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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-10
First Partial

First PARTIAL
Bessie Foresythe, guardian of Paul
c. Foresythe. has filed first partial
account in probate as follows. Re-
ceived $103.02, paid out nothing
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-10
First and Final

First and Final
John c. Berger, administrators of An
l. a +. Berger has filed a first and final
account in probate as follows: Re-
ceiyed $1,96S.S7, paid out the same
amount.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-10
Saturday, the 21st day OF
Nav, 1910,

between the hours of p. m, and p. m,
of said day, the following described real
estate, to-Wit:
Situate in the county of Knox and State
of Ohio
FIRST TRACT
% acres off of the south endS of the
east half lot 81, in township five. quarter
four and range fourteen Knox county.
Ohio.
SECOND RACT
10 acres off of the north end of the
east half of lot 81 in said township, quar-
ter and range.
THIRD TRACT
Il acres being in the east half of said
lot 30 and lying between said % acre
tract and said 10 acre tract above des-
cribed, said twenty-five, forty-one and
fifteen acre tracts being in the east half
of lot 81 in said township, quarter,
range and county aforesaid.
Appraised at
First tract of % acres $1,000
Second tract of 10 acres. $500
Third tract of Il acres, S2050.
AS a whole, 1883.
Terms of sale-One-third in hand, one
third in one year and one-third in two
years from date of sale with interest
Deferred payments to be secured by
mortgage upon the premises sold, or the
purchaser may elect to pay all cash.
p. j. PARKER,
Sheriff Knox County, Ohio.
owen & Carr, attorneys for plaintiff.
4-l9, ,26 ;5-3, l0,l1S
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-10
,ou CAN CURE THAT sAckscHs

YOU CAN CURE THAT bACkhCHE
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and general lauguor. Get package of
Mother Gray's AUSTRALfAN-Lt1AF
Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles.
When you feel all run down, tired weak.
and without energy use this remarkable
combination OF natures herbs and roots.
AS regulator II has no equal. Mother
Gray's Australian-Leaf Is sold by Drug
gists or sent by mail for 30 cents. Sam
pie sent FREE. Address, the Mother
Gray Co., lie Roy, N. Y.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-10
ADMINISTRATORS
SALE OF REAL ESTATE

In pursuance of an order of the Probate
Court, Knox County, Ohio. 1 will offer
for sale, at public auction, on
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-10
Post Card Shower
For Lee Darling

Mr.. Lee Darling was given a post
card shower by his many friends in
honor of his birthday anniversary
which occurs Sunday Mr. Darling re-
ceived about seventy-fve cards.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-10

Post Card Shower
For r. H. Fry.
MrF II. Fry of East Vine street
was rendered a post card shower Fri
day by his many friends. He received
a large number of cards.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-10
RAILROAD
TIME TABLES
Mt. Vernon, Ohio
3. & o. r. r.

Nos. 16 and II daily except
Sunday. Other trains daily.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-05-10
sHERIFF's SALE
Franklin Quick,

FrankIIn QUICK,
VS..
Caroline Bebout ct al,
Knox Common Pleas.
BY virture of an order of sale issued
out of the Court of Common Pleas of
Knox county, Ohio, and to me directed, I
will offer for sale at the door of the
Court House, in Mount Vernon, Knox
county, on
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
STATES Should
HAVE CONTROL
RAILROAD EXPERT so TEST
FIES AT HEARING BY THE
NEW RAILWAYS SECURITIES
COMMISSION.

New York, Dec, 16.-The effect OF
railroad capitalization on railroad
rates was inquired into today by the
railways securities commission re
Gently appointed by Taft, with Fran.
els l.. Stetson legal representative OF
j. P. Morgan and Company, as the
source Of information.
The commission is investigating
the best methods of issuing railway
stocks and bonds.
Stetson declared that capitalize
tion had no effect on rates. He de.
c!ared there was no general tendency
toward railroad monopolies and
that 1t is impossible to conceal
chem. He believed that in the issu
ance of new securities the states
should control the railroads within
their borders, and not the federal gov,
ernment.
He said he would prefer to see the
railroads CHOPPED off at the state
boundaries, there to connect with
lines Of another state, than to have
Them operated under one continuous
federal control.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
DRAFT
CONSTITUTION
PROPOSED TO GlvS ALsAcE-LCR.
RAlNE LEGISLATURE or TWO
HOUSE, ONE ELECTIVE BY
THE PEOPLE.

Berlin. Dec. 1i.The hundesrath
today adopted draft Of aAconstitu-
tton for Alsace-Lorraine, which will
be laid before. the reicnstas after
Christmas. 1t provides for two cham.
bers, and governor appointed by the
emperor.
OF the two chambers the higher
will consist of SO members, one-haif
Of whom would be ex-officio or select
ed by chambers of commerce, agri-
culture and labor: and the other hall
appointed by the emperor upon nomi-
nation by the bundesrath. The lower
chamber viii be made up of ofmembers
elected by universal suffrage of those
who have asquired the age OF 25
Voters over 35 will have two votes
and those over As three. The ballot
will be secret. With the inaugural
ton of the two chambers the author.
Ity of bundesrath. and the. reichstag
will cease.
r ublic discussion in anticipation OF
the constitution has centered on the
question or suffrage, owing to Chan.
cellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg' re
flsal Of universal suffrage for Prus.
sia.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
RAID
EXAGGERATED
TURKISH TROOPS ENTER TOWN
OF ELkERAk AND FIND ALL
sAFE-GovERNMENT OFFICES
HAD BEEN PILLAGED.

Constantinople, Dec. 16.--The gov.
ernment troops which were sent to
the relief of Elkerak, town in voia-
vet Syria, twenty miles east of the
Dead Sea, which was recently at
tackled by Bedouins, entered the town
Thursday without opposition.
They found the officials and 372
troops safe, though the government
offices had been pillaged. Many in,
surgent Bedouins were killed during
their attack
Earlier reports of the Bedouins' at
tack were to the effect that the Turk
ish garrison and more than a hundred
Christian inhabitants at Elkerak were
massacred and the government build
ings burned.
They also said that party of
American tourists, conducted by
Rev. w. r. Miller. of Chicago, were
robbed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
CONGRESS DOES LITTLE
Senate discussed Omnibus BIi--Bris-
tow Loses FiIibuster--House
Considers Appropriation

Washington, Dec, 16.-The senate
gave attention today almost solely to
consideration of the omnibus bill. On
the third day of his speech seeking
the elimination from the measure OF
the $4,000 item for the payment Of
century old French spoilation claims
Bristow met defeat by Il tie vote OF
II to q. This bill was under discus
sion when the senate adjourned.
Crawford supported the bill He de-
clared tine Kansas senator was maxi
ins a mistake. He said "the gentle
mar Is a Puritan"
The house spent the day consider.
ing the legislative. executive and judi
cial appropriations bill which carries
35,325,2t9.
Congress will be in the Christmas
holiday recess from adjournment mex.
Wednesday until Thursday, January
5tb.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
WRECK NATIONS
BY WAR SCARES
ARMAMENT CONTRACTORS DE-
NouNcED AT ARBITRATION
INSTRUMENTATION AN IN
sTRuMENT OF WARFARE.

Washington, Dec 16--Tnat war
scares are largely inspired by "arma-
msnt contractors who would drag
various countries into bankruptcy
was charged by F1rancis W. Hirst, edit
tor cf the London Economist, in an
address before the international con
ference OF the American Society for
Judicial Settlement Of International
disputes, tonight. He declared the RI
yalry between Japan and the United
States was crushing the people Of
Japan, under heavy loan tax, while
armament expenditures also were
wreeking the finances of Great Bris.
ain and Germany.
The general depreciation Of war was
added TO by Dean Charles Noble Gre
gerry. OF Iowa State University, Whs
sad aviation was a rev means i
destroying man by overhead attacks,
inland cities now teins DO more i'm
mure from invasion tran sea coast
points.
Permanent court Of arbitral Justice
the purposes Of which the soniety
hopes ultimately to put into effect,
received favorable and unfayo@ble
treatment by various speakers OF the
day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
INCREASE WORKING HOURS
Departmental Clerks at Washington,
in Some Cases, Will Put in
Another Half Hour.

Washington, Dec 16.-Taft today au-
thorized the members Of mis- cabinet
to increase the working hours OF the
various department clerks in Wash
ington by requiring them TO report
half an hour earlier in tae morning or
remain half an hour later in the az
ternoon.
Taft left the matter to the discrc-
ton Of the various department heads.
Just what the outcome will be is
pVblematical. Some cabinet officers
are sal to favor longer working
nours. While others are not so sure
1t will prove advantageous. The
clerks now work hours.
The action is in line with the ad-
ministration's policy of trying TO
bring greater efficiency and economy
into the service.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
TO INVESTIGATE
BUCKET SHOPS
FEDERAL GRAND JURY AT CHI
cAGo TO TAks UP TASK
NEXT MONDAY.
MORE ARRESTS ARE MADE
Simon McHsie, Alleged Head Capital
Investment Co, Out on Ball
tiitchcock's Men Make
a. Raids In East. ~,

Chicago, Dec. DEMONSTRATION OF
the operations Of the Capital Invest
ment Company, the alleged bucket
shop concern, braided b. the govern
pehts Thursday, will be taker up by
the federal grand jury next Monday,
This announcement was made today.
More warrdnts for the arrest OF co re
spondents Of the company wee is
sued today se n
Simon Mcfiie, alleged head of the
company. was arrested late this after
noon. He was released on $4,000
bail. Additional raids on alIeaed
bucket shops were made today and
anrests are stilf expected in twenty
or thirty smaller towns in the north
ern. part of the middle west.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
FARMERS MAKE
STRONG DEMANDS
DELEGATION OF 1000 CALL ON
GOVERNMENT FOR REVISION
OF TARIFF DOWNWARD, AND
OTHER ACTION.

Ottawa, Ont, Dec. ia delega
tion of thousand Canadian farmers
presented demands to the Canadian
government today. The reply made
by Premier Laurier did not come up
TO the expectations of the delega.
ton.
The farmers asked, among many
other things, the immediate revision
of the tariff downward free trade in
agricultural implements, cement, lum.
Der and fish and natural products OF
Canada; program which would lead
to free trade with England in ten
years, and, finally for direct taxa.
tion.
The premier said it would not be
wise to make the extensive tariff re-
vision asked for until the reciprocity
negotiations now in progress with the
United states were concluded He
said the government is working In
the direction of the farmers, how
ever.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
TUG COMBINE
ON THE GRILL
GOVERNMENT BEGINS PRosEcU
TON OF ALLEGED GREAT
SHIPPING MONOPOLY ON THE
GREAT LAKES. WA

Detroit, Dec. 1G.-Half dozen
present and former tug owners am
operators gave testimony here today
ia the federal court before Special
Examiner B. c. Miller in the suit of
the government to dissolve the Great
Lakes Company. The company is
charged with being monopoly and
conspiracy.
United States District Attorney w
l.. Day of Cleveland, says, the tug
company controls towing business
in every port on the Great Lakes ex.
cept Milwaukee and few of the very
small ports, hauling annually 100000.
600 tons of freight, owning more than
one hundred tugs and being capital
lied at five million dollars.
Captain Cyrus Sinclair, who was
once general manger of the company
was a witness this morning. In the
afternoon the witnesses were Ma
tin Swain, OF Detroit; r.. P. Thomp
son Capt. Charles l.. Boynton, of Port
Huron; f. II. alickett, of Amherst
burg, Ont, and DR.. G. G. Hackett. oil
Detroit, a dentist who formerly was
in the tug business at Amherstburg
Today's testimony was rot pnrort-
ant
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
REBELS WIN IN
Fierce BATTLE.
ENGAGEMENT OCCURRED AT LA
JuNTA, MEX, YESTERDAY
LASTED HOURS.
TRAIN WAS CAPTURED
By the ;nsurrectcs, Who Are Said to
b. in Possession Of Entire Re-
sion Around Chihuahua
Wires Are Cut.

El Paso, Dec. lG.~The Mexican
federal troops We're cvertarown In an
engagement lasting several hours to-
day at La lunta, near Minaca, ae-
corsling TO information tonight.
~ This afternoon remnant OF fed
eral tops. numbering lao sulrender-
ed and were allowed 20 depart toward
Chihuahua.
The federal forsSs were supposed
to have numbered over 1000.
The light is believed to have been
a continuation OF the battle reported
la the vicinity Of San Andreas Thurs
day night
An effort was made to run train
into Chihuahua The railway officials
say the insurrectos are in complete
control of the entire region.
Abraham Gonzelas has been ap-
Ipointed provisional governor OF the
Estate OF Chihuahua by Francisco /.
Madero, according to information
brought here by Luther r. Ellsworth,
American consul at Ciudad lForforio
Diaz, Ellsworth states that Gonzalez
lis in the field near Ojinaga in camp
with General Lomoli, and that the
two nave command of about 1000
armed men.
Ellsworth is acting as special rep
resentatiye Of the department OF
state to investigate conditions.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
THIRTEEN ARE INDICTED
On Charge Ct Conspirine to Defraud
u. S. in Oleo Trade--Congress-
man Seems Involved.

CHICAGO, Dec. lG.--John nad,e, sec
reary of the William Moxley Co, Inc,
oleomargarine manufacturers, was In
dicted by the federal grand jury today
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the government Indictments were
found against twelve other men on
the same charge. These We're sup
pressed.
DaJie, who is a son-inlaw Of Con-
gresham William J Moxley. head OF
the Moxley company. gave bond for
$4,000.
The indictments are the outcome
Of an investigation aesun nearly a
year ago, when a score of "oleo moon
sinners" were arrested in Chicago. A
number of these we're sentenced to
the federal prison at Leavenworth.
Some Of them are said to nave con-
fessed charging that certain oleomar-
garine manufacturers taught tnem 20
defraud the government. and supplied
them with government inspection
stamps
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
FLOODS
! AhD STORMS RAGE
IN GREAT BRITAIN

London, Dec. l6.-Not in thirty
years has England experienced such
floods as are now devastating tha
country. Rain has been almost in
cessant since December l. The wa
tes is II feet deep in some Places
Fam losses are heavy. Many VII
lagos are Hooded.
The Thames river has risen ten in
ches in tie last 80 hours Many
residences are: ruined.
A nurricane is blowing 10 miles an
hour on the English channel tAnight.
The channel Mat,e is suspended. Ma
marine disasters have vet been re-
ported
Almost every seaport from Bristol
Channe, to the Thames has suffered
damage.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
STATEMENT BY
CHAMP CLARK
OUTLINES HIS PLATFORM As
PROSPECTIVE SPEAKER or
NEXT HOUSE.
NAMING OF COMMITTEES
Should BE Done BY Ways and Means
Committee Favors Re
vising the Tariff Schcd-
uIe At a Time.

Washington. Dec. 16.Represensa
tive Champ Clark gave out a state.
,ment tonight outlining his platform
as prospective speaker Of the Demo
cratic house of the next congress. He
'rroclaims in favor of the nanfing Of
the committees OF the house by a
committee, rather than by the speak
er. He states 1t as hts belief that the
tariff should be revised by schedule.
The Democratic members of the
mouse sent out call today FOR cau-
Gus January 10, OF the Democratic
membership of the next house.
The caucus will select ways amt
means committee and rules commit
lee somewhat larger than the present
committee Of seven. Clark believes
one Of these should then be, ,empow-
cred to select the other committees
Of the house.
There are two theories Of tariff
one general b II and revision by sep
arate bills for separate schedules
This is matter, not Of principle, but
Of method. prefer the scheme OF
separate bills for separate schedules
taking the schedules with the most
obnoxious features first, and PERHAPS
in certain cases having separate bills
for particu..- Items. full hearing TO
be given BY the ways and means com
mittee.t -Hwl@
"As far back as the fifty-secohd
congress the chairman Of this com
InAttee Introduced separate bills for
separate schedules, and even for par.
tlcular items which were derisively
Genominated 'Springer's popgun
bills by ribald Republican speakers
and writer's and several years before
Judge Springer, chairman Of the com.
nittee on ways and means McKen.
lie, of Kentucky, achieved both grea.
senown and the sobrique "Quinice
Jim by securing the passage of a
"a putting qIrnine in the free Ifst
and touching no other item whatever
ANY tel ~ schedules
| CLARK declared he is heartily In
favor OF inviting to the caucus al
| Democratic members-elect. He then
| said.
"As to the mode of selecting com.
mittees in the event of my own selec-
ton to the speakership, | would not
care snap of my finger to exercise
the power of appointing them"
| Of the two plans for the election
OF the committees, by Democratic
caucus en- directly by the house itself,
fClark favors the last named
This Isl based on the fact that in
the debatable states the independent
yo~GTs appear to favor 1t and the fu.
ture house frankly acknowledges that
Y may be adopted because of the in
iuonee 1t would have In returning a
Democratic president and Democratic
copgres sin 1912.
I
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
CRITICISED THE COURT
Newspaper Men Sent to Jail For
Contempt -- Publishing Com
pany is Fined $500.

Seattle, Dec. 16.-For criticising
the superior court in connection with
granting a temporary injunction to
the Puget Sound Electric Railway,
Leroy Sanders. publisher of the Seat
tie Evening Star, was today adiudged
in contempt of court, and sentenced
to four months In jail, Hugh Allen,
managing editor. was sentenced to
thirty days In jail and the Star Pub
fishing Company fined $500 in the
county superior court.
Judge Gillian held the. criticism
tended 10 prejudice the public in the
case still pending.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
REBELS SEIZE TRAIN.

Mexico City, Dec. GA dispatch
from Chihuahua, dated yesterday,
stated that fgatlhs had begun anew
st Pedernales.
Tho s8aiil from 'Manaca to GalhGs-
qua wag sui'rorndr.i by The msrvyents
upon its arrival at taat town, ~aptur-
ed and backed to a point near San Al
tonia for some purpose unknowB. The
railroad telegraph wires were cut.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
HEALTH OF J. R. WALSH
Being Debated Upon BY Doctors
While His APPLICATION For Par
don Is Marking Time.

Washington, Dec. 16.--John r
Walsh's application for pardon is
marking time in the department OF
Justice while the dispute over the
state of the convicted bankers health
is being settled.>
One set of physicians says in eeffct
that Walsh's confinement at Leaven'
worth has been as godtas a rest cure
or term In sanitarium. Others re-
port that he is not a well man and
ought to be at home. II may be sew
eral weeks before the attorney general
makes any recommendation in the
case.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
ALL STUDENTS ARRESTED
Following Bursting Of Government
Cannon at North Georgia Agri-
cultural College Yesterday.

Gainesville, Ga, Dec. 16.-Thc en-
tire student body of the North Geor-
gia Agricultural College, at Dahlone.
ga, were arrested following the burst
ing of q big government cannon in
the barracks there Friday morning,
resulting in wreck.ng the barracks
1t Is said The cannon was loaded
with giaW powder, with frty foo
fuse attached. The school Is under
$4,000 bond to the government as a
guarantee for the security of the can
non
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
BY BOOTH
Salvation Army Head Wishes Carne-
gle Would "Give Him Chance"
Before He Dies.

London, Dec. 16.--"What would
not give for S2.000,000 to help us win
true peace" exclaimed General Booth
of the Salvation Army, in an inter,
view today concerning the $4,000, 900
given by Carnegie to the worlds
peace movement
Il only wish Carnegie would give
me a chance before I die
Booths face lighted at the idea ci
the use he could make OF the great
sum towards peace in the cehters
of London and New York, whittier
the lowest and humblest might be
brought In thousands to learn the les.
gon Of forgetfulne5s Of self"
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
RUSSIAN STUDENTS STRIKE.

st Petersburg, Dec. 49, Students
at nearly al high schools have ceased
work in protest against the cruelties
which, it Is alleged are being inflicted
upon political prisoners in various
parts of the empire. At Moscow a
meeting organized by students Of
Moscow university was broken up BY
the police. The duma today rejected
that motion that an inquiry be made
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
PROFITS ARE INCREASED
v. S Government Prospers by Doing
Its Own Sealing in the Alaskan
Fields

Washington, Dec. i6.-By doing its
cwn sealing In Alaska, the Unitei
States government has protftel tnts
year more than three Tres as much
as II ever did in any single year when
scaling privileges were rented to q
commercial company.
Secretary Nagel was advised today
that $4,000 skins were sold. netting
the government s4500O0. The gov
ernment not only expects big profits
bus the seal herds will be conserved.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-12-17
ExPONENTS OF MiLlTARiSM IN
WASHINGTON cRlTtciSE
CHAIRMAN TAWNEY.
LATTER MAKES DEFENSE
unprcparcdness Of United States Fer
War Causes Battle Of Words
Amongst congressmen and
the Army Experts.

Washington, Dec. 16.--If this coun-
try Is unprepared for war, as the off.
cials of the military arm of the gov
crnnent clan there was evidence at
the capitol today that the same con.
dition does not extend to those mem
bers Of congress who have become in
lolyed In the discussion of the sub.
ject. Criticism anu investives were
missiles of destruction fired in broad
sides from the opposing factions, exi
changes in the forlh of typewriter
letters in which each side assailed
the motives of the otherS
Representative Tawney, chairman
OF the committee Of appropriations,
was the target of those who sought to
have made public the special report
sent to congress dealing with the
national defense, which report was
rejected because the house declined
to accept in confidence the military
secrets it was supposed to contain.
Representative McLachlan of Califor
MIA, whose resolution in the last ses-
sion was responsible for the prepare
tion OF the report and Representative
Hobson, OF Alabama exponent Of mill.
tarism, were Tawney's antagonists
incidentally Secretary of the Navy
Meyer and Major General Leonard
Wood, chief of staff of the army
were brought into the jopposi io'
camps.
Statements given out today were
based upon a newspaper interview
with Tawney, and his previous state
ments declaring that Dieklnsons re.
port had been timed to influence CON
gress to vote large sum for an in
creased army and navy program
McLachlan characterized Tawney
as belonging to that class of alleged
patriots who have kept the nation in
utter ignorance until war has come
and has then placed unrestrained, UNI
tutored men, armed with obsolete
weapons, in the field to uphold the
national honor"
Tawney said the McIIachlan resolu.
tion was not introduced in good faith.
He declared:
THE resolution was not offered iu
the interest Of the public welfare or
national defense; ii was in the In
terest of the reelection of McLach-
lam"
Hobson charged that Tawney Is
now deliberately misleading the pub
llc." re accused Tawney of reck.
lessness and criticised him for his
position against the fortification OF
the Panama canal After citing Taw-
ney's record on. the subject OF ma
tional defenses, Hobson said:
"Tawney Is the person most re
sponsible for the present utter lack
Of unpreparedness. tg 4ts.
Secretary Meyer, continuing his
discussion of the naval appropriation
bill before the house committee on
naval affairs, said teslay that he di4
not expect another war in his life
time. fMIEN
Several members of the military
affairs committee quoted Genera,
Wood as having said that the govern
ment should be ready for war at any
moment.