South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 122, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 1 May 1916 — Page 2

..o.tinv i: i; i ;. m.V ., mm. (HE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES SALOON OPPONENTS WILL MEET IN JUNE SCENE IS ABOUT SET FOR THE NEXT C 0. P. CONVENTION NEWS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

Sfi SPIRIT

OBSERVED

Forum Speaker Declares Old Method of Handling Crim- - : inals Passing.

Th.it th "M rn-t!il ff rariricr f"r tho criminal c I i . s w.ih i i r--i n into a tlIlnr, nn'l should so rightly, v,is tho opinion r. f John L. Whitrn.in, 5U prlntn'lfr.t of 1 1 1 "h!ra ic hr'iof correction, "Tlie IlrMvA Ml," is an mlifH Lcfre the oj n forum last nUht nt tho Hrsi 1 1 . a i . 1 1 ? r -Irin )i. His toj.Ic was "Th- i'aro of tho Criminal 'la.-sr V The cM sytcrn. n. t j.!.iirul lv tho f rfa.kfr, meant th Mi ijr .-ion nil tho rlnor Instinkts in th- s-allr-l criminal, c-rnhitterinic yum asraint Fooioty anM imkini; him a darsrerous monaoo to pxchty. The present tenMency, Mr. Whitman siiM, was to aiipoal to the hetter iivt'rvts )f tho man, ani after the expiration of hi prison sentence send him i k a a fit memlicr of the meiety from which h va once ca.t mit. 'oniIr Spirit of Law. Iaws enacUti ly legislatures, said the speaker, were designed to provide for th safety of society. Th second purpose, now coming to le recoi;nied hy society at lari;e as a safety valve, was to reform tlie offender. In the one instance the htter of ;he law is oheyed, in the second the spirit of the law is taken into consideration. Th? first is accomplished hy tho imprisonment of the criminal. Thit is done as protection to so'iety. The second purpose Js to make the indiidual reo tho error of his ways, to discover for himself that after all he is not a down-trodden vi'tim of a disordered society. 'Formerly it was helioved," continued Mr. Whitman, "that any sort of system "which kept the criminal hehind the prison Kars was jiistiliahle. Strict discipline, the kind which makes for visclousness, was the practiv.?. Men were not allowed to communicate with one another. Instead they were locked up in prison cells. They were Kiven no liberties whatever. 1'veryone knows of the underground system of communication. Prison otlicials thought that there was no talking. hut such, was not the case. It brought about deception and it made them int) hardened criminals." Would Study Iud' iduaK. The speaker advocated individual Miuly of mental defectives, of abnormal people and the like. Ho also said that the so-called youthful criminal who committed ;m overt act was r.ot normal. His tendency to wander from the s-tral-'ht and narrow mlffht eventually ripen into tlie criminal staere during the inceptive period. '"Teach the uith of today, our citizens of tomorrow, to revere their parents, they who will protect then from the terrible temptations of the :tietropolitan city," the speaker concluded.

MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD BY MOOSE LODGE

.ddrr-s hy K. Montgomery and Sh- ial Mulc Are I Valiirt' of l'roraiii.

Iirce I'leaf ion K l!xl-teil to lx" I'n'iit it ConMition at In lianaoIit. IXIIANArLI. Ind. May 1

In memory ol of i-'o'ith J r. 1 '.i ii 1! r of Moof

d"parted brothers le, s. .."."., Ioyal the annial me

morial M-rv; of tile lodiM were h M ." ijiday afternoon at Moose hall. An address v. as ! i i r-.J by ';,.t r J:. Montt."o!iier , prost cut.'n.if attorney. Special inu.-ic was furnished by the st. pawl's M. i:. ch.,:r. consist -li.K of Mrs. V. !I. Swintz. Mrs. Lmr.i i'rMi;;in, Arthur Sii.ink and Karl W. Knorr, with Max Miranda at th

Word comes to Ir. II. S. Shumaker. siiperintenden'. of the An'.i-S'aloon League of Indiini, from all jits

Surprises Are Likely to be Sprung at Gathering at Chicago.

of the country, that he convention

!of the Anti-Saloon s "u::o of .vmerI i"a. to be held h r- June Z-l's. will i;ive this ity one of the L-irirv.-i '. ' f--at heri:i-:s it ever was called on to entertain. Ir. Shumaker annoanees ; that Indianapolis will prove i--!t"

to be a very capa.Me host. He also sees as a natural rr.su It 01 the .onventijn a creat uro vth of

i prohibition sentiment in Indiana,!

' not only for the state itself

AVAS'HINtJTM.V. May 1. So miif h more stirring thinf.'. have been filling the headlines of the newspapers and tlie hearts of the people that it is hard to realize the national 'residential conventions, which foreigners find the most spectacular and peculiar features of American life, are only a little over a month off. Although party politics has nrt this year been the bUpest thins before us. interest is still intense, per-

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charge of dictator M. . Norton. lie! , - , , 'Mindav sciiool, vmin; peoples spoke of the is brothers that have, ; ; ,...,,,,

send a dnl"i:ate to the conventi '). and that selection of ible-;at' s already had 1 en made Py many ori. aniz ition.;. lio ause of the repre-

for tlie nation.

th tt hip ouseum ar .nicaffo ana

Dr. Shumaker pointed out

i the new convention hall at St. Iuis

will

dpirted durimr the j.a-t two ears and the work they accomplished while roeml-ers of the order.

Prosecutor Montgomery spoke on?

the suliject "Objct of Platernil-i-n ." He spoke of tlie benefits derivod from the order and the alue it is to the communities in which its branches are located.

USUAL ROBBERY REPORT Saturday Xijiht laitranct (ained at riorine i t. Hdinc. South Pend's reirila.ion Saturday niuht robbery was perpetrated at the home of 1'. M. Chase, 1MJ I'lorine ct., between the usual hours of X and d o'clock, entrance beintf pained through the stipulated rear window. The family was out at the time. Three dollars in cash was taken. As heretofore, Detectives Dibler and Dietl were detailed to the ease.

mentation ly individual com-irc-; itiuis and sociiti'-s; furl'nei, on a---ciiiint of the fact that Indianapolis is much m ro centrally located than other convention cities oj recuit jeirs, and, still further, because the convention is to be held in a presidential year, ri-ht on the heels of tho nation ii Catherines of the iio'.If-

liial parties in the nearby cities o

i hicaeo and St. I.oir.s league m-M beiiee that the Indianapolis onention will be the most largely attended meeting ever held Py the Anti-Sioon Learue ol Anuric.i.

RILEY WILL POSE FOR CENTENNIAL PICTURES

James Whitcomb Kiley, )ielov-d IndiaiKi po(t, has ar-cepted an invitation extended him by (Pv. Ilalston i.t the solicitation of the Indiana Historical cornmi.s":o2 ;;nl the I ritt r state Hiiturical I i tares coiporation, to pose for tho hi.-torical motion pictures now Lein; m ido for uro t'.urimr tht various centennial t(lel rations. Mr. Kih v has been in Plorida Jurini; the winter and it v as thought th;it he would not r tt.rti In time to be "Mined" h' re in Indian ;, but he states in his letter to the irovernor that he thinks it Lest to do his 'p sin" on Hoosier suil. Mr. Hilcy will return to Indianapolis May H or 4 an 1 tho scene? in which he appears will in all prooability be stauvd in the neighborhood of Lockerbie St.. where the I o-t lives, and which he has made known from the Atlantic to the Pacifie beiaise of the mention made of it in his writings. Although the Hoosier poet has "posed" numerous times for mnvp men he Iips never "ac ted" heforo the camera and the Indiana historie;,l Mm will 1 c made all the rroro val-

i i'ai.ie tnroiiirn his partu-ii.ation la

it.

WEDDING IN CEMETERY TO'CHECK EPIDEMIC

WARSAW. May 1. The poor Jewish population o Poland still harbors the superstition that any t pidemic can be driven away if a youn.ET couple celebrates its wedding in a cemetery. Lately a typhoid epidemic broKe out in the Jewish quarter of Lublin and it was decided to try the old "remedy," as the fathers had done on similar occasions. A poor youne; man and his sweetheart declared

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t'j matchless anywhere else in the

world, for here alone can one w atch i

the Kreat figures of a nation play the gillie of politics In plain lew w ith a hundred million souls and the richest country on earth as the stakes. No one can predict what a national conversion will bo like. It has phases as varied and as unexpected as a preat battle. It is Generally agreed that Pres't Wilson will s-et the nomination of his party by acclamati fin. This is the onlv thin? that is fixed, and one who reads the history of the past may well doubt vhether this is a.7 assured as most people believe. Like a whirlwind new retires often stalk into the convention hall, ktow to monstrous sjzp in a few minutes and sweep all before them. laititled to Nomination. Speaker of the House of Representatives Champ Clark, who received n majority of the votes in the Paltimore convention four years azo, but was finally defeated by Mr. Wilson, said last year: "If Pres't Wilson makes a rood president he is entitled to renominntion and will gvt it. If he does not the democratic nomination will not bo worth having." Even at the democratic conven

tion there will be lots of action, i Who will be Wilson's running mate? J Will it be Vice Pres't Marshall, who is ready to enter the contest acrain?

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TTiis Is a photograph of the republican convention in Chicago icrht years aro. The convention was held in the c.dis.-um. the pl.o e s b

for this vear s convention. -o the picture gives a pretty koou iaea oi what the convention this year win ;..ok i.kc. in 1 1 r cam" trie ja ,

lolt and the formation of the progressive party. This year, as in 19 OS. the republicans are expec ted to be a united h.ippy family air.iir..

thouKh the progressives have made all preparations to hold their own convention in the same city at the

lashed into a storm of fierce grandeur which will leave its mark and be remembered for many a year. Out of the ruck of favorite sons there stand two or three ?reat figures, but none of these is without its opponents. The possibility of a dark horse galloping through the field to first place is not to be dismissed. Prediction is hopeless. The republicans have broken precedent in the first place by deciding to meet on June 7, one week liefere the party in power. Only twice since the republican party's history began has the party of the opposition selected its candidates first. Theso

memseies wining to no marrieti j will it be Sen. John Kern, demo

amni tne rruesoiie surroun. nngs ana j oratio floor leader, from Mr. Mar- i occasions were the lirst nomination a committee collected funds for the shall's own state of Indiana, or Son. J of Lincoln in 1X60 and tho first nomweddin expenses and u small dowry j J. Hamilton Lewis, carry ins much j ination of McKinley in 1 S00. Curifor the bride. w eight in his great state of Illinois. ously, both these presidents were On the morning of the wedding j or ex-Cov. Folk of Missouri, an- prevented from completing a second the entire Jewish population of the ! other man discussed for the place term bv assassination.

town hurried to tlie cemetery. A in the halls of congress when once part of the graveyard was covered j in a while the international situawith white sheets fnm which tho j tion lets up a little? bride has to make her bedcovc rings j The democratic gathering will coram! other household linen. Tho j tainly bo no cut-and-dried affair, marriage ceremony was performed Put in Chicago, one week earlier, by an aged rabbi in the presence of will come the real struggle of the more than 5,000 persons, w ho later giants. So many currents will set

escorted the newly married couple to their home. The whole Jewish population of the city now is firmly convinced that the epidemic will disappear In a short time.

ATTORNEY TO WED

l'ronk ;i!inrr to Marry Va-hliittti. Ii. C, ;irl.

ADDING MACHINES USED IN SURVEYING

Trank Cilmer. attorney. thi.-. city, find Miss Pachael Seabrook of Washington, D. C, will bo married this afternoon at S:- o'clock a' tho home of the bride's parents-, li'n Kuclhl St.. that city. Mr. .iltncr has practiced law in South Heml for tin past five years, having othct s in the Tanners' Security building. Mr. and Irs. Ciilmer will take a le-day wedcling; journey to Ncv York. I'.oston. Ihlla!elphta. and n s'-'nt like trip, nnd will be at homo alter Jan.- 1 at US W. Washington aw. this city.

STKYMSHIP MO TAU NTS. Ir.terrntien il Nt"s St !. NTAV YOLK. May 1. No sto.i intra sailing today. Iuo to arrive today: Patria. r m: "e-Oandia. (Gibraltar; Anglo S;en. St. Naalre: Philadelplun. Ia'tul n: Caserta. Naples.

The p.recise leveling parties in charge of J. H. Peters and (t. D. Cow ie of the Tnited States coast and geodetic survey, operating in Indiana ami Tlorida res-peet ively, are recording the readings of the level rods on adding machines as the work progresses. The machine is strapped to the top f a motor velocipede on which the party goes to and from the working ground. The lc cling is done along railroads, and the car is moved forward with the observer as the work progr sses. The adding machines are now being used in tlie field for the first time in such work and tlie reports received at the survey's o"ice at Washington show that r ording can be done more piickly and with less likelihood of errots than when the reconb.-r us, it the obi method of ra-tering the o! nervations in a record book.

nr.sim: to kill. (Columbia City Post.) Occasionally Itoosevelt announces that he stands for peace. It is the generally accepted belief that he also stands for war of the ratio f about 100 tol. He has talked war with Mexico for the past three years, and has repeatedly said that the moment Germany invaded Pelgium the L'nlted States should have ordered them out of that country. If there be one man in America who stands for war above all others, that man is llooseclt. It may prevent his nomination for president, too. for there are thousands upon thousands of republicans who do not want war.

in there, so many changing waves and tides of fierce opinion and partisanship, that the seas are sure to be

Tor the first time both conven

tions will have a majority

the

delegates chosen by direct primary. The republican delegates, who numbered 1.07S in 1912, aro now reduced to SSü. This has been brought about by cutting the representation of the "solid south." habitually democratic states, whose delegates in times past have often been susceptible to corruption.

inti:iu:stin(; iwcts aijout tin; tjiü Hcpuldican. Convention city Chicago. Convention hall Coliseum. Date June 7. Number of voting delegates .... I- S 5 Proportion necessary to a, choice One-half. Number necessary to a choice. . . Chosen by direct primary 61.. Chosen by conventions ........372

C ) X V KXTK X S. iHnnovratio. St. Luis. New Convention June 14. LOSS Two-thirds. 72G 624 464

Hall.

After several conventions had attempted unsuccessfully to inaugurate this reform, the republican national committee finally consummated It at Washington, in Iecemcratic delegates, 1,00 8, is the same her, 1913. The number of demoas four years .ago. Those states which will have a reduced number of republican delepates from 1912 are Alabama. Arkansas. Tlorida. (Jeorgia, Iuislana.' Mississippi. N';w Mexico. New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. The voting power of tho delegates from Hawaii, the Philippines and Forto Rico has been taken away, making a total reduction in votes of 95. Liquor Question 1'p. One thing about which little is

printed hut which is going to have a big influence at both ""hicao and St. Iouis. is prohibition. Both jKtrties will be influenced for candidates who will draw the approval of the great prohibition fjrees. Another predictable certainty is that the woman will cut a great figure at both conventions. The suffragists say their unofficial delegation will far outnumber the democrats at St. Louis and the republicans at Chicago. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. national president, will head both delegations. A suffrage parade in Chicago at convention time will be the biggest one ever held, it is promised and there will be another smaller parade in St. Louis. PesidoK this buttonholing gang going about arguing

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methods if agitation, in which

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Used.

citri !L ixiui rirnr.M 1:. Mrs. Lnder'y. w if of Judge derly of a small Missouri town. plained one day that she had ; dentally swallowed a b itten. As the lady was rath- gi making groat ado oer trivial haps, and th judge being much occupied, he did not pay much l

oiu ill lit , tin r i , , .o:uio 11 if. tears, lie made kir.dlv inqulrv a J

their cause. "It's your heartless in-indiffcr to anything that h-happens to ? solved th aggrieved littbi Voi "I didn't suppose you'd vv-vv

mucn oecause j swa How ei a

ton, out 1 i int ihir.K von m

hao taken nnuvli interest in inquire w-what kind of a b-butt was!" Art in Puttons.

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Dr. A. P. Messu-k has removed offh es into suite 4 L Tanners' ( uritv Pldg. Advt.

Dr. Win. IL Hülm

ff ice to T, 1 .' Firmf

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nan bn mov ed j lers Trust P.bH'l

PLooMixt; cm:i;i. "See that girl over there? She's the f.;rl I was engaged to last year. anM tne engagement was broken off." '"Did yov. get your ring back?" Get it back? Why, three months afterward she wrot me asking if I wru'; n't have the Mono reset for her."

p.y lom; nisT.wcr. Tir.-t Tt dephono (Tri Do know Mr. Linger? Siond Telephone Girl Not sight: only to sp ak to.

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Ginger Pread. One pound flour, three quarter pound brown sugar, a .ittle milk, a spoonful spk-es, a spoonful gingt r, some baking powder, a good lump of butter. Melt sugar, butter, milk, j.i tiger and spices. Mix baling powder into flour; mix all well together, ii 11 it on floured board, and form in any shape desired. Cook in very moderate over:.

Pictorial Review Pattern for May Now on Sale.

TUESDAY, MAY 2, SUN RISES 4:53, SETS 7:01.

Order by Mall Komptly filled. We ve aa expert shopper who acts for you using the some judgment were you shopping in peson.

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Review Spring Fashion Book Now on Sale

May Sale of Don's Unbleached Crash, all pure linen at I2l2c, 15c and 17c yd.

Our May Seiles Started Today Starting the summer season with the greatest collection of merchandise we have ever been fortunate to buy. Such a tremendous stock to choose from gives you such variety in every department. You cannot help finding what you are looking for. Every item has been carefully inspected to conform with our quality first standard before placing in stock. Watch our ads daily, you will find something new and interesting.

Cover your Bath Room with new designed ARMSTRONG'S LINOLEUMS Prices, all laid: Printed, 65c, 75c sq. yd. Inlaid. $1.10, $1.35 sq. yd.

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May Sales White Wash Goods in greatest assortments ever shown. Brautlful Sheer Lawns in fancv strines and checks 2 7

wide, handsome materials for waists or children's dresses at 10c, 12V2c, 15c yd. Popular White Vciles, with embroidered figures and novelty stripes; 36 to 40 inches wide at 25c yard. Plain cr rjcrceriied Organdies, also marquisettes and voiles, in a w ondrous display at 29c, 35c, 50c, 59c to $1.25 yard. Of White Long Cloth. Extra fine weave yard wide 12 yd. lengths at $1.20 piece. Soft finish Dimities a splendid value at 12y2c yd. Colored Wash Materials Thousands of yards or' strictly fast color fabrics in ml mr beautiful new patterns. Mcst retractive fabrics for vacation dresses Spider mulls, voiles, handkerchief linens in all delicate shades, unusual values at 10c yard. Hollybelie batistes also in a wonderful variety of colors at 15c yard. Tissue Ginhms, in dainty stripes, pretty checks and plaids some with embroidered designs at 15c and 25c yard. Andirscn'a French Ginghams for children's summer dresses, also great variety of colors in Kindergarten cloth for little bovs summer wash suits fast colors. Special at 25c yard. MEDICI DE SOIEU-36 IN. Diinty sheer materials in delicate shades green, yellow, pink, blue with white silk stripe. 59c yd. May Sale of Embroideries Colored Edge Voile. The newest designs and colors. Rose, blue and coral. Special at 95c, $1.25 yd. Organdy Flouncings, extra wide embroideries, $1.50 to $5.00 yd. Geor& ite Crepes, all new shades, special at $1.85 yd. Net Top Flouncings and Chantillv Laces, in cream white, Chantillv all white. Price $1.00 to $6.00 yd.

May Sales of Curtains and Curtain Materials Curtain Making When you are planning your curtains, let us plan the making of them our service shop can do the work at prices so low you will be astonished. We make any kind of curtain necessary to your order, experienced men will attend your call for estimates. Lace for the window is the modern note. Our stock of Quaker Lace Curtains include patterns for every purpose. White, Ivory and Egyptian. Prices S 1.25 to S2.95 pair. Nottingham Nets and Filet Nets, 69c to $2.25 yd.

May Sale of Silks

36 inch to 40 inch Louisaincs, Taffetas, Messalines,

Foulards in rinted Warp at $1.25 yard. Roman stripes,

black and white checks, flowered effects.

40 inch Crepe de Chine at $1.25. In all the newes:

pastel shades. 36 inch Gros de Londres at $1.75 yard. value in navy and Copen. 36 inch Chiffon Taffeta at $1.50 yard.

brown, reseda, Copen., two tones and others. 40 inch Awning Stripes at $2.95. For the popular new skirts, lavender or green and black. 36 inch French Faille at $2.00 yard. A soft heavycorded silk for coats and suits, in navy, Copen., tan and black.

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May Sales Wool Suitings

Hundreds of yards of handsome all wool suitings iiv

Black and White Striped Mohair, hair-line, medium and wide stripes. Wool Shepherd Check and Fancv Plaids

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al values at $1.00 yd.

Novelty Suitings in plain greys and plaids, 50c ydA

White Serge Suitsings, French or Storm, -I I in., $1.2b. White Serge Suitings, with hairline stripe, $1.25,

$1.75.

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