South Bend News-Times, Volume 35, Number 40, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 9 February 1918 — Page 2

rATrr.DAY MOitxnvt;, i-an:r.nY 9, lflts. THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-Tir.TEb HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN V BIG TIME-AHEAD 25 CARS OF COAL FOR LABS AI DADS! II SOUTH BEIß OGRESS GLOB TO HEAR SCIENTIST SEVEN TRUE BILLS PHYSICAL TESTS LESS STRIEN, Program for Local Father and Son Week i3 Announced. "Rainbow in Sky," Declares Hardy All Dealers to be Supplied. Illustrated Lecture on Astronomy is on Program For Saturday Afternoon. Two Indictments Returned byiu "Tn "ü"a Dd,b Grand Jury Are Held Secret. iu an out niubtj ueiow Ordinary Standards.

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Thf announrempnt that a Na-tif-nxl Father and So week is 1 tir. arratiKi-il will he nit with rrreal satisfa tion unl most hearty approval by citizens of Fouth liernl. o more effective method of uniting thf forces for (o in any community has ieen df vi.-i. I. therefore desire to remind th i.pwjile f this city of th-jrr--.it valae in I rinin.; thf fathrs anl sons into closer companionship, cspeeially during tloe days when thf influence of war times so eeriously affect the boy life of thf community. I trust eery homo in the iry will join heartily with th- father and sort movement (luring Kcli. 11-17 the wH: of Ianoln's hirthMay ami resolve th;it our sons shall hf more our companions and our fathers more our comrades. i Sipneri J'UAXKLTX j:. cai:sm..

Father and sons of South T'.ond who arc not planning to attend the special programs arranged for tliem next week are poinr to miy;? romethiner interesting and worth vhi!o. .Monday, Feh. 11 tirst lr r of Xational Father and Son k, and incidentally "heatlcss' and "workless" day will be "open house day" for fathers and or.s at the boy' department, V. M. ( A. In the evepint? the fathers and sons will ai;ain he invited to the association oaiMInir, this time to enjoy the "father and fon cym .arty" to he liebl in thp pymnasir.rrt where prairies and stunts will be participated in by all. Tuesday another national holiday wdl find the boys' department of the V. M. C. A. ( pen to fathers and sons of the city, where they may liav" free use f the frame rooms and equipment. In the evening, fathers ami sons will meet in the boys department basement for grames, stunts, "movies," peanuts and a -eiira 1 frood time. Wednesday evening father and mii:s will meet at the boys' department and z in a. body to I.eeper park whore they will be kids together on tho puMie coasting hill. Hampie: Thursday Nilit. Thursday evening at C::io o'clock there will be held in the pymnasinm of the association a supper for fathers and sons of the city. The following program for the supper has been arranged: A. II. Thielens of the Studebaker corporation will art as toastmaster; Rev. Henry F. Iais. pastor of the First Methodist horch, will pronounce invocation; l an I'yle will respond to a toast on "La is and Fa. Is;'' Kenneth Howard of the boys" department will recite a poem entitled "My Jiv Said So;" Mrs. J. Uussell .Tontz will sin a solo. The principal address of the evening will bo fchen by Kev. YV. H. I'helps, pastor of the new First Frc.-d'v terian church of Xiles. Mich. The subjee of. his a chirr.-s will be "Fathering a Nation's Id-als." I'ol!ovin,' this address, another member of the. boys" department will recite a poem entitled "Father and Son," by IMgar 5 nest, after which, .ill fathers and sons will join in siruin patriotic tonus led by Kev. A. Pecker of the First Haptist churc h. Music for the evening will be furnished by the h.uh school jazz band. Limit I'lates to loo. Th" number of plates for the shipper Thursday evening has been limited to 4 0 0, this beins the seathi-; apacity of the gymnasium. Tickets for the supper may bo bought by any father of the it y having a son. or. not having one, wishes to act as "father" to some boy having no father. Tickets may be cither bought or arrar.ued for on or before Tuesday. Feb. i:. Fathers of the city are ui.d to spend as much time as po.-s;Me with their sons next week-. Huim ss men and others will skate with their sons, coast with them, o to the 'moies" with them, to church with them ami take th'ra to the sapper at the V. M. A. Thursday niubt. CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL COST ONLY S36.17 Only J". 17 was spent for S-outh Fend's municipal Christmas festhal this season, according to the report made to the recreation committer at its regular rnc-tinc last nb:ht. The I . ilar.ee of the $U'v appropriated 'v the council has been returned to the city Controller. Poum business was taken up at the me 'ting, and the amount of business was so great that all of it was m''i f.ni?hed. For that rea--ori a tpecia! meeting has bt:i called for T.:csd.y ver.iug. Feb. i. Plans for the c :r.:ng playground !' a son ro dis-eu.-'.-ed. and t'-ntati list - of applies needed for the ear ere gor e jr. The s-jpply li-t wi!l e submitted f r bids, when it is. "mpu ted. The c mmitt' e :,;o approv- d liT.s as trade fT tl.- '.' 1 e::;eri r.t v gardin fe. d i ' ::.n:i--ion. ( lllTM T 1! Uli O I. r. ; ,:r.d t a .:.-tomer .it ! S-r !' nr.!--. 1 1 W. ash.ntoii A. No deliveries. Adv. 1 ü 5 1 -

Twenty-Jive cars of soft coal camo into South Fend Friday morning. This amount is enough, under the half-ton to a customer rule now in force, to supply approximately 2,j(.m) families with fuel. "There's a rainbow in the sky at last." declared County Fuel Administrator Hardy, as he arranged thj "spotting" of the cars on the track of various dealers. livery dealer ha1 been supplied with coal, so that all parts of the city may be cared for. Two cars of hard coal are expected within the next lit hours, it waa announced Friday. Although the dance hall and lode room closing order has been rescinded, the order which prohibits dealers from selling fuel for the heating of saloons is still in force, it was pointed out by Mr. Hardy. "Until a delinite rescinding order is Kiven. dealers will not be allowed to eil find to saloons-." he derlareu. Groceries and meat markets will he allowed to remain open all day on Mondays hereafter, according to an order issued by .State Food Administrator II. K. Farnard, and ratified by Mr. Hardy. "The closing order will affect all other businesses as heretofore, however," said Mr. Hardy.

Notre Dame News J "Army life is great." writes Pri- ; vate Paul J. Mcifeld of the avia tion department at Camp Grant, Fockford, III., to Prof. John M. Cooney, dean of the school of journalism at Notre Dame. "Our company is under quarantine at the present time, but we are all hoping to get out soon that we may have a chance of being sent to France." Xotre Dame and Drake universities will meet on April ." in a dual debate. Fr. William A. Feiger, C. S. C, has charge of the preliminary contests which are now being held at Notre Dame. Twenty-six men liave been eliminated out of the 50 v. ho started. The question is: "Kesi.Ued, That the City Manager Form of Government Should be Adopted by all Cities in the United States Having a Population of UOO.omo or Under." The second preliminaries will be held on Fob. '2',. LONESOME SOLDIERS LOOKING FOR GODMOTHER Two Pelcian soldiers. Arthur Doclerci and Joseph Leon, havo written to The South Fend NewsTimes fo. aid in finding them a "godmother." The men have been at the front since the outbreak of the war and but let them tell it. Poth letters r ad nearly alike and this is one of them: Gentlemen; "Fxcuse me. I am writing you th'3 few lines. I am a Pelcian soldier, J 4 years eld and on the front since the outbreak of war. Never or never I can have any news from my parents or family from whom I am cut off since the fall of Antwerp and 1 am very sad to have nobody to correspond with. I should be very obliged to you if ou would be so hind to put an advice in your newspaper to get me a godmother. I should be ery glad to correspond in Fnu'lish. "Hoping you will be so happy to find me such a nice person I closo with my warmest thanks and my best wishes for a happy new year. Sincerely yours, jo.rcrii fkon. Addre.-s: Joseph Leon, soldat. D 174-1 Ci- Armee Felge. Address. Arthur Declercq. elairoa, I) 171-1 Cie Armee Felge. Y. W. C. A. BOARD ELECTS OFFICERS Results r.f the election of officers for the beard of directors of the V. W. C. A. were announced Friday. The election took place at a meeting h Id Thursday at the association building. Mrs. I J. Harwoo 1 was ehoen president of the board. Mrs. m. Hneske, first vice president; Mrs. F. P. Ohapin. second ice pre.-ider.t; Mrs. G orge Wyman. third vice president; Mis. T. ! A. l-'reeman. recording secretary; Mrs. P. F. S'-nseiuck, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. 11. W. FIdridgc, . tri a.-urer. NINE JOIN THE ARMY Six recruits for the army aiatioa corps, one for the United States guards and two for the quartermaster's corps have beta accepted at the local recruiting orhce. Those ( ti ll. sting in the aiation branch are: i Thomas Forester. JtUerson Ud.; Htl F. Mers. Francisv ille, Ind.; Starf.-y McHalbck. TIS f'ak st.; I.e. toy Fink. 41 W. Wash;ugtcn a v.; K; ymond Garwood. Wanatah. an 1 Howard L. Sissiui. 1FJ K. Indiana a . Franu Now ir.aki or'tuJl W. Diiion st. enlisted in th Us'.ited ,S:ate-- gr.arls. and the fol owig two lObir-.d ir'en Were enlisted l'l tlv , . i! te! l:,a-ti 1 's Corps; Jt'sepll F. St wart. : v Michigan st.. and Lt.i:jaiiu Suiaoui. Lexington. Ky.

The Wonders of the Heavens" an Illustrated lecture, will be presented by Dr. Forest Ray Moulton at the general meeting of the Froc;res.s club Saturday afternoon in the club rooms. Dr. Moulton, who is head of the department of astronomy at the University of Chicago, is widely known, being the author of several

' A r 4. iiv '-' 1 r ... '-V . . .'V '; ' x dr. i- i:. Mouirov hooks, namely "Celestial Mechanics." ! "Introduction to Astronomy," "DeJscriptivo Astronomy" and "Perodic Orbits.' He is also research associate of the Carnegie institute of Washington, a member of the National Academy of Science and of the American Philosophical society, corresponding member of the British association and a fellow of the Royal Astronomy society. Dr. Moulton has lectured in nearly all of the large cities in the northern section of the United States, his talks having proved immensely interesting on all occasions. The illustrations which the speaker uses in connection with his address are said to he excellent. Vocal numbers by Mrs. Don King Stephenson, accompanied by Mrs. Frank A. Stover, will be a featuro of the entertainment. Preceding the afternoon's program, which begins at .1 o'clock, a business meeting will be held, at which Miss Irma Collmer, delegate from the Progress club to the Conference of Tuberculosis Workers at Evansville, will Rive a report. Safety Commissioners Receive Petition? and Will Recommend Action. Petitions asking that the salaries of the ofticers and men of the police and lire departments be increased 15 per cent were presented to the board of public safety Friday morning. There are nine petitions with an aggregate number of signers of between 4 50 and 500, among whom are prominent business and industrial men. The petitions were accepted by the board and will be presented to the common council Monday ni.ht with the recommendation of the board that an ordinance providing for the increases asked for in the petitions be drawn tip Ly the city attorney and passed by the council. The board reinstated Claud D. Hay, ."14 F. Broadway, as a member of the fire department and Joseph Sziweda, L'014 Fertrand st., as a member of the police department. INDIANA COUNTY LEADS NATION IN WAR STAMP SALES Johnson county, Indiana, leads all the counties in the nation in the sale of War-Savings stamps for the period ending Jan. :1. The per capi'a purchases of stamps in that county totals $4.47 in a population of LH'.ir.T July 1, 1917. Johnson county is entirely an agricultural county. Franklin he;ng the county stat. The nearest approach to this is Union county. Pennsylvania, with a per capita of $L7S on Feb. z. in a population of 17.00". Hl YS SMOKUN. When the board of public safety .met in r.ci.lar se.-sion Friday mornir--. the members ware confronted with a ho of cigars and were told to help themselves. The occasion was the arrival early Friday morning of a daughter at the honte f Farr Jophsor, clerk of the board. The box of cigars was also c pen to all who entered the board's oitice during the day. I.O-TUS I.IXIMFNT. Tor Rl.euniat: Neuialg. Ft st ard . b an. I1' . - "o ;i nd ." Ms. .nd Pack Aih Liniment made. Pottles At-Coon-dv. i:;;7-4

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Seven indictments, two of which are secret, were returned against as many defendants by the grand jury, which has been in session since Monday, shortly before noon Friday. The five indictments made public are r.s follows: Carlo Fabbri, perjury; Frank Pillarski, burglary in the secend degree and grand larceny; Floyd McIIenry, embezzlement; Stanislaus Hibiske, grand larceny, and John O'Keefe, assault and battery with intent to kill. Fabbri is charged with having made false affidavit in listing his property holdings to avoid settlement of a judgment of about $200 obtained against him by the South Fend. Creamery Co., for merchandise received on account. Pillarski is accused of breaking into a New York

Central freight car last month and removing 16 hales of hay, valued at Floyd McIIenry is accused of having embezzled $3l."0 hist month from Dick Johnson, coal dealer, by whom he was employed. The indictment against Hibiske grew out of the charge of Klizaheth Krupp that he stole $300 worth of jewelry from her last month. O'Keefe's indictment is the result of an alleged attack with an iron hammer on Ezra Henry last December. The jury reported the county jail, county in.'irmary and county poor farm to be well managed and in good conurtion. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS From Records of Indiana Ti tile and Loan Co. August II. Neuwerth and wife to James Beyrer and wife, part of lots 4 and Z St. Joseph Agricultural society addition, $3.100. Irvin Thomas and wife to Farl V. Smith, tract in Lincoln township, $9,00u. Laura C. Woods and husband to Elmer C. Ferckner, lot 131 Wegner and Kreighbaum's replat, $700. Frank .laskowh.k and wife to Joseph llartwick and wife, part of lots 5 and 6 Weaver's sub-divisior., $1,850. Uattie P. Gogley find husband, Mabel I-:. Stoll and husband. Jennie 11. David and husband, dertie Hummel and husband and Frederick C. Nichols to George A. Poush, a tract containing S.SS acres. Warren township, $SSS.S3. William Foyer and wife to Margaret J. Iteant and Rose A. Iluse, lot Philip J. Klingers sub-division. $ '2. Mary Ford to Sarah Hanley, lot FL1. Edward Sorin'd .ml addition, $1,000. Henrietta. F. Pockstroh to William O. Williams and wife, part of lots 1 and 2 Itoektroh's sub-division, $1. Mary A. Miller to George Richardson and Lula A. Itichardson, lot 39 Campbell's plat, $1. Feroy Francies ad wife to Amanda E. Maurer, lots 1.089, 1.031. 3rd plat Summit Place addition, and lot 1,115 Summit Place 4th addition, $1. Same to Minnie Francies, lot l,nS9 3rd plat same, $1. Elias S. Friggs and wife to Jessie Holdeman and wife, Ji-acre tract in Liberty township, $1. Henry Stull and wifo to same, tract in asem township, $1. Abraham K. MyerU and wife to Ira N. Frown, undivided of 27 acres, Madison township, $1.330. James It. Fey re r and wife to Anna IC. Poehlman, part of lots I and 3 St Joseph Agricultural society's addition, $1. REGISTER 700 GERMAN ALIENS UP TO DATE Chief r.f Police Kline and his assistants Friday brought the total of German aliens registered up to 700. There are about 300 aliens who have been given blanks who have not yet appeared at police headquarters for registration. This will bring the total the police will be able to register to 1,000. The additional blanks ordered liy Chief Kline have not yet arrived. GARDINER TO TALK TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE "Patriotism the Need of the Hour." an address by Lev. James L. Gardiner, has been announced for tin program of the regular weekly membership luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce, to 1 e held next Monday at 12:10 o'clock. Grip Follows The Snow. LAXATIVE FItOMO QUININE Tablets taken in time will Prevent Grip. F. W. GEO YETS signature on box. 30 c. Adv. L.dies we want you to see them 200 Pattern Hats, no two alike. j ;st received at Van Gurder's. Priced! from $4 to i These nobby styles at the-e prices v ill surprise you. Adv. 134-10 We .-ell new imported salt herring, spiced herring arid mackerel in tight pound pails and larger juantities. Also smoked white :;h. Phone Pell 34. Home 27)0. Adv. I r.tib-10

The new physical requirements for draft registrants have been moditied to take into the service most all men unless they are found to be below a certain mental or physical standard that would disqualify them for practically any ordinary occupation, according to copies of the amended regulations received by local boards Friday morning. The men are to be placed in two classes qualified for special or limited mil

itary service. Local boards can accept registrants tor general military service only wnen they come within the standards for unconditional acceptance with or without remedial defects, and such registrants can be rejected for general military service only when he comes within the standards of unconditional rejection. All other registrants must be referred by the local board to the medical advisory board for further examination and classification. Insanity Condition. Poards are instructed to reject men found to be suffering from insanity, epilepsy, idiocy, imbecility, and proven cases of alcoholism only under the following conditions: Insanity All registrants who are committed or who have been committed to a licensed institution for insane or licensed private institution, who bring proof from verified records of institution or state boards. Epilepsy The registrant w ill be declared an epileptic when verified histories establish the disease as of long duration and of the type of grand mal, or incurable. Idiot A registrant so deeply defective in mind from birth or from early age that he is unable to guard himself against common physical danger. Chronic alcoholism The registrant on examination must show suffused eyes, prominent superficial blood-vessels of nose and cheek, llabby, bloated face, red or purplish discoloration of mucous membrane of pharynx, and soft palate: muscular tremor in the protruded tongue and extended fingers, tremulous handwriting, emotionalism, prevarication, suspicion, auditory and visual hallucinations and presecutory ideas. The history or evidence that the registrant has been frequently and grossly intoxicated isnot of itself sufficient for a diagnosis of chronic alcoholism and rejection. In all cases of disease or disability, unless extremely pronounced, or when it is possible to remedy, cure or correct the disability, the regis trant is accepted and placed under the treatment of military surgeons or physicians. Not to lie Considered. Flat feet, toes or lingers off, unless the index finger or thumb of the right hand are missing, venereal or skin diseases, unless in a chronic or aggravated stage, are not to be considered as reason for rejection from service. No foot cases are to be rejected, and even in the case of varicose veins when not associated with oedema and leg ulcer, the affection is not to be considered as cause for rejection. Registrants with one good nrrr, and one good leg and all other doubtful cases are to be referred to the medical advisory board1. Those having only one eye are ordered rejected, but those affected with color-blindness and other minor diseases of" the eyes are to be accepted. Registrants whose vision tests 20-10 0 in one eye and 20-4 0 in the other without glasses, or 20-100 in each eye without glasses if correctable with glasses to 2 0-4 0 in either eye. Registrants with slight adhesions of the lids to the eyeball, small pterygium, slight aversion of the lids, ptosis, when not interfering with the vision, strabismus, if vision up to standard, or iridectomy, or other operation in themselves are not causes for rejection. Regarding the nose and mouth the registrant is ordered rejected if the disease of either is irremediable or deformative to such an extent that it cannot be corrected, or interferes with the mastication of ordinary food, or interferes with the speech so that the registrant cannot be understood, boards are ordered to reject. Tuberculosis is IVir. Foards are ordered no, to reject any registrant for disease of the lung-s. pleura, chest wall, etc., except men with tuberculosis or other diseases of the lungs, etc., who are confined to their beds and when histories establish unmistakably the existence and long duration of disease. Registrants not under 100 pounds' in weight, or less than 3i inches in height, and those up to 7S inches tall if well proportioned, nre to be accepted. Registrants with overweight are to be accepted unless the obesity interferes with normal physical activity. Men with three serviceable natura masticating teeth above and three ! below opposing are to accepted for service. All these teeth must be so opposed as to serve the purpose of incision and mastication. Therefore, the registrant shall hie a minimum of six masticating and six incisor teeth. Registrants confined to their homes or hospital, or who present themselves with some temporary de fect the result of an aejte disease. injury or operation, or who are waiting for an operation, are to te given a reasonable additional tim- before the examination Is comiletcd.

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