South Bend News-Times, Volume 34, Number 121, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 1 May 1917 — Page 2

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HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

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on CHILD cm

Baby Week Programs at Elder, Kaley and Muessel Schools and Dispensary.

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ISOLATION HOUSE PLAN CONSIDERED AT C. OF C.

klur High Seniors

Plan for Final Days of School

THIS IS BABY WEEK. A visit to our baby department is so interesting to all mothers. EvcTvthiivsr for the baby see our window-display.

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Shopping Hours Saturday .:C0. 8:30 to C :30 I. m.

Tea Ho .'Mi Luncheon 11:00 to p.

BUY A HOME And let us send you an experienced man t furnish it with the celebrated Brenlin Window Shades, ee our display of Curtains Rugs and Draperies.

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Child." w.i-- the !- li of th- four me "ty w ii I- f t r ' I it t

I'.mii. at the M : i -- I sr ho.,! - li-f'-ri'-ary. "-.ire of the ' ' r e topic at e . i in-. fr. Mar

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Kab-v. rr. F. Traver .it Muewl. 'r. V. JI llillman. Ir. flan-- a:i. Mi- Agnc-a Mor.m. t.i.r-e. at the dipen;:ry. Mu-ie numbers were iI-- part of th1 lav's jir'.i a ns-. At the opening n : - -1 i : j on Mot). :.';jy afternoon ;,t the Linden school, 2" mothers were present. fr. Han"I spoke on ',,,,. ,,f Tn,. child-' in v. hi h ho explained the inliuenoe f heredity nr.d rti iro:ui. -tit .n the hiM. Mrs. I-;, r,. L'ettnng ee! as hairmau arv.l .Mr-. Fie. I Woodward .ivp -1 r i for the children. Tn r oi. ruct ion v. ith the 1 . u-pf-1; r .-. - t i n l: .cti-s of tall.s on food t o-vi'i n'ion ;! f' ril-o s : i v i ä . Thi -1 of tli'-' was !,y Mbs .1 ua r; it a

-tii scicr.i i f d I-p.i 1 1 -!ioo!s at th Li'i-

hoo Monday aftornoon. Mn or n iz. d a , for- th- .'-t"dy tlio.ls of con.-ei vili foods. Tiie will li t aain at the Linden I on Ma v Tii' ta'!.-; on food

o;:-. -rvntinn w A 1 i'.cn at all ?!ie i r r-' t i t: - 1 ;:rini: I. ahy ver, they u re arran"d !. the civic and plli'a rithl-oj-hi" iW a r ! to ent of ti;1 ri'H- club. Mi- 'iladys Snap ill L.de a ta'K at the rc-ftinic at th I'ldej- x Jiof.l todi. sif.iljni; on Ictectics". The h.-ihy v e !; meetiti 4 at t lie ?.!ar.-on S( horvl !:a her n et for '2 o'c!itck Wr'lnoil.iv at"t vnoon. , M's ernice IUJhI -a ill yive piano .m tinns: Mis Sara Hoist will tal! upon the "i!" of tin- r.ai-" and "A mu-ir.u the i'hihl" wall he the Mihjeet of a tali; hy Mi- Alice Hradloy. Mrs Lafa'.tte I . Van w ill speak upon the " 'n r a t io 11 of l-'ood." Mrs Homer Miller will pieMde at thiJ 11; re tine A joint program hy The Children'.--dispensary and the Circle of Mercy day nur.-ery will le 'iven at the luirc! yehnol thi eeninir at 7:ün o'clock. Prs. Hilltnan and Hansel iill peak. I'. Ii. Harnes will talk

M' Mihejs of the civic committer of the ;jiatni.er of Cotnmerce niet M0.id.1y afternoon and decid,.,f after I ie 1 on-ldc! ation. to ';aw a fiham.T.ittef fonfT with the hoard of l'lltii Mlati'.e to tin- fwn ',livioi..nt

of an isolation ho.;. in the house I ,K rw M irlsand hoys, ar,

fc ritly pur. hased hy the ity at 22 1 X. Main .-f. J Adam Shidler. J. (. An.'s. H. p. j Havdv. J. W. Tavlor and S. C,. Chard t

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man Happ to conf r ith the healtli hoard. At the (uifenTa e the (,-

ieet.ons of ctiverr residin-. in t I w. I H ' 'll'.lalship rCCOld ; Agatha

hood of the proposed resort

fully d iseic-se. 1 , hefolP takes (leanitt' a tion on

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matter. I'aoi- forc !aIiulit. Tlie civics Committee ah-'o cited to n. -.-e the aoarl of directors of the lo'al C'hamher of Commerce to '-rive ti;cir M.pport tn tlin national hamh i- if Commerce in furthrrintr the

daylight rno-ment. Many of the

hading huine-s men of tlio

hae f-ndorsed thf. plan of advancing tlie hands .f the clock one Pour at a tien date in May ami setting them hack to normal time Liter in Sc ii! m hyr.

PYTHIAN CAMPAIGN TO CLOSE TUESDAY NIGHT

.'dills l'V'üt h-n ira . 1 . - s

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With tli1 selection of the h.onor graduates of this year's graduatingclass at tli e hit;h school. H7 mem-

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ing Jinal jdans for their graduation

jur e -2. The list of honor students

as aimotirued at the high school on Wednesday afternoon are: Ethel Phelan, valedictorian; Prances Salinger, salutatorian; Marcella Hartman, honorahle mention for hih

Clarke, ( lass prophet; 1 lenry Chillas. class historian; Leah Zuer, (lass poet; Vt rniiii Smith, class president. The announcement of the winners of the John N. Mills medal for excellence in mathematics and the Thrush Passett medal for excellence in English will come at a later date, due- to the close average of several of the students competing for the medals. Prom now on until the end of the

in-1 (.jt ,. j present semester the seniors' work

will he rushed. With the dismissal

of M hoiil on June S. for all memhers

of the ".raduatinq; class, and the final examinations that will take place on Jore 11 and 1 1, at which time all candidates for graduation will he uiven their semester examinations, the seniors will he free during the last eif-'ht days of th school year. The annual junior-senior hanuuet will mohahlv take nlace at the Oilver

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hotel on the evenintr of Mav 11.

CHILDREN HAIR CUTTING. DEPARTMENT. now open on the third tloor, in charge of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. B rown formerly with Marshall Field & Co.

A Remarkable Sale of Ready-to W ear Garments Beginning Wednesday Morning

We have never sold such well made, stylish garments at such low prices before. Representing York's foremost makers of

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carried on for the past two months y the Ciuade lodKe. No. li. K'niiiTs of Pythias. The hde now lias T.'m mernht-rs. At a meeting to he held Tuesday evenimr, when the campaign will he closed, prizes will he awarded to the new memhers or transfers who are the holders of lucky nunihrs. After the awarding of prizes Tuesday evening a musical program will he rendered.

RIVER PARK CIVIC BODY IN MEETING TONIGHT

The Liver Par!; Civic association v ill meet it fh" River park school tonight. The principal feature of the prouvani w ill prohahly he a dehate hetween two teams from Notre Hämo university, on "Site or Single Ta." nther constitutional piiestions v ill he dis.-ussed. Miss E. u. hmle-

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c las.v ot orilcers. 1 tils anair is the hUnest d;iss function of the school yea r. The program of the final week's activi'ies include th commencement sermon ni Sunday. June 17; senior cht: s play on Wednrsday, June l'C; lina' assernhiy ff the year on Friday, Jene 11, and commencement exercises on Friday, June '11.

LA ( AMILLi: I'KONT I-KP, coirsirrs. Mod(!. to ht all üm'.rfs. $2.00 and

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CITY GARDEN SPOTS RAPIDLY BEING PLOWED The work of Rettin: under cultivation the largest amount of land

jCver used for Kardcnin purposes in .South Lend is proceeding rapidly.

rwenty-tive acres have heen ploughed and tractors and teams are rapidly turning up more ground daily. It is hoped that most of the 100 acres which are at the disposal of the garden committee will he ploughed this week. Ahout a hundred gardens have already heen assigned in the Studehaker and Liver Parle communities and nearly half as many more in other parts of the city. Ahout l.'.O applications for land which have heen received are yet to he tilled. The work of ploughing the lands is heing directed hy I 1. Hardy. A recent donation of land received was from Mrs. Esse P. Pakin, the tract which lies on Johnson st. consists of three acres. The demand for seed which is heing sold at wholesale prices hy the garden committee still continues good. There is also still a quantity of free seed in the hands of the garden committee.

WATCH FACTORY GIRLS JOIN GARDEN WORKERS, COMPANY PLOWS TRACT

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hurry to your grocer's for a can of Calumet learn your final and best lesson in baking bake everything with Calumet that proved a failure with otiier Bakinir Powders.

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safest Bakintr Powde

world the most economical to buy and to use. My mother has used Calumet for years and there's never a

bak?day failure at our house.'

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South Lend Watch Co. has plow1. harrovvetl and completely titted or seeding several acres of fertile i ind which lies directly hack of its factory. This land is to he used hy any and all of the factory employes who want to join the crop hoosting campaign to which the war has given impetus. Ahout i'.O percent of the total numher of employes have already asked for garden space in this tract. And it will he allotted them without charge. Not only are the men employes enthusiastic over the idea hut several Kills ami women have also joined the ranks of the amateur agriculturists. Among the crops which are to he raised, according to the statements of the employes. are hcets, navy hean. potatoes and cahhage. The potato, however, seems to hold lirst place in favor and no tlouht the greater part of the tract will he given over to that crop. The work of planting and caring

' for these gardens will he done hy the

employes in their spare hours.

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Wonderful Coats at$l 5.00, $19.75 and $25.00 Made bv the best coat makers in New York. Handsome all wool serge half lined Coats at $15.00 Handsome all wool velour half lined Coats at $19.75 Handsome imported Bolivia full lined Coats at $25.00 Most every desiratle shade. Every size to 55 ' j for stylish stouts. The former prices of these coats were $25.uo to S65.00.

Special Note Our buyers were in the New York market last week. The garments placed on sale represent the greatest purchase we ever made and every garment was carefully selected and represents quality t;rt and a lowprice t you.

Handsome Silk Dresses at $15.00 Crepe de chine, Georgette dresses, foulard dresses, taffeta dresses, made by one of New York's foremost makers. Sport styles, tailored dresses. Not one that you would expect to pav less than S25.00 for. Your choice $15.00.

Handsome Navy Blue Suits at $25.00 The greatest values we think you ever saw. Many of these suits were made for three of New York's finest stores and have their labels in. If you had wanted one of these suits three weeks ago it would have cost vou from S45.00 to S65.00. Made of Finest Gabardines, Serges and Poplins, all sizes, 14-16-18 for Misses and up to 48 V2 in Women's. Over 60 Models.

150 Tailor Made All-Wool Skirts and They are Beauties Made to sell to SI 5. 00, on sale $5.95. Divided Into Three Lots These skirts are all made of short lengths of finest suit materials, the cloths are very much superior to those used in regular S5.00 and si 0.00 skirts. 50 Skirts, mostly tweeds, mixtures and shepherd checks. They are regular S5.95 skirts on sale, $2.98. 50 Handsome Sport Skirts, of all-wool materials, regular S7.50 and SS.95 skirts, on sale, $5.00. 50 Handsome Pleated Models, fine worsteds, mannish materials, skirts made to sell to SI 5.00. On sale at $5.95.

Black and Navy Taffeta Suits You have never heard of such values before. The manufacturers sold these suits two weeks ago for S 16.75. There are only 24 in this lot. We advise yuor early attention. The price you

can buy them for Wednesday for $15.00. Beautiful Saffeta Silk Suits

Regular price of these suits was S50.00. Tomorrow you can buy them while thev last at

Five are three-piece suits, balance two-piece suits of navy taffetas, taffetas.

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APPLICANTS TO TRAINING CAMPS A IE IN QUANDARY

MAY TERM JURORS DRAWN

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AnnoiiMOcmont was nuule Monday f thr urand and petit jurors who li iv- l.oon drawn for th May term .f 1 ir nit court. The mand jurr? Jianu'd are: M. 'urtis, I'enn township: I'ltr.er Sticup. Warren township: Crl y Smith. t'entr tovvp.-hip; 1'iank I'ret-s. lVnn towihip: T. II. .I;u ksuii. Portage township, mid William lienny, Harris township. T!,e petit jurors eNctrd .lie: William Brunner. Warr!i towr.hip: l'rank Maugu". John !rlf and IMward Neddo. I'ortace t.vnship; Martin ruinier. I'rtl Harttin and l-Vank Iills. I'enn township: Harvey Morris. Harri? t..wnsh;p: Frank Warner and George S. hultz. (Vnter tovvns'uip: i'h.ailes Ft-njainiii. I i v township, and A. M. Hnnn.er. tJernian township.

ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE DOES IT . nr '.!. j i 11 !i r ymir n. :in l, l'iiüion' :--Uf - l!;at '. :ir' T i r- 1 all ..vi r. n t A'.U ti'v r,i ..t-i:.ii'. t.h. nnti- ; ti. (...w.i.T t- 1 hakiMi ii t tl.' !.' m l ).rink;.I in tii f.M.t-lMtli. It i!l t:i HtiiiiT u!it of "ru rt ii -I !t!ni'i

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Lieut. Ord f Culver is expected to come to .outh Her.d within a fovv days for the purpose of examining Notre Dame men whu have applied for admission to the officers' training camps, according to word which has been received here. South llend applicants for admission into the camps are in a quandary as to when they will le examined and hy whom. Some local applicants have heen told to apply to Capt. T. F. Ryan at tlary while word has .ilso heen received that local applicants would have ,qo to Fort Ways. Dr. F. 1. Freyermuth. who is secretary of t lie committee which is handling local applicants for the camp, will make an effort today to find out whether an officer will he

'sent here to examine the applicants.

Thirty-five South Fend men have applied for admission into the camp at Fort F.enjamin Harrison. The camp will open May 1.". instead of Mfty S as was at first intended.

MAKE FINAL PLANS FOR T. P. A. STATE MEETINC

MX LINDER SERIOUSLY ILL WITH WHITE PLAGUE

Max I. in. lei-, the famous French comedian, who was recently hroimht to America at a fahulous salary to produce comedies for the Fsanay Film Co.. is critically ill with tuberculosis, according to word received by Cieorse Hir.es of the Auditorium Monday. Victor Hub. ink. assistant to Preset Spoor of Fsan.iy writes: "Max Finder is suffering ureittly from tuberculosis and has been obliged to j:ivp up production temporarily at least to o to Arizona for his health. He was shot through the lung1 in tli battl" of the oisne and the wound r.ever fully healed. 1 riniron tubercuhsl. Some f the physicians hold out little ho;-- f,r his recovery but we are hopeful that a thorough rest ir. Arizona will do him gooil.

Final arrangements for the T. P A. state convention which will bring 1,0'"'0 persons here Friday and Saturday were completed at a meeting of the executive committee of :ot K Monday night at the Oliver hotel. The reports of the chairmen of various committees preparing for the convention were received and it was shown that everything is about ready. The decorations committee, of which T. M. Prandon is chairman, is making arrangements for decorMing the city for the occasion. The booster booklet describing South Fend and Mishavvaka w.'ll be ready in a clay or so. Fifteen hundred copies of this book will be printed and distributed. Five hundred delegates from the southern part of the stato will arrive on a special train from Terre Haut" at l:i: Friday. They will io met at the station by the Fall Hand band and a local committee. Indianapolis delegates and ladies will arrive in a special car from Walkerton Friday at IL':"", other delegates from the northern part of the state will arrive about the same t; me. The line of march for ih Saturday morning parade has been ar-lair-ed. The arrangements for the sight-seeing parade, in which 1Ö0 machines will take part Friday aftcrnoon, have not been completed.

Coquillard. Colfax, Lafayette, and Jefferson schools, his bid having been the lowest received. TfTe school hoard will aga" i ask for bids which will be received at the meeting next Monday night. Supt. J. F. Xuner was authorized to proceed with the reappointment of V. C. Ireland and D. M. Calvert as attendance otlicers. The board w ill confirm' the appointments at its meeting Monday niuht.

STOLTZ DIRECTOR OF SAND DUNES PARK

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At a meeting of the directors and incorporator; of the National Sand

Dunes Park association held at Clary public library Dr. Charl"; tr.if7 if this ritv was chosen

ctor for th? coming year. The association de-ided that though the war might delay to a certain extent the work which thv have planned, still as much attention as possible should be directed to the acquisition of the historic parts of northern Indiana for a public park, the ultimate aim of the asociation. A. F. Kn'jtts of C.ary, a former maor of Hammond and a leading promoter of the park plan, was chosen president for 'he coming year: Mrs. Frank Sheehan. a Gry "clubwoman, was declared s-crftary. and Prof. Lee F. P.enr.ett f Valparaiso university was elected treas-

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SCHOOL COAL BILL FOR NEXT SPRING DOUBLED

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K. Mu'ilanv moved to Title 4 N. Main. Heme 1'"T. A d .

Nut only will the coal bill for the schools of the city be abo it twice as m i h n t winter as it was last but b. al dealers are not at all anxious n take the c-ontrac. at all. it was brought out at the nu-ting of the school board Monday night at which ' ids on supplv ins.' the .enn t-.r.s of ( r .il neede. for h sc hools were i reived. 'n!y a f-w bids were receive. 1 only one of thee was acceptable. Xhf others not complying with spec:':c ations. Arthur Miller was giver, the contract for supplying the ccal for the Linden. Franklin.

OPEN CLEARING HOUSE FOR EGGS IN FEW DAYS

The clearing houses for exgs and chickens which arc to be -stablislK-d hre in an effort t- doul ! St. Joseph county's poult: s'ipply, and combat th high co-t of living, will probabl bo oper.e i up the U.-t of this week or the f.rst of r.xt. The

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THE te?teJ menus which Goo Hourlrcp. ing Institute f-uppfst in ihr May iur will he found wonderfully helpful especially in theMT ilay. The neck's tef-tr! meal are piven with the food values in calories. AND YET liow to live is only one of the questions Good Hou-ckeepins I. !ps you to solve. The Institute is onlv one of the many departments, ran -rin: all the way from the newest Paris Fashions to tich Fiction a Man-Roberts Rineharfs latest friaL

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to members of the Poultry tion asking information is

amount of hatching eirgs ;md

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Adv. Lillian Itsh.

New Corn Remover Jause? Big Run On Drue Stores.

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