..o.Oioj.ObO children, at a dime apiece to pay for the "America." and there are not quite that many children in thv country. Still, it's rather hard on Marjorie.

THE MELTING POT

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TAVXIXOMO" (In reality.) "And she will he there Tannecomo, "The girl with the laughing blue eyes.

Tes. she came, crowned with frosts of her Autumn; Came, stifling her heart-hungry sighs I 'or that old vanished past Tanneccmo Iind of Youth where one's happiness lies Over all of the joy-haunting landscape Lay the sere of the years and their bpght. And the bright golden gleam and the shimmer Were palled as with storm-clouds of r ight. For th World called the youth to her battles Anl he girded his armor for strife; And out in the marts of her commerce He vaj driving the engine called "Life." " Tannecomo" with him was a mem'ry Just a scnc from his wild untamed youth And th "Girl with the black shining- tresses," He'd forgotten yes that is the truth! Put "The girl who had sung to the mountains." "Sung to him and the star? and Ihe nlht " Wandered back where "The wanderlust-echoes." Struck her heart with a saddenlmr blight. And she knelt by the babbling "Minerey," And soucht the sweet wild flowers in vain. And sh cried to the god Tannecomo, "Dear God! Let me pluck them again!" FLORA I TU I INK P..

Tin: i:iiVirr iiammkr. No criticism is intended but Two men sat in a boat on the Ohio river one day in summer. The sun 'aa sinkio v behind some hills in the distant west and the skies were lighted up with the graduating shades of crimson, until it melted into the pale blue of the heavens and then darkened until way over in the cast the deep shade of blue the fringe of the mantle of night added to the touch of nature's painting. The brieht glare of the sinking sun vhs further emphasized by the reflection which showed the beautiful outlines of the fleecy clouds. The trees on the western hank cast their shadows almost to theopposite shore, while the brilliant tiovv of the setting sun kissed the water until the gleam was lost in the bend of the st reim. The waters' rippWs gave the boat the wavering motion and eemed to aid nature in rocking the occupants to a realization of the beauties before their eyes. The first man said nothing. I was unable to speak, his love of the beautiful held him almost breathless. But the second "Gee," he said, "this is certainly some muddy river." K. J. M. "There i nothing the matter with my eves." said a prominent business man as he made ready to put on his glasses. "The trouble is that my arm isn't bng enough to hold the reading matter at the right distance." It's funny what the well known tv pographicat error can do. We ee. by our afternoon rival that somebody "Charges Brandies Helped Wreck Head." That isn't the only thing brandies have helped wreck. N. B. W. "Seriously speaking," said the secictary of the Press club, "I have here a hill."

iiu; i:ntivi:. Oh don't take 'em off; oh don't take 'em off, Oh don't take em off in the morning. It'll pay you to wait, it'll pay you to wait. It'll pay you to wait further warning. I 'or you might take cold, for you might take cold. For you might take cold in your snorers. And you'd be sure to lose, and you'd be sure to lose. And vou'd be sure to los? your adorers. Then don't take "em off, then don't take 'em off. Then don't take 'om off too soon. Let 'em cling if they will, let 'em cling if they will. Let 'cm cling to the middle of June. P. L, N. did this irrr. A man was out all night, one night. And he was drunk all right all right. But the thing that worried this old sous Was how the heck he'd get in the house. PAMors Tmrrr.s. From cashier to husband to wife. "If a man took a pail to a saloon would he ask lor a light beer?" Approved by N. B. V.. deletetl by P. L. N., with L. J. M. neutral. Our society editor says a certain show that is booked here soon is certainly a good one because she sawIt at Irnsing. "Is he getting thin or has he just had a shave"" said a young lady in this town when speaking of a writer of a humorous column. ' The trend of the present age is tov ard improvement. K. J. M.

With Other Editors Than Oars

Charles W. Fairbanks, the buttermilk boy of the Indiana republican state central machine, writing display newspaper ads for the Indianapolis movies. Tiie ads are reproduced in his very own handwriting. This employment may help to divert his thoughts from iu-w I am going to get the solid Kentucky delegaj tion-- ::.t." It may also help to steady him for "that l ump in .luiiu"

Tin; south iiyi;usifii:s. (Peoria. 111.. Journal.) The tribulations of the south with her overproduction of cotton a year a co. when the federal government's assistance and the buy-a-bale movement were drafted to relieve the financial stringency, appear to have been a blessing in disguise for that section. It taught the south at least a considerable portion of it the futility of depending on cotton alone. For generations the south has had its fat and lean years, according as the cotton market was up or down. There- was no stability in cotton, for the simple reason that large crops meant lower prices, while small crops meant less average Income in the face of higher prices. When the 1013 stress came on. the south woke up and heeded the advice which it had been hearing for years; it began to "diversify" its crops. The I'nited States Cham I er of Commerce, reviewing the year's business conditions, sets forth the fact that the south today is enjoying the creatcst prosperity it has known for years. The cotton crops is small, but the production of grain and forage crops is the largest in the history of the south, and there are more cattle, hogs and dairy cows in that section 'than ever were known. The

io,.d Tirire naid for cotton is. of!

course, a large factor in the present financial status of the south, but the sene of independence that comes from utilization of long neglected resources is undoubtedly a greater factor. Northern readers who may be inclined to consider this new phase of southern agriculture a dry subject are ignoring the vital relation between, prosperity in th south and prosperity in the north. Few foreign markets offer a larger demand for the products of our implement and twine factories than that which will be developed in the smth. once that vast and resourceful area awakens to its full acricultural possibilities. And the impetus given to the railroad business and the elimination of financial unrest from the region south f the Mason and Oixon line must .;.-. have a beneficial effect on the prosperity of the country as a whole.

NFAY AM) V.YTM. Kvansville Courier.) We agree entirely with the

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publican press that James E. Watson cannot be elected senator from Indiana. Further and merely as a matter of opinion v e believe he could conic nearer to an election than Harry New. Finally if one or other could be elected it would be infinitely preferable to have Watson rather than New in the senate. So tar as their political principles are concerned there is not a tossup between the two. Both are rampant standpatters. They are of the tribe of Smoot, Cannon, Penrose and Barnes. A roll call in the senate would be answered the same way whether .the name of Watson or New was called. But there is a vast difference in the ability of the two men. Watson is an able orator and in general ability stands high. He would be one of the standpat leaders of the senate. Whether the distinction is to be desired or not, he would bring a certain kind of distinction to Indiana. Harry New would be an amiable, listless nonentity in the senate. He would merely count one on the roll call. The reasons we believe Watson a stronger candidate than New are because nothing can be said against the one that cannot be said against the other. They are tarred by the same stick. On the other hand Watson has popularity. He is a splendid campaigner and New is not. Watson further can claim a party debt which New cannot. After the Chicago convention in 11G2. New lost interest in the sinking ship. He got away from the stranded bark. Watson stuck to the bridge and he went down with his lamps burning and his colors flying. Ijring 1912 and since he has kept the republican organization together in Indiana. Neither New nor Watson is a formidable candidate, but Watson is several thousand votes the stronger of the two.

The Public Pulse

(mmoT-lotions fr this eel u ran may t Igned atioriTinot-sly but must be TtWaiM by tbe nane of tLe writer to Insure g-d faith. No re-fp-xiriMllty for facts or sentlraent exiiTe'tswrJ will be assume. 1. Honest discussion ef public questions is ln-

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itAis commi:ucializi:i i:i)l' CATION. South Bend. Ind., Feb. IT, 1916. Editor Nfws-Times: While .11 this terrific noise is being made over the dismissal of a certain o:hcial; while "popular indignation" is alleged to prevail; while "intense feeling" exists in certain editorial sanctums; while "most influential business interests" hre whetting their knives; and while this awful cataclysm in our school history seem: to have aroused the public from its normal condition of apathy toward its most important institution the public schools this should be a propitious moment for puhiishing the information that there is 'n existence all over the country an organized, vicious and stealthy movement to quietly and gradually withdraw from the public schools those studies which will tend toward developing the mind and substitute in their place those practices which will atrophy the brain and develop the animal instinct to use its claws. This slimy thin? has raised its ugly head in places not a thousand miles removed from South Bend. Before the Civil war, slave owners would flog nearly to death Negroes trying to learn to read; so. today, the "most influential business interests," which own or, control large manufacturing institutions, for obvious reasons, view with alarm the tendency of the modern workman to read scientific and economic works, and any movement that will stamp this out and assure them a generous supply of ignorant and therefore cheap labor in the future will receive their most "righteous" support. Joubert said that the direction of the mind is more important than its progress. If the great mass of so-called "common'' people, whose only function seems to be that of merely supporting th'? schools while the "most influential business Interests" dictate its government, with their boys and girls to be manufactured into future factory "hands." then it is proper for them to go out and fght the battles, of the "most Influential business interests." Innocent Bystander.

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SEES COEHCIOX Bill MONTGOMERY. South Bend. Ind.. Feb. 16, 191. Editor News-Times: In reading this morning's NewsTimes I have wondered how many of those 3,114 cards were signed by parents. I know that in the west end pupils were given three cards and instructed to have paients sign one and anyone else the other two. Iid all of these teachers who requesteel Mr. Montgomery's retention do so because they wanted to or was there some power higher up that directed them? At least one business man who signed the petition said that he did it to get rid cf those who brought it. Of course anything the Keller administration does is wrong to the tough element, but why the better element should see politics in this move when these two members are opposite in political belief is hard for me to see, but when you want advice on any subject ask the one who knows least about it. and in this matter I think that I know as much jus most or! those that are making the noise, and that is nothing. A Citizen.

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ALWAYS WKONf;. Manager I'm disgusted with the mistakes that new man makes! He get? everything balled up. Assistant Manager Oh. well, some of the best ones are that way at the beginning. He may bring home the bacon vet. Manager He won't unless -send him for ham. Judzd

Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17, 191f. Editor News-Times: My attention has been called to an editorial that appeared in your paper last week in which there was a reference to Christian Science that manifested a desire to be fair. This spirit of fairness and tolerance is commendable and it is appreciated by all Christian Scientists, since Christian Science can endure on nothing but its own merits. There was a letter in your paper later in which a ciitic disapproved of your reference to Christian Science, and took occasion tt apply some haxsh terms to Mrs. Faldy. There could be no criticism to effer of his preference for other religious leaders, since' that is his privilege, but I should like to reply to the charge of deception and fraud that he makes against Mrs. Eddy the test given by the Master, "fy their fruits ye shall know them." To determine the value Mrs. Eddy placed on money one has but to consider what she did with money, and every newspaper reader should know that she lived very modestly, esiecially so considering the prominence and importance of her position, and also that she -left her entire estate to the Cause she founded. Indisputable evidence is nt the command of any investigator that all manner of sin and sickness have been heale 1 through Mrs. Eddy's teaching. These healings include the destruction of dishonesty, lying, intemperance, gossip, criticism, and the like. In addition, discordant homes hav e been made harmonious. . the weary and worried business man has found freedom from the cares of the business world, and human suffering of every kind h:vs been relieved. Ycurs very truly, S. T. Downs.

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