South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 228, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 16 August 1919 — Page 3

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RENT PROBERS BEGIN ACTION

Exhaustive Investigation Un-; derway Postoffice to I Sei! Food.

Let The Wedding Bells Ring Out

HIB ((tMII.VIM". wirK. Through infinite "I oopration rommunltv Ju-t uth f -'.nth IVml Krida kfrurnl quirk mnii drile re.ilt la th ir axlnt th high ro of li. inn Tbt luhhI' their loniplaJnt .n.l iifnt! them hy ,.. tiMon to Imrle .. irl'.l- heuri of th HI. Jnrih nunty mmmilt'f imlf tliiK r.M tr-r i n g Thlroniplialnf i lodcrd n(.iint a retailer tiling migar at II Mtf a pound. Mr i rli.l hu nUI the pr to nltiM the pin. Ik that the ery het i.-i ulket v of e nrlng renult here ronvplainto are to le lodged U t form ueh "get -together" rluh mm tn the i r ment ined nliovf. IliinIre.i, of Individual "inplnlnta hue onic Into Mr. i arllle of fl-e, nuinv of them without fair foundation, hut when m oir.Mrml Ion of fix to rontimer wnil tn a rnmplaint It I felt that there la nomettdng radi-allv arong and Immediate atte-ntion in given to the rat.

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Store Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. ; Saturday 9:30 p. nv Charles B. Sax & Company 114 South Michigan Street. Near Washington Avenue,

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That th rent pri sub mmmltte of th organization neklnr profiteers In St. Joseph county is hot on , the trail of a South Bend property owner who is alloo,! to be holdinK up his tenants was made knewn Krll.iv nifrht when the rent investi.!tors mot to plan an exhaustive probe of rent protlteerinic in St. Joseph ounty. It is believed that the rent question, one of the most important problems of th high cost of living today, will furnish some sensational developments, especially in South Mend. ne resident of the city in confer nre with Mr. Carlisle, head of the St. Joseph county investiRars. Friday evening pointed out th tt ba a matter of fact there is more liss.v fu tion river th rrnt j rii- s tiian any other matter in the coat of living. Promiw DrnMIr Hon. Drastic action is promised by the former fond administrator and nhere profiteering is discoverer! vigorous prosecution by the federal autnori:ies will follow, he gays. "Pressure against exorbitant rents will do much to eliminate this form of profiteering. " fol. Carlisle said when h revealed the fact that a committee Is at work on this phase of the high cost of living proolem. "If force must be used, however, we are prepared to use it" It has been cr.lled to the attention Of 0m t i 1 r price committee, the organization of which "ol. Carlisle Is chairman, that rents have recently gone up 20 to 50 percent, in spite of the fact that no such raises in t ivs or price of upkeep could possibly justify such increase. Although it is against the policy f M, Carlisle tb name the membtff of the various committees working under him. for obvious reasons, he sas. he announced Tit ilay morning that in addition to the rent Investigators. sub-committees are at work probing prices charged fr coal, ice and other necessities. Begin KtxMl Sole Monday. high cost of living in South Bend will be hit from another ar.gle Monday morning, at which time orders rom the public for food from the vir department's supply will be accepted at the local post ofheo. it was announced by officials FriAftjr. All orders must be made out in dupii ite. and may be given to the postmaster or any carrier. The art '"s to be ordered are as follows: Corn. 0.800 two-pound cans, nine cents per can. Corned beef hash. 4. ICO one-pound cans. 22 cents per can; 3.D00 twopound cans. 3 7 cents per can.

Peas. 12. ' two-pound cans price quoted. Dry beans. 7.427 pounds.

dred pounds; lfoosier tirocer Co.. II; U-vy and Ward. $10 2'; Nation-! al r.rocer r0.. $10.50. and the South' Bend Wholesale Grocery Co., $12.-! 50. This latter quotation is on 200 bates of sugar for which they paid, their invoices show, $12.30 per hun-

dred pounds.

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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS TO HOLD PICNIC SATURDAY

The Knights of Pythias will hold an old-fashioned basket picnic at Pottawatomie park Saturday as part of the program of a-lively outing which begins early in the afternoon. , "Frolic, fun and a good time guaranteed." is the slogan and everyone is urged to bring his family and friends to the affair. Something will be doing every minute, according to the notices sent out, starting at 1:30 o'clock. The pienie committee is composed of E. White, F. Jellison. Q, Taggart, B. Russell and A. Jones.

ARK BOAR

FOR MEETING HERE

To Hold Special Session to Complete Arrangements for Convention.

CHAUTAUQUA 'JOY NIGHT PLEASING

Reports From Other Cities Accord Packard the First Place on Program.

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Flour. 4.903 pounds. $6.00 per 100 pounds. Rice. 1,100 pounds. 100 pounds at $6.47 Assorted Jams, 2.300 two-pound ans, no price quoted Pepper, quarter-pound cans. 411 pounds, nine cents a pound. Toilet aoap, 1.432 takes, no price quoted. Pineapple. S20 pounds, no price quoted. Tj Sell Beans. Baked brans. 4.7L' one-pound cans at four cents a can. two-pound ans at six cents a can and threepound cans at nine cents a fan. Strtngless beans. 1.060 pounds in two-pound cans, no price quoted. Corned beef. .4v) one-pound cans at 20 cents a can; H.200 twopound cans at ."" rents a an and S70 six-pound cans at $1.7. a can. Roast beef. 5.40'! one-pound cans Ml 29 cents a pound. I.fff twopound cans at 63 cents a can and 540 six-pound crtp.s Ii a an Cherries. 370 two and one half pound cans at 21 rents a can. Tomatoes. 70) one-pound . . nine cents a can. Bacon. 2.600 12-pound ans at $4.15 per can. According to a report from the poetmaater general at Washington 125 pounds can be shipped in one consignment by parcel post at a coat of $1.29. robo sugar Price. Twelve cents a pound is a fair refail price for sugar in South Hen.l. according- to Col. Carlisle. Although Asst Atty. Gen. Ames said at Washington Thursday 11 cents was a fair ;.r:ce. freight rates and certain Ofher (ondi-ions make fair charges different in different localities, the local food dictator explain 1 The Washington dispatch, which

Indications are that there will be real joy on the "joy night" program at Chautauqua Tuesday for Alton Packard, cartoonist and humorist, heads the bill. "Uncle Sam s Folks" is the title of his lecture in which his delineations of American life are entertaining, funny and at the same time instructive. Newspaper reports, almost without xception, accord him first place on the chautauqua bill arul emphasize the fact that his influence for good loses nothing because of his humor. Besides being a humorist and cartoonist he is a pianist and vocalist and his funny limericks are said to add much to the program. Mr. Packard is heralded as a philosopher also and is said to make a decided hit when he sings the 27 verses of "When You Oct What You Want You Don't Want If As an added attraction of joy night the Metropolitan quartet consisting of Miss Hazel Silver, soprano. Walter Peterson. tenor. Miss Esther Muenstermann. contralto, and Curtis W Johns, bass, assisted by Miss l.aura Clenlenen. pianist, will present a grand concert as a prelude to the lecture.

Tentathe plans for the eonvertion of the Indiana Association of Park departments, to be held here Aug. .'1 and Sept. 1. w.-re discussed at the meeting of the city park board held Friday nignt. A Hpecia! meeting of the board will be held within the next fev days to complete the arrangements It has been decided to inane th nuetinus open to he public, and to ai ian-e programs v. hi -h will attract a la.r?re n Limber of South Bend people to the sessions. lisais Nat sittiriiiio. Plans foi i he natatoiium soon to be const! iided wc e discusMd with the architect. W. W. S'chr.eiler. of th:s city. p.;ds will Ve advertise. I for as soon as the rrVchitect tinishef his work on the plans, which will prcbrbly be tome tirue next week. Hids were rescinded or the sidewalk to be constructed on the En erick st. Mvd. trom Colby to Howard st.. and will be re-advc rtised for.

Lowell now a part of the city of South Bend. Ignatz Paczkowski and Anna to Ignatius K. Werwinski. 2l part of lot 11 Sorin's add to town of Ixwell now part of city of South Bend. Louis S. Buck to St. Joseph Loan & Savings Assn., $1; part of lot 3 Sommer's add to city of South Bend. Eva Cripc and husband to Chris Fink, $800; tract of land in Lincoln twp. William C. Jackson and wife. Thomas H. Jackson and wife. Fannie B. Copp and husband, Mary E. Collins, Dora J. Staples and husband by Francis M. Jackson, their attorney in fact. Francis M. Jackson and wife and William C, Jackson to John W. Keefer and BOSON Eva, 2; lot IIS Vernon Heights add to the city of South Bend. Dempster Sherman Ellison and wir to Ldward Muessel. $1; part of lot 8 and part of lot lettere! "T" and part of lot 9 and lot lettered "S" Tacob Leer's 2nd survey In s 18. twp. .17-R3E. F.dvvard Muosse and wife to D. Sherman Ellison and Netta M.. flS same as last above.

News of the City from the Official Records

Marriage Licenses. Stove Gellen, laborer, 12 30 Kendall st., to Miss Mary Bauer, domestic, 907 W. Garst st. Halley Halderread. laborer, Mishawaka. to Miss Goldie McCreary. domestic, Mishawaka. Alvin Wayne Toan, farmer. Paw Paw, Mich., to Miss Andrey Anderson, also of Paw Paw.

superior Court. Bessie Doty vs. Edward lKty, divorce.

Circuit Court. St. Joseph Loan V Trust Co. vs. the Mishawaka Investment company and Frank H. Allen, asked judgment of $18.000 on notes. The State Mercantile corporation of Illinois r.sking judgment of $650 auainst Daniel Peters, on check.

FORMER SOUTH BEND MAN. MISSIONARY 25 YEARS. TO TALK HERE Ree. John Mcuire, for 2.". ye.irs a missionary to Burma. India, and

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. FYoni the Records of the Indiana Title and lxan Co. John H. Bultinck to Mary M. Kuhn. $1; lot 7:; Mayr's Michigan

hv. add adjoining city of South I llend. Margaretta J. Ream to Andrew PoOfOOO and Anna. $1; part of lot I t.: H iney's add to the city of South ! Bend. Geotee McXabb and wife to

formerly of South J?end. will fill th- Qoorm SandSi $1; lot .9tf Samuel L.

t'ottreU's first add to town of Lowell now part of the city of South

periences in India. Kev. .Mctuire ! rend

pulpit at tomorrow

th- First Baptist church

morning, telling of his exin India. Rev. McGuire

speaks Burmese fluently, and trans-1 George Sands to George McXabb lated a part of the Bible into that and Helen. $1; lot 296 Samuel L. language. Tottrdl's flrst add to the town of d to the

I'nited States on a vacation, durinir which he will take up additional work at Chicago univ rsity. With his wife, he will be the guest of Dr. and Mrs 1) M Calvert. K Monrog st., during his stay in South Bend.

Rev. MeGuire formed a theologicaJ seminary while in India, and WIM

recently elected president

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ASK FOK and GET Horlick's The Original Malted Milk

.r . , re. I in 1 n--dav. quoted Ames cent per pouml i he retail.. At n Bend wh!esa!. I following pri' Wbilcman Bros

i saying that one a fair profit for 11 Ctidav South rere moling h f I ' Z p hun-

WILL PROSECUTE USERS OF CUT-OUT UNDER LAW OF STATE, NOT CITY Drivers of motor vehicles who drive vith their mufflers cut-out vDl bt treated by the poli-e. n spite of the fact that the city ordinance prohibiting this practice was deVlare.I to be invalid in citv court Friday, Three arrests were made for tbi offense Friday flight, and prosecution will bo made under the state law. D- v y Conger. 312 W. Jefferson Bfkfl Krnest Finn. 429 Summer st . were arrested by Officer McMahan. .leorge Gray, 2211 S. Douglas st.. was arrested by Officer right on the same charge. Flo . 'I 'lements of Kokomo was arrested v AVer DeLee 'or unning an automobile without a license.

I'll lM I Pl.Wl T II Better, t htaper .han Oiive oil at The Toffee P.anch. 7 027-17.

TALK PF THE TOWN Tree Cars Sunday at 2:10 to show the lugget success in South Bend. Plat of 15ft lots sold out in two Sundays In order to supply the demand, the owners have consented to grade another street of sixty .w lots for . next Sunday and every one a beauty. One is yours for One Dollar down, i then only "V and 7 5c a week. Prices $119. $129. $14 to $195. except corners, positively the biggest bargains around South Bend today Two big free cars will leave Northern Indiana -nterurban sta tion. corner Washington Avenue and Michigan street at 2:10. Sunday. Cars will carry banners and stop for passengers gtoaff Washington A enuc. Follow the rowd. Jome ant bring ;.our friends. . Adv. '

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Getting SS Good

Wages?

Are you making more money

than usual his

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going to do with it 7 I'eposit some in a checking account to meet your current expenses. Deposit some in our Savincs Department. It will be there, multiplied by interest, when you need it. Citizens' National Bank Citizens' Trust & Savings Bank JKI I I RSOM BL1 D Near .he Pot )fliv.

tors of the conference will attend the morning and evening services, at which Dr. P. M. Camp, home mission secretary of the denomination of Dayton. O., will deliver the addresses. A basket dinner will be served In the basement of the church at noon.

MISS RAUSCH TO PLAY ORGAN AT M. E. CHURCH

Miss Emma R. Rausch will preside at the organ at the services Sunday at the First M. E. church, during the absence of Fred G. Haas, organist and director. Following is the musical program for Sunday morning: Prelude "Contemplation" Armstrong Anthem or Response. Offertory "Invocation" . . . Vincent Duet "Whispering Hope" Hawthorne Mesdames X. P. Kelb and W. O. F.assnacht. Postlude "Postlude in F". . . Wilson

BURNING OF MORTGAGE TO MARK CELEBRATION

Tho burning of the mortgage on i the Conference Memorial I'nited j Ili' thren church and the presentation of the deed of ownership to the local board of trustees by Dr. J. A. I Groves of Elkhart will be a feature of the jubilee anniversary to be held at the church Sunday. Rev. C. V. Miller, former pastor who built the church, and other pas-

THE "BLUES" Caused by Acid -Stomach Millious of people who worry, are despondent, have opells of mental depression, feel blue and are often meiaocbol believe that tbeoe conditions are due tn outside Influences over which ther have little or no control. Nearly always, bowever. they can be traced to an internal source acid-atoraach. Nor is it to be woodered at. Ac4d-stomacb beginning with such well defiled symptoms as indigestion, belching, heartburn, bloat, etc.. will, if not checked, in time affect to some degree or other all the vita) organs. The nervous system becomes deranged. Digestion suffers. The blood is impoverished. Health and strength are undermined. The victim of acidstomach, although he may not know the cause of bis ailments, feels bis bope. courage, ambition and energy slipping. At. J truly Hie is dark not worth much to the man or woman who has acid stomach? Get rid of it! Don't let acid stomach hold you back, wreck your health, make your days miserable, make you a victim of the ' blues'' and gloomy thoughts! There is a marvelous modern remedy called EATON IC that brings, oh! sucb quick relief from your stomach mftencs sets your stomach to rights makes it strong. cool, sweet and comfortable. Helps you get back your strength, vigor, vitality, enthusiasm and good cheer So many thousands upon thousands of sufferers have used EA TONIC with such marvelously helpful results that we are sure you will feel the same way if you will just give it a trial. Qet a big SO cent box of LATONlC-tb. good tasting tablets that you eat like a bit of candy from your druggist today. He will return your money if reauita are not even more than you expect.

PIEDMONT i I WI T Oil. P.etter. cheaper than Olive oil at The Coffee Uanch. 7027-1 ?

Now is the Time to Select Your Fall Wearing Apparel This first showing should create unusual interest because of :hc charming shies and the very modest prices. It shovrs good jvidgmeni. and it is wise cconom to select joi r Rpnarei rr fall right now while prices are down. Don't wait, as garnier.: prices my o much higher latci on. not only that, hut if you make your selection no.' you will get lor.gcr seivk? and sUisracticn from the garment purchased.

Smart Fall Coats Straight line effects predominate and the majority ot garments have rich fur collars. While browns end tans are most popular, many models introduce several new shades.

New Fall Suits They are extremely smart and practical, and they may be had in the desired materials including serges, gabardine, silvertone and many are smartly fashioned of navy blue tricotine. Horizontal tucks form panel effects on the backs of many of these suits and rich embroideries oft times adorn jacket hems.

Early Fall Dresses The new style tendencies are reflected in these beautiful new garments. Our collection offers a splendid opportunity to make a satisfactory selection at lower prices than are indicated for the near future. Included are models of satin, tricotine, georgette crepe, taffeta and serge.

A deposit may be made on purchases, and any garment. furs, or millinery will be laid away for future delivery.

ffOR YOUR ACID-STOMACH)

Get yourself one of these cool suits today at $1 0.50 Here's something very special for you Spiro's Final Clean-up Sale of all Palm Beach Suits at $10.50 f Regular $15, $16.50, $18.50 and $20 values. 145 suits; sizes from 33 to 50; genuine Palm Beach, Crashes and Kool Cloth weaves. 1 THESE 145 suits are the remains of our summer stock just two, three or four of a kind left but every size in the lot from 33 to 50 inch chest j measure. This includes regulars, stouts and slim sizes with a plenty for big men. The styles are I conservative, plain English, belted and waist seam models and tailored to fit.

1 This is a real good opportunity for any man I or young man. No matter how many suits you I may have, you can always use a bargain like this I for a change in your dress. Our object is to clean I up in very short time.

m It means that office men, vacationers and men who believe in dressing comjj fortably have now choice of $15.00, I $16.50, $18.50 and $20 Palm Beach, S Kool Cloth and Crash suits, here for

Our advice is: get yours now I ANY PANAMA HAT IN THE STORE 1-4 OFF! 1 SAM'L SPIRO & CO. Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes, Knox Hats, Sampeck Clothes for Boys

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