South Bend News-Times, Volume 34, Number 73, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 14 March 1917 — Page 2

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THE SOUTH BEND NEWSTIMES

HAPPENINGS IN AND

ILL BE HELPED Agricultural Expert May be Brought Here to Teach Classes in Schools. Home gardening is to receive m re coopTritlun 1 1 1 " latter part of this jc ir anil in corah.;; (.irs than has ever been Kivfii y th' city school system, according to Supt. J. V. .N'uner. As one method of creating mere interest in the home garden, an agricultural expert may he brought t the tity in the fall to lave charge of both theoretical and practical gardening in the public f hool5. The work this summer, however, will he left to the rei re ition committee wlii' li handled it so Miccessfully : v rummer. vVhen asked as 1 nhy (Xpir would not take charge of v a cultural courses this Hprinc. Mi. " ner said that although it wouli Mlmulatc gardening interest, it would be impractical as the -hoo! children would not have, time to l,e:ome acquainted i;h the work. To Mj?ure the agricultural expert certain tate requirements- must he met .y the school system. At the pre.-ent tin.?, agriculture is tauscht as a side line in the biology department of the high school, hut only theoretically. As yet the practical Kide of the question has heen left ur touched. Several local men are slated for the position anion; them John Kittir.ger. head of the history department in the high school, and A. II. Wolfe, chairman of th Karden department of the municipal recreation committee. Hoth men hae heen active regarding warden problems and either 'A on hi till the position aceptah'.y. Plans for the summer's work are lapiilly progressing, the instructive illustrated hooklet to be difctiibuted to amateur gardeners will soon he in the printer' hands. As soon a.s slides are received from Chicago they will he shown at the various community tenters for the purpose f educating the amateur. 1'. H. Karnes, municipal recreation director, recently returned from Chicago, where he made arrangements for the slides. GIVES HEALTH LECTURE lr. Mary Owens Speak to iirN of High School. Taking for hrr subject "Health." Dr. Mary Owens delivered the hfth of a series of lectures for the girls f tiic high school Tuesday afternoon. The talk was of vital importance to the girls as Dr. wens 1 rought ut her points in such a way as to forcibly impress the subject. Rasing her talk on three points fresh air. uict and habit Dr. Owens told the girls that these three points were important things to remember in keeping health. In onclusion she said: "The' days- are past when women ate regarded as dinging ines.' The are now on an equal footing with the men. both physically and mentally." At the lose of the talk a general discusstun was held and the girls were allowed to ask questions cow ring the lecture. moosi: to mi:i:t. Men-hers of the Moose lodge of Importe. Michigan City, Niles and Mishawaku will asit the local order of Moox'. No. '''. in the intt. illation of new members next Sunday. FOR THROAT AND LUNGS MUUIOKN Me.il .NI OI,n n's Alterative M)Ul HY AM. I. I)IM, I)KI(,(.DT Doctor Tells How to Quickly Strengthen Your Eyesight at Home Dr. Lrwi pijs DonOp t n is thcrye of t homan.!. It i puaranteot to strengthen eyes so , in one week' time many ini.nc-. Of.er entirely tjoe w a t with r?e: onickly relieve Inf ummition, ai hin?. ilcSinr. turninr. tircJ. work'trninl. M-tcry cyr. Not a errrt rrmody. Abio'utelr hrm- !;. formula on r ery parkajr. he Ivx tor nno.infrnifnt oon to prr in this pajr. ou-Opto j rcscnptiou filled WVttbV 'i:t r. it Ir'ijr M re .in I thr Inissit. Adv. NUXATED IRON lncrsos strrnfft of iMl.'flt. norivut. ruadowtt r-t,,P'' -r cul la tn day ta rnnny li.atar...-". ?ino forfait If It fails a tr full explanation in lir.-e artii: -n t npi.ir 1 tJii iffr. AW Tn'if ti'rtir or !riii:ff!t t.out it Wftti-k' Cut I; livftjft C"UfJ It In nk. Sivt.

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Notre Dame News

Rev. Matthew Walsh, vice presi- j dent of the university, will he the principal speaker at the Lafayette. Ind.. celebration of St. Patrick's day. held under the auspices of the An cient ' 'rucr ol iiioernians. v truinai uiiid'iiin oas nie ui.-uin - j tion of having his bust moved into the Notre Iame library as the first ornament of the new building. The CO busts of the bishops' memorial hall were moved Monday nnd will; he put in place thl.s week. The busts are of the bishops. archMshops and cardinals r.f the United States. The moving of the books to the new Iilrary will bein during the Master vacation ami it is planned to open I the building within the next month.' Two local priests have been selected to 0elier panegyrics on St. Patrick's day in Chicago. Rev. Paul I'oik will deliver the address before the Irish Fellowship dub and Rev. Francis Zerhusen will go to St. Francis Xavier's parish. I)r. Kdward Wood of Detroit, M -h., one of the founders of the Michigan Historical society, has donated to the university a medal! which is to be given to the student writing the best essay on the northwest territory, it was announced yes- , terday by Rev. Matthew. C. S. C, ; vice president of the university. Ir. Wood received the degree of doctor of laws at Notre Dame in 1916. He is prominent in historical research work, and has recently been appointed a member ef the Michigan hi-torical commission by the gover nor. The Notre Dame riMe club has left for the annual dual meet with Culver Military academy. The men who made the trip with Sergt. Campbell were: le-o Yonel, .1. Miller, (leoige Reinhart. II. Rivas and .lack Young. Members of the Notre Dame council Knights of Columbus held their regular business meeting in the council chambers. Following the business meeting a .smoker was held. OPEN AIR SCHOOL TO START IN TWO WEEKS Twenty-live Children of Orphans' Home Will be Fan oiled in Chi-. An open air school for children of the Orphans home will be opened in about two weeks with an assured attendance of 2.' children, according to a report made at an all day meeting of the board of directors of the Orphans' '-.ome at the home Tuesday. A teacher for the sc hool will be supplied by the Mishawaka school hoard. Two hundred and ten children now are enrolled in the home, according to the report of the superintendent. Nine new children were received this month, while 11 were re-entered and five placed in family homes. Twelve bushels of potatoes were received from the Iasalle theater as a result of the "Potato day" recently held at that place. Five hundred and eighty-one pieces have been sewed for the home during the month and most of them by the Aid society of the First Presbyterian church, Mrs. Lamport's Sunday scr.ooi Class en me r um .w. j.. church and by Mrs. Myron Campbell's class of the First M. K. church. Miss William, the traveling secretary, made visits this month to homes where children had been placed. JUNIOR CLASS TO GIVE "THE LION AND MOUSE Oiailc Klein's Tamous Play Will 1k lroMMitetl as Annual i:." t'harles Klein's famous drama. -The Lion ant. the Mouse." has been selected by the junior class of the hish school as the play to be presented for the Junior "Kx." Many plays were selected by the class committee and this one was the final decision of the committee. The final vote for the play will be put before the entire class at a meeting to be held Wednesday. but it is thought that the class will uphold the selection made by the committee. Tryouts for the play will start soon and the cast will probably be picked from the following members: Raymond Neff, George Hagey. Louis Pruggner, Dewey Cole, Charles Wuthrich. Kaymond mith. ;Tlen Hodson. Donald Kain, Doris Campbell. Margaret KiJenonr. Cailie Kuth. Ruth Mann and Florence Salincer. WILL TALK ON GARDENS Heircation ComiuUtct to Take lp Summer's Work at Meeting. A campaign to increase interest in home and school gardening in South l'end. further extension of th boy club work in the various community centers throughout the city, and plans for the summer playground work will be timoiiK the important matters up for discussion at the meeting of the municipal recreation committee to be held this afternoon, at ü o'clock in the offices of I !. l!.rnu, playground supervisor. Tested Oarden Seed in bulk. Warner Rros., 114 i:. Wayne t Advt.

SLEET AND RUIN

HELD UPTRUP Interurban and Local Service Were Behind on Tuesday Night. Considerable damage to telephone, telegraph and electric wires and a general hampering of the street car service was caused by the heavy wind, sleet and thunder and lightning storm which hit South Rend Tuesday afternoon and evening. officials of the Chicago. South Rend and Northern Indiana Railway Co. said that the storm was the worst they had experienced in years and that if the sleet had not changed to a heavy rain their entire service would have been tied up. As it ws, hiterurbans were running from two to three hours late in every direction. One car took two hours to go to Niles. while another made the distance In one hour. The run is usually made in 20 minutes. L. K. Hollar, superintendent ef transportation, said that on the north run, cars had to put up both trolley poles and in several instances they were forced to crawl along while the crew rode on top and knocked portions of the heavy sleet off the wire with brooms. From 5 o'clock to 7 o'clock Tuesday night while the storm was at its height the greatest difficulty was experienced. The heavy sleet clung to the trolley wires in some places coating it nearly a half-inch in thickness. "Juice" could not penetrate the heavy coating and the cars moved by fits and starts. On the Hill s. line while a car was making the tuvn at Michigan st. and I-isalle av. the trolley pole slipped off and hit the heavily charged South Shore trolley line putting the smaller car out of commission. It had to be towed to the barns. Fast bound interurbans experienced less trouble than did the west and northbound trains. The trains running east were from three-quarters to an hour late, while the other cars ran several hours behind. Railroads did not report so much trouble as did the interurban lines. Roth the New York Central and (Irand Trunk trains were only a little behind their schedule. South Shore trains were said to be running on time. Telephone and telegraph companies reported only a small amount of trouble. The terrific wind of the early evening anel the heavy coating of sleet played havoc with the lines of the Indiana and Michigan Electric Co. On the Portage !,v. rd. northwest' of the residence of F. M, Jackson, six poles were blown down. Four poles were reported down on the Prairie av, road near the Rockhill school house. Nearly a half mile of wire was blown down on the Michigan st. road from I'ninmoyer av. to Chippewa heights. Electric wires which had fallen on Lincoln way F. from Monroe st. to South st.. were repaired by the electric company. The fire department was called about 6:4." o'clock Tuesday night to handle wires which were down in the alley west of Michigan st. from Marion st. to Madison st. BELGIAN RELIEF WORK MAY BE DISCONTINUED Distribution of l"nnds and Clothing May lo Taken (cr Iiy Ollicr Neutrals. International News Sorviro : WASHINGTON. March 1 1. The F?elpian relief work will be out of American hands entirely within a very short time in the belief of the state department. It was admitted Tuesday. Officials expect the whole work will be taken over by Holland or Switzerland or possibly hoth. This is taken to mean that Urand Whitlock, American minister to lielsium. who has had charpre of distributing relief in that stricken country, will soon he brought home, so Kreativ curtailed has the work become since the break in diplomatic relations between Germany and the United States. Herbert C. Hoover, director of the commissioner's relief work, sailed from New York Tuesday for a Spanish port and thence will ro to London and Deigium to arrange for the transfer of the work to other parties. ADDRESSES LEGISLATURE Coinrrov-Woinan Ilankin Says New Jerey Women Should Vote. Infprnatlor.i! New Serrig : TRKNTON, N. J., March IL Miss Jeanette Rankin, congress-woman from Montana and the first woman to attain election to the United States congress, addressed the house of representatives of Now Jersey state legislature Tuesday. Miss Rankin told the legislators they were a bit behind Montana law-makers for they had failed to give woman the vote. She said she had come to Trenton to work for the suffrage cause but iiad found the question could r.ot be taken up iit this time constitutionally. Only One " HIIOMO jriXIi;M To set the cenuine. call for full T.amn IANATIVi; HIIOMO QC1NINK. Look for signature of L. W. OliOVi:. Cures a Cold in One Ia. -."c Adv.

ABOUT

COMMISSION'S ORDER INCONVENIENCES CITY MilpjxTs and Railroad Men Discuss Traffic Problems at Chaining of Commerce, Knotty traffic problems which are confronting local shippers as a result of the recent ruling of the inter-state commerce commission on the routing of freight cars, were thrashed out at the meeting Tuesday night of the traffic committee of the Chamber of Commerce with local freight agents and tra'tic men of the railroads enterine South Rend. The order of the inter-state commerce commission which went into effect in February requires that cars be re-routetl homeward after they are emptied, was necessitated by the freight congestion in the east. The eirder has put shippers in all parts of the country, this section included at a serious inconvenience. It is expected, however, that the situation will be relieved within the next 30 days. MEETING IS CANCELLED Milk Situation Will Im Iicuwil at Xext Club Solon. Due to the inclement weather, the meeting of the Uiver Park Civic club scheduled to he held Tuesday night was postponed until Tuesday night. March 20. At that time J. F. MeClave, chairman of the milk committee ef the Civic federation, will appear before the club and explain the work that committee Is doing to improve the milk supply of b'outh Ilend. ski: motion imctuhms Fair sized crowds braved the rains to see the motion pictures presented at fc?t. Hedwige's and St. Stanislaus' church halls Tuesday afternoon and night. The pictures, which were presented under the auspices of the recreation department. included a three-reel picture showing "The Life of Christ" and two educational reels. run-: iu hns haitfrs. l'ire in the rafters of the Studehaker founelry caused by overheated flues resulted in the pulling of box No. at 7:10 o'clock Tuesday night. Hose Co. No. 2 had the blaze i extinguished hefore the arrival of the central departments. CAUCUSES ARE CALLED IIoum' .Members of All Tallies Will .Meet Before Session. WASHINGTON. March H. Another series of conferences among democratic house leaders Tuesday resulted in a call for a caucus here on April 12. four days hefore the opening of the special session, to line up democratic members for the speakership tight. The republicans will caucus April 1 and the live independents who will hold the balance of power between the two big parties will confer at about the same time in a further effort to agree on some concerted action. will von: cm-: IT. Iuternatior.nl News rvlce: LONDON. March 14. The government will move a supplementary vote of credit to meet unforeseen expenditures, in the house of commons on Thursday, it was otlicially announced Tuesday. 10 Ki:n.s ioc; liAsALi.i:. Two feature pictures at the laSalle all day and evening. "Jim Bludso" with Wilfred Lucas, story t of early days on the Mississippi; "Her Own People," with Lenore 1'lrich, a modern Indian story, held over from yesterday on account of the storm. Splendid program. 10 reels: 10c admission. Advt. What You 4 Surely Need is a healthy, active, industrious liver. Small doses, tak&n regularly, insure that MaybeYouNeed a purgative sometimes. Then take one larger dose. Keep that in mind; it will pay you rich dividends in Health and Happiness. CARTELS r?ITTLI IVER PILLS Ctnutne bears $?gntvr Colorless faces often show the absence of Iron in the blood. CARTER'S IRON PILLS will help this condition,

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MAN'S BODY FOUND FLOATING ON LAKE

George Dezomics is Believed to Have Committed Suicide Missing Two Months. Although mystery surrounds the death of George Dezomics, whose body was found floating in the icy waters of Beck's lake, iust west of the city, Tuesday afternoon, after he had been missing from his home on the West Division st. road since Dec. 31, Coroner Swantz was inclined to believe the case one of suicide. There were no indications that the man had met with foul play. Dezomics, whom, it i said, had been in the habit of absenting himself from his home at frequent intervils for several days at a time, left home Dec. 31 in good spirits, saying he was going for a walk. That was the last heard of him until his body was found Tuesday. The body was discovered floating in the middle of the lake by children of the neighborhood. The police were called and Detectives Delinski and Pallo, Officer Wesolek and Patrol Driver Longren answered the call. The body, in a bad state of decay, was hauled out of the water with much difficulty and taken to Jones' morgue. Dezomicse, who was born in Hungary, had been employed at Studebakers most of the time since he came here 14 years .ago. He is survived by his wife. Flizabeth, and five children, George, Louis, John. Andrew, Anna and Catherine. He was 40 years of age. The burial will he in Cedar Grove cemetery at 2:30 o'clock. Funeral services were held at the grave in Cedar Grove cemetery at 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. JAPANESE SHIP SUNK Steamer is Sent to Ilotloin in Indian )x'an Iy German Haider. VANCOUVER. 15. C, March 14. Cable advices from Japan received here Tuesday by the Canadian News, a Japanese newspaper, stated that a Japanese steamship of about 3.11 Ö tons had been sunk in the Indian ocean by a German commerce raider. No details were given. The vessel sunk was .said to be the .s'ukuera Maru. With I : ! -- i

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