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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
PREDICTS HIS OWN DEATH

Lennon Freeman. aged 80. Of
Stahlstown, Pa, who died recently
predicted almost to a minute the hour
OF his death, He was visited on q
Monday by his friend. James Thomp
son. wealthy retired farmer. Free
man was suffering slightly from the
heat, and he astounded Thompson by
directing him to witness his brief
will, which he made in the presence
OF Thompson. Then he said:
"old friend. we have had good
times together. My end Is coming.
AZ II o'clock Thursday night l shall
be dead Tomorrow morning you 20
to Elmer Miller, the undertaken. No.
tify him l shall be dead that evening.
Tell him also to see me in the morn
ing for orders as to my casket and
interment ! want only the best"
Thompson. skeptical as to the predic.
tion, did as he was ordered. and the
undertaken received his instructions.
On the Thursday evening a few min.
utes before II o'clocR Freeman died
from heart failure
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

THE special session of congress
/ came to an end with many inves-
legations unfinished, leaving many of
the committees that were conducting
inquiries to report next winter.
When the senate voted to conduct a
second investigation into the election
of Senator Lorimer, the expectation
was that the inquiry could be finished
in time for a report from the commit
tee at the special session, but the best
this committee hopes for is to be pre-
pared to make its Seport when con
gress reassembles on the first Mon
day in December. The assumption is
that, whatever the report of the com
mittee may be, the senate will desire
to discuss 1t at great length.
The senate special committee on the
third degree" also made headway
slowly. A joint committee Of the sen.
ate and house that has been investi-
eating the question Of employers LA
bility and workmen's compensation
has taken great deal of testimony,
which is being printed for distribution
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
Many Inquiries are Left Unfinished

among persons who are particularly
interested in this subject.
The Democrats of the house nave
laid out enough investigation work to
keep many committees busy until mid.
summer next year. The Democratic
leaders intimate that 1t is their inten.
tion to keep up the investigation bust
ness until the next session of con.
gress gets out of the way of the ma
tional convention OF the political par
ties.
The inquiries into the affairs OF the
steel trust and the sugar trust have
attracted wide attention, and have de.
veloped valuable nformation--infor.
nation to which not only congress ia
entitled, but which the people ought
to possess. These two major investi
cations have, 1t is said, only begun,
Each of the inquiries is to continue
for months. The committees will get
down to work again in the fall, and
If they continue to find pay dirt"
they will continue their researches far
into the session that is to begin In
December. The Democrats, it is said,
plan to investigate other trusts during
the next session.
The standing committees Of the
house on expenditures in the several
executive departments expect to re.
sumo business when the regular seS
sion opens.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
5IMSIgS:
IRLEsnEIf|I.5llIE3a.ll1'Sz:g
COL. OPDYCKE AT FRANKLIN
Member Of 74th Illinois Regiment Per
slsts In Claim That First Brigade
saved the Day.

In recent issue Is an article about
the battle OF Franklin, by Captain
Lyon of the Twenty-third Michigan.
who says he was at the cotton gin
when the rebels broke through our
lines at the Carter House, and that
our line was restored by the Sixteenth
Kentucky and some other regiment
he thinks, from Ohio-that moved
quickly by the flank, filled the gap
and held the fort for the balance OF
the day. writes Robert Simpson OF
Company G. Seventy-fourth Illinois, In
the National Tribune.
As a member Of Colonel Opdycke's
First brigade, Second division, Fourth
corps, was completely taken by sur
prise by such a statement.
Since reading his letter have been
looking over old letters that ! wrote
home at the time Of these events, and
l find that at that time We certainly
We're there. I will here give an ex-
tract from one:
From letter dated Nashville, Tenn,
December 3, 1864:
Dear Father: This is the third let
ter l have written home today, this
being the first day have had an op-
portunity to write for some time. 1t
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
VAST HERDS OF TURTLES

Concerning the great turtles Of the
southwest Indian ocean a traveller
says: The ehelonian, or green turtle
(Chelone mydas), is an animal Of con-
siderable economic Importance TO the
atoll. for It still occurs in the vast
hordes which are so often described by
early voyagers in the tropics. There
appear to be two distinct groups-one
resident and small in numbers, the 9th
er migratory and visiting the atoll to
breed in numbers impossible to es-
innate.
The latter arrives in December, and
from then to April the sea seems alive
with turtles. The females seek the
small sand beaches and then ascend
them with the rising tide, pushing
themselves laboriously above high tide
mark. Holes are then dug in the sand
by means of the fore hippers un-
I'll a satisfactory one is obtained
and the eggs, 200 In number, are bur
led, the turtle returns to sea imme-
diately.
AFTER 40 days the eggs hatch, al
most simultaneously, and the young
turtles dig their way up out Of the
sand and go down to the sea in long
procession, in the course Of which
they offer an easy prey to their en-
emies, the frigate birds and herons.
Once in the sea sharks and other large
fish eat them, and only ten per cent.
reach maturity"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
Pacific Coast Has a Customs Scandal

AN investigation Of alleged under
IA valuation frauds involving several
millions of dollars has been instituted
by the customs authorities at the port
Of San Francisco, Cal. Disclosures
which, it Is said, will eclipse in mag
nitude the recent customs frauds ex-
posed in New York, are promised by
the federal officials. The investigation
centers around some Of the biggest
importers of Oriental wares in the
United States, and it is alleged that
some government officials are in
volved.
The government activity includes
the principal seaports of the entire
pacific coast and extends to Japan,
where secret service agents have been
busy for the last few months amass-
ing evidence of the alleged frauds.
Held at the custom house in San Fran
cisco there are at present 500 cases
Of Oriental wares consigned to a sim
gle firm. The goods, which consist
principally Of crockery, alleged to be
vastly undervalued, are being held,
pendfag the determination as to exact
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

projectile has passed through the
armor plate the $50 pounds of high ex,
plosives which It contains will be dis.
charged. The detonation would create
a miniature earthquake and destroy a
city.
In equipping the Panama rortifca
tions with the most powerful gun in
existence the board Of Notifications
has a well defined plan in view There
is no doubt in the opinion of military
authorities that with 14-inch guns
coast defenses are more than an equal
TO battleships with guns Of the same
caliber.
What is sought by tho war depart
ment and the joint board is to equip
the Notifications with such powerful
guns that the enemy's feet can be
kept so far from the canal that 1t
cannot drop shells or projectiles into
the waterway A large projectile fred
over the Notifications dropped into
one of the locks or dams might close
up the canal for a year or so. The
forces on the canal must not only keep
the enemy from reducing the fortihca-
tions but from doing damage to the
waterway.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

TJASHINGTON.-Recently there has
w been distinct revival here of IN
terest in banking and currency legisla-
tloh. There are at least three reasons
for this. which may be enumerated as
follows:
/. The announcement that an organ
lzation to be known az the National
Citizens league is being formed to ad-
vocate some sort Of federal reserve as
Bociation.
2 The organization in New York
city Of the National City company,
with capital stock of $4,000 900, as an
adjunct of the National City bank, and
for the purpose OF acquiring and hold
Ing stock In other banks.
3. The movement ON the part Of the
insurgent Republicans in the senate,
and supported by some of the Demo
Gratis, to compel the national monetary
commission to close its affairs and re-
port to congress not later than Jan
uary l, 1912.
The activities mentioned would in
dicate that banking and currency leg
islation will become a live topic in the
autumn, and probably will receive
much attention at the next long ses-
sion Of congress. 1t is not believed,
however. there will be any legislation
soon. The prevailing view is that It
will take congress several years to de-
eide what It wishes to do about the
creation of a national reserve asso-
citation.
1t is evident that the conservative
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
Confronted by Currency Legislation

/ Republicans in congress wiz have
plan Of their own; that tho lnsurgent
Republicans will have views which
they win wish to embody IN a bill.
and that the Democrats also win de
sire to present measure. so II
would seem that there is likely TO be
much discussion of various plans dur
ing the next - months. Neither po'
litlcal party will, Il is assumed. be
ready to proceed with this subject on
the eve of presidential campaign
Persons who have been here resent
ly representing the bankers that are
particularly interested in the f6fma
tion of the citizens league, say the
league hopec to be able to establish
branches IN every city Of consequence
in the country by December 1. a par
ticular effort is to be made to interest
business men, merchants, manufactur.
ers, and others The promoters Of this
organization seem to have an impress
sion that If they can bring about the
formation of branches of the league In
the cities of the country, they viii be
hUlb " hGb1 a NAhAl AlIlAeAA IA AhfHA ~
legislation that will impress Itself on
senators and representatives In con
gress. AT any rate, large plans are
being made. This league also intends
to work with the view of keeping the
subject out Of politics, as much as pos
sible.
The national monetary commission
is about ready to retire. It is willing
to turn the campaign for the creation
of national reserve association over
to an organization of business men,
Senator Aldrich hopes to be able to
submit the final report of the commits
sion to congress early in the next reg
ular session. This report viii advocate
the adoption by congress of the AL
drich plun for a national reserve as
sociation.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
Plans for the Canal Fortifications

HIBRALTAR may be robbed Of the
u distinction of being the most i'm
pregnable fortress in the world If the
plans Of the fortification board in the
Panama canal zono are adopted. AS
q preliminary, looking toward this end,
the war department has ordered the
16-inch gun now stored at Sandy Hook
proving ground to the canal zone
Although the gun was constructed ten
years ago, no more powerful weapon
has been produced in the world. It's
range is beyond 16 miles and its pro
1ectiles, aero-torpedoes, weigh 2,400
pounds, and could easily destroy
battleship before 1t reached a point
near enough to do damage to the canal
locks or other portions of the water
way. Later on more guns of this cal
lber will be placed there.
Super-dreadnaughts according to the
calculations of ordinance experts, can
be sunk easily by the 16-inch gun at
distances of 16 miles from the mouth
of the canal This is not the limit Of
the range of the great gun, but it is
about as far as hits" can be made,
even with the aid Of range finders,
which are to be installed in the forti-
fcations
The projectile of the gun is virtually
an aero-torpedo. It will weigh 2.400
pounds and will carry about 150 pounds
of high explosives. There is not the
least doubt that even at an extreme
range of Is or 16 miles the projectile
will penetrate the heaviest armor plate
on the largest battleship. After the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
SUED FOR STEALING CORPSE

A strange case occurred at Johns
town, Pa, recently, as a result of a
dispute between two undertakers con-
cerning the burial Of the body of John
Vorchik. One Of the undertakers.
John Gaydos, and half dozen friends
entered the room in which Stephen
Brady. the rival funeral manager, had
laid out the body in casket. and
knelt about It as II in prayer. When
they arose they grabbed the casket
and carried out the corpse before the
dumfounded mourners could inter
fere. The Gaydos brigade calmly car
ried the casket to the Gaydos estab-
lishment, transferred the body to an
other casl1et and sent the empty one
to the Brady place. Relatives of Vor-
chik then went before a magistrate
and sued Gaydos for larceny of the
dead man.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

There's a new health-fad, blowing
soap bubbles A New Yorker who has
Just returned from a vacation trip to
the Saranac lake region saw in one Of
lhe villages there a number Of people.
young. middle-aged and elderly, with
clay pipes and glasses Of suds, vying
with one another in the childish pas.
lime. Narrating his experience to a
reporter, he exclaimed: Il inquired Of
one resident if the place had become
a retreat for the mildly insane. and he
told me that they were all people who
had-or thought they had-weak
lungs. A doctor from New York was
up there last winter and introduced
soap-bubble blowing as one Of the aids
In the cure Of consumption. 1t makes
the patients breathe deeply" 1t is
plausible as many another therapeutic
novelty, and certainly no harm can
come Of it.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
GOLD TOOTH FOR A HORSE

Black Bess, the mare that plays
leading part in the dramatic sketch
Dick Turpin's Ride to York." in Eng
land, broke a front tooth while travel
ing from Sheffield to London. 1t was
replaced by a gold one, and the pho
tograph shows the operation being
performed with the assistance of a
man with a pitchfork, new and
somewhat alarming weapon in the
hands of a dentist.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
BEING a GOOD FELLOW,

Every now and then We hear OF
some one dying In bitter poverty after
having spent a fortune In being a
good fellow" or such a one Il is com
monty said while he Is alive and
spending that he has a heart like an
OK and a hand always deep In his
pocket" he is spoken of-freQuently
within his own hearlng-as prince
among men" or zone OF natures noble
men" II seems passing strange that
a man with the power to attract 70
himself so many warm friends should
not have any willing to pay his funeral
expenses. says the New York Herald
Yet such is often the case II ls a
fact frequently commented on by
philosophers that these peerages OF
cafe creation die with the fortunes
that produce them A real prince
among men" or natures nobleman"
loses hts title when his money ceases
10 burn holes In his pocket, after
which he should set aside a little
money for his own obsequies. But
those who argue from the forlorn and
fiendless passing Of one Of these
good fellows" that there are no real
friends to be had in this world are
wrong. Every one can make friends.
and stanch ones. too, by the practice
OF unselhshness. but not by wasting
money on the worthless in the vain
hope Of being considered a good fel-
low" which is merely another name
Cor a complete fool.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
BIRDS ROB OHIO FARMERS

Margaretta township (Ohio) farm
ers were out with guns for a pair Of
thieving blackbirds the other day.
Fred Blair saw one Of the two leav-
ing his dwelling through a window
with his razor in its mouth. The
birds, it seems, inhabit a big elm
tree in a field near the outskirts of
the village of Teemes. A search re-
covered plunder in a crotch several
feet above the ground There were
numerous spools Of thread, several
thimbles, pins, needles, hatpins, small
articles Of wearing apparel collar
buttons, a pair of scissors and two
case knives. The blackbirds saw the
posse Of farmers coming and by dodg-
ing buckshot, managed to make their
escape. They are now believed to
have established a new fence"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22

ly what course shall be pursued by the
government. A similar consignment
billed to the same Arm is being hold
at Seattle.
The government authorities first re-
ceived Information Of the alleged un.
LIBERALIZATION of wares imported by the
firm involved from othe orters.
They complained that q ta un.
able to compete with the Ail ID the
sale Of a certain class Of goods. vaey
further complained that the firm was
driving chinaware offered from Cor.
many from the market Of this country.
Acting on information received, the
customs authorities were ordered to
detain shipments en- route from Japan
and consigned to the Arm IA question.
similar action was taken at Seattle.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
ENGLAND'S BIGGEST BOY

The parade of giants of the Festival
of Empire, held at the Crystal Palace,
London, as one of the events of the
coronation season, brought together
many of the tallest men in the British
empire. Among them were many
youths of abnormal height The tall
est one was only little more than 20
years old, yet he stands Z feet 3%
inches high in his stocking feet. His
name is Frederick Kempster, and he
was found employed as basket max
er in the Garden City for Boys, Wood
ford, Essex. His strength is said to
be enormous.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
cows STRANGE DIET

A small farmer in Manulla, County
Mayo, who deals in aged COWS,
bought one which became unwell
and died two weeks later. says an
Irish paper. A local victualer perform
ed a post-mortem examination, and
found inside leather clasp purse con-
tanning four sovereigns, one half-sov-
eign, half-crown, threepence in
coppers, and a railway ticket to Bull
lingar; also a brass door knob, three
breech-loading cartridges, and a guam
tity Of black glass, something similar
to porter bottles.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
DOG AvERTS A TRAGEDY

Owing to the sagacity of an Irish
terrier dog a tragedy was averted al
Southampton, Pa, recently. The dog
belongs to Mrs. Bretram, a visitor at
one of the hotels. During the night
she was awakened by the dog, who
led her to a room where a Miss Jones
was sleeping. There was a strong
smell Of gas in the room, and Miss
Jones was lying unconscious. 1t was
found that there was leak in the
gas pipe. But for the dogs warning
Miss Jones would in all probability
have been suffocated. AS 1t was, she
soon recovered.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
WHALES IN A QUARREL

A remarkable incident took place
recently on the coast Of Perkins Is
land North Tasmania), no fewer
than 81 monster whales having been
stranded there. The whales. among
which there was only one COW, quar-
relied, and in chasing the female en-
tered the shadows All attempted
to jump backward into deep water
only TO fail in every effort. AS the
tide receded the huge animals were
left fioundering on the sands, in
which they half buried themselves in
their struggles. Unable to help them
selves, they perished in a short time.
A number of persons who saw the
spectacle formed a syndicate with
capital Of $1,000 TO recover the am
bergris from the carcasses.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
MILK FOR l9NDoN's CATS

London still depends upon its army
of cats to handle the rats among the
ships that come up the Thames. The
port of London authority has made
known its estimates for cats milk for
the year. The appropriation is for
$4,000 There is an official feeding
squad and dozen different points
where milk is set out for the cats.
Hundreds of cats answer the whistle
call to breakfast. The shipping cats
have a record of dead rats which runs
into hundreds Of thousands
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
WHEN HIS LEG EXPLODED

With a report that was heard for
some distance, the right leg of Henry
Nixon, a farmer, of Blanchard, Ia,
went into scores of fiery pieces and
disappeared in cloud of smoke. Nix
on did not sustain any serious in
juries, but he was given a scare that
threatened to bring on nervous pros
tration. The explosion occurred dur
ing the recent hot spell and. was
caused, Nixon asserts, by the rays of
the sun shining down upon the men,
Der. Nixon is a farmer and is the
possessor of one natural leg and one
artificial one, the latter being fasten-
ed to the stump Just above the
knee.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
JUST JUDGE FINES HIMSELF

Justice Myrtle Phelps Of Kalamazoo,
Mich. pleaded guilty in his own court
before himself TO violating city or
dinance requiring light on autos after
certain hours at night, and paid costs
amounting to 1854. Alderman Con
verse asked the judge for a warrant
for a person who had violated the
ordinance. The court got out the
necessary papers and asked the vio-
lator's name. When told 1t was him
self he stood pat
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
INDIAN MEDICINE STONE

A Bath (Me.) man has an Indian
medicine stone found on the Indian
carrying place in Winnegance. 1t il
Of stone like flint, black and smooth,
On one side is an intaglio cut for the
thumb to rest and on the reverse, sim.
liar neatly carved intaglios for the four
fingers to grasp the stone. On the
thumb side, or top, bowl for mixing
the medicine is sunken and around coil
ed rattlesnakes are engraved. Else.
where upon the top ends and sides
are engraved the rising sun. crows and
more snakes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-22
WEDDING OF TWO GIANTS

Mary Allen Powers, for years Bar
NUNS tallest woman, was married the
other day to Maurice T. Stapleton. Of
Lockport, ~ Y. Miss Powers is over
feet in height, while the bridegroom
stands over feet and is giant in
girth and weight About three years
ago Miss Powers and Mr.. Stapleton
were to be married, but the event was
called of on the morning set for the
ceremony. No reason was given out