South Bend News-Times, Volume 34, Number 118, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 28 April 1917 — Page 3

SATTTSDAY ATTTKNOnv. TTTTTi 2. 10T7. HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

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1 G S41,800 Worth of Stock Announced Solri at First Meeting of Organization. "n hundred business rtifn mrt at the Chamber of rommrrce Friday night ;inJ opened the ramp.iiKP. for the proposed South Ilend Homes o , to relieve the housing situation. It was announced that $ 1 1 . S ) 0 worth of the stork has horn sold. Tls is almost half thf amount that is to ! sold before the articles of incorporation ;iro taken out. F.ightymx sharp. were subscribed for at the met inc. Scores of workers will jump into th field during the next wefk. It is believed that the Sion.noo worth of 'he stork which is to bp taken up before the company is ineorported. will 1-e disposed of within a few Ja y. .52.'.,ooo Tly Stndr-takcr. The largest subscriber of stock ?o far is the StiifJebakrr corporation which made the initial subscription for J2.".0O0. other subscriptions ranging as high as $2. ."00, have hern received from firms and Individuals. The next meeting of the -tork .solicitors will he at noon Tuesday at the Oliver hotel. The purpose and organization of the company were explained at the meeting Tuesday. Arthur 1j. Hubbard presided and introduced the speakers. Amon;' those who spoke were Judge Walter Funk. William Happ, H. V. F.ldredge. J. T:. N'eff, f f. Ham-h. I). I,, r.uilfoyle, T. M. Prandon and I i:. Hering. Nays Sii nation SVrloiix. Mr. Happ explained the importance of good ho'.ises in a city and pointed out the seriousness of the present situation in South Fend, dehiring that it would rapidly prow worse unless same especial means were envolved to prevent it. lie urj;ed the importance of the formation of the proposed company, and emphasized the success which has attended similar companies in other places. Mr. Xcff explained that the South Hend Homes Co. b to be a corporation of snoo.ono capital. Of this Sjoo.ooo is In six percent cummulative stock, $100,000 common stock. "With every $.'0 share of preferred stock sold one-half share of common stock will be given. When S 1 O.OOO worth of preferred stock is subscribed for the company will be incorporated, organized and made ready to do business. The stock may he paid for a follows: Twenty-five percent upon issuance of certificates f incorporation, 2 percent every three months thereafter until total Is paid. Upon th incorporation of the company the common stock will he deposited with the trustees: KlTner Crockett. Samuel Parker. Willis TUigbeo. Abe TJvingston, and D. I... Juilfoyle, for a period of in years to hold and vote the same as they Miall dom best for the company. Answerin? questions put by Marvin Campbell a to why the company was to build house to sell rind not to rent. C. Hanch. a Inember of the executive committer, in a brief talk explained that the experience in other cities- was that this Is a much more feasible plan than the plan to build to rent. Mr. Hanch said that he knew local cor--.oration which were willing to place surplus funds at the disposal f reliable employes who wish to buy homes and that the terms which . .mid be offered these employes by the company through the fact that H can build so chert p by wholesale methods would mean little more than average rent payments. Asked CoSteo2tSnjes' A IF you do. vou rrind into it the bitter chaff which rains its flavor and aroma. There is no chaff in Golden Sun Coffee. It is cut by a special process not ground. Packed in air-tight, sealed, flavor-retain-inpeans. Golden Sun ßives a maximum number of cups of rich, clear, fragrant coffee to ever) pound. The price U modest. Only proccrs sell it. No premiums just the finest coffee. Sölden Sura Co r,t i.v THE WOOLSON SPICE CO. Toledo, Ohio

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whether the company would dissolve h-n it h.id built the firt lot of houses and lipovel of them Mr. Hanch replied that this would depend upon the derjwjnn of the stockholders which probably would no doubt be determined by the conditions existing hre at that time. I. I. Juilfoyle. one of the trustees of the company, was convinced that it will prove a hit: success and would in all probabilities pay more to the investors than six percent.

LODGE NOTES The South Pend U a. T. M.t met Review. No. last evening at I'.eykr'.s hall. After the routine business a program was given by the March and April birthday committee. A reading was given by Mrs. Jacob Zerby; a poem. "'Our Flag," by Mrs. Mollie ISradley and a drill by IS guards in white uniforms. Mrs. McXitt. supreme past commander of New York, and Mrs. Minnie H. Old., deputy supreme auditor, of Flkhart. attended the meeting. The birthday gift was won by Mrs. Iluby Orant. A hit and miss picnic supper was served after the program. Music was furnished by Mrs. Klla Murphy during the evening-. AISE AGE LIM ECRU1TS No More Under Age Wavers Below 17 Years Will be Granted. Twelve recruits who were planning to leave South Pcnd for the Great Lakes Training station during the next few days will be denied that privilege because they are under age. The local navy recruiting station received orders from Indianapolis Friday night to the effect that: "The minimum wage limit for apprentice seamen is raised to 17 years. Under-age wavers below 17 will no longer he granted." This ruling, according to the local officers, vill effect at least a dozen boys who had practically completed final arrangements for joining the navy next week. Hut three men left for the Great Laakes training station yesterday from South Pend. They were Ver non O. pinsmore, Warsaw; I'd ward i W. Zacharias, Chicago, and Sidney Winsberg, Chicago. All three enlisted as apprentice seamen. Army recruiting in South Pend is being effected by the present unsettled conditions which are due to congress' attitude towards conscription. Iocal recruiting officers are arranging for record enlistments after the conscription bill is passed. Three men enlisted Friday for army service and were sent to the barracks at Columbus, O. They were Lloyd Hordens, Xew Carlisle: C.eorge Marer. Milford. Ind., and Kdwin S. Campbell, Pittsburgh. Pa. The first two named entered as recruits. Campbell has already had three years' army experience. METAL POLISHERS' UNION INDORSES STREET CAR MEN ; j W'aS The following resolution adopted by the local metal polishers. ' at a meeting of their union last night, with reference to the union- 1 izatiou of the street railway em-: ploy es: ' South Bend. April 27, 1917. j e. the members of local. Xo. n."0, of the metal polishers' union, in regular session assembled, d ;iolopt the fdlowing resolutions: TM.. i. ..I : l, . ueieas. me t-in mo sei tum uir ; . . r i Mm .MMi1..-f.o ..iM inir Mini public of Suth Bend on the street cars of this city, having for years worked for wages less than is necessary for the maintenance of a fam ily at a decent standard of living.! and under working conditions that i were regulated solely by the consideration of profit and without regard; to the welfare of the men: and. j Whereas, these employes have

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power to iemani iixing wages ana , better working" conditions; and. Whereas, thev have demande! of the street railway company these wages and enditions that they have ' pufdished in the local press and that, i after consideration, w e ti ml them i reasonable and just, therefore, be it resolved, That we, local No. 3C metal polishers' union, do extenl to division No. 7 4 7 if the Amalg.imatel Asso-! eiatioii f Street and Klectric Bail- ) way Kmploves f America a cordial) welcome into the ranks of organized labor f oüth Bend. That we believe then aase is just, their course is ri-bt. ami that w e pledge 'i:r; hearty and earnest support, moral j ami otherwise in their undertaking: and. That a copv of these resolutions be -cut to division No. 7 4 7. ne to the I.. I, of South Beud. and one to .h of the newspapers of South 1'erul for publication. Fra iernally. ia h'ai, ?o. m. r. r. r a. I'reil 1. Bruce. Be'. Sec'y. A. J. Mcintosh. Bre t. WASHINGTON. April Sec'y M.loo announced Friday that hreaftcr the government's bureau of sar risk insurance would decline to ,-ue im- iiar.ve on sailing vessels and auxiliary sailing tasels through the; wax zones.

T AUTO HITS DITCH Demonstrator Steps on Accelerator Instead of Brake When Tire Blows Out. Three men were seriously injured when an auto in which they wore speeding skidded and ran into a ditch near the entrance to the county farm. Portage rd.. at " o'clock Friday afternoon. The injured are: Kdward Peaudway. driver for Sehue'.l Klingel, broken, jaw, fractured chin and broken collarbone. George Ilollosson. demonstrator for the Saxon Motor Car Co., broken arm and collarbone and possible internal injuries. S'pyridon Stratigos. proprietor of Washington restaurant, broken ribs. IMouout (Jhm as Cause. A blowout on a front tire caused the accident, according to the victims. Ilollosson, who is a demonstrator, was teaching Stratigos to run a new Saxon six touring car when the latter lost control. The machine was making r,r or 40 miles an hour. Stratigos was at the wheel when the blowout occurred. Ilollosson recognized the driver had lost control and in attempting to apply the brakes Ilollosson pushed the accelerator. The machine dashed into a ditch alongside the road and somersaulted twice before it stopped. The occupants were pinned beneath the overturned car. The police ambulance was hurried to the scene of the accident and the victims wtre carried to the Kpworth hospital. Although their injuries are painful all three men are rv tirti-'tcil ti reoover I)r II F Viton and Ir. Fdgar Myers attended Kollosson and stratigos and Ir. J. A. Stoeckley reset I5eaudway's frac- j tu red iaw. Police Say Men Speeded. Farly in the afternoon Ilollosson took Stratigos and ISeaddway out for a demonstration. They began speeding, according to the police, on reaching the Portage rd. and were traveling ?.T or 40 miles an hour when the accident occurred. Three wheels of the machine were shattered and the body of the car was smashed beyond repair. f . T Franchise L,eaguc Threatens to Put New Party in Field What are the women going to do? This question, which is on the mind of every politician in South Bend, and for that matter in the state, was asked yesterday at the meeting of t ! the Women's Franchise and Civic league, hut not answered. The atuiuut- oi uic women m uie coming t.. 1 !.!... - iin-.ti rifvuons i)roeti a very engrossing siioject. women gathered Some of the 1.10 in the Chamber of L-ommerce gymnasium for the occasion were of the opinion that an out and out woman ticket shouhi lie placed in the Jiebl. Others insisted that they start a fight for the formation of a third party with the feminine element the dominant one. in point of electorates but not of canij i t . Vfi ln.li nl or press themselves as satisfied with ! either of the two candidates in the field. The most leiinite part of the whole meeting was when the women of the organizations all voiced their determination to vote against the present candidates in the field. The sentiment in favor of the formation of a thinl nartv was neneral. it is . . vai), H,,w-ver. it was decided was ciecided to wait until after the registration. ! Meanwhile the women of the city I are to continue to inform themselves more fully on tne duties of citizenship. one woman indicated after the meeting that the twu organizations are to cooperate with another organization which is being formed for the organization wnieh is preparing for the new party was. however. jealously guarded. Mrs. L. s. Fickenscher presided at the meeting. Mrs. William Happ read a paper on "Woman and Suffrage.' noTii (ouiTs AiMoriix. With the completion of the business of the February term of circuit court yesterday afternoon. Judge Walter A. Funk adjourned ..n.l , . . B- n 1 1. ...Ml 1 . I iiiiu mi mui i.tsuiir will or ne T(l Jin the two higher courts now have (adjourned and no more lawsuits will ; be heard in the two higher courts ! for at least a w eek. Superior court. which was adjourned Wednesday afternoon, will open Monday, May 19. ( in i;ciimj:' i;nti:i;tain. The .Men's Fellowship class of the First Presbyterian cTturch enjojed a tiinner and frolic last evening at the Y. M. C. A., at which H. C. Hlmore was toastmastcr. The speakers were Frank Gilmer. James Ch liiere. Ne'son Jones. J. Do.'Iaven. II. C. McKee and s. Hihbard. Muic was furnished by HecLon and Williams. Following- the dinner a Ferien of games and 'stunts' w ere en- , jved.

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Mrs. L. S. Fi kenscher was th principal speaker at the meeting rf the !her 'ivi- center Friday nicht talking m "Woman Sufi'rn po". .u enjoyable entertainment procram uas well received by a large audience. Over lf'r' person were preser.t at the Franklin "ivic center social. A subscription was taken up hy the promotion committee for the purpose of buying a large flag for the school. After the games a dance was enjoyed. i WOMAN REPORTS AUTO STOLEN ON MICHIGAN ST. I i Mrs. Kdward F. Slaine of t,?,n X. ! Allen st. reported to the police that ; her seven-passenger Buick touring car had T een stolen while standing ! on X. Michigan st.. between Colfax av. ami LaSalle aw, about 9 o'clocX Friday night. The machine bore an j Indiana license. .n. M2?9. Four J autos have been taken from the! same part of Michigan st. during tho ' last two weeks. 1 BUTTER THIEF GETS 1-14 YEARS Jack B. Kelly Found to Have a Record Back in Illinois. Jack V. Kelly, northern Indiana's daring butter thief, who was caught recently near Importe, entered a plea of guilty in the Importe circuit court Friday afternoon and was given a senten e of 1 t 1 4 years. He was taken to Michigan 'itv immediately. Kelly's plea of guilty followed Ids identification by railroad detectives as the man who, under the name of Bobert Ford Chester, ran a butter store in Roohelle. 111., in 191.". and who shot an oMU'er luring a raid on the store which followed the discovery of. Kelly's thefts from the Chicago, Burlington AL- Quincy freight cars. With a partner named Ralph C. Monroe, Kelly, alia.s "Chester" and "Beid", opened the store in Rochelle, in the fall of l;ir. The raid and shooting took place Nov. i;. 1!'1.". W. I.. Fairweather, the railral detective whom Kelly shot. reoered and Kelly escaped, but a charge of assault with intent to kill is still pending in Illinois. Monroe was captured and is now serving a sentence in Joliet. Kelly was also wanted in Michigan, being a fugitive from the .lackson prison from which he escaped in 1912, while serving a sentence for robberj . When he was first arraigned Kelly refusel to enter any plea. The advent- of officers from other states, however, led him to chose cfmvietion in Indiana, in nreference . t oin to cither ()f tho other j states jfe therefore entered I i plea ,.r -,,;i,- .-! ..f briny ing stolen goods into the state. Kelly sohl most of the butter which he stole from Michigan Fentral freight cars to South B-nd lealers. Accorling to officers. w)m know his past, he acquired l;is skill in boarding and entering freight cars while acting as a brakeman several years ago. IRISH HOME RULE COMES UP AT WAR CONFERENCE WASHINGTON. April 2. The Irish home rule question, it became known Friday, has been discussed at the conference between members ti the British commission visiting this country and American government! officials. j The subject is a most delicate o:ä' and the United States has refrained . from expressing. even informally.; an opinion on the conduct of Great 1 Britain's internal affairs. However, the subject has arisen, and American officials frankly told members of the British commission, that a strong element in the United State? undoubtedly believes that real friemlship between the two nations would be greatly strengthenel by a satisfactory settlement of the Irish problem. Because of the discussion of the problem since the arrival here of Foreign Minister Balfour and his colleagues, the speech in pa-Iiament Friday of Premier l J .-yJ-Oeorae, in which he spoke of the necessity of bringing about a settlement or the home rul question attracted unusual atention in othcial circles. THREE KILLED IN GUN FIGHT IN TOLEDO STREET TOLEDO, O. and a woman man is dying , April Two men re dead ar.d another in a hospital as the result of a shooting which took place on the street here late Friday night, follow ire: a quarrel over a woman. The dead: Thomas Kelly. years old: Mrs Susie Fletcher, 30: Jack Phelps. I'. The fatally wounded man is Norman Fletcher, husband of the fdain woman. Phelps, a private in the sixth Ohio regiment, first accused Kelly of alienating the affecttons of th woman, a former sweetheart. He shot Kelly dead in the street and at tacked the other ttro. Phelps then turned the weapon on himself, dying almost instantly.

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