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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
EXHIBIT OF OLD
STRAIGHT JACKETS

AS an illustration of modern i'm
proVement in the treatment accorded
unruly patients in state hospitals for
the insane and county infirmaries, Sec
rotary II. II. ShiTer of the state board
of charities has forwarded to DR.. Ey-
man, superintendent of the hospital
at Massillon, an odd collection of
strait-jackets accumulated after years
of research.
The collection includes jackets going
back to the earliest period of Ameri-
can history and up to quarter of a
century ago. They will be used by DR..
Eyman in an address he is to deliver
before a district medical association at
Massillon this week to demonstrate
the wonderful progress which has
been made in the care of insane peo-
pie.
The comparison between modern
and old-time methods is suggestive
of the forward march of not only sci
ence but humanity. The old jackets,
almost without exception, are made
of stiff sole leather, so infiexible as
10 not permit of bending. A large
leather belt reaches from the back to
the front and by this the wrists can
be shackled in front. Al the top is
a leather collar, reaching so high that
the head of the wearer was thrust
upward. The entire jacket is so con-
structed as to inflict torture and pain.
The modern straight-jacket is made
of canvas, and, while not prepared es-
pecially for comfort, is infinitely more
desirable than the old method. But
in a majority of instances the use of
jackets has been entirely abandoned
and as substitutes hot baths and cold
packs are used to quiet the nerves OF
the patients who are unruly.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
PICTURE MEN TO
COMBINE To FIGHT
PATENT COMPANY

Columbus, Feb. IA. A.Gotschall,
secretary of the Toledo Film Elk
change company, which calls itself
the exhibitors antitrust exchange,
has called a meeting of moVin picture
exhibitors of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana
Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania, to be held in Columbus a week
from Monday, to fight the demands of
the motion picture patent holding COM
pany for a weekly royalty. Invitations
have been sent to 4200 exhibitors to
be in attendance, and newspapers re-
quested to extend invitations to all eX-
hibitors who did not receive invita-
tions.
1t is proposed to form an organiza-
tion to be known as The Interstate
Film Exhibitors association The
meeting will be held at the Hartman
hotel and will be called to order at
/ o'clock lin the afternoon. Not only
would be association fight the de-
mands of the patent company for
royalty, according to the call for the
meeting, but it would be power
which could be used to good advan-
tage in case there were attempts at
adverse legislation.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
Columbus Letter.

BY @. s. conc WEIR

administration would submit the mat
ter to the people and issue all the
bonds Il liked.
Why don't they submit It and save
themselves all this worry? II you
really want to know it is because the
people cannot be trusted; they aren't
intelligent enough to have a truly safe
and sound judgment on such matters
Cincinnati is now within $14S,000 of
it's four per cent limit and Cleveland
is In worse shape. In neither of these
places do the people know enough to
vote a few million dollars into the
hands of their municipal officers with
which to make improvements that are
absolutely and Immediately neces-
sary." That's why the public spend
ers-the spenders of public money
not being able to educate you come
down here to try to educate your
other public spenders. Looks like
both ends against the middle, doesn't
it?
The municipal authorities of Cleve.
land are not-apparently not-taking
any hand in the present effort to
amend the LongwoTth act. But they're
wishing it well-if wishes were votes
they would pass it unanimously. Last
session CleNelands mayor, Tom l.
Johnson, was the man behind in q
similar effort. He got it through the
! Senate, but he slipped and fell in the
} House.
That both Cincinnati and Cleveland
really need bond issues is probably
true but in neither place can the
common people be trusted to "dc
their duty"-their duty as the men in
power see it. The common people
the low-brows-that's you, /, and the
others who just vote and then sc
back to their own private affairs-are
obstructionists. Sometimes we think
| we think but the men who govern oul
affairs know that we do not.
/ Once in while. for reasons which
they understand, they pretend to take
us in on the ground floor and make
us believe we have a say. We get I
| and yell and call them Great. We
prove that we, too, are there with the
goods, we vote down sadly needed
public improvement" We have mis-
used our power and should be pun
ished. You don't think so? Sit rea
tight, don't make a noise and well be
pnished all right enough.
OF course, if you're a reformer-
that's an awful word to call man
| Reformer! Funny, isn't 1t, how We
' call .eformers all those poor fools
who forget their stomachs Ions
enough to go out and fight for wha
! they believe to lie honesty and de
cency in public affairs-Reformers!
If you are a reformeT you won't si
| still while this thing so dear to YOU
heart - the referendum - is beint
taken from you. Like as not you'll
write letter to some member of the
cities committee and tell him wha
you think about this Langdon bill
and the Bense and Johnson bills, too
The queer part of it all is that you'll
probably succeed in blocking tn,
game. Job holders don't like you re
formers but, Lordy, how nervous yol
can make 'em.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11

Columbus, Feb. 7.--Do you know
about the Longworth act?
II you don't you better look IL up
for a desperate effort is to be made
in this general assembly to take the
lid off it. This effort concerns you
If It does not you're a mighty poor
citizen.
The Longworth act, in few words,
provides that municipality, through
its council, may bond itself to an
amount equal to four per cent of its
tax duplicate. 1t can go thus far
without consulting you. When this
limit of four per cent has been
reached the council cannot issue any
more bonds until the proposition has
been submitted to you at a special or
general election and by you approved
by a two-thirds vote.
Three bills have been introduced
designed to relieve you common peo.
pie of the burden of watching your
councils. Two are in the House, one
by Representative William e. Bense
of Port Clinton, ottawa county. Bense
is a Democrat when he's not buying
and selling real estate. The other is
by Representative Lawrence X
Langdon, lawyer at Lebanon, War
rem county. Langdon is Republican
The third bill is in the senate, intro
duced by Representative Johnson. He
comes from Cincinnati--that is
enough for you to know about him
The Johnson and Langdon bills are
alike; both were drawn in Cincinnati
and introduced in the two branches
simultaneously to gain time. These
two bills would permit city councils
to issue bonds in excess of the foul
per cent imitation-without submit
ting the matter to you--for hospita
purposes, houses of refuge, parks ant
grade crossing eliminations.
The Bense bill would accept from
the four per cent limitation bonds fol
water works, flushing tunnels, bitches
and drains. 1t also takes away the
two-thirds vote requirement, provid
ing for bare majority.
The Langdon and Bense bills are
now In the custody of the house com
mittee on cities. This committee will
hold a meeting here February II, be
ginning at 1880 p. m. The Langdor
bill will first be considered. A biz
delegation from Cincinnati will be OF
hand to urge the committee to re
port this bill back to the House will
a recommendation for it's passage.
If you don't want the committee t
do this you'd better get busy.
Here's the committee:
Braun, Moritz, Schlemmer, Geleerd
Anderson, Davidson, Guard, Riddle
Hatfield, Gebhard, Kempel, Evans, O
Stark county, Day,
The big demand for the amendment
of the Longworth act comes from
Cincinnati. The Cincinnati booster.
say their city will go to the bow-wowl
sure If the Cox administration is moi
permitted to issue a few million dol
lars worth of bonds. And in the same
breath they tell you that everybody
everybody-in Cincinnati wants the
Longworth act amended. OF course
that isn't SO; If it were so the Co,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
SYNDICATE BUYS ALL
PAPERS IN COUNTY

Chardon, O., Feb. THE Geauga
County Record, official Democratic
newspaper of Geauga county, the Mid
dlefield Times, independent, and the
Geauga Republican were today pur-
chased by a syndicate of Republican
chased by a syndicate of Republicans
of Geauga county when the stock and
controlling interest of the Goauga
Printing company, held by Elmer F.,
Reinoehl, editor Of the Record, was
taken over.
Ten years ago the Geauga County
Record was being published on hand
press IN an upstairs back room in one
of Main streets business blocks. AS
a newspaper it wasn't much. This was
the condition when nearly 10 years
ago Elmer f. Reinoehl, of Massillon,
purchased the paper with a borrowed
$500. He became its editor with just
S12 in pocket
After that he formed a company
which bought the two other papers,
and he has so built up the business
that the purchasers had to raise about
$4,000 to get his interest.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
DETECTIVES REPORT NO
SALOONS OPEN SUNDAY
Mayor Turnbull Gives Carrollton
Drunk Some Good Advice and Is
sues a Warning to "Dry" Boozers
Who Head for This City.

After a short cessation of their Ia
bors in this city two of the detectives
employed by the State Brewers asso-
citation vigilance committee, again
made their presence known in Canton
Sunday. when they made the rounds
of the saloons accompanied by two
men who have been doing duty on the
local police force. The report Sunday
evening was that no saloons were
found open. 1t is also said that q
few places were found where to the
strict letter of the law was not OBJ
served in regard to the matter of re-
moving all screens in saloons, but a
view was sufficient in all cases to
show that the saloon was not open
and doing business.
, The drinking people of the city are
getting used to Sunday closing and 90
not regard 1t as hardship. Saturday
evening about o'clock Chief Smith
found a man staggering through tn,
streets and took him to the police
station. This man proved to be a res
ident of Carrollton, which county is
in the "dry" column. When he was
released in the evening in time to
take the last train for Carrollton he
was given a BIT of good advice by
Mayor Turnbull, who told him that
the people OF Canton did not appreci-
ate the company of such people who
came her from dry" places for the
express purpose or getting drunk and
reminded him that If the practice was
continued that some Of these people
could expect to land in the work
house.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
BEN NNARDO GIRL
TO BE PARDONED

Columbus, Feb. Ut was learned
from a reliable source last evening
that Maria Bernardo, the Italian girl
serving a life sentence from Cuyahoga
county for murder in the second de-
gree, will be pardoned from the peni-
tentiary within a few days. At the
last meeting of the pardon board, her
case was considered at length and her
pardon recommended.
She is poor ignorant girl and was
only 10 years of age when admitted
to the penitentiary. One of the con-
ditions of the recommendation for her
pardon is that she go back to Italy
where her mother lives.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
.ELOPERS HAVE
EVENTFUL TRIP

Danville, ILL.,, Feb. Paula Sko-
dack, aged Is, and William Grimm,
aged 40, eloped from New Port, Indi-
ana, Saturday night. They reached
here at midnight a few laps ahead of
the girls angry brother. After procur-
ing a marriage license they went to
the village of Ridge Farm and were
married by justice of the peace at
o'clock this morning. Being hungry
they reused up the proprietor of a res
taUrant and told him to hurry up as
they feared her brother. In the ex-
element the proprietor upset a stove
and set the building afire which
spread to others causing a loss of
$4,000. They returned to Danville
and then disappeared The brother
swears he will have the groom ar
rested.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
CANAL PROGRESSING
MOST SATISFACTORILY

Panama, Feb 7.-Just before he sail
ed to day, President-elect Taft said
Am not yet prepared to make a
statement of the result of my trip to
the Isthmus, except to say that /
have found the work progressing most
satisfactorily throughout the canal
zone. Organization is better than
ever before. Esprit De Corps is ex-
cellent and determination of all, even
to the humbliest worker, to build the
canal has impressed every member
of the board of visiting engineers,
as it has impressed me. In reference
to the type Of the canal and following
out of present plans the engineers
promise they will be able to hand me
a report by the time we land at New
Orleans.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
SPECIAL COURTS MAY
Be RECOMMENDED

Albany, N. Y, Feb. THAT $4,000
husbands in Manhattan and the Bronx
and 6000 in Brooklyn have been in
police courts charged with abandon
ment and non-support of their wives,
is revealed in a preliminary report of
the commission to inquire into the
court of inferior jurisdiction, made
public by the governor this afternoon.
The commission may recommend spe'
cial courts for these cases.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
GOULD TO QUIT
THE RAILROADS

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. From rail-
road and financial circles the news
comes that George j. Gould has de-
eided to quit the railroad business
entirely just as soon as he can get
out was part of promise he made e.
H. Hartman when he asked Harri-
man to come to his assistance in the
Pittsburg district. Within the past
week Hartman not Gould has started
move to combine the Baltimore &
Ohio at Pittsburg with the Wabash
Plttsburg Terminal under one roof.
The million dollar Pittsburg depot of
the Wabash will be used.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
viii Challenge Lonaboat.

New Haven, Conn, Feb. Jim
Crowley, of New York, winner of the
Marathon race here last evening, said
this afternoon he would challenge
Longboat. Crowley looked upon as a
new Marathon star. He made the race
last night 12 seconds better than Long
boat on Friday at Madison Square
Garden. Crowley ran op a IA lap
track with sides poorly banked.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
CHARGES SENATOR WITH
ADVOCATING WAR

Washington, Feb. 7.-Charging u.
S. Senator Geo. c. Perkins with delib-
crate advocacy of war, and provoking
insult to Japan after seven years per-
sistent hampering of presidents efforts
to build up navy, President Roosevelt
wired Gov. Gillett of California, re
questing renewal of legislation and
thanking the governor for standing by
the national administration.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
Both Dead in Duel Einht.

Desloge, Mo-, Feb 7.-Crazed with
jealousy over a woman with whom
both lived, John Hughes and George
Ketcherside fought a revolver duel to
death at Leadwood Springs last night.
They opened fire at each other at
close range and fell, one body across
other, both dead Mrs. Adams, a wild
ow, the cause of the duel, saw the
fight from a window at her home Riv-
ais had made threats against each
other.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
sixty skeletons Discovered.

Halifax, N. S. Feb. 7.-lnformation
reaches here of the discovery at St.
Pierre, Miquelon, at place called AL
lumets, a fishing cove on the east
coast of the Island of Thierro, OF 60
skeletons by a fisherman. Are sup
posed TO be the remains of passengers
Of the sailing chip "Clarisse." which
foundered near this point in 1S43
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
100000 In Bands MIa,Inn.

Toledo, Feb. 7,-sixty thousand dol
lars IN bonds belonging to trust fund
New York, for the benefit Of Indiana
and Ohio heirs cannot be found Nash
case has been involved in litigation
over 10 years.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
Wireless Operator Drowned.

Woodehole, Mass, Feb. 7.--ChaTles
Gottliebson, the wireless operator on
revenue cutter Acushnet, drowned
while skating this afternoon, Sea-
man Oscar Rougved who tried to res
cue Gottliebson broke through the
ice,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
A Local HOLIDAY.

Columbus, O., Feb. 7.-Secretary of
State Thompson, replying TO queries
from bankers, says that Lineoln's
birthday is legal holiday and obli-
cations falling due that day are due
the day following.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11
To Force Flaht with Nelson.

New York, Feb. 7.-Jazeb White,
the English lightweight. arrived to
day and says he intends to- force Bat
Nelson into a fight and return to Eng
land with the lightweight title.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-02-11

Discovery was made Sunday that
someone had entered the cellar at
Jessie Scott's grocery store on East
Broadway. Entrance was made by
breaking oper a paddock. An effort to
get into the store room failed.
The daily sentinel., 1909-03-20
College Athletics.

With the basket ball season now at
a close. the Colorado collegians are
turning their attention to base ball
and track athletics. The Colorado
College boys were the first to don the
uniforms this year and all reports
from that institution indicate that a
rafting good nine will be turned out
Reports from Boulder and Golden
are not much different. while the
Denver men have. apparently. Just as
large squads as any of the other
schools.
The first real opportunity that the
colleRians will have to get a line on
the Miners will come today, when
they play the Iron Workers nine on
the college diamond. The Denver
team is made up of old Western
League and other professional play
ers and the Golden nine will have to
hustle to keep down the score.
Base ball schedules this year are
somewhat slower than usual in MAX
ing their appearance; but advance
statements are to the effect that prac
tically all of the Colorado schools
will have extended schedules. includ
ing outside mines.
The daily sentinel., 1909-03-20
APRIL 18TH To
BE ARBOR DAY

Governor Shafroth issued n proc
iamation yesterday setting Friday,
April 10, as Arbor day.
The law requires that trees shall
be planted in both public and private
grounds, that the day shall be hoIi-
day i'm the public schools and that
officers and teachers are required to
have the schools under their charge
observe the day by planting trees or
with other appropriate exercises.
Governor Shafroth has suggested
in his proclamation that the occasion
be observed as n general clean-up
day for sanitary and beautifying pur-
poses"
The daily sentinel., 1909-03-20
STARVING DEER SEEK
FOOD AT RANCHES

Heavy SHOWS in the mountains
during the last week have driven
herds of deer to many ranches for
feed, according 10 reports received
by the state game commissioners.
There is herd of forty-four in Fraser
canon, i'm Grand county, seeking feed.
The humane people in that vicinity
together with the game department
has been furnishing hay for the starv-
ing animals. One of the herd was
killed, and the game warden arrested
Mrs. @. DeBerard for the offense.
She was tried and fined $50 and
costs. II is understood that her son
slew the deer, but the mother took
the blame and paid the fine.-Gunni-
son Republican.
The daily sentinel., 1909-03-20
MANY new BOOKS ARE
RECEIVED At THE LIBRARY

During the past few days an unus-
ually large number OF new hooks
every one of which is most desira-
bic acquisition to the library, has
been placed on the shelves of the
Carnegie public library in this city.
The complete list of these new books
follows;
Library of Oratory: Ancient and
Modern 70 volumes; Depew Ed.
Memoirs OF Count Granmont" e.
volumes) Hamilton.
'Leaven of Love-; Burnham.
Trail OF the Lonesome Pine;
John Fox. Jr.
"Blue Lagoon; Stacpoole.
'Suuaw Man. Faversham.
Prince of Lisnover''; Grace Rhys.
'Septimus"; Locke.
Great Miss Driver; Hope.
Elusive PimperneI'; ORGY.
Desire: Silberrad.
Long Arm of Mannister"; Open
helm.
Questionable Adventures of Josh
ma Craig; Phillips
"Fair Mississipplan": Murfree.
''Friendship Village; Gale.
~Red City; Mitchell.
.'Burning of Rome; Church.
Red Mouse: Osborne.
OuHE
Stratemeyer.
Fort in the Wilderness. Strate-
meyer. ,,,....
Stratemeyer.
Under Dewey at Manila; strate-
"Forest Messenger; Ellis.
life of Kit Carson; Ellis
.sRed Plume; Ellis.
Photograph MESSENGER Boy ,,,i,l Eiils'
..Xvaff of the Mountains Ellis.
putnam Hall Cadets; Winfield
putnam Hall Rivals" Winhe,d,
putnam Hall Champions WIN
field. .xyas,,.. WINFIELD.
Rover Boys on the Plains WIN
aeld. +ha River: Win
Geld. ar". Otis.
.Three Little Daughters u
Rev9lutbo1 ,sSy1,b Custer in the Black HIS
The daily sentinel., 1909-03-20

There was large audience at the
Methodist church last night to enjoy
the magnificent program of choruses,
solos and other vocal features render
ed by the Friday Night Musical Club
under the direction of that most sue
cessful and capable instructor. Prof.
LaVerne II. Brown. The entertain
ment was for the benefit of the local
Salvation Army corps. The patron
age was most liberal and the Army
viii realize a neat sum of net profits.
The entertainment was beyond doubt
one of the richest things in the mu-
steal line the city has had during the
season. The Friday Night Musical
Club is one of the strongest. largest
and most talented musical organiza-
tions in western Colorado. Its work
on every occasion has aroused sincere
admiration.
The daily sentinel., 1909-03-20

Nearly all night the fire in the
ruins of the building and plant of the
Colorado Briquette Manufacturing
company, burned quite briskly. The
plant and building are totally ruined
There was little or no insurance con-
sequently the loss is quite a heavy
one for the owners, all Of whom are
local men. 1t is not certain whether
or not the plant will be rebuilt for
operation during the present season.
The company had received a great
number of or orders for their smud ge
fuel and was turning out the product
at lively rate. The fire was most
unfortunate especially just at this
time when the plant was experiencing
its busiest season.
The daily sentinel., 1909-03-20
TODAY is YEARS AGO
FROM DAILY SENTINEL
(Tucsday.)


Frank McClintock and family leave
tonight for Chicago.
Cameron's new ticket office will
be ready for occupancy in few days.
Snow commenced falling at noon
today and is still falling at the time
of going to press
Born-This morning to Mr. and
Mrs. Horace T. DeLong, two bouncing
girl babies. Evidently Mr.. DeLong
believes in that scriptural text. BE
faithful and multiply"
The lecture on chemistry last even
ing by Prof Strickland was not as
well attended as it should have been
and as the entertainment deserved.
This afternoon at the home of Mrs.
f. NJ. Hardy, on Colorado avenue, n
delightful lunch was given by Mrs.
Hardy and Mrs. G. d. Hawkins. The
following were present: Mesdames
Swaney, Hoff, E. Haskell. Sr., Con-
nelly, Hayden, Drake. Canon, Price,
Uearce, Rich, Sr.. c. b. Rich, Ramey
and sisters. Meyer, Calender, Ed
ridge, Hawkins, Lewis, Hass. Nc
Mullin, Adams, Morris. Crawford, !,
Hammond. Hoffman, Cantrell, Price,
Hubbard, Seiber. Wallace. ketchum,
Strouse, NJ. NJ. Shores. c. w Shores,
Misses Emma Morris. Laura jack
son. Florence Crosby, Ida Saxbury,
Mrs. Joe Selby and mother