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rciiDAY, snrromnn 3, 1015. THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES r NEWS OF INDIANA and MICHIGAN 12 HITS GOVERNOR TO flTTEHO LOVE FEAST Democrats of Second District to Gather at Vincennes on Sept. 30. si. f rial to The- .'-vs-TimtH. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. William II. 'oII:n r t ame over to Indianapolis from Yine-nn . his chi-f busines.- lc in tt) insun- th: atte nd.inc of Gov. Kalton an e,n- of th- nuke-rs at the !-;; ml 1 i t r i c t ino- ratic luv" ft-a.t. ThH will h" h 11 on S. j.t. .10 and will t: an all ''.ay allair. Th'T will he a j irh' ( uv and picnic. "I n:ver .-aw our j-oplc more n-thvi.-.-il etver the- outlook for demo cratic vietorv than they are thia year." said Mr. Voiim-r. "When we called tlw m- -tin;? of committeemen and working democrats to determine ii-lh.T we should hold a ct lehration hort. wu hat: more than one of them present and they tho thin-' in the earnestness humli'i'l went .'it that iMvaiis something for the -demo cratic party in the M-conJ d strict. We are already reorganized." "When the ;;.od workers of the sec ond district K't bm-y. with all the Kood thin-s ir. the national and .state administration to talk about, the size of the d.-noeratu- vote is K'inK to surprise the other fellow and make him sit up ni-hu trying to make a rcspertahle .iowmg in the count. ' The pro-'res. iv cs down our way are the sum- a:, they are in the other parts of the state. They are not K- Ing to he looled by all this nonsense you read in the republican newspa pers about progressives ointc to the republican oartv. They lcok upon it as silly twaddle. I "or what lias the republican party to otter pro-re-siven to v. in them back. I 'r.;rr ssi es an; independent. T!e same old crowd that owned th" republican organiza tion in r.l and that managed the mot corrupt primaries ever held in the Mate, is in full e.ntrol of the re-publi'-in organization nw. It is not propo.-e.j to allow a progressive to jx. -ji in naming candidates or dic t.itiir: trie plat form. Then why lould any proures.Mv es rturn simply to (,te t ; ut this stand -pat crowd into the saddle? "If the progressives in the second di: strict uo auyvher except 1( vote th. th e progressive ticket thev will vote e democratic ticket. I judge it is th. same ii the rest of the state. And why not 7 Has not the. Wood row WilVon administration been the most progressive the; the country had ever known, and all on mist solid and Fane lines7" WORK TO BE EXTENDED State Institution. Are Asked to Send i:hibit-. Special to The News-Times. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. ::. In ad dition to the child welfare exhibit from Indiana university, at the com ing state conference of charities and correction, to be held at Richmond, Oct. ::. to Nov. 2. the committee on exhibits of the conference will invito institutions, organizations and individ uals to make such contributions as will be of educational value. All of the state institutions probably will be asked to -end exhibits. Among- these will ' tiie state prison, the various institutions for the treatment of tho insane, the school for feeble-minded youth at Fort Wayne and other cor rectional an ' charitable institution?. The tirst meet tii- of the committee will be held in the ottice of the board of state charities. Saturday. Sept. 4. EXPRESS COMPANIES HIT Claim lliev Operated at a !. in Petition. pecial l The Vevs-Times. INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. All the express companies, operating in the Ftate of Indiana, have just filed a pe tition aith the public service com mission asking authority to install the j-A.vtem of express rates in Indiana that now are allowed in interstate com merce bv the interstate commerce co. w mission The -ompanics made a verbal re- v.- that the c( mmissioji approve n:ch a tition s .me days ago and toe commission, after a short hear ing on the petition. Tho representa tives of the companies told a "hard luck" story at this oral hearing. In the petition just filed the com panies say they operated at a loss to talling $2,"Stit'. in Indiana l;ist year. Pari el post is one of the big' rt asous for the losses of the compan ies', it is s.iid. HAS NEW GOVERNMENT illena Decides tt Try C.nninNsion IVrin FlTcctive Net April. AI.PTIXA. Mich.. Sept. Alpena fidopttd a commission form of gov ernment at a special election. A ma- ioritv of J J". 1 tleelarl for a new ehar- Lr providing" tor a commission man- nrrer. Tin- new charter becomes effec tive next April, when a maor and C'oUnell of five I'Hlll'"'!:' will be clect t'A to sneect d tlw present council of 12. I'mb r the n. w plan the number .f local or'ice hol lers w ill he decreas ed from "a to is. KUht city svper- isors will le limir.atcd and tho lo i.i1 members of the county board will c Alpena' mayor, eouncil members, city attorney. c;ty clerk and city as. t ssor. K. P. CONVENTION ENDS haulte Me Marie .Man i. Elected ,ranel Chancellor of State. SAO IX AW. Mich , ,ept. Thurs 3a: . the last - of tho cone-ntien eif the Knights and Pvthi.m S;ters. was in eer to parades ami eirllls in 'hich companbs from all important ri'.ie.s of ike state took part. Tho drills were competitive- and for cash prizes. Supreme a:ic. 1 1 . . x- r.riz S. i'our.-'. .f Ada. .. left for home. Al rert E. Shirt, of Sa-i'.t Sic. Marie', ?.as iee-:ed urand e-hane-e ilr. Charles IV. N.'chels. of Lansing, and Judge .-'rati. Xubn were named del. gates tc ;he Liipreino lodue-, which meets in portlinl. Ore., m 1 L 1 k The plan e.f starting a tunerculosis 'join, for Pythians cam be-fore this f.TVention and was indorsed. l?attle 7ree wiil probably get the I'jIG meet- T ' i FUND FAILS 70 ARRIVE Agricultural lis tension Workers of M. A. C. Do Not Get Pay. I 'A. ST LAN.SING. Mich., Sept. 3. .Men engaged in agricultural extension work throughout the state under the joint direction of the federal depart ment of agriculture and the M. A. C. are beginning to wonder where their pay will come from during the next few month.?. Uncle Sam is supposed to contrirute JCS.OOO towards their sal aries in 1&15-TJ16, hut so far none of this money has been received by the vollepr. Under the Smith-Lever law passed by the last congress $19,000 of the :S,000 should have been re ceived here on July l. Since that date the state has been footing all bills, hut there is a question as to the le gality of it. County n gents, workers in boys' and girls club work, and a number of men doing special extension work are among those who are paid wholly or in part from the Smith-Lever fund. Resolution Before Convention at Grand Rapids to be Adopted. GRAND RAPIDS, Sept. 3. Michi gan physicians will center the efforts of their organization upon the elimin ation of cancer during the coming year, if a resolution before the Michi gan State Medical society's annual convention here is adopted. Dr. Keu ben Peterson of the University of Michigan, declared the radium treat ment of this -disease effective only Xor exterior eases. A committee of 10 on industrial and civic relationships was provided for, to direct the work of the members In the cooperation improvement of gen eral health and sanitary conditions. The society also recommended the ap pointment of sanitary engineers to act as state inspectors, and advocated the holding- of a degree as sanitary en gineer by such inspectors. Pres't Pe terson addressed the lirst meeting Wednesday on "The Past. Present and Future of the Michigan State Medical society." County society secretaries elected the following ollicers yesterday: Pres ident, Dr. F. C. Kinsey, Grand Rapids; secretary, Dr. Alexander R. McKinney, Saginaw. Dr. A. W. Ilornbogen of Marquette, is expected to succeed Dr. Peterson as president. More than S00 members art! in attendance. WOMAN PLANS CHURCH lias Ileen Ordained as Minister For the United Rretliren. E V A N S V I LL E , Ind., Sept. 3. Miss Emma Himmelheber. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Himmeiheber, S01 i;pper Ninth st., this city, who was or dained as a minister of the United Urethral church at the annual state conference held at New Albany, re cently, has devoted her time to re ligious activities since a young girl. She has been engaged in evalgelistic work for the last 14 years, traveling through the middle west and speaking at special meetings of her church. She will continue in her evangelistic work this fall and winter and probably next spring she will be assigned to a church. Miss Himmelheber is planning to co-e)pe-rato with several persons in the Sormation of a United Brethren chore h in Evansville. This denomina tion has never had a church in Evans ville. Miss Himmelheber says that if her efforts in organizing a church here are successful she will become the pastor of the church. ?he says Evansville is one of the few cities of the state in which the United Breth ren have no church. BLAMES FAST LIFE WITH CAUSING HABIT State Normal Professor Would Knil Tension I'neler WlUcli We Live in Strife For Money. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Sept. 3. Dr. I J. Ke'ttger, of the Indiana State Nor mal, who is one of the instructors at the Parthedomew county teachers' in stitute this week, is aelvoeating a new cure for the liejuor habit. He says people who elrink are elriven to it by the high tension under which Amer icans live. It is his belief that peo ple can net live under such high ten sion without letting go somewhere, so he says a great many take intoxicants to stimulate them and make them forgot their cares for a time. Instead of talking about the damage done by the ".lemon rum." Dr. Kettger advo cates a halt in the strife for money, lie would have employers give their men frequent holidays or. pay, woulel have them proviele attractive parks where holielays coulel bo spent, and in this manner keep the workingman in good spirits. When this is done, he s.iys the elrink habit will solve tself. FIGHT HAZING WITH LIGHT i:ad Iuisinir .Mayor Thinks Ares Will Protect I "rolimcn. EAST IANSING. Mich.. Sept. ?,. Installation ef a considerable number of now street lights has been author ized by Mayor Jacob Schepers, of East Iansing. as a measure of prep aration for the incoming class of M. A. C. freshmen. The college anel city ofiicials believe that an erticient street lighting system will aid greatly in reducing opportunities for hazing 1 y giving freshmen more light to see their assailants and make their es cape. WAGON STRUCKBY CAR BEDFORD. .Mich., Sept. 3. His mind on ethcr things. Arthur Meyers drove Ids stemo-laden wagon into tho path of a west-bound Interurban car at the corner of the Monnler road and Grand River av. this morning. His wagon was wrecked and he waa. thrown eut and pie ked up unconscious. No bones wore broken, but internal in juries are feareel. Meyers is married and his wife is at present in a Detroit hospital, to undergo an operation. DOCTORS DECLARE WAR I nn nMinrn at nirrTiun KILL ORDINANCE FOR PARK LIGHTING SYSTEM Tax Levy Increased Two Cents Over That for 1915, Being SI. 44. ELKHART, Sept. 3. The council i Wednesday night voted down the ordi nance to install a park post lighting system on Main st. from Tyler av. to the Century club building on Tyler av. and portions of High and Second sts. It also referred ordinances fixing the budget for 1916 and regulating motor vehicle litrhts 'and Controller Sykes submitted hi proposed budget j ami tax levy for 1916. The total of expenditures by dif ferent departments estimated for 1916 is $133,055, as compared with $120,605 in 1915 and $122,510 in 1914. T1 V, -.,-c.wl Inrv tilt'jlo t1 ill in each $100 valuation, an increase of two cents in the same items for rJio but actually a net decrease of 10 cents because the 12-cent levy for the E. Jackson st. retaining wall is not to be Included next year. The propOied general fund Is $1.25; sinking fund, 5 cents; library, 8; hospital, 5. An ordiance prepared by tho city attorney and approved by the ordi nance committee regulating lights on motor vehicles was read and when a discussion was precipitated council men desiring to add several amend ments it was referred to the ordi nance committee. Mrs. John Troup, 303 Virginia av., may lose the sight of one eye, which was penetrated by a fragment of glass when a ritle bullet was lired from an unknown source through a window of an interurban car near station 19, four miles south of this city. Mrs. Troup was taken on the car to Goshen, where Dr. Ash, who was summoned to attend her, announced that he was unable to remove the fragment and recommended that she be taken to a specialist. An important change in Elkhart retail lumber interests was effected Thursday when the Newman-Monger : Lumber Co. headed by P. S. Monger i 1 1 a. a t a. - oougnv me siock anu equipment, oi the Martin Lumber Co. and J. Ik Mar tin and It. W. Monger arranged to ! take over the Monger Lumber & Coal Co. YOUNG MAN HONORED Purdue Alumnus, 30 Years Old, is Made College President. LAFAYETTE, Ind.. Sept. 3. Rob ert K. Keller, a graduate of Purdue university, class of 1908, has been appointed president of the new John son institute at Scranton, Pa. The institute Is a memorial to O. S. John son, who left $1,500,000 to found it It is a mechanical and technological : school. The heirs of the founder contested the will, but recently the I courts decided that the will should ; ; stand, and the work on the school is j nearing completion. Mr. Keller, after' ,his graduation from Purdue, went to the university of Illinois as an in structor. He recently resigned from the railway department of that Insti tution and has been traveling through , the east studying industrial schools (to fit himself for his new position. He is probably the youngest man at the head of an educational institution of such size in the United States. Mr. Keller being 30 years old. His home was formerly in Louisville, Ky. COW GETS RAMPAGI0US Injures 2 3Ien, Jumps Out of Wagon and Causes Runaway. COLUMBUS. Ind., Sept. 3. Two men, two horses and a cow provided plenty of excitement on the pike be tween Hartsville and Clifford, when a team ran for three miles, one man was hurt rind the cow escaped. Lyle Perry was seriously injured. Lylc and James Perry drove from Clifford to near Hartsville to attend a public sale. They bought a cow and loaded her in their Term wagon. The trip home was started, when the cow began to jerk and managed to pull away from the rope around her neck. She backed to the end of the wagon, then took a running start and butted both men off the driver's seat. They struck the tongue and fell in f different directions, the wagon passing I over Lyle Perry's body. The cow smasheel the front enel of the wagon and fell between the frightened horses. She managed to climb over one horse and then ran away. The horses ran fer three miles before they were stopped. TO TOUR FRUIT BELTS M. A. C. lrofosor Granted Year's Leave Upon Siecial Mission. EAST LANSING. Mich., v-ept. 3. Prof. H. J. Eustace, head of tho de partment of horticulture at M. A. C, has horn granted a year's leave of ab sence by the state board of agricul ture to perform a special mission for the federal department of agriculture. Prof. Eustace, who left for Washing ton this week, will make a tour of fruit sections of the United States for the government, reporting on condi tions as he finds them and recom mended measures most needed for the advancement of the fruit-growing in dustry. BRIGADE SAVES VILLAGE Telephones Call Men to Fight Flames at Cceil Bay, Mich. GRAND RAPIDS. Sept. Z. A buck et brigade summoned by telephone arvi comiag In automobiles from a radius of 20 miles saved the the saw mill town of Cecil Bay on the shores of Lake Michigan, near Petoskey, from being wiped out by fire, while a gale raged along the lake. Boys, left home alone, started the fire while playing with a box of matches. The bltf stave, saw and shingle mills were saved although slightly damaged while 10 homes were destroyed. EVANSVILLE. Ind. Fire that or iginated in the powders mattress fac tory here did a total damage of about J20.000 to adjoining buildings. MAKES RECORD RUN Flyer Goes From Imlianalolis to Tcrre Haute In CS Minutes. P.RAZIL, Ind., Sept. Z. Harry Mc- Gee's record of 72 miles between In dianapolis and Terre Haute in 77 min utes, which h,e set last Sunday after noon in a big Cadillac automobile, was shattered yesterday by the St. Louis Jlyer on the Yandalia railroad. Pat Dailey. the famous engineer of Terre Haute, and Fireman Kitch, who was on the engine in the race with an automobile best Sunday, yesterday aft ernoon pent the train from Indianap olis to Terre Haute in 6S minutes. The big Pullman of eight steer coaches left Indianapolis at 12:37, which was 22 minutes late, and pulled into the union station at Terre Haute, after a stop in the yards, at 1:47, one minute ahead of time. The average speed for the trip was 63 1-2 miles an hour. His running time between Indianapolis and Brazil, a distance of 57 miles, was 55 minutes. The remaining distance between Rrazil and Terre Haute, 15 1-2 miles, was made in 13 min utes. Between Rrazil and Seelyville the train made 95 aiiles an hour, and between Seelyville and the E. Y. tow ers made 96 miles an hour. This is the fastest time ever made between Indianapolis and Terre Haute by a regular train, and equaled the record made by a special train of engine and a few light coaches, run over the road by officials 11 years ago, which established a record for max imum of speed. WILL WORK FOR "Y" (lift of $125,000 is Offered to Asso ciation at Anderson. ANDERSON. Ind., Sept. 3.E. L. Moose, a building- campaign director for the Indiana Y. M. C. A., has been assigned to work in Anderson for sev eral weeks for the Y. M. C. A. here, and a gift ef $125,000 toward a Y. M. C. A. building from J. A. J. Brunt must be met by a similar amount from the citizens by Sept. U. E. E. Staccy, stage .secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will act as local assistant in the work. ELK KILLED IN FIGHT Duel Between Buck and Offspring Takes Place in Park. RICHMOND, Ind.. Sept. 3. Two buck elks belonging to the city's herd in Glen Miller park, fought a duel today and before the park superin tendent anel employes could separate them, Teddy, the head of the herd, had gored to death a two-year-old buck, the son of Teddy. Teddy is one of the largest and finest specimens of the elk in the country, it is said, and is 10 years old. It is the first time in the his.: ry of the herd that a buck has offered to harm its offspring. ENDS LIFE ON BIRTHDAY User of Drugs Tor '20 Years Suicides When Supply Runs Out. BATTLE CREEK, Mich.. Sept. C A. Bryan Milliman, a respected farm er living on the Climax road, six miles from Battle Creek, celebrated hjs 71'nd birthday anniversary by end ing his life with a small rille. Milli man relatives admit that he has been using drugs for L'O years and it is be lieved his supply had run out. He was married and the father of four children. Harvey, Claud and Manie and a daughter, Hattie. STATE BRIEFS EVANSVILLE, Ind. As the result of eating raw frankfurters at a fish ing camp near here, Robert Greek, 12 years old. has ptomaine poisoning and may die. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. John Hor nung, 6 0 years old, who embezzled $50,000 from the First National bank of Desden, Ohio, is prepared to re turn to that city and "grin and bear it." "I'll get live years," he said, "but I'll take my medicine cheer fully." DANVILLE, Ind. Levi A. Barnett took the oath of office as presecuting attorney for the Fifty-fifth judicial circuit Wednesday. He succeeds James P. nenlgrass, who resigned to become pdincipal of the Danville pub lic schools. Barnett was appointed by Gov. Kalston. COLUMBIA. Ind. The -police have been called on to break up a boy's game for getting moirjy. Several hoys in the northeastern part ef this city have called at the' Ambrose Ma this grocery and bought eggs that they charged to their parents. The boys would then peddle the eggs for cash. WABASH, Ind. C. H. Flook. a resident of the northern part of Wa bash county, died Wednesday of in juries suffered two weeks ago when an automobile he was driving ran in to a buggy. SULLIVAN. Ind. Tho inmates of the Sullivan county Infirmary were the guests of several business anel professional men Wednesday at the performance of the 1 lagenbeck-Wal- lace circus. LAWR ENC E BURG. Ind . Y i 1 1 ia m J. Windhorst. 3S years old. was ser iously injured while operating a har pressing machine on the farm of Wil liam C. Bcatty in Ceasar Creek town ship. His shirt sleeve caught in a large belt and Windhorst was whirl ed violently through the air a num ber of times before the machinery was shut down. His right arm was torn loes from hi? boely. his collar bone and shoulder blade broken anel it is feared he received internal in juries. MUNCIE. Ind. The timely arrival of a Chesapeake & Ohio passenger train at a pednt near Blountsville, Fouth of hero, Wednesday, saved a railroad bridge there from being de stroyed by fire. The flames had pain ed much headway, and for an hour the train crev. anel passengers fought the fire. Tho origin of the fire is un known. TIPTON, Ind. Lillle. nine-year-old daughter of William Kirkcndali of Wiblcat township. Tipton county, suf fered a broken right arm when she fell while at play. This is the third time the arm has been broken in a different place in three years. ELWOOD, Ind. Andrew Lord. 13 years edd, was shot through the nose while he anel a companion were at tempting to remove a cartridge that caught ia a rifle. I Fall ExMbit 1 9 of I Rungs x Draperies Carpets : TOMORROW Saturday Sept. 4th 2:30 to 5:30 lie Wow Formerly The Siais Upon inventory prior to the transfer we found that we have a great qnantity of The Hans Shoe Co. Shoes on our shelves still. We desire to move these out at once regard less of COST OR VALUE, as our New Fall Shoes are arriving daily and are crowding us for room hence this sacrifice. The remodeling is being finished come in and see our new room SEE OUR WIN- DOWS FOR THE GREATEST SHOE VALUES YOU EVER SAW. SATURDAY Infants' Shoes 1 30 Pairs soft soles, lace or button, all col ors, all sizes, special, -j Qq SATURDAY Women's High Shoes 143 Pairs in patent, gun metal, vici and tan, all sizes, extra QRp values these, pair ... Jwu SATURDAY 200 Pairs Boys' High Shoes in gun metal, button or lace, sizes lto5 JI4C a pair .. ........ tt SATURDAY Men's Work Shoes 48 Pairs all solid leather, splendid wear ing quality, all M AC sizes, pair v M SATURDAY Boys' High Shoes 91 Pairs in gun metal and patent, button or lace, sizes 2l2 to 6, M DC a pair 4) 1 .3d SUCCESSORS TO THE HANS SHOE CO. 125 N. Michigan St. 4 Doors North of The Ellsworth Store. Music 1,300 Patterns and Drawings in Drapery Fabrics, and an immense selection ot Fall Rugs will be on display at this time. You Are Mosc Cordially Invited Come And See SATURDAY 87 Pairs Child's Shoes hard sole, wedge and regular heel, but ton and lace, all Qp sizes 5 to 8,pair wv3U SATURDAY 93 Pairs Little Misses' Shoes new fall gun metal, button style, sizes 8K to 1 1, QCp a pair udlr SATURDAY 146 Pairr Women's High Shoes in patent, gun metal, tans and fabrics, all sizes, M At special, pair v 1 SATURDAY 113 Pairs Women's High Shoes in gun metal and vici, all styles, all sizes, CI QE this sale pair y ' J Guarantee 7:30 to 9:30 Ua. ii SATURDAY 112 Pairs Child's Shoes patent with cloth tops, also vici, button stvie, sizes 2 to S, 7P pair 'Jw SATURDAY 102 Pairs Little Gent's Shoes in gun metal, button style, sizes 9 to i3J, this sale pair 35c SATURDAY 93 Pairs Misses' and Young Girls' Fir Shoes in patent and gun metal, sizes 13 to 5, ciaI' SI 45 pair 1 t u SATURDAY 67 Pairs Men's Shoes in gun metal and vici, all styles M QC special, pair 4 1 .0 J Shoe Shoe Co SATURDAY 87 Pairs Men's Shoes blucher lace, gun metal, all sizes, (TO An extra well made, pair y.'rj i u i II