South Bend News-Times, Volume 35, Number 72, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 13 March 1918 — Page 2

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIME

HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

Robertson Bub

DOCTRINE OF i SACRIFICE IS RIEG'S THEME-

"We Must Save It Until It Hr ;s," Says Speaker at Conclusion of First Day of Local Food Show. "If th i ;. .- over thre arc o iu. th j . . r Ii ri mu' t a", c. I It. Hai,- ' of Was!.Milton. ! . ii hi- P-rture a? thbig i"l a.iditonum last night. t the i onf'l. of tri nist ijay if o'ith IJerrd" fo 1 how. "Paying s.ricl attention to hmall thing, canu"t h-;p but result i the produc-' :;on of things, and the snon'-r ! th- Amf-rit iin pubi- i ohk" to real- ' . this f,. t the Letter it uil! : i o ' all com Tf5-d. TIl'Tf is too IHHCH! li-tb n being di-nlav-d at tii - . ,!'crit time in tc-;inl to the fo.,,1 i iti.ation ald th quaittted We m ut vtU' to win." ( M-aker, who is v.t-11 ac- ' with C;erman's method of i a r f a t v . i A. "arlil of ."-" till. lbnd lnad" a fv introduciorv remarks -on-rnin he food show, its purpose ami the rc.-ult.s which the commititf of arrangements hopes to ac-ornpli.-'h. He then turned th" ga 1 1 over to Jiido Francis J. Vurpill it of Notre Iame. who presided as hairman of the arrangements committer. In i:itrtducing the speaker of the evening Jude Vurpillat rclrred to him as a man who wis 1'', per (tut American. Ir. Ilei was highlv i'omplinicntcd for th Id'h ori! r of work which he lias j a'rompu.-i:eti w nu' ou mis lecture tour. The famous linguist started his 'et .e i . v saying that ho wantei tii" faet understood that he was ' ) pu-vj .footer or kid glov e artist, "if aif to have peace." said Dr. Iieig. "the first r.pilsite is to systematize ;nd organize our modo of living, and in so doin every man. vornan and child in th'se Fnited State- mu'-t l oojrae witli on another. W.tr is analogous to hu.-i-nes in thi- respect: business Is carried on b" tw o or more bnli idual. war is a MiMnt"- of nations. It follows logically thn. that each per s'n in the nation is a full fledg"! pattner in thi-i business of wn-. '.nli beim; the ca each person sh:ild put their shoulder to thwheel an 1 help the cause of demoorac. The loethod of assisting the provrrument is ! thrift, both in rgard to the saving of inonej- an 1 the conservation of food. If evo.-y per;-..n in the Fnitcd States -.'itid deprive himself of one lun t of sugar 1 day. if would result in the saving of ."..".K.QCO pounds of siigar. TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HEAD NOISES If y,);i '.it.irrlud I s-.ifn.s r nea l i: t. your druggist ;iii'l g-t 1 diiiio- f Parrnint dloul!,t rn gt !i . an,! atld to it h.t water an l Juxf a little sii g i r n direct-.! in -a h I'ii' k.iu''' Takr I tal,l-s.,M,nf nl four tiiii"s n !:it. Thi will fen brlug ini.k relief fr.. tu tlie (list ressin;; ead tlis. ("I'V-'''' n-triN sIkhiI! m-:. I r-n t It -nig le,i!-, e.i?y ami tl:e uühin step drepj ing into the tliro.it. It i -.isy t p: ff. .,-t-i little aiel in pi.-.n-:iif t taKe. Any ne w Im li.is i'.itjirrh.il I :ifi! n or Lead n b!iniil, five tili- prexTipt a trial. F..r ale l.y VWtti' k a original Fut Kit- M-'-ü'-ine Store. N ewman Smart New HATS

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uh, h jo tt-rins of inonry is approximately f.'O.ooft. All (ioriiiitiit Nanifkv. "TliM !- the system Germany hau.. J in this war; it Is the reason

iy th- Teutons have to successful-r--td the attacks of the allied iv armie. and pos-ss,j themselves a? 1't,0m' s juare mile cof foreign territory although outnumbered bj men. and having less tinancial I strength. : "Save and k-ep on .-aving. Do not ! satis!. d by doing1 so yoursejf. ! 'ut intere-t your family, friends j an! business ass-ot iates also. There! i no s.tciitice too grt at for those, who day at home. Ate not nur fathers and brothers lighting and dving on the battleiield.s over there' '.caeri!ice all unnecessarie and vu'iic necessities; sacrifice till I', hurts, and then you may .tick out jour chet and say, 'I am a patriot.' "When the boys conip hack from over there they will have a much broader romeptlon of human nature; in fact, I would say that th''' -hall ho able to look at you and tHl intuitively whether or not yo i have hacked them up during their ah.-eme. Live now so that you ran look them In the eye and tell them you helped. Let them pay whe'i thev o'turn that the elorious Stars and Stripes have yet to he dragged j lown in defeat. " Previous to the affair at the high ( hol th outh lU-nd home guard paraded through the business district of the towa and escorted Dr. Keig to the auditorium. They were led bv the DodKe company band of J Mishawaka which was composed '. f j i'." pieces. Just before the lecturo I the band Kave a concert, playing I patriotic songs. ALL CITIZENS TO IM Speakers From All Walks of Life to be Named by General Committee. I At a meeting of the Jive mcmbeis t of the preliminary committee of the J "War Chest" fund Tuesday at the j Indiana ; hib, the chairman. Frank j II. Hering. announced that plans have been formulated for the dissemination of news regarding tins project. Not only the manufaoj Hirers but the employes will ho aski rd to ooperate in this undertaking, j A committee from each factory will j be appointed to act in harmony with I those who are already actively engage. I In the work. In this manner ! it is planned to have a representa ¬ tive committee from each factory which will include men from all walks of life. It is the opinion of members of the preliminary organization that such a democratic gathering of workers will produce the best results. An extensive advertising campaign will be inaugurated shortly, in which all methods of i modern advertising win oe usei. j such as the newspaper, billboard, j magazine and the like, i Mrs. (Jeorgo Studebaker presided lover the women's meeting which is affilicated with that of the men. Much important work must be done by the Neighborhood club and th-? directing of this work has been given over to Mrs. Studel'Tiker. xcc'i si:d or roitc;i:uv. Alex. Spiliski. IS years old. living at J231 Merry av was arrested Tuesday evening by Patrolmen Hamilton and Dellnlski on a charge of forgery preferred by Ianiis Ha-lassy.

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Begin Training Now or That Farm Job Says Local Pastor

'Begin to prepare now, if you are going to spend your vacation on the farm." b the advice of Ilev. H. Freshley. pastor of the First Kvangelical church, who tried out tuch a. vacation last year. "If you are not in tit physical condition, you are going to titul the strenuous work on the farm too much for you." Lev. Fresh!ey told of his experiences lat year, when asked concerning his opinion of the business man's vacation on, the farm. "When the time for my vacation arrived, I noticed a want ad in The NewsTimes, in which a farmer wanted a nan to help out on the farm for a short time. I didn't want the man to know I was a minister, for fear lie would not let me come, so 1 asked my wife to call up. She tele-j phoned the farmer, and got me the Job. "So I bought a pair of overalls and a blue shirt, and took the interurban out tu the stop the man had told my wife. He met me th're- an1 Wf" ro,,e to the farm. I I got into my working clothes and started out. j "I lived on a farm until I was i neat ly 21, so it seemed a little like j going home. I didn't have much trouble in getting into the getting into the farm j work, and it wasn't long before I was t riving a team, and plowing, and doing all the other work, without a boss to teo what T did. IMmIom I1U Identity. "The tirst night I was on the farm they asked me if I knew the Fresh ley who was a preacher here in town. I said that I did, b ut didn't tell them that I was the man. The next morning we started out to turn hay. and the farmer asked me the Mine tiling. I didn't want to He to him, so I told him 1 was the preacher' he mentioned. I'.y that time, though. 1 had shown what I could do, and f guess ho was satisfied with me, so he let me stay. "We got up and had our horses curried and hitched before breakThe DockweUcr medal, for the best essay on some philosphical theme with a certain standard cf excellence. Is a high honor for which much competition Is offered. Usually, the medal is given to seniois of philosophy classes, but this year through an arrangement made by the Ilev. Mathevv Schumacher, C. 5. C., director of studies, and the Ilev. Cornelius Hagerty, C. S. C, dean of the philosophy department. Juniors will be allowed to compete for this honor. Saich an announceme-it was made by Fr. Hagerty Tuesday. John Augustine Lemmer, senior In the history and economics department, was elected captain of the Notre Dame varsity debating team. I-emrner received tirst plaeo in the final tryout held for the aspirants. The other members of th debating team are: Frank Holand. Frank Hurley, Cornelius Palmer Thomas Keaeom and William Kelley. Thomas Healy and Thomas Cusick are the alternates. A debating medal will be awarded to each member of the team, who will represent the university In the principal intercollegiate debate of the yvar against Drake university 0:1 April 4.

Notre Dame News

Mrs.L.G.Ford Who Wrote "Keep Home Fires B timing" Is Killed in London Raid

lit N DUN. March 13. The death of Mrs. Lena t.uilbert Ford, the American woman who wrote "Keep the Home Firfs Uurning." one ut the most popular marching songs of the Rritish army, und her crippled son. Walter, was a pathetic incidrnt of the German air raid on London. They died under th? wreckage of their home. An Rng'ish maid. Annie Coxall. by a remarkable display of courage saved th life of Mrs. Ford's mother. .Mrs. Drown. years of ag. r.lthough the aged woman was quite seriously injured. The kinp and queen sought out Miss Coxall ?! the scene of the explosion Saturday and expressed their warm admiration lor her "heroic behavior." lloinb Hits Dwelling. Mrs. Ford and her son were in 1 ed at the time of the ra.d in adjoining room on the second tloor I nf n timr.vlfirv hiiiivf in :i lonf" block of substantial brick structure?. A bomb appears to have hit thi roof dos to the partition wall dividing the Ford house from the adjoining building. It shattered the root" ;iUti upper Moors, which gradually collapsed, with part of the wall. rh heavy beams ar.d brio"; wall fell through the building, en veloping the chambers occupied oy

Mrs. Ford and her son. They were : cries of Mr. For. I and her son. thub imprisoned for several mi.i- ' whum he heard again and again, utes before the second lloor col- ! she had barely time to crawl under lapsed under the weight of the the bed beside Mrs. Prow n when wreckage, carrying tnem to the flrt i the final collapse came. The little iJoor and then after another pause. ! iron bed and th oak door? -erved to the basement. They died prob- their jurpos The aged woman an I ably from suffocation and are ih-3 j the maid w-re almost uffocatd. rirt Ameiicans to loe their live-! but two hours Itter they were re;n an air raid on London. led by con.-labp--- and member -l The iv.j upper tloors ut the house the Red Cross.

fast, which we ate at Ü o'clock each morning. We did all sorts of things

the two weeks I was there cut wheat, plowed for the fan sowing. and other things. "At the end of the two weeks, he brought me Into town, and paid me off. I asked him if ho was satisfied with the workl haddone, an d he said I was as sood as any hand 'he could set. Hands were rretty scarce, you t-ee," explained ilev. Fresiiley. "I didn't feel any ill effects from the work, though I suppose many city men would have been stiff as a board afti turning hay all day. I had been taking gymnasium work at the Y. M. C. A. for two j years. so J was in pretty lair pnysi ical trim. I think every man ought to do that anyway, whether going on a farm or not. Ilcshi Training; Now. "The time to begin the 'training' is now. If you wait until next July before ou begin, you won't be able to stand the work. It will be more of a danger than a help if you're not prepared, "As far as the vacation is concerned. I think it was one of the best I ever had. 1 surely felt fine when I came back home. F.esides having a good time, anil getting avty from the grind of my usual work. I helped the farmer, and incidentally made a little extra money. pond ! "Some men, you know, will fifty or a hundred dollars on a vacation, and travel or oo something as strenuous as farming, and not nearly as healthful. I think the farm is the thing for a vacation period, without a doubt. "Yt. I'm planning on going back next summer. There's going to be more of a demand next summer than there was last, I think. I saw in the paper the other day that Indiana alone will need 10.000 men and hoy to help out in the work' on the farms, and I'm going to be one of them." WOMAN SAYS HUSBAND BEAT HER; ASKS DIVORCE Ktlna Wildrick and Anna N. Curtis are the latest St. Joseph county wives to tile divoreo suits in the superior court. Suit is brought by Mrs. Wildrick against Tunis Wildrick on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. They were married Nov. 2d, 1910, and have one child, five years old. Mrs. Curtis makes many charges against Itasburn Curtis in her complaint. She accuses him of habitual drunkenness, striking and beating her, threatening her life, and calling her vile and opprobrious names. She asks $ 1.000 as alimony. The couple was married Nov. 13. liH'O, and veparated the early part of this month. ki:i mi-:.v iioi,i .Mi:irn.'c;. The Improved Order of Red Men held a regular meeting in their wigwams Tuesday evening, at which time ballots were cast for new memberships. and preparations made for an initiation program. Plans were discussed for the district meeting which is to be held on March 19 at the local Red Men's hall. All committees will meet Sunday morning to complete further arrangements of the district meet. were occupied by another family, all of whom were killed. Mrs. Ford's mother, Mrs. Iirown. occupied a room on the tirst lloor, directly under Mrs. Ford"s chamber, while beneath her. in a small basement bedroom, was Mrs. Ford's maid. Annie Coxall. The maid, who is a strong F-mr-lish country girl of 22, amid the sound of splintering timbers and crashing brick work, ran up the narrow Usement stairs, her tirst thought being for the safety of the aged Mrs. Drown, to whom she wis deeply attached. he found the old lady half out of bed. bewildered in the midst of a cloud of falling plaster and dragged her through the collapsing walls down the ston stairs and into the basement bedj room. It was evident that the whole weight of the walls and upper tloor would soon crash into the celUr and the maid. with nimble wit. half carried her charge and laid tier on the floor close to the wall, pulling the narrow cot bed ovr her as a protection ami placing upon this tvo heavy oak doors in a slantii g portion, which she hoped wou!1 deMect the falling debris. Hurlod in Debris. Failing to reach the uiper part ' of the house again in answer to th

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MEN HOT GUILTY

American Club Case DisDOsecJ I . . .... o? oy ranei ATier r-uieen Minute Session. "Not guilty' was the verdict rendered by the jury In the city court at 7 o'clock Tuesday night in the case of the 4 5 men arrested in a ram on the American cTub Sunday morning, Feb. 14. The -case went to the jury at 0:4." o'clock and the verdict was rendered after 15 minutes' deliberation. Corntdetion of the jury panel was' made at D:-0 o'clock Tuesday after- ... i i. . .i l

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examined. I he txaminiiion oi me jury began at lu o'clock in the morning. sjergt. Chappcll was the tirst witness to testify for the state. He said that on the morning of .Sunday, Feb. 14, he and a detail of men went to the American club quarters on S. Chapin ft. He said they arrived there at 1 ::'.. in the morning and waited outside perhaps three minutes before they entered. Sergt. Chappell testified that they waited until someone from the club opened the door to leave the building before gaining an entrance. Sorgt. Cliappcirs Testimony. Tne rgeant testified that he saw auout 40 men arouna a pool laoie in one of the rooms, and that some of the men were shaking dice. The officer rushed for the pool table and succeeded in capturing a $1 bill, two dice and a dice box from the pool table. He said that be ther. placed as many of the men as possible under arrest, but that some of them succeeded in getting away. The man who had the dice box in his hand at Hie time, according to the testimony of Sergt. Chappell. got away, but he declared that later he saw him in the court room, but he had been unable to learn his name. During the sergeant's tcstlmonv. Deputy Pros. Schwartz a-:kci him if he saw the man in the routt room at that time. The sergeant. Qtfter looking over the hundred or so men present, pointed out the man who he said had the dice box at the time of the laid, but no arrest followed. I lud C'as' of lloor. The sergeant testified to linding 50 triple cases of beer in another of the rooms, along with a quantity of whisky. Atty. Devine, lor the defense, argued that the men were on trial for gambling and frequenting u gambling house, and he asked that the testimony regarding the finding of beer and whisk;, at the club be stricken from the records, as it in no way contributed to show that a gambling house was in operation. The judge ordered that part of the testimony stricken out. Officer Kdward Detrieh was the only other witness to testify to what occurred inside the club. He corroborated the testimony of Sergt. Chappell in regard to the dollar bill, the dice and the dice bo v. He also corroborated the testimony of the sergeant In regard to the linding of whisky and beer in largo quantitim in another room, but this testimony was again stricken out. As did Sergt. Chappell. otlicer Detrieh testied that a number of men were in the other rooms and that they were sitting around tables. Both Sergt. Chappell and Ohicer Detrieh testified that the reputation of the American club as a gambling house is bad. Mticer Louis Kjah testified that ho had acted as a sort of guard at the door of the club to prevent those inside from going out. lie said that whenever anyone attempted to Vave he would order them back. OhMcers Anthony Sel err iak. Valentine Delinski and Horace Hamilton testified as to the reputation of the : American club as a gambling house , j They said that the reputation of the club is bad. The names of the jurymen are William Hastwood, foreman; Walter Fassnacht. John Irwin, tieorge Cilery. Sidney Thornton, J. M. Caulfield. C. W. Zigler. Carl C.inz. George Kerner, C. J. Weber, C. R. Mclaughlin and K. Jt. .Shirk. "PAT" HARL SATISFIED WITH HONOR AS PRIVATE Having no particular desire for i military honors of any kind, but ju -t striving to do his best in camp. Louis P. Harl, a graduate from Notre Dame university in the journalism department and later a member of The News-Times editorial staff before enlisting, writes of his experience to Prof. John M. Coonev of the school of journalism at Notre Dame, in a letter received Tuesday. Harl is enlisted with base hospital unit No. 4 0 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky. Among th other things Harl w rites: "Vye are getting straightened o .. here fairly well. As yet. however. I do not Know what will be my duties, pro'.-aoly those of streiche' bearer, orderly or something of trir kind. I nave "no desire for military honors of any kino and I scorn ;o do those things whieh bring one in prominence and a good position in rn.litu.ry life. "I only hope that my w,.tk will not be too menial, for washing po'.s and pans and scrubbing floors i. just .Ts good as commanding men or any. thing cle for that matte. bjt it l work that does not suit my ternperament. If I can ct something to do which will broaden my expell'Mire I fould like it. I be ieve a ba-e ho?;-ital vv;ll be

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the place for mo to do this, al though I suppose the front liru trenches would he even better. "I regret that am not a private I today in a front line trench in Franco. 1 think it would be whole- I some experience for anyone, but j especially me." ! CHURCHES WILL ADJOURN TO HEAR DR. C. F. AKED Many of the churches in the city will adjourn their mid-week services this week in favor of the popular meeting to be held this evening in the high school auditorium at 7:."0 o'clock this evening. Dr. Charles Abed will deliver his celebrated adcress, "The Assassination of a Race." I'pon that occasion Rev. John V. Do Oroote, C. S. C, pastor of St. Patrick's church, will offer the invocation and K. F. John son will i reside. The meeting is; being held under the auspices of i the Ministerial association and the Chamber of Commerce and a very j interesting program is offered to the j public. Admission is free and Mr. i Chard, wh ) is in charge of the ushets. states that the early comers will have the advantage of the best seats. SUES SINGER COMPANY FOR $5,000 DAMAGES The Singer Mfg. Co. is made defendant In a suit for $5.0C'0 damages tiled yesterday in the superior court by John W. Anderson, w ho i bases his action on a fractured collar bone and shoulder sustained j Hept. 19, 1017, when employed as i teamster by the company lie drove i a team with a load of cinders into a hole four feet deep at the direction of the company's official, and was thrown to the ground headforemost, receiving the injuries stated. FRANK SINGLER ENTERS RACE FOR SHERIFF Frank J. Fingier of 62 2 K. Cedar st. is the atest to announee himself as a (.emo'ratic candidate for sheriff at the May primaries by tiling his declaration with the county olerk. The following four republican candidates hied their noj tice yestercay: William Miller, for trustee of Olive twp.; R. II. Woods, for trustee of (Ireen twp.; Charles L. Stuekey, for assessor of Clay twp.; Albert A. Watkins of Iakeville, for trustee of Fnion twp. TERRK HA UTK, Ind.. March IC Paul K. Whitesell. 21 years old. and his roi-'in, Glien Whitesell, 17 1 vcars obi. were killed today m n gas explosion in the (Jrant coal mine near New Goshen. Ind.. nortlt of Terre Paute. The bodies wer? j taken from the mine a few hours later. Koth bovs were residents of New Goshen. c.i o. i. nrjiorii. lawyer, is r.ow located in suite. 224220" Farmers Trust Pblg. Home ; phone S:17. Pell 1ZZ. Adv't 2037-42. ! ! WATCH US GRÖWM

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