South Bend News-Times, Volume 34, Number 2, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 2 January 1917 — Page 3

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

TtTSPAY LVJJM.Mi, .lA.M'AKY 1917.

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c RCH PEWSIGNS Success Meets Efforts to Raise Big Surr, for Protestant Episcopal Pastors. Ni:V YORK. -Ian. 2. Sur-yss in t-' t.iinln iu-lc:fs for $ 4.0O.00'' toward th J.'.OOf'. "''' hurrh ..-nsion fund l.lnK raiM f(,r Protestant I-pi.co;al ( 'crymon :nd tholr dfI indent families was announcd here Monday !y lib hop Willhm Liiwrencp of Massachusetts, chairman of th fund romml:tf " This jrreat sain f money the larfrcpt the church ha.s ever raided In fo ihort a tini" I'.bhop Iiwrt'nce sai-T. " Th" campaign, which bc-J?an Marrh 1. will end on March 1. of this year. n that day the entire J ".000.000 must he ir hind; otherwise, we are not entitled to keep the four millions now pledged. We ae confident, however, that the extra $1.000.000 will he raised, and that thi.s pension pyytem will hi formally established to provide fijhtantlal life annuities for ated and disabled clerpy and the widows and dependent orphans deceased clergy." The plan as described in an announcement by the committee is based on " thorough investigation and recognized actuarial principles." It is calculated to provide a minimum old ae pension of $'00 to clergymen who voluntarily retire at the ape of 0 while the maximum is to be half the average salary. Without the $3.000,000 fund, it is explained, under the seven and onehalf per cent collection alone, " no pension would he paid until some of these men were disabled or until they retired at the ae of fS, approximately forty years hence. " In order, therefore, to make a system which will in some measure assume already existing obligations and atone for the neglect of an adequate pension system In the past, a substantial cash reserve is required immediately. This explains the $.".000.000 fund which is now being- collected." OHIO GOVERNOR ASKS PROBE OF H. C. OF L. Susgrst rtahlblmien: of Stato Uurvaii of Marke ts as Aid in Solution. "COLl'MRUS. O.. Jan. 2. In his tnesape to the S2nd Ohio general as. sembly, which convened Monday, (Jov. Willis, the retiring governor recommended nn immediate investigation of the high cost of living in Ohio and as an aid to the solution of this problem, sug:eted the establishment of a state bureau of markets under the administration of the state board of agriculture. Such a bureau the governor suggested, would be a permanent bureau for the prompt investigation of abnormal prices. Itecomrnending abolition of useless offices and sinecures flow Willis said: "My brief experience as a stati official Ias convinced me that Ohio is over-officered and over-inspected and that the people and business of Ohio are being inspected to death." The governor recommended more funds for the care of the state's wards in state institutions, the establishment of a home for the treatment of crippled children and the establishment of a psychopathic hospital in charge of a bureau of juvenile research which will determine the proper institutions for the committee of deficient and delinquent persons. CANADIANS DETERMINED OTTAWA. Tan.. Jan. 2. New Year's greetings, in the form of messages expressing the continued determination of the Canadian people to aid effectively in the war until the aims of the entente allies have been realized, were despatched by the government tod ;y to all the allies, except those whose n?w jear tomes later.

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I. YOIJK. Prnctic.iil all but his wife anil two youi;- daughters have i'n up hope for the safety of '"apt. Frank A. I lay ford, in command of the steamship Maryland, missing since she reported by wireless on Christmas ninht that she was sinking. Starch for her since hy coast guard cutters and scores of other BRILLIANCY MARKS GOV. WHITMAN'S INDUCTION Military Display Unusually Klaboratr und Kcvord Crowds llock to See I'xcrrises. A LI I A NY, N. V.. Jan. 2. The most brilliant meeting that has attended the induction of a governor in many years, characterized the inauguration of Charles Seymour Whitman of New York Monday for a second term as chief magistrate of the state. The military display was unusually elaborate and the crowds that Mocked to the capital city were the largest in a decade. The feature of the governor's inaugural address was a recommendation that the state make up to the members of the national guard, who performed service on the Mexican border, the difference between the "o cents per day paid them by the federal government and the $1.23 a day paid by the state for state service. uch a course would entail an expense of about $2,000.000. the governor said, but he maintained that this burden could be borne better by the individual tax payers than by the individual guardsmen. BRITISH RECRUITING Urh LtS AKh hUSHhU ! i Thousands of Englishmen Sook to loin Army on Now Year's Day Women Tuko Plaoos. LONDON. Jan. 2. New Year's day was eventful in the lives of many Britishers. Thousands of men of military aue who had been granted temporary or other arrangements for tho carrying on of their business were called to the colors, while ethers who had been doing work of national import and whose places have now been taken by women or by men over the military age. donned khaki for the first time. There was a rush to all the recruiting ottices and all day long columns of men. after having complied vith the formalities, were marched off to the depots to commence training. ChMrpn Irrer

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i F:KKLIN (by wireless to Sayville). Jan. 2. Reports of the recent memorable session of the Kussian duma received here, says the Overseas News Agency, include a speech hy a member of that body named Tahenktli. quoting him as saying: "The parliamentary majority, formed in arbitrary fashion raves airainst peace in order to conceal the fact that the whole Russian national and all laborers of Russia de.ire nothing more ardently than l:a?e. The so-called progressives intruce th'm.-elves in an effort to separate the government from the people in order to enslave the nation to a so-called allied power which today is even more hated than all our enemies together." Maxim Gorky, the Russian poet, i.s quoted by the Overseas News Agency as saying in a speech at the anniversary celebration of the Association of Russian Writers that the future now is darker for the Russian nation than ever be-fore. that her military prospects are hopeless and that Russia is facing a winter of famine, privation and misery. "Russia raorificed herself for her friends and in return has been abandoned by them," Gorky is quoted as declaring. "Wealthy England which could alleviate our misery, remains dull or offers help at tonditions which are shameful and humiliating." The news agency adds that Grky predicted a further increase in reactionary tendencies in Russia and asserted "since it is impossible to bring the war to a happy ondinu, it would be better to terminate it in order to avoid a peace by the grace of England. " KILLED BY AUTO FUMES C. J. Dorouw, Assistant to Peinig Railroad Road. Dies. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2. O. J. Oerousse, assistant to tiie president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., died Monday as a result of being overcome by gasoline fumes in his garage near his home in Germantown. It is believed that he was asphyxiated by the apor from the exhaust while he was endeavoring to place a new license tag on the car. He is survived by his widow and one daughter. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon. Mr. Oerousse. who was 43 years old, entered the service of the Pennsylvania railroad in ISM 4 as a telegraph operator. PARISIANS STUDY UP ON NEW WAR TAXES PARIS. Jan. 2. Parisians began the new year by studying the newwar taxes, Instead of making the usual exchange of visiting cards and calls. Roth houses of parliament in a special Sunday session that continued until New Year's ee. worked on the new system of taxes in order to make it effective at the beginning of l'Jl". The salient features of the new order of things from the viewpoint of the average citizen, are a three cent instead of a two cent domestic postage; a 10 to 20 percent increase of the tax on tobacco and cigars, and a tax of from 10 to 50 centimes on theater tickets, graduated according to the price of the seats, more costly telegrams and Increased charges upon beverages and certain provisions. At the front every soldier received extra rations of ham. wine, champagne, cigars and oranges, while the officers received double rations. JOHN D. CANCELS MORTGAGE AS GIFT NEW YORK, Jan. 2. John D. Rockefeller, jr., cancelled a mortgage of $200,000 on the west side neighborhood house in this city, conducted by the Young Women's Christian association, as a Christmas gift, it was announced today. The property was purchased from Mr. Rockefeller In 1914 and $33,Ö00 had already been paid. Because he was "satisfied with the uses to which the property had been put." Mr. Rockefeller said in a letter, he not only cancelled the mortigaC'e, but restored the money that had been paid. PARIS COUNCIL TO STICK PARIS. Jan. 2. The municipal council "at the dawn of 1917. which we are convinced will fulltil all our hopes." adopted resolutions addressed to the peoples in the capitals of the entente allies " fighting with us for the liberty of the world." assuring them of the tinalterable and unbreakable resolution to struggle with them to the end for a decisive victory and the necessary reparation." LOANS ON FARM LANDS. IiOans bearing interest at the lowrate of 5 per cent will be made by us on good productive farm3 whicn meet with our requirements. If you

expect to borrow money soon, arrangements should be made without detay so that you may take advantage of this orrer. All loans will be made for a term of five years, with the privilege o:" paying the principal, or any part thereof, in evn hundreds of dollars at any interest paying date. Further details can be secured by h letter or we shall be pleased to have vou call at our office. THE STRAUSS BROTH ER3 CO. - Uannl I

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Ml I way's Good Don't expect too much of Ood fortune. Most people attribute their good fortune in finance, to two things work and economy. If your ship "Good Fortune"" is failing to land you at a port of right investment, follow the advice of this bank. Secure a St. Joseph County Savings Bank pass book and receive 4 V' interest on your deposits, large or small. " 4 Interest on Savings. ST. JOSEPH COUNTY SAVINGS BANK. ST. JOSEPH LOAN & TRUST COMPANY.

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