South Bend News-Times, Volume 34, Number 133, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 13 May 1917 — Page 2

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES SOUTH BEND'S GREATEST BARGAIN GVERS HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN 24 LOCAL CHAPTERS TO KEEP FOURTH Three Members of the News-Times Staff Who Left Last Week For Army Service ill i mi i inn mil inn in Illllllllllllllllllliiiiii HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH'

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Miner Changes in Red Cross Plans Announced in Message From Director.

Th plan of operation fr Krd Cro.-oj chapters h;ts l.t-t-n moditW-tl in minor details aconlin-: to word v.hich lias len received by Dr C A. 'Uppinroft, prrsidont of the Jotph county chapter In a t I e -Kram from Eliot Wad.orth. director of tlip American Kfd Cro.-:, Under the new jdan lut i jercf?nt of th funds rai.-fl will !. rrtained for immediate lal use and the remsiruler will l remitted to the national organization. I-itfr the national organization will takv up the matter of providing additional relief for 1 ul eha.ijt-rs. The nr cecity fr thl.i change is explained ly Mr. W'aO.sworth as follows; "Thf increasing ii-mI ainmu' our ullie.s for Mipplie? tluit (an hr furnished riukkly by purchase, asreported by Herbert Hoover, and the inevitable development of lmmf needs, as we approach moblization of vast numbers of American troops makes it clear that to meet the unprecedented .situation the war council must ask that each chapter retain from the proceeds of the Fed "ross was fund lampain an amount lor local need- not in excess of jr, percent of the total raised by it. Alany chapters appreciating the situation will turn over the entire :t:iiount to the Ked Cm-s war fund." The war council will authorize expenditures for supplies in the ommunltes where the funds are raised In all possible cases, particularly in the purchase of supplies which are to be mad up by the various chapters. liter the war council will take fuil account of th? needs by chapters for local civilian relief which will hecome greater as the troops are mobljed. The war council of the Ked C'ros v as recently appointed ly Pres't Wilson consisting of Henry 1 Davidson, chairman. Charles I. X. Norton, C. M. Murphy, Cornelius iJli.. jr.. lMward I). Hurloy with William H. Taft, chairman ami i:iiot Wadsworth. vice cliairman, as txotticio members. The president at the fame time made an appeal lor a generous response to the lied Cross :umpaimi for funds. CARROLL HALL BOYS WIN DRILL TROPHY Sergt. (leorge A. Campbell has announced the winners of the competitive drills held in the armory last Thursday morning. The company representing Carroll hall receives the silver cup offered for the be t company in extended order drill. In the individual o.ills for Carroll hall the following1 awards! were mnde: derarden, a gold medal; Corrigan, a silver medal, and Bailey, a bronze medal. In the competitive drill for the other companies Frederick GlaheVon tirst place and was awarded the gold medal. Overton the silver and Morrison the bronze. Joe Urqnico. a senior lawyer, was called to the Philippines by the serious Illness of his mother. The ; oun? Filipino w ill sail for his home the first of the week. James Toan, a Junior journalist, returned from Battle Creek last evening rvhere he was examined, by 7apt. Woscott for entrance into the otneers reserve corps at Fort Riley, Ivan. Approximately 120 you-..; men from Xotre Dame hive hctn authorized to report at the first training cainp as candidates for commissions in the officers' reserve corps. Three fnore of the Cilee club men have left for camp. Ward Terrott, the graduate director of Indianapolis. Harry Scott and Freddie Mahaffey, tuo spcriilty men in the club. Many of the senior classes at the university have been depleted m numbers since the call to camp, but the regular work will bp complete'!. All the students who did not leave for some government service will he required to hand in their thesis for graduation to the deans of the various departments before the Kith. The directors of the San I Dune pageant which will be held the last of the month, are seeking actors amoiic the upper classmen remaining at the ur.hersity. The college mn will take parts in the thirl episode of the pageant. RABBI WISE WILL BE SPEAKER AT THE KNIFE AND FORK CLUB

Rabbi St phen S. Win of the Free tvr..igoi;ue of New York city, who lias been called the leading rabbi of the Fnited States, will Pe the principal speaker at the tinal meeting of the Knife and Fork club which is to be held in the Oliver hotel next Tuesday evening. The rabid has chosen for Ills sibj -t "The War for the liberation of Humanity." The American opt ratio quartet, who have previously appeared before the club have been secured for a return er.afmer.t and uill furnish the music of the evening. Since tiie meeting is the last of This j-usoM, the nominating eom3;;i'te is r 1 lv to P. .ike a report following s 1.1- h there will e election cl tilticer t thu xtx: stoii.

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V i .oris V. HAUL. OfliociV Itosono Trainim: Camp, Ft. Benjamin IIarri-4n. ihren members of The XewsTimes repottorial staff left during the week to join various branches of the Fnited States military service. The young men were Neal B. Welch. I-ouis I. Harl and Charles A. '.rimes. Welch and Harl received orders to report at the otlicers reserve camp at .Fort Benjamin Harrison, while Crimes enlisted in the quartermaster's corps of the regular army. His work will he more of a clerical nature and he has been ordered to report at Ft. Thomas. Ky. Xeal Welch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Welch. 11 .".0 S. Iifayette st., has been connected with The NewsTimes editorial department for over MERCHANTS WARNED TO BE WARY OF STRANGER GIVING MONEY ORDER t ; - Criminals are displaying u.iusual activity ' in stealing blank money order forms from small towns md outlying contract stations of the larger cities While no loss is entailed by the government other than annoyance, the thieves prey upon merchants, after forcing the money order forms to suit their convenience. The most recent theft in thH vicinity occurred in Hooker, ). One of th stolen orders was cashed at Columbus. O., on May 2, remitter Mrs. I'. Gordon, payee Henry K. Gordon, payable at New York city, amount $!0. The person who cashed this order is described as five feet eisht inches, weight about 143 pounds, age ?,0 to dark skin, black hair streaked with gray. Liocal merchants should exercise? extreme caution in handling money orders5, especially when presented by strangers. Identification is exacted at all money order offices and others should take the same precautions. SOUTH BEND BOY NOW IN MILITARY HOSPITAL Vernon Elbert Dodds. the South Bend boy who has been fighting in France with the Canadian army now lies in Queen Mary's military hospital at Whallcy. Lancasrie, England. Word to this effect was received Saturday morning by his parents. '. Mr. and Mrs. Charles U Dodds. 319; X. St. Feter st. Dodds was wound-! eU in the shoulder in the recent' lighting on Yimy ridge. Several weeks aco his patents received word I of his wound but no details as to its seriousness or as to the boy's whereabouts. A telegram was received from the oMlccr in charge of record at Ottawa. Can.. Saturday giving the information which had been received in a cablegram from England. Mr. Dodds recently spent ?ome time in this city with his parents while on leave of absence from the front. NEW FLAG IS RAISED BY FACTORY WORKERS With appropriate ceremonies the flag raising of the Oliver machine shop took place at l'.:4." la-t Thursday, adding one more tzroiip to th host of patriots' nho are now pTforming their dilv labor in the shadow of the Stars and Stripes. There was no elaborate preparation, h'jt with simple ceremonies the men watched the tlag go proudly up to the top of the stuff. Fred Uusswurm blew the butjle which called the men to the assembly, and after the flag had been raled Riehr.rd Stacey. who is in chirc;e of the auxiliary st- ck room of the machine shop, made a short speech. He traced the history of the Mat:, beginning with the various emblems of the IT colonics, and ended with a clear definition of what the -oiors stand for today. After th speech the mnn joined in .vmvin the national hvmn. led by George A. Loa.

V ... : ... U X i I : ciiAULr.s a. ;rimf.s. . Onartcniias-tor's Corp-, r. S. A. tering the journalism department at Xotre Dame university where he six years. He was high school torrespondent, worked regularly during his vacations bothin high school and luring two years he studied journalism at Indiana university. Since leaving college two years a he has been steadily employed on th staff. During this time he has covered practically every "beat" and had been promoted to the telegraph desk shortly before being called away. Iouis Harl is a native Kentuckian having been born ami raised in Owensboro. Ky. He received his newspaper training on various papers near his home town before enCourt Puts All Blame For Failure to Make Safety .Stop on M'Lean. 1). A. McLean, strikebreaking motorman on the city cars, was found guilty of failure to make proper sofety stop at the corner of Iasalle and Lafayette blvd., in city court Saturday morning and was assessed a tine of $1 and costs. The positive statements of the defense that they observed the otticers, Wesolck and Capt. Schock, on thu evening In question at 5:30 o'clock when they did stop at the crossing, was discredited when the otticers, on beine; recalled testified that it was actually for an offense committed an hour later that they arrested McLean and his conductor, William Black. Black was dismissed by the court for the reason that he was not operating the car and all of the blame for the act was placed by tho city attorney upon the motorman, Edward V. Collins and Ray Christensen, another pair, supposed to have failed In the same way to make the stop, were dismissed by the court. It developed that the officers could not identify the men because by an agreement with the street car otllcials they do not make arre'sts of men In charge of cars but only take the number of the car and then have them cited to appear through the company's officers. lall to Identify Men. Capt. Schock and Wesolek had in this way arrested Collins and Christensen through the company tut when the men were called upon to testify they both swore that they had been making a run on Michigan St. and Portage av. Owing to the fact that the officers could not identify them by their faces, the court found them not guilty. CHARGES MAN GOT NOTES THROUGH FRAUD That William Osborn represented to lr r that a $1,00 0 note held by her and drawn by Charles und Irma Wiseman was worthless. that he understood law and could pass it and that four notes piven her by Osborn for ?K0, $230, $250 and S2T.e were not negotiable, is the allegation of Sarah Fisher in a suit filed against Osborn in circuit court Saturday charging him with obtaining money under false pretense. Girr nvi: applicants. Five applicants were balloted upon at a meeting of the South Bend Review. No. 4. L. O. T. M., Friday evening after which Mrs. McNiU, past supreme commander of New York gave an interesting talk. Eighteen uniformed guards appeared in a drill and Mrs. Clarence Matthews furnished music during the evening. A social hoUr with refreshments followed. Each member was privileged to hrins d lady friend at Uli meeting.

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9 4 r . " v t v. XliL n. WFXCII. OilicciV Uixne Training' Camp, Ft. Benjamin Harrison. studied for four years, receiving his I'h. B.. degree last June. Although working nights Harl took up postgraduate work at Xotre Dame last fall and would have received his A. M. degree had he continued his work until June. Charles Crimes is another student of the Xotre Dame school of journalism. His home is in Central Falls, U. I., and he entered Notre Dame two years ago. He joined The. News-Times regular local staff early this Fpiin'. C, rimes has studied stenography and typewriting and will do work of this npture for Cncle Sam. JEWS TO ATTEND CONGRESS TO END RACE DISCRIMINATION A meeting of committees representing all Jewish organizations in South Bend was held at the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of devising ways and means of organizing northern Indiana for participation in the selection of delegates to the American Jewish congress which will convene at Washington. D. C., Sept. 2. The purpose of the congress is to define methods whereby, in cooperation with the. Jews of the world, full rights may he secured for the Jews of all lands, and all laws discriminating against them may be abro gated. At the fnecting it was decided to hold a mass meeting at Temple Beth-El on Sunday, May 20. at S p. m. at which time the method of nominating and selecting delegates to the congress will be fully explained. The nomination of delegates will take place on June 10. PURDUE PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS FORUM TODAY Pres't Stone of Purdue university w ill be the chief speaker at the open constitutional convention forum to be held in the high school auditorium at U o'clock Sunday afternoon. Short talks will also be made by Prof. W. E. Farrell of Notre Dame and by Rev. C. A. Decker. S. B. Pettengill will preside and there will be patriotic songs by the Apollo club under the leadership of K. D. Lloyd and also community singing led by Edwin Morse. . At the conclusion of the program an opportunity will be civen for open discussion from the floor under the general open forum plan. The meeting is free and open to everybody. The purpose of these forums is to afford opportunity for full and free discussion of all phases of constitutional revision. HEW CARLISLE BOYS WRITE THEY LIKE ARMY LIFE James Shepherd and Phillip Slayback, both of New Carlisle, have joined the icgular army, and report in letters to their parents and friends that they are enjoying fully the experience of the soldier life. Shepherd is the third son of a widowed wife of a Civil war veteran to join the army. His older brothers have already served their country for periods of seven and nire years. Slaybaek is an orphan who hi.s been living with his uncle near New Carlisle. GOOD JOB OPEN FOR MARRIED MAN ON FARM The Indiana Free Employment bureau succeeded in placing 104 men this week. Supt. Alex. Langel has had many calls for men to do labor work in the various factories. He is also looking for a few married men to work on farms. Salary one place, $600 per ye.xr, and the ether, $1,000 to $1.200. Trv NEWS-TIMES Want Ads

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To the ladies of South Bend. An often said that opportunity knocks at your

and will be presented MONDAY ONLY. We have received a shipment of coats and suits that has been delayed in transit. We cannot hold these coats and suits in our stock because summer goods are coming in daily. We must sell this entire lot of coats and suits. We can only do this by price reduction. Here is your opportunity to take your choice of an excellent lot of coats and suits. The prices are way down. It certainly means a saving to you.

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Come and see them. They are the biggest bargains in Indiana. o THE OVERLAND SOUTH BEND CO. 5 South Bend, Indiaruu

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In this lot of Coats to be.placed on sale Monday we offer 100 Coats in Poplin, Velours, Silk Taffetas and Poiret Twills. All colors and sizes. Values to $15.00. Monday

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Besides this immense lot of new Suits we will offer for sale Monday ANY SUIT IN THE HOUSE, VALUE TO $22.50, FOR $8.98. All styles, all colors. Just think of the wonderful bargain offered you Monday at

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