South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 196, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 14 July 1920 — Page 6

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Jb'LY 14. 1920.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS STARTS WORK. T't ouncl! vt th Igue rf Nations j 5Tiri t' rr.'t in l!r'i.-'! on July 22, M tak- u; mr . 4i!v the work of th council of allit s. th;t has r.--n i"ir.j; th4 league of Nation's work for th" pa.st rr.'-r.ths --wiiin? for fhp United Statf to come in. It ill hiv brfor- it th results of the Hpa cm-f-r nr. and pvrr.il auctions of international fl-i.iTM-. takir.i.' th r'-srulation of international xi hanrf'. and may try to Mraichten it out ly rrrans of an international loan. This : work that hhould hrtvp bcn don1 months and would have -rn. I'Ut for th derrliction of th rtutcd States in failing to ratify the Wr.allls treaty nn 1 to L'Pt into th I.ue. Mnwhll? h- louncil of allies hav- bi'n maintaining a little Lai; ir r.f Nations of thf ir ow n. dralir.R witr (J-r-niany. Austria, Turkry, Italy, tho UalkanF, otr., ;nvpiratory t th- iay whni tny would give. Ihf l.r.iL'UP of Nations envnant full for- and ff ct. Th- y hav- donp so vdl that th y ma- have drtrrUiir. d that thf I.icuc of Nations can t alon without th t'nitrd St.it s. if jissiry. and that it -hall ?,'o ahf ad henceforth t. its own natiu , plaro and Mead. Although th" Iy'acrup a roncedod actual r.i.-t-ni and operation from th" appcintfd tinif. of su!!;i!rnt ratiflcatior.. it was tt-ntnorarily rc.-olvcd, tr ( on vnJene, Into a council of allie d premiers. ar.d thi Br;:.-srL nt tir.pr m;iy hp d"'srnh(-d as the Uvi' 'ffort to br mai'.r- by ihr League ouncil i hn h is thr sovrrnin body of the Iai;u to asy,in an important initiative in international aff.iiis The opportunity for .s-rvico in this case is a larjrr one. for th- financial situation is regarded a' th- k-y to IJuropom recon.struction. Whatever aoion is taken may have a bi effect on "this country, too. f. r on the financial status of Europe depends the p aynint of the J lC.OOM.ooo.OCO tn at Cuiojie oTvc5 up, and alo the maintenance of it: Am?rlr:in rxfort trade worth many hillions a i r. Ii i- ur.fortur.at"' that the United States r.ot rr pj , -rntd in that ouncil. Americans generally, h v r. wl!l appi-tud th.- Lracuc for s'oini; ahead an! !"in what it .m, instead f waiting lndclmitey f r American participation. Nothing is t-o well i! -ulated to re on'.mt "ni thv L( ;ij:ue of Nations to d"ubtfu! Americans as cntructivr, contilent .action Amrriian;- admii'p and respect success. They be niot e i;po-, d to join the lv"aue if it shows that it c.in r:rt alone without them. And it will.

CANDIDATE HARDING AND HIS PLAN OF GOVERNMENT BY PARTIES. Somethir about the. pa bib attitude, even of the republican ; rc.-s. practically op.ceU . (Jiiio to the 1 niocrata column i:ict- the nomination of Uov. i'. ani it ouht to man something: to the whole -jntry. Vox's three terras as governor of the buckey. tu.. n-rrr.ai;.v rt publican, and the jualay of fll! thr.-e a 1 rr. 1 nifi ra t ions, has made a listm. t hit with hiiar.s. l i climated as putting him far i i th. I. .i n er s-c.n. Harding m their home tate. 1". :: s that tVx is a campaigner, such as Hardir.R is n at. and that he makes votes wh-re the renator iiries them auaj, se nis cop.cciied hy all, repuMii.n's and d cr.its aiile, who know them b'jth. Th ' front puch" M Kinleyes jue camiaign for n'nru::v 'f r" Karde! in (hio as decidedly th bot for the m r.atcr. r pu! d -!rr.idy as ..el.om openins: "hi- r.vuth wuthou: puttir-i; his foot m it." With ro'biri but trumped-up :sv;. to iun on. he i not prio;: an ..dp;. c r.s:de;-ipl4; the amount of doag:ir.a. tidesteppir. and ramouM.tcinc; necessary, and th r.ex: t!i:r.c we know h tn.iv not even b per-n-aitei to talk to i:i: t i . : w er. "e pt to siy that he h.is nthirc to .-iy." Hi.- s:.it-ifnt in W.-.hincton. b.-fore r turning to i diio re.'.'nfly f d ov: c his me. tinjc with (Jov. t"C'o;:,iK-p f M ass ichi its, his running mate, is ilia str 1 1 n : "Wo hae acreort tht wo will base the r.imv.iin ". a:i -ipp-a! to re ? to re party poernn'.e:, a- a const it-t. n i '. su'-titute for personal ' ; r.rier. f." rappos. d; a rap at the president, but howso? Until roini!, it h.i5 been the claim of th3 rerubli-ar..-. and f S r. Htrllr.c a!er.p with the rest, that Prist Wilson hil vror. to partisan; that thr- hai lim too much "prtx government." Of course, it makes vn illfference what party It is. ,v Wilson ln-aiiif lntol rah'.e n-t ithstanlir.cr his frejuent ppoir.tm r.t of repuhii .i:i to prom in e nt posts f duty, bef.-re. !urir. and since the war. but maybe thy havo dec; r.ot to pre- that . riticisni any f'irthr. er. 1 to take up the pi.'vnse of a "dictatorship" in Its stead It isn't th.- hr: criticism -f 'he pr. -si.it nt that th republic ir.s I'.a'.e f.v.itld It .'; iTJ' to deSCTt, - "r'üirlr; atnu.-k pif. ! of its ti n t r u t h f u 1 tu s. " :n! the cry rf " di -tat' rsh'.p" will rauch the arr.e w .. C'andl-tate Huriir.,; b.inieif. h.o mi; alrcAdjr walXed Into tio trap, Mt &t th Chicago con-

vprit.or..- that wili envelop it. ieakir.5 further of his c jr.M r" itiiT. with (lov 'ooIidR', S n. Hardiru' pas: "We r.-iv ajtrerd 4hat th- vice pres. dent ouht to be more than a mere ubtitute in waiting; he oueht to perform :n important srvue in re-p-ttablishir.R coonllr.tion between th- o.itutive o!!';'. s lind the senate." r.ct it a .-.in? Hate for Wil.voM, dttr that all ! is f ra :r tten ; eryth:n save "th executiv- of-rit:-:m! die --nat-"' Mr. Hftrdinz by the utter-

iiio f'eppins: m hi-i own mouth awa up to the J

kt- Mis fuia:''."'ion offers no rem-.y for th -o-cilied Wil.-onian ' aufoei a y." n thf- contrary it ra'her offers a substitute in the nature of . "dual olik'a 1 h ." Th iiuntry is not hankerintr to re -plat e this all ped "pt r.onal government" with a "t natom! poverntr.ent." Oliserve that Mr. Har-i-iiik is ieeply concern i only about "re-establlshin?; ( rdination between th executive ortirrÄ and the senate." not the congress, but th? tenat. Coe)lidpe. vi 1 ntly. likewise! Driven to choose between an individual m the white house. bounI to occasional publicity, .tnd a number of .-enators in committer rooms and the public does not know where else, people of sense will quite unquestionably prefer the one-mr.n ari ar.L'ement that so deeply shocks Sen. Harding's sen.-o of political proprirty. And the reople -will be sp-c ial!y suspi ious a-s they observe this announced (!;.-ti x.ird of the lower house of congress mite altoge'her with "coonlination between the executive ortlees and th- senate" only; exactly w ha t the country fears of Mr. Hardimr, and has feared ßinc th vrnate tabel picked him from among their number, for their standard-bearer. Mr. Harding, imbed, should tick to his "front porch" and micht well eschew resort to printer's ink and pulp. A higli board fence should be con structel about that porch to keep back the reporters even, maybe, of his own Marion Daily Star. He talks too much, and as before .tated. hedged in with trumped-up issues, he lacks artistic ability neceary to camouflage them with becominptfrace. If he does not realize that exactly what the country fears of him in the white house, is too rnu h "coordination between the executive orhces and the senate." some pood republican might clif this comment and send it to him, to serve, perhaps, as a gentle hint.

The Tower of Babel By BILL ARMSTRONG

JUsT SMI I. II Hy V. M. HATFIELD.

Mm.e when v.-u re ad ab r.f. smile

in a crowd. Smile awhile softly, thtn out loud. Smile from your brow to the point of your chin: Smib- on the outside, and then smile in.

train about being !ae today.

Most men r too :t'iw - is to quit

the construction cn w

d attiliute

with the wrc-ckir.K gar.,', v. n at esf iror,v)

In ono part of th- paper we rral ; a South Bend slogan. loo.uOO in'

1120"; then we turn over to the first p. age and lamp that a city councllman has objecte1 to the purchase

of a street flusher bems it woultl

Smile when the svm ?h'n-s; smile when it rn ins. Smile in the mradow-tv smile

through the lanes. then b- impossible for him to ride

lAt other jKopie grumble and re-! a bicycle cn the slippery pavement

vile:

STILL AT WAR. An American consul, who had occasion to travel in Germany on a special errand. founI that a letter sent him from the United States had been opened and read by a Clerman censor. He complained to postal ' officials and was told that censorship of mail, telephone ami telegraph messages was continued as a m. itter of course, because the United States ' -a.s still at war with (Jcrmany! Americans have taken peace too much for Eranted. F.y debiyinpr the ratification of the peace treaty they have continued the war status with Germany. The inconvenience to business men seeking to establish trade relations under such conditions, can hardly be overestimated, and this is only one f hise of the intolerable situation.

It's funny how a man who kicks about a Jump in the coal bill will cheerfully pay $1.000 more for a motor car, and the woman complains more about a two-cent rise in the cost of meat than the docs about a $.00 rise In the cost of pianos.

The fortunes of most rich men are exaggerated, (leor-e W. Perkins, sometimes said to have made JßibOOO. 00(i jr his bi? business days. Is found to have left an estate of only about $1,000,000.

A veteran deplores the absence of the old wideawake torchlight procession; but what show would thp latter make in these days of the arclight and the twinkling bulbs of electric signs?

The net result of the war, as usual, is that the rich are richer and the poor are poorer, because profits have gotie up more than salaries and wage.-.

Recent philanthropic "drives" have not succeeded as they did during the war. The public is probably no less generous, but it has been over-driven.

There s one class of men that doesn't object much to the present condition of the roads the automobile repair men.

New- York is never so happy as when it has a high-class murder scandal.

Other Editors Than Ours

Just keep feeling gr-0d and keep that smile. Smile, when you've rfast beef, smile when it's hash, Smile when tour business is going to SfllHSh. Smi! when yon can't have things your way. Smile wlun vou're sinking and smile while you pray. Smile when you have no work to do. Smile when you have so much you cah't get through. Maybe your best coat's way out of style Go n shirt sleeves but wear that smile. Smile by a fixed ru!: smile offhand, Smll- when you can't even unaeT stand. Smile like a hen determined ft set. Smile like a race horse winning a bet. 1'very time dyspepsia makes an attack Smile like a j. ster and drive it back. Heats all the doctors' seventeen mile. Quit taking physic, and take a smile. Smile life-sized if you're- a married man. If you're a bachelor smile if yöu can. Smile at a funeral don't disgrace Kven a dead man by making a face. Maybe that scowl has grown on tight

Dislocate your features and set them right. Smooth out the wrinkles, get rid of your bile; Everybody loves you wlun you smile.

Obi Warren llaniing may not have such a toppy front porch as Gov. Cox. but it beats Kugene DeiVs' a city block.

We often wish that we didn't have nothing to do but ride around town and frighten people out cf our path, like John It. V. D. Farneman. We suppose if Councilman Heyers was bicycling his way along the

stree t and ran onto a cm of spilled

milk on the street, he would quick-

lv dismount and adjust weed fhair.s

If they get the new street flusher and 'it mates all the disturbance Councilman Heyers claims it will, we are looking for war. 1 to seeing Frank Stover whirling thrcugh town some day on his Johnson motor wheel going through some stunts that would drive a circus trick bicye le rider to shame.

AMERICAN LEGION First Annual Picnic Berrien County Posts. BernenSprlngs, Mich. JULY 17th Afternoon and Evening.

Sporting Events Boating, Bathing, Dancing Five Aeroplanes Passenger Carrying Seaplane on Lake Charjin. Special Invitation to G. A. R. and Spanish War Veh EVERYBODY INVITED. Have that family picnic at this time. Something Dting Every Minute.

W Y m M vi 67 A L H

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Special Cars to Picnic.

GEORGE

Conn ainl '' l"r

See Page 13 for Large Ad Announcing the

I If the flusher has ben along W.

Jefferson near the- Citizens bank. Frank will have to throw out an anchor t get into the curb.

The author of "Just Smile" should have- composed a few more verses. He might have written one to the voter, who reads about what two editors have written, eine to the effect that Franklin It. is a second cousin and .lust like T. R while another claims Franklin K. is at the best a K, or HI cousin an! if T. II. wer- alive, he wouldn't wipe his feet on F. K.

Kiwanis members are slowly recovering from the saock at the ize of George M. Platmr's bill for food and drink em the eity rescue1 mission's road building expedition.

YOUR GUESTS WILL

LIKE YOUR SALADS -J

VJO ; You Uwe REGAL

I Thousand Island Dressing Z "It Makes the Meal-GE

Nothing so good on f salads, meats and fish.

t all good dealers

Andy Weinberg ,s pilling out some uf his hair and raising a mustache in nn effort to become as popular as Abe Frank was. when he announced he was leaving the city.

With the completion of the new additions to the- office building of the Indiana & Michigan Electric company. Fred Ilryan announces he Is going to throw a party for Jake Heckaman, Ye- IMitor ami his daughter. It'll be a rather odd

gathering but we don't doubt a good:

time will b had by all.

SIMIU tvuimu BT

BEN T. KOSWTtC BROTHER ACrj

Si:I) VOLK DRV CLEANING AND PIU'SSIXG TO

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Five more das of r Pluribus

T'num for former Lieut. Furl F.

In th esteemed News-Tlms. the Oldsmobile Sales company is advertising an 1M7 Ford for sab. If Kl: wdnci Hiiyncs sees that, my what a blow, to the poor old man!

We note an ad vertisemtl1,, in the valued News-Times of a snappy train on the Grand Trunk to the Saginaw valley. Truly, it is a changing world. We can remember the tjm when the vaudeville comedians ust to' kil yesterday's Grand Trunk

PA phi; KINS si:z.

A well know

local banker of- f yAvT fered'to loan usV"2jk -2 Vmoney because he ffi.; paw us com in? A "'n out of mil Ken- whrNl

franz' tailoring X'-v'.tv-.-H.

store. We didn't rcrV 'Vrv1 .-1

mention to th rv-:J"".v W. K. B. that VXyB.

we1' re c h a s i n ads.

Man

Tin: Y.u wi n;xico xkxt? (I'ort Wiijim .Iunul-liaz-'ttt. ) Whilo in New York the other day Felix Palavicini, the newly appointed Mexican ambassador to Furopean e-ourts, was asked his opinion of the Mexican plank in the Chicago platform written by Sn. Fall, who boasts In his autobiography in the Congressional Directory that he is' the owner of mining interest.'- in Mexico. .The reply is interesting ami reflects no doubt the opinion of the Mexican T eople: "While I cannot comment officially on the republican pUtform. I can tell you the purport of an editorial I published in my paper. El National, befeire my appointment as ambassador." he continued. "It paid in substance that the American people had Just successfully concluded ,t great war guaranteeing- the richts -f small nations, and that I did not believe American people would reverse themselves and light another war for exactly the opposite principles. 'Thr plank in the republican platform would grarantee special privileges to all Americans in Mexico, and it is only fair that all foreigners in our country should itand on an equal footing. The new government guarantees property rights. I feel sure this year will pee the rs'.ablishmcnt of friendly relations between Mexico and the Fiiited States, which will mean a new era for both nations. "The nvv Mexican administration has returned all private property to Its rightful owners. The government still operates the railroads, but is' going to return them." Th- Mexican has properly interpreted the Chit ago platform de mands. These boss-ridden polltirlms. at the hehe.-: of 'interests-" having oil. rallroads. ranches and mines in Mexico, have eiemandrd that Mexico shall rewrite her constitution "undr our tlirection, and rrrant srecial privileges to Amerban financiers regarIless of the effect on other r.atbm and on the intercuts of her own people or we will crush her with our armies. Hut the Mexican fails to divert minüte between Americnns and "professional Americar..s." between patriots ..o,t patriots for revenue only. The men who wrote the plank that is an insult to Mexican tovereignty such as we would not dare to offer a stronger nation. ha.vr sneered at the idea that we are interested, in in rights of mall nationalitlrf

More Truth Than Poetry

! By JAMES J. MONTAGUE

! WHAT'S IN A NAME

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Tin: uiiAL thing. In Fiume the- navy had to Le calleel to suppress a, riot started at a football game.

We fancy, when forth from the stanI we lebouch, In a flight of re-silient jumps. And, plying our pop-bottbs take out our grouch On the i;v of a boneh aded umps. That we are a fierce and a terrible folk. Whose vengeance is rough and emphatic.

Fncts about your rirunr: IN

i j history: Its ine.-.ri'mg: whence It j i was derived; Its significance: j your lucky day ard lucky jewel. ! I UY IILDKUD MAIIS1LLL. i

r LOLA. About the time that Cannon and

Juanita ;tme into vogue m this! country the Spanish favorite- Lola was alo introtluc -.i. Sune-how it j seems less foreign than the other I two m ii)i i s of th-- trio anl it has hal more w i.K spre ;:d uage. Though i the m"st f iuinine of nan. and g'en- ' rally associated with the Spanish'

coiuetb- ida. with flashing black eye s and .-lender ankles and the elick of the castanets, the name signiiies "man." This, meaning, however, is

as;ly a ccunte1 fo sine- Lola, far

IkuIc in her earlv hitirv was asso-

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'nt mich a i. riormanee wouiu ne ( i,ltel with old K; rling Romances 'out a joke J jt i.- rather curious that a Spanish On the shores of a blue Adriatic. -j n.une shoubl originate in Germany. I yet such is the case in this instanee. Why. lown in Fiunu- whe-n pe r.pb i Lola's arlb st ancestor was the gre at 1. a" l it l

suue-t ' aiio .u.in'j oi romance ana uuiiau

That an umps isn't uuite on the level, The grand stand is burned and the

Club-hous- is wrecked

lUil the evolutbm cf the name int" Lola is really no more urious than the manner in which the Teutonic

lay-figure hero rec.-ive! Iii title.

In a brutal and bloodthirsty revel, j According to the story, he was put;

The ump is lespatche-l. as a matter

of course. Without hesitation or pity. Then fired with fury ar.d scorning remorse. The fans make a hash of the city. One phoiey decision and over the town A mob of avengers run riot. Machine guns are called and hoot half 'of 'em down. But still there's a storm of un-

quiet.

out to nursf as an infant and when

brought home mu h grown, his mother exclaimed "What great carle if; this?" Thus he e uno to be called' Karl insteai of David which wa.s his I baptismal name. j After the wave of Karls and ' Charles' had overspread Europe, j Curlotu made he r ape-para nee in Spain. Carlota of Savoy, who marriel Iouis XI of France rrndere I i th name famous. It was used by all ' manner of maids throughout Spain ar.d when it was eontraeted. Iola ;

j was considered moie eu, nonius and i

rffir! a. --stx ri

ilia Ü tAW

And not till the navy is caiicd to : n,,ire Latin than Lota

the scene- Th" moonstone is Lola's talisman - '

And the e-ountryside s badly bom- b gem. It is said to bring her th

bard cd

While the armies from neighboring states intervene. Is the tumult so much as retarded. Hereafter, whenever we raise a few lumps With cries of elistaste or derision. On the ive-ry head of a recreant umps To show we don't like his decision We don't need to f.el we have eb-ne ourselv s proud As militant, bitter did;kers A typical Fas: Adriatican crowd Can make us lok ery like pikers!

With jao Many Bond Thie ves Bust.

love she desires and it ts particular- ' ly erhcacious in curing admiration 1 for her. Monday la her lucky day I and two her lucky number. i Copyright. 1!20.) j

! The Horoscope

w !:i.i:si.Y, .H'LY II. A very lively ami interesting day is to be forecast from the stellar chut of this day. Tho leading planets are Ktrongly placed for sucvss. and progres in all matters undertaken, ar.d some Important it" not radical change, removal or journey may be imminent. These ni iy pre.-nt themselves in an unluoke-d-for manner as

A man whose worl is only as ; the re.-uit or old obstacles or hingfoI as his bond hasn't got much bdran'es being abruptly removed. Th.

to brag about.

A PumIc A lot of delegates voted ncainst Gen. Wood because they couldn't understand how any 'mart man could ever leave Cuba.

Tlw- World's All UVuis. It s-ems to be as difficult to keep baseball p'.ayers out of ficht thc lays as it Is to push prize-fighters it them. (GnrivrirhL 1320.'

bener.ts of progress following should

be substantial and permanent, according to the aujruries. New venture? and hoM projects as weli as old establish d concert, should thrive under this propitious swav of 5.--er.il of th" planet in friendly and' forceful juxTaposit ion. The4 whose birthday it Is nn fre-miaed an active uni u-cessful, year. with probable, change or; journey. A child tern on this davj A-ill be activ e, ente riTisintr. reri.---!

' ent, an original thinker, Inventive, aJ cnturoua ar.d fortunate

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"Tyi7HAT ai the reasons for the VV advance in gae Jine prices?" was asked by the President of a large daily newspaper. Continuing, the gentlemen said: "I can conceive how the cost of a manufactured article might increase as much as 50 to 100 percent because of the increased cost of raw materials, labor, etc.; but it has .always seemed to me that the price of a product taken from the ground at a comparatively low cost should not be .affected to any marked degree." This constitutes a fair question, and we are glad of an opportunity' to answer it frankly.

Gasoline is refined from crude petro

leum by a lengthy and expensive process, and is, in the truest sense, a meanufactured article. Time, labor, and heavy investments enter into the manufacture of gasoline from the crude,. and each of these necessarily .affect the price. The cost of crude is a dominant factor in fixing the price of gasoline. The extraordinary7 demand for petroleum products, plus the abnormal increases in the cost of labor, machinery, and money necessary for drilling and equipping oil wells, have combined to force upwards the price of crude oil f. o. b. Whiting from $1.54 to $4.30 per barrel in four years, nearly 180 percent For the same period the selling price of gasoline has increased but 44 percent vSince the Armistice was signed, the production of automobiles, tractors, trucks, and other power using machinery, has created a demand for

gasoline far in excess of normal. Gas

oline reserves have been reduced to' an alarming extent, and the bidding for crude oü on the part of refiners generally, has forced prices upward. The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) having practically no wells of its own is obliged to go into the open market and compete with other refiners for the crude oil it requires. Because of its acknowleged superior efficiency' in manufacturing, the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) despite these conditions has been able to exert a marked deterrent pressure upon the upward sweep of the gasoline market

Standard Oil Company

(Indiana)

910 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, 111

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