South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 246, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 3 September 1919 — Page 2

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FARMERS FORM

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Tunnell Taken by French

St. Jcseph County Agricultu-j

rai Association to Affiliate With the State Body.

rrcar.)z;itior. o .i f.irrn'i' risocittion wns p-rfMi,,; ,u a ?n-lin; hM at th ChiinliT f Vmm-rr Ti:s-1ay rvfrjir.tr t v llu farmers or Th. courity, vh'-n Ai Muilif.vs w as I.-crc-rj pr vi'J r 1 1 t rul Okii!' i.-r. vio'-pr--I'lf nt for th- r'iini' j f a r. Th P'irpr.cA 0f t-. craüi. ation, vhi"h will ! known is th- In. liana farmers' a?so i.ition of St. .Jos.-nli rf.untv. 1 to arquire t;;or- rr.np ration arnoni th fiirrm ik. It is a branch of th- staf organization Ahif h wan o rff t.l ;i fv.v months A nurril-fr rf pfvik from rwlirr rtiiintif of the statf w-r pr-si-nt run fxprsl thlr vmws on such an organization uv i?4- nil to thoiarntjnity as a wnoic IV .T. pat-ff-ron. ft Tipton, a v 11 known

farrnr of that vicinity. sok

orKaniation in his county am th many thinn it has acM)inp!iiicI lurlncr th- pat fr-w wicks. nd to OjH-nitf. Accorlintr to thf hy-laus of tli' htatf association oarh county joining tiio association tuiit s-t $-V"H for th- operations of tho tat- association l.csidrs its fwn funds, which arc nccfhil for lehat who visit i r.iianaiolis and 'Washington with th view of aidintr in pa-intr or dc-f'-atint; somo T-ill pendintr which oncerns the farmer. J. A. Warren, a farmer from Kouts. Ind , chairman of the first district of tho stato, ilHiVfil an address in which ho endeavored to enthuse th farmer to a hl-h pitch and to nid In forming an organization that would have power to dictate the Federation of Iahor unions docs today. "Farmlnc: must he taken on a different plan today than it was 20 years ai-ro. The farmer has always paid what was asked for hin tools and other f irming necessities, while he has hfpn forced to sell hin products at whatever tho stock and rain xchanffes told him he must soli at. W are now pettinc: to th" time when we must do the dictating on what wp will fret for our products. Organization NVvary. "Thn Union man today, who is thoroughly orpani.ri!, is alh to tell his employer what he wants and he irets it. lie asks for an eiht or even six hour day and he rets it. He asks for higher wajres and frets It, only because he Is organized and th- empioyr cannot afford to refuse hin. "The farmers of the country will he organized In time and will he aide to tell the purchaser what he wants for his goods, and he will t;et that price. Ho has never before tiured his time In when setting a price on hs poods. He works 12 hours a day and Is entitled to pay for his time as the city man Is. The man seeking higher wapes bases his arpumen: on thf fact that he must Mipport a family of children. The farmer never Fays he must support his family when settimr his price. They aid him in his chores and pay for their support in this; way. therefore not telnp a burden on him. Iovor In Organization. "Farmers unorganized have nothing to 6a y cu the price of prain or stock, but after heinp organized he will be able to come into his ownHe is to be congratulated on orpanizinp himself into a union, although

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KanUc. Bvon the boott lacks are orpanied. and why shouldn't the farmer? "The hUh prices of today are not the cause of the farmer but of the povernment. Men have been doinp destructive work for four years instead of constructive work. Fvery mar. has been destroying more machinery, forxi arwl materia! than five other men eould produce in a year.'

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Nitro Among Military Assets Left Over from War for Disposal.

I'Iiii i the etitranco p tli f nmam Mn(kenen ttinnel. opened In V.t by the ; rman and f r t . -a r ut-d to supply half t Ii v enemy front in Macedonia. It Is mi tli ia. id fre.ni I oiiüti - K a ioti. liptwcn I'kul and Saloniki. In Seoteiu-o-r. ral. tli a!vn'e i t tla allies to this point cut off the rntrer.t of the erai ay's winde b-ft niii. The German lnxcription on the tunnel, placed there in l'.tl'.. read. "William II. i;rm.m Mniperor niol Klne of I'ruslii, ordered his troops to construct this route, l'.tlC." I'.elow It n French Inscription, of two years liter, read: "General Franchet D'Kuprey, coinnianderdn-Chief of the of the Allied armies in tne Fast, ordered his troops to drive out the Iloches, 1'als A French Colonial soldier Is shown on tniurd at the entrnnce to the tKIUlt !.

House Gets Objections To Dismem bering of Hungary

WASHINGTON. Sept. Objections of Hunparian and Albaniati sympathizers t proposals to dismember these countries under treaties yet to be ncpotiated. were laid todav before the senate foreign relations committee. At the suppestion

of Sen. Knox, rejniblicaii. I'enna.J

I'liarlcs AV. Itusscll, former Minister to er.'la. .ppaied before the com

mittee and i. resented for its consid-l oration a copy of the recent'.y neo-j tilted treaty between Oreat P.rit'ainj

;iiul Prussia under which Mr. Russell

CANADA REPORTS BIG INCREASE IN STOCKS OF STORED FOODSTUFFS

OTTAWA. Ont.. Sept. Heavy Increases of dairv products in stor

age are reported by the federal ost-of-livinp commissioner. who has completed his Investigation of foodftocks held in Canada o: Aup. 1. A drop In prices for beef is forecast. Commissioner McFall reports that approximately 1.2,'O.C'oO more pounds if lt:tter were in stor.ipe on Auc. 1. than were held on the same d.te a year previous. The latest record shows a total ''0 -1 i pounds of creamery batter and 1.ISrt.oru pounds of da.ry butter be:r.s hM. More ecs a!so hae be n put away (m Auc 1. tin re wer" l.',44 (.- ilc. n h Id, an lU'Teas.' of IV'jJ percent. Cl'.f f-f to( ks showed an increase of 'jr.r.l percent over the previous month. Th' total tor" 1 I. -iv.z 1 . .3 7 ,e 1 1 p..up,s ''There has been a in tt.ai.il drop in Wholesale price of -. .-f." aid IV. McFaü. in h.s r. p- rt. ' The stocksof beef on .:i;. ! totaF.-d -.öM -tlT. ('t'.sumer an.d retailers Miould see to if. that the drop i- carti.-l to the consumers price." Fork stocks ar r-.or:ual. po'aitry :i; storage show, d an iru ri-e and mutton arid Iamb stocks wer' decreased S-'vrril rirms wet :!'! t: b.avjmr failed to r. port rh"r storai.e holding-

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International Trade, Railroad and Labor Situations Will be Themes.

said, Great Britain wofld he pien v.iliu.ble riphts and powers in J'ei-li.-cussion of the Persian treaty which followed former Minister llussell's supsrestion that the senate make a "written protest" apainst the pact was the enliveninp feature of treaty controversy today, either in the committee or on the tloor of the M-nnte. Sen. Hitchcok of Nebraska leader of the administration forcepostponed his prepare. 1 speech replyinp to recent attacks on the treaty and leapue of nations covenant by Sen. Knox and Chairman Iodpe of the foreipn relations committee, until tomorrow and on the eve of the president's departure on his speech makinp tour of the country in the interests of the treaty there wai? no apparent chanpe in the senate situation.

nv i.olis i.rmxiw. WASHINGTON. I. C, Sept- 2. Does anj body want to buy a town? Don't all speak at once. Amorr-r the military assets left over from th war. which th war department Is now tryinp to dispose of, along with other salvaged poods, is hn entire town the town of Nitro. W. Va- If you are a rich man and wish to have a town to tinker with, the war department i.s ready to gratify your wish for a proper consideration. Industrial CVntr. Nitro is a complete industrial community embracing 737 manufacturing buildings, housing accommo

dations for 20.000 people and the,

utilities and civic improvements that constitute the conveniences of a modern city- Nitro, built by the government at a cost of approximately $70,000.000. is the site of the second lorpest smokelns powder plant in the world. When the contractors broke ground for this plant on Feb. 1, 191S, the 1.SÖ0 acres now covered by the great powder actory and the civic community embraced in the project were sloping fields that dipped down from the foothills of the Appalachian mountains to the east bank of the Kanawha river. Eight months later, when the allied and central powers signed the armistice on Nov. 11; this industrial community stood in its present state of completion and the smokeless powder plant, which began operations a brief 10 dayR before the termination of hostilities, had turned out 6,000,000 pounds of powder. Uns Portable Houses. The industrial "community of Nitro stretches for more than four miles along the east bank of the Kanawha river. Set upon the foot

hills, overlooking the Industrial area with its bristling smokestacks, stands the civic community more than 1.500 furnished portable houses, homes for the workmen; 75 permanently constructed executive residences, hotels, boarding houses, dormitories, club houses, general and special stores, Cafeteria and

moving picture houses, a modern 400-bed hospital designed and erected under the supervision of the federal public health service; a 2 4room school house, larpe barracks and mess halls, together with Y. M ( A. buildings and recreation halls, capable of providing proper housing and feeding facilities for 3.000 workmen, who, not having families, may not require independent homesThe town includes larme office buildings to be used for administrative purposes; police station, fire Ftation. bank, disbursing building. Inspection offices, traffic offices, telephone and telegraph buildings: a transportation system equipped with both steam and storage battery locomotives and flat and transfer cars ami consisting of IS miles of permanent broad-gauge and IS miles of narrow-gauge railway and a pitehsurfaced macadam roadway extends through the length of the reservation with branches ramifying everywhere. A complete telephone system, with main and branch exchanpes. provides Inter-plant air, residential communication. There Is a complete sewer systtm, a water system with a pumpinp capacity of 37,600.000 gallons, a modern filtration pdant ant the most up-to-date rire righting apparatus. Does anybody want the town of Nitro? Only bids for the entire town will be 'considered and each bidder must plank down half a million dollars when he bids. Just to show he means business.

AMATEUR PATCHING ON TIRES RUINS THOUSANDS OF CASINGS EACH YEAR

Amateur tire patching ruins thousands of automobile tires each year. It is a common practice among automobile owners when receiving a cut or puncture In a tire to Insert a patch on the inside of the casing at the point of injury, thinking that the damage is permanently repaired. Sucn a repair will In time ruin any tire, says the B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co. It is good practice to apply patches In such cases but a tire, sleeve should always be placed on the outside of the tire opposite tho patched portion at the same time. The sleeve serves to bind the tire, hold the torn and injured parts of the fabric In place and prevent further chafing and rupturo. Tho tiro sleeve and patch are merely "first aid" appliance and should bo removed at the earliest posMlbl moment. It will pay motorists to drlvo to the nearest repair man Immediately nfter the injuryoccurs. If allowed to run without repair every time the wheel makes a revolution the the quickens ItH pace toward the scrap heap,

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ST 1,0ns. Mo.. Sent. :). Revival of international trade, the question of furnishing foreign credits to facilitate exports, the railroad problem and the labor situation are among the important topics to be discussed at the 4."th annual convention of the American Dankers association here Sept. :'. to Oct. .'I- More than ö.Cm'O hankers from all parts of th' 1'nittd States Canada, Porto Rico and the Philippine islands are exP t 1 to attend. Prcs't Wilson lias be:i invited to deliver th principal address, and oth rs expected to speak are: David R. Francis, formerly ambassador to Russia; Homer I.. Ferpuson. president of the United States chamber of commerce: Henry P. Davison of New York, form rly head of tho American lied Cross, and Robert F.

j MaKlo of Atlanta, (.la., president of

the association. Richard S. Hawes of this city, first vice president of the association, said social conditions and t ho question of capital and labor would be considered, and plans for the eradication of boNhevism .tad other radiial doctrines discuss 1. Consideration he said al.-o would bo L-iven the

I subi.'.-t of public education, fo-eb-n

ex chance r culations and the fa'airc security of railroad investments.

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RODENBERG IS AGAINST PRESIDENT WILSON'S TRIP

i:in at (iitwn ciiu in. HA RTF' RI F,,t.r. . S pi. ' -Rain caused peM ;.,:. r:. -, of the 'irand Circuit r .' --s h-re f -da y and ".:r ' e ft t w ; ' 1 put on tomorrow, t he tw o-ye ir-oM trot. pare. .':' trot ar.-t th- J.'1 tr;t. The Crnt tr " ir. sake will 1 e raced o;i Thursday.

j WASHINGTON. Sept. ;:. Cnticis1 ÜU Pres't Wilson's plan to tour the; j ountry "for political reasons while) jihae-; and confusion exist in the in- I idustriul world." Rep. Rodenbt r:. re- j j public. in. Illinois. toll the house; jT'eluy tin: present conditions j were more critical than they wer-' Fes' mouth when "the president I made an .droit r-.ov to shift re- j : Sjo:is;bi';;:y fo; this unrest to con-j u r sRep. He!ir T. R.iii-"v. democrat. I I'.ir.ois. . p! j.uc To Rodenberg, s iid ' ;The Id a .1 r.s war- responsible for , hih costs of livim. AU the lepisI lation p iss d this session, he said.. had t-!..'., d to increase the high' I . os! of living, rather than decrease ' I : Thf tariff measures passed by . i l.e house, he said would tend to' I !.!,,. pru es. whii h was admitted by .tae i epu'.d'cans. he added, b it quali- ' ! :: d by the supposition that prducit ion would be stimulated. 1

I Try NEWS-TIMES Want Ad

Every time you are in the business district you pass the American Trust Company. Even if von take a car all cars stop but a lew steps from our entrance. It's this convenience Ulis being in the heart of the citv that directs hundreds and hundreds of people here daily. Start a savings account or a checking account here and avail vourself of our convenience as well as our strength and stability.

To Wash

Without Boiling Into a half a tub of warmwoter, stir two tablesooonfula of

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cahe of soap dissolved in about a auart of boilim

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CLIMALENE looten ths dirt, and disaolres the oap into foamy suds, thus earing labor and vear

and tear on the clothes. Full directions on pacVafe.

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Here are real values. You cannot afford to miss getting your share of White Footwear here. Specials for Thursday Only

Woman's S 15.00 White Kid Shoe, Thursday Special Woman's S 1 2.00 White Kid Shoe, Thursday Special

Woman's S7.00 White Canvas Shoe, Thursday Special Woman's S6.00 White Canvas Shoe, Thursday Special Woman's S 10.00 White Kid Pump or Oxford, Thursday Special Woman's S8.Ü0 White Kid Pump or Oxford, Thursday Special Woman's S7.00 White Canvas Pump or Oxford, Thursday Special Woman's S6.00 White Canvas Pump or Oxford, Thursday Special Woman's S4.00 White Canvas Pump or Oxford, Thursday Special Men's S6.00 White Canvas Oxford, Thursday Special Men's" S4.00 White or Palm Beach Oxford. Thursday Special

Our Tea Room, Coolest Place to Lunch in Town

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Store Opeiu 8:30; Closes 5:30 Saturday to 9:30 p. m.

September Sales Commencing Thursday, September 4th

See Our Big Ad on Page 7

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The real task of a store is to sharpen the customer's sense of appreciation to make people think and cause them enjoyment. No task is irksome here. In Starting Our September Sales we can gladly announce our readiness to invite inspection and criticism. This coming week a notable one with many visitors to the Fair we extend a cordial invitation to make our store your headquarters to meet your friends. The rest room and tea room on the third floor is part of the service of this store.

Beautiful Draperies for Every Room No matter what your color scheme may be, you'll find designs of harmonizing tones in our ne- :w showing of drapery materials. You can depend on getting reliabale qualities at prices which are always more than reasonable.

Filet Nets, in extra fine quality, from 45c yard and up to $10.00 yard for sectional paneling. Cretonnes, Silkoline and Sateens in wonderful colorings for every purpose, from 35c a yard up tto $3.50 yard. Drapery Materials in silk Kapock, Velours and Damasks, are here in large assortments wiih trimmings to match.

Ready Made Curtains in all the newest designs Lace Trimmed Marquisette Curtains. 2 Yl yards long, in six styles, at $2.50 parr.Others at all prices ranging up to $24.00 pair. Tfipcstriea and Velours for furniture coverings. You can choose from dozens of patterns at prices lower than wholesale today.

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With Powered Soap. "When Grandma Comes the Dirt Must Fly"

Children are hard enough on clothes let alone rubbing them to pieces on a washboard. You don't have to rub with Grandma's Powdered Soap. No matter how dirty the children get their clothes, Grandma cleans them thoroughly with little effort. Takes the place of both Washing Powder and Bar Soap. Goes farther. Cheaper to use. Only a tablespoonful in the water then rich, foamy, radiant, cleansing suds, that just roll the dirt out. Baby clothes, childrens play clothes, linens and lawns Grandma cleans them all perfectly and easily. Buy a package from your Grocer today !

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