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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
BANKER IS ARRESTED
Man Under Indictment in Connection
With Misappropriation of Funds
Taken by Government Agents.

New York City.-Henry E. De
Kay, under indictment in Providence,
R. l., in connection with a misapplica-
tion of funds of the Atlantic National
bank of Providence, was arrested by
department of justice agents in Yonk-
ers, N. Y. Later he was arraigned
before Commissioner Shields mere.
In default of $4,000 bail he was COM
mitted to the Tombs.
De Kay and others under arrest are
charged with aiding and abetting Ed
ward P. Metcalf in an alleged misuse
OF funds while Metcalf was the banks
president. When arrested De Kay
was at the home of Samuel Inter
meyer, lawyer. Before Commissioner
Shields, De Kay denied participation
in the alleged bank frauds, declaring
he was in Mexico on the dates set
forth in the indictment.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
HAS MIRROR BRAIN
Four Year-0Id Lad Performs
Astounding Feats.
Remarkable Child Is Able to Indicate
Every Country on the Map
and Name II Without
Hesitation.

Detroit, Mich.-"The boy with the
mirror brain" is what they call four
year-old George Herbert Van Vleet.
His exceptional mental activity dates
back to early babyhood.
At the age when the average
youngsters vocabulary consists of a
series of sounds that no one but a
doting parent could by any stretch of
the imagination construe as repre-
senting even "googoo," George was
talking distinctly, repeating words
that would stump many grownup.
By the time he was 16 months old
he astonished physicians who had
been attracted by stories of his ability
when such simple words as spondy-
lootheraphy, polycotyledon, metaptery-
gold, limnanthaceae rolled off his
tongue as easily as though they con-
tanned but one syllable. Just turned
four, there is not word in the Eng
lish language that having heard once
he will not repeat with astonishing
clearness Of pronunciation.
He has never been taught to read.
All letters look alike to him when
they are coupled together, yet here is
a feat sufficient to counfound those
who would attribute his powers to
any training he may have received.
Take map of the world, spread II
out in front of him, arm him with
toothpick-all geniuses have their
little eccentricities, and his consists
of a partiality for toothpick to be
used as a pointer-and he will indi
cate every country on the map and
name it without seconds hesitation
He knows the capitals of many OF
these and the chief cities as we'll.
One of his pastimes is sitting down
with a geography and his toothpich
and locating out-of-the-way lands thai
have at some time or other beer
pointed out to him.
When it comes to history there is
scarcely question of common knowl
edge that he is unable to answer. He
can name all the presidents.
In the Van Vleet home is a phono
graph, with probably 80 disc records
Take one of these, mention the piece
on the diverse side and he will imme
diately tell you the title of the selec
tion on the reverse, going through th'
entire list without faltering.
His familiarity with colors is II
less astonishing, it being impossible
most delicate shades.
Every distinguishing mark aloni
Woodward-av is familiar to lnm.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON
STITUTION OF OHIO.
SHORT BALLOT FOR COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP
OFFICERS.

>. B: = 'e5elgsS by the General AIIen,oly Of
of each house coneurrins therein:
curing short ballot for county and town.
ship officers, there shall be submitted to the
s" OF on this e 'h Fuss.g ssf @ svfa ss 5
repeai sections ), and Of article os0sai Of tho he
constitution and to amend sections l and
Of such article to read as follows:
SEC !. Laws may be passed providing for
the election or appointment and terms of all
necessary, which officers shall have such power
Of local taxation, for police purposes, 40 may
be prescribed by Law.
fer a form of government for counties and
sscr,oE A. such election this amend.
The manner prescribed by law as "ARTTcL|- :
For GoGNTY Ar AND ToWNsHfff f' OF
designate it. clearly, and if a majority of the
electors voting on the some shall adopt such
otb sss ssssns ns .f nd h he5saays 3 dave
January, 1914, become and constitute the
sections so amended Of article x of the consti;
sections % @ and % 3, and aso S sections s sasa aRd
Of such article, and also section 10 of article
Nv, shall be repealed and annulled.
Speaker Of IL. House o. Of S RsSrsien.atives
lUGH II. NlCHOLSs
PresideSt Of ths Senate.
Adopted April 18th, 1918.
OEITEp STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF OHIO,
Office of the Secretary of State.
I. CIIAS. H. GRAVES. Secretary of State
Of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is exempifed copy, CAREFUL.
compared by me with the original rolls now
file in this Office and in my official custody
as Secretary of State and found to be true
and correct, of Joint resolution, adopted by
the General Assembly of the State Of Ohio,
filed in this office on the 3Oth day of April,
A. D. 1913, entitled "Joint. Resolution Pro
aR af tSe to d bn s,y. Gt the
| county and township organizations"
Tx TESTIMONY WHEREOF. | have hereuntc
seal at the City of Columbus, Ohio, this 18th
| CHAs. H GRAVES,
Secretary of State
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
BIG POLICE SHAKE UP
New York Officials Will Appoint Five
Hundred New Men Just Turned
Out of School.

New York City.-What is said to
be the biggest police shakeup which
New York has known will be effected
during the next few days by the up
roofing of all the policemen in the
upper West Side tenderloin section
and replacing them with 500 young
men just turned out of the police
schools. The plan of the police COM
missioner is to experiment in estab-
lishing model police district in what
is most important section, being
made up of many of the city's largest
hotels, apartment houses and places of
amusement. All the police now doing
duty there will be transferred.
All of the 500 recruits are under 30
years of age. They have been schooled
under Capt. B. ], Kohlert U. S. A., the
physical training expert at West
Point. Commissioner Waldo says:
"Yhey have been taught the necessity
Of clean, honorable and efficient serv-
ice. and they will go to work with no
tRint or suggestion of such thing as
the system against them"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
Mothers Are Let Out.

New York City-Three more teach
ers who have become mothers were
suspended by the board of education.
which holds maternity among in
strIctors cause for dismissal.
Dr. William H. Maxwell, superin-
tendent of schools, is preparing list
of all teachers who have borne babies
since Jan. l, and action will be taken
Oct. ~ ON them as well as on the
three now under suspension. One Of
the names OF DR.. Maxwell's list Is
known 10 be that of Mrs. Katherine
Edgell OF Erasmus Hall high school.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
BLAST GAMBOA dixie
LAST BARRIER IN PANAMA CANAL
BEING REMOVED.
Waters of Gatun Lake Are Now Gut
ting Their Way Into the
Culebra Cut.

Colon, Panama.-With a deep roar
and a rumble, resembling heavy
artillery firing at distance, several
thousands pounds of dynamite in
thirty charges were exploded Thurs
day in the Gamboa dixie, allowing the
waters of Gatun lake to run through
into Culebra cut.
After the smoke and dust of the
heavy charge had cleared away,
steam dredges were Immediately put
to work dredging out the channel.
When this work is completed and the
water in Gatun lake has risen to a
sufficient height to flood Culebra cut
tOythe 45-foot level, the Panama canal
will be virtually ready for navigation
Although the blowing up of the Gam
boa dixie Thursday might be termed
the final step in the completion OF
the canal, in that it removed the re-
naming barrier with the exception OF
the locks, it was devoid of any spec
tacular setting. Several days ago the
fin5t water from Gatun lake was led
into Oulebra cut through pipes, this
WRtSt dNhIil6 do Il CuSillOu lOi Tue cA
ptcsfon Thursday. The charges Of
dynamite were distributed in such a
manner as to merely loosen the mate
ria1 composing the dixie. allowing the
water to trickie through and cut it.
own channel.
While the waters OF Gatun lake now
flow north into the Atlantic and south
into the Pacific, much work yet re
mains to be done before heavy
dfaught vessels can be sent from one
ocean TO the other Therefore, il
would not be consistent, according tt
Gu. Goethals, to make spectacle o
'fhe-joiuing OF the waters of the Allan
tic and the Pacific" So everything
WAS quietly prepared and just as quiet
II executed. The spurts of mud anC
soil thrown up by the explosion of gian
bAasts are SO common on the cana
tAat no particular attention is paiC
to'them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
STITUTION OF OHIO.
ELIGIBILITY or WOMEN TO cEsTAia OFFICES.

Be it vssoived by ths General Asssssbt1 sf
the State of Ohio; Three.hfihs Of the menthea
That for the purpose of procuring the eligibility
Of women to certain offices, proposal shan
be submitted to the electors of thi. state Ia
day after the 6rst Monday in November, 1913,
TO .5nS AMEND the eos'tsut,on W. a. OF the STATE
as t will aTtase resd a. foows 50
SEC. I. No person shall be elected or ap-
pointed TO any Office in this state unless pos
vided that women who. are citizens may be aP-
pointed as members of boards of, or to posi-
tions in. those departments and institutions CO
division thereof involving the interests OF care
of women or children er both
sscT0T n E. n...S A. such ssS .ss a ' ss sn 4
Ky, sEcTioN nnSS; LTsIRILiTTY Sv
IN, I n D 5EPARTMENT kNb fNsTffujTIoS3
AFFECTING, OR CARING FOR. WOMEN
cient to clearly designate il and II q maiosity
of the electors ting on the same shall adopt
such amendment. section hereinabove set
uary, 1914, become and constitute the section
SO amended am Of S5tieie % Ky Of the s.t;s
shall bs repealed and annulied-
Speaker of ths House Of RsPrEss1tativsA
HUGH I. NICHOLS.
President Of tAs .Ss1ao0G
Adopted April 18th, 1919
UNITED STATES OF AMRRIcA.
| STATE OF OHIO.
Office of the Secretary Of State
I, CHAS. H. GRAVES, Secretary Of Stats
of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the
| foregoing is an exempli6ed copy, carefully
compared by me with the original rolls now
on file in this Office and in my official custody
as Secretary of State and found to be true
| and correct, of joint resolution, adopted by
| the General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
| filed in this sffice on the 3oth day Of April.
A. D. 1918, entitled "Joint Resolution reia-
tive to the eligibility of women to certain
In TESTIMONY WHEREo1. ! have hereunte
| subscribed my name, and affixed my official
seal at the City Of Columbus Ohio, this 18th
| day Of June, A D. 1918.
| CHAs. n. CAVES
| Secretary Of St0tA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON.
STtTUTION OF OHIO.
SHORT BALLOT Foa STATE OFFICERS.

=. Be-. it>rssoiyed BY ths General Asssr,el, Of
Ge State of Ohio, three-hfths Of the members
elected to each house concurring therein:
sEcrioN l. That, for the purpose of pro
shall be submitted to the electors OF this state,
n the manner provided by law, on the first
1918. proposal to amend sections 1, 2 and
follows:
"SEc. /. The executive department shall
consist of a governor, lieutenant governor,
secretary Of state, auditor of state, treasurer
OF state and an attorney general. The govern;
on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November, by the electors of the state,
and at the places. of voting for members Of
''SEc. 2. The governor and lieutenant gov.
ernor shall hold their Offices for two years.
Their terms of Office; shall commence on the
second Monday of January next after their
election, and continue until their successors
are elected and qua"fed.
"Sgc. is. The governor shall appoint the
Hcretary Of state, auditor of state, treasurer
OF state and attorney general, and shall have
authority, to remove any. of said officials so
appointed. Every officer holding Office by cleo
ton when this amendment is adopted shall
continue to hold such Office for the full term
for which he was elected and until his sue:
and has qualified as provided by law"
SEcTIcn 2. At such election this amend
ment shall be placed on, the official ballot in the
manner name, prescribed by law as ARTICLE III,
BALLOT FOR STATE OFrICERS", or in
other language sufficient to designate 1t clearly,
and il majority of the electors voting on the
same shall adopt such amendment, sections l.,
and l8 hercinabove set forth shall on and
after the first day of January, 1914, become
and constitute the sections so amended Of
article III of the constitution of the state of
Ohio and said original sections !, 2 and IL
shall be repealed and annulled
c. L. SWAIN,
Speaker Of the HeH5e of Rsfrsssntdtivss
HuoH L. Nichols.
President OF the Sssats.
Adopted April 18th. 1913.
UEIrED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF OHIO.
office of the Secretary of State.
], CHAS. H. GRAVES, Secretary of State
Of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is an exemphhed copy, carefully
compared by me with the original rolls now
on file in this Office and in my official custody
and correct, of joint resolution, adopted by
on tie 18th day of April. A. d. 1918, and
filed in this office on the 5oth day of April,
A. D. 1913, entitled "Joint resoution propos.
ing an amendment to sections l, and l8 of
article III of the constitution of the State Of
Ohio, relative to the selection Of governoi
and ether state officers"
In TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I have hereunto
subscribed my name, and affixed my official
| seal at the City of Columbus, Ohio, this 18th
day OF june, A. D. 1913.
CHAs. H. CRAvEs.
Secretary Of StsfS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17

New York City.-Daniel H. Tol-
man, known as "the king of loan
sharks" and proprietor of chain of
loan offices extending across the conti-
nent, was convicted of usury and SEN
fenced. to six months in the penitep.
tiary by Justice Zeller
Although numerous actions have
hee.. .-.ought against Tolman. this is
the first time that he has been directly
connected with the making Of any loan
through his Offices. In all previous
cases he has escaped by placing the re-
Sponsibility upon woman manager
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
FIND TEACHERSARE
POORLY PREPARED
Experts Report Many Lack
Fitness and Learning.
COMPLETE OHIO RURAL SURVEY
Show in one-Room Country Schools
in IS Counties That Less Than
2 Per Cent of Pedagoeues
Are College Graduates.

Columbus, o.-Figures showing the
preparation of school teachers for
their work, their educational fitness
and training are shown in the first
preliminary report of the school sur
vey commission, just fled
one-Room Country Schools.
Taking the one-room country schools
of 45 counties, it is shown that less
than per cent of the teachers are col
lege graduates, only IA per cent have
done any college work, "a per cent
have graduated from high school, 20
per cent have had partial high school
work, 16 per cent have had no educa-
tional training above the eighth grade,
and nearly per cent have not COM
pleted eighth grade work
In the central and consolidated dis
tricts per cent have completed col
lege course. IL per cent have had some
college training, "a per cent have COM
pleted high school work, 80 per cent
have had partial high school training,
while IL per cent have stopped with
the eighth grade and per cent have
not completed the eighth grade Of
work
Education Scarce Article.
The figures run almost in proportion
through the special district school, the
village elementary, the city elemen-
tary and the high school. Two per
| cent of the new teachers starting work
this fall had not completed eighth
grade work These figures cover the
work of about 5000 teachers.
The survey also disclosed plain
violation of the law in that teachers
are employed for high school work
who hold the state elementary one
year certificate. There are teachers
holding such certificates at work in
all grades of the high schools.
In 45 counties, with 542 teachers re-
porting, it is shown nearly per cent
of the teachers have only state ele.
mentary one-year certificates and do
not come inside the legal qualifications
for high school work.
These figures cover slightly more
than half the counties of the state.
Few Attend College.
The lack of thorough preparation
for the work of teaching, shown by
the lack of years spent in school, is
one of the facts that was expected
With two out of each 100 country
teachers having college training and
with per cent not having completed
eighth grade work, the lack of trained
talent is shown plainly.
These figures are for the one-roon
country schools. With nearly pei
cent of the high school teachers hold
ing an elementary one-year certificate
to teach, the lowest grade certificate
issued, the lack of trained ability fol
high schools is shown.
In the same grouping, statistics fol
the entire state are being prepared
and will be included in the report tt
the general assembly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
POOR BOGUS 81 BILL
New Counterfeit Silver Certificate Is
Branded as Miserable Imitation
by Treasury Experts.

Washington, D. C.-"Sloppy work.
is the verdict of the treasury depart
ment in announcing its opinion of a
new counterfeit 81 silver certificate
that has made it's appearance. The
bill is of the issue of 1899 and besides
being printed on one piece of onion
skin paper, makes no pretense of imi-
tating the silk fiber that characterizes
the genuine notes.
"The 13 stars" adds Chief Flynn of
the secret service, that appear on the
genuine above the eagle on the face
of the note are omitted in the counter
felt"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
No Hope for the Eutura.

Not even the dreamers among the
Prosr' ssives can hope to capture the
hca>e i'll 1914. Recent elections have
shcwn the party is crumbling. 1t
might be possible to elect few Pro
gressives, but it is doubtful whether
the present number Of members OF
that party in the house will be aug
augmented. Neither Perkins nor
Finn would have anything to gain in
such fight. and It can hardly be ex-
pected that they are going to make
further iuroads into their fortunes
Just FOR the fun OF the thing.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
TAFTS TITLE CLEAR.
Roosevelt the Man of Trickery
at Chicago.
His Efforts, for His Own interests, to
Gust Delegates Regularly Chosen,
Can Not Surely Have Been
Forgotten.

1t is not easy to follow the rea-
soning which interprets as a progress
sive victory-that is. victory for the
so-called Progressive party-the ac'
ton of the New York Republicans in
declaring for new basis of repre-
senta.ion for national conventions.
The Progressives did not originate
the proposition. 1t has been in the
minds of leading Republicans for
years. Thomas G.. Platt, M. S. Quay
and Mark Hanna all favored it. They
saw, as others did, that, with nothing
to offer the presidential candidate on
election day, the south had far TOO
much to say in the choosing of the
candidate. On that account, they
urged on more than one occasion the
reduction of southern representation
in Republican conventions; and men
who now call themselves Progressives
gave them no support whatever.
That the proposition has more
strength today than formerly Is due
almost wholly to the action of the
Progressives last year in their efforts
to tamper with the south's power in
the Chicago convention in the inter-
ests of Mr.. Roosevelt. The seats of
delegates regularly chosen for Mr.
Taft were contested upon the f1imsiest
pretexts, and strong influences exert
ed to substitute Roosevelt men. 1t
was an industry, financed by the
Roosevelt organization.
But 1t failed. It was so "raw"-so
transparently repugnant to the code
of fair dealing-that leading Roose-
velt supporters on the national COM
mittee revolted. They would not have
1t; and, unable to secure the south
ern vote by fraud, Mr.. Roosevelt was
defeated for the Republican nomina'
ton.
Nor does the Progressive character
ization of the southern states as
rotten boroughs" fit the case. In
times past some southern delegates to
Republican national conventions sold
their votes for spot cash. But did nc
delegates from other sections-wheth
er we consider Republican or Demo
cratic conventions-ever sell theiI
votes for promises Of Office And
in morals strictly considered, what is
the difference between the two trans
actions?
Rotten" as the south may have
been at other times, she was not rot
ten" at Chicago last year. but, against
much rotten" temptation. stood firm
| for the instructions that had beer
given at the time her delegates were
regularly chosen. And this fact en-
| tered into the assurance which Chair
man Root gave to Mr.. Taft in hi
speech of notification, that his title tt
| the nomination was as clean as tha
of any candidate for the presidenc!
the Republican party had ever pre-
| sented to the country.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
Nab Mine Bad Mem.

New York City.-The police ar
rested nine men who later confessed
to be leaders and active agents of the
blackhand gang which has been re-
sponsible for the majority of the 1877
bomb explosions in New York since
Jan. last. Two Of the men were con-
nected with counterfeiting plot and
have been turned over to Capt. Henry
of the secret service.
The secret service agents believe
they have in the two men arrested tho
leaders of one Of the most daring coun-
terfeiting bands.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO rHR rusp.
ST1TUTION OF OHIO.
ExEnprlNo pusLlc BONDS FRoN TAxaTIou.


Be 10 rssoivsd by the GsMsrsI Assswbiy -
srerIos 'fo A " prouosi,ou US,S shall be .ubui..
ted to the electors of the state of Ohio, on the
irst Tuesday after the first Monday in Ne
gember, 1918 to amend article XII of the
constitution OF the state Of Ohio by the I'D,
dition of section IL, to read az foiious:
AarIcLE XII.
Finance and TGEotios.
SEC. IL. Bonds of the state Of Ohio and ~
any city, village, hamlet, county, road dstriea
township in the state, and bonds issued In
behalf of the public schools of Ohio and tho
means of instruction in connection Herewith
shall be exempt from taxation.
SECTION q That this amendment shall taita
effect and be in force from and after its
adoption.
Speaker Of the House Of RspreseHtdtipsA
HuGH L. NICHOLS,
Presideat of Ms Ssasfs.
Adopted April 18th, 1918.
UNITED STATES or AMERICA.
STArK OF ONO,
Office of the Secretary Of State
/, CHAS. H GRAVES, Secretary Of Staea
of the State of Ohio, do hereby certify that the
compared by me with the original rolls now
on file in this office and in my official custody
as Secretary of State and found to be true
and correct, of joint resolution, adopted by
tas the sh asy or the S 81
filed in this Office on the joth day OF April,
A. d. 1918, entitled "Joint Resolution TO
Amend Article XII Of the. Constitution OF
Ohio by the adoption OF Section i2".
IE TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have herennte
subscribed my name, and affixed my official
day Of June, K. D. isi5. '' ''' 49,
cHAs H. CAVES,
Sseyrtdr1 Of Stasa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1913-10-17
M|L|7ANTS ON WARPATH
Suffrasists Smash All Windows Along
Street Occupied by London
Physicians

London, England.-The doctors Of
London have been made the first vic
tins of the vengeance of the militant
suffragists, whose anger has been
aroused by the decision of the home
secretary to resume forcible feeding
of hunger strikers.
A band of women Friday raided
Harley-st in the west end of London, a
district which is almost entirely oc-
cupied by the Offices of medical spe-
cialists. The women smashed windows
right and left all along the street.