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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
Rrominent Mason Is Dead.

Flint, Mich, Sept. 8.-Dr Francis
Devereaux Clarke, 81 years old.
grand master of the Michigan grand
lodge of Masons, and superintendent
of the Michigan school for the deaf
for 30 years, died suddenly here of
heart failure. He gained national
reputation for his writings on the sub
iect instructing deaf students.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
Aged Sunday School Teacher He

Hgeu ouHuay oChoOI edCheT F1eId.
NATION, ILL.,, Sept. So. T. c. Rice,
who has been a Sunday school teach
er here for 40 years, is charged with
having embezzled funds entrusted to
him by widows and poor people of
this city to the amount of more
than 100000. Rice was unable to
give bail in the sum of $4,000 for
his appearance in court He is ill
at his home and is being guarded by
deputy sheriffs. Rice is 72 years old
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
Cholera Threatens Russia.

st. Petersburg, Sept. 8.-Odesso, the
fourth city of the empire in popula-
ton; Nikloayev, with 100000 inhabi-
tants, and Rostov with about $4,000,
are declared to be threatened with
epidemics of cholera
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
Killed In rhree.story EaIL

Deadwood, S. D., Sept. So fall
from a third story rear porch of fat
building here caused the death OF
Mrs. Jane Highly, for many years a
social leader. Mrs. Highly was reach
ing for some garments hanging ON a
line when The porch railing gave way.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
Home Campaiun.

"Is your daughter going away this
summer"
mo; she has started a Irritation
with the iceman, and we think her
chances for getting married to him
are very good"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11

sixteen years, and
was thin, weak and
nervous. When (
would lie down il
would seem as if 1
was going RICH t
down out of sight
into some dark hole,
and the window cur
tains had faces that
would peek out at
me, and when l was
ont of doors ;k would
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
September Heat Record in Southwest.

Kansas City, Sept. S.-New Septem-
Der heat records were established in
Kansas and Oklahoma and unusually
nigh temperatures prevailed in Mis-
souri, In Kansas the average maxi
mum temperature was well above
100.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11

Peoria, ILL.,, Sept. 10.-Max Brand.
aged II years, and Morris Brand. aged
9 years, were drowned when their
boat capsized at the mouth of Farm
creek in the Illinois river.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
Everything Relative.

Madge-This summer seems to be
much cooler than last.
Marjorie-You must remember,
dear, that you're not wearing so many
clothes.-Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
Slabs Japanese official.

Toxic, Japan, Sept 6.-An attempt
was made to assassinate Moritaro
Abe, director of the political bureau
of the Japanese foreign office. He
was stabbed in the abdomen and is
suffering from a severe wound.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
PUTTING IL Mildly.

Tom-Did you say your friend 10
slender?
Tab-Well, she returned a silhou-
cite gown because she couldn't make
a shadow in it-Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
His Reason.

Don't take notice of the cook,
dear"
Il have to. She's just given It,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
Messfna Has Another Quake.

Messina, Sicily, Sept 5.-Another
slight earthquake was felt here and
created fresh panic among the in
habitants. The shock lasted five sec
ondA
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seem as if something was going to hap
pen. My blood was poor, my circula-
ton was so bad would be like dead
person at times. l had female weak
ness badly, my abdomen was sore and
had awful pains.
at took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and used the Sanative
Wash and they certainly did wonders
for me. My troubles disappeared and I
am able to work hard every day. Mrs.
w. F. SAWYER, River View Farm, More.
town, Vermont.
Another Case.
Clifford, Iowa. was troubled with
female weakness, also with displace-
ment. / had very severe and steady
headache, also pain in back and was
very thin and tired all the time. COM
menced taking Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and I am cured Of
these troubles. 1 cannot praise your
medicine too highly. Mrs. INA MILL
SLAGLE. Clifford. Iowa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces iniamma.
tion, allays pain cures wind collie ,25c bottleev
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11

1t is better to profit by your own
strength than by the weakness of
others.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11

1t isn't recorded that the Lord
loveth a cheerful giver of advice.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
series of Th.rtx shocks.

Port de rance, Martinique, Sept. g.
i series of 30 earth shocks did no
material damage here.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11
SUFFERED
awful PAINS
For Sixteen Years. Restored
To Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Moretown. Vermont. -"I was trou.
bled with pains and irregularities for
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Oklahoma Town Burns; Loss $4,000.

label, Okla. Sept. Sire prac-
tically wiped out Bokhoma, Okla,
lumber village of 200 inhabitants, 16
miles east of here. causing loss es-
timated at 100000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-11

w. N. u, Minneapolis, No. s7-1913.
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To Reinforce Fleet.

London-The Toxic correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph says: "The
Japanese government evidently is de-
termined to act cautiously, but great
reinforcement of the fleet in Chinese
waters is considered certain, and it
is not improbable that some strategic
point may be occupied"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26

this valley of life eternity,
resolve walk the
helping whom will meet on the way
UPPo5E life in brighter
~ and better for your presence Do not spoil the happiness
when you co. never to this
AVE chldren young
laughter
IF YOU have cups
your opportunity make change the better OF
not recall the unknd word that has with SNOWFALL pov
growing unrecone
tongue and to think twice before you speak once
zach day
- Just phrase of author
golden curs will give picture If looking for it And
for doing somethng-thats easy!
oNT polish the waiting bench with
work Resolve to fight your battle minus
ooK at your face Do the lines
effort to miss change the ines
DE HoNEsT Even with
- lies Don't enroll your the sefdeceivers list There
hope for IL do
TT AVE been you
nave formed Surely must have conduct standard! Well what's
And may that standard be the
WHATEVER work let
w In this world place haven't any special
work, make it. Don't be a parasite
IF YOU have cheated
pentent And don't there
which you have stolen This be word pase dollar
should withhold that which is
oNT be doormat The homey which
and soul Doormats years
DEING being the ability to grow in all Uavs toward
- the superman the ideal a
cran ignorant child SHINING
forward backward.
coming
you have closed the
SELF If to no else Let love
life! ~ '
WHATEVER has bealen another
w chance The
welcome to it. is as rich in hope and possibility
The happy
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
GIVES MAIN CAUSE
Of MOST DEATHS
Physician Says 6SO,OOO Die
Annually From Liquor
In America.

The recent congress of the American
Medical Society, held for the study OF
alcohol and narcotics in Philadelphia,
aroused great interest in the question of
the actual value of alcohol as a stimulant
or food and the dangers that lie in it as
poison.
Taking up the question from its many
viewpoints under the caption Public
Health, Question of Alcoholic Degen-
eracy," DIR. Alexandria McNicholl of
New York city, vice president of the So
ciety, in an article says in part:
"a wave of degeneracy is sweep
ing the land, degeneracy SO aP-
paIIing in magnitude that II stag
gers the mind and threatens to de-
strOy the republic; numbering
more victims than have been
claimed in all the wars and all
the epIdemics of acute diseases
that have swept the country with
in 200 years"
After saying that modern scientific
methods had reduced the mortality from
acute diseases such as typhoid, yellow
fever and plague, DR.. McNicholls con-
tinues:
'Degeneracy is shown in the increas-
ing rate of mortality resulting from the
spread of chronic diseases. Within thirty
years the mortality from chronic diseases
has doubled and today chronic disorders
of the lungs, kidneys, heart and other
organs are responsible for more than
half the deaths.
'What is the cause of all this degen-
eracy? Statistics compiled by the lead
ing insurance companies and presented
by Sir T. P. Whitacre in a report to the
British parliment show that of every l.
900 deaths among the population at large
440 are due to alcohol. This would
mean mortality from alcohol in the
United States of $50, 900 year.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
EXPENSE TO Be CUT
And Force of Assessors Reduced
byNew Tax Law-CivlI Serv-
ice Examinations.

Last year thirty-one assessors were
elected to list and appraise the chattel
property of Mercer County. They drew
s2, 20S Three years ago thirty-one
assessors were elected to appraise the
chattel property, and twenty-three to APP
praise the real estate. The fifty four
assessors drew 7,635.75.
This year Tax Commissioner Morrow
will appoint but fifteen assessors to ap-
praise both the chattel and real property
1t is estimated that under the new plan
more taxable property will be returned,
while the expense of listing both real
estate and chattels will cost less than
the chattel assessment alone, while at
the same time the entire cost of the real
estate appraisement will be saved.
This will be the first effects of the new
law enacted by Democrats that the
Equity Association, the tax dodgers, the
stand-pat Republican organs and the
little stool pigeons over the State set up
such a howl about. They will howl
more, but the taxpayers will smile.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26

men and Women In Their Mad Rush
For the Exits Crushed Those Be-
meath Them, the Little ones Having
No chace-Hundreds by clawlne
and Crawling over the Dead Make
Their Eseape-And There Was No
Fire.
Calumet, Mich, Dec. 25.-A fool who
ran up the stairs shouting fire" is
responsible for the death Of S3 per.
sons who were attending a Christmas
eve entertainment for the children of
the striking copper miners of Calumet
in the Italian hall. Fifty-eight of the
dead are children. There was no fire.
Not a candle was lighted on the three
Christmas trees in the hall, for there
were no candles, the strikers couldn't
afford them-but when the man came
rushing in from the street with his
wild cry there ensued one Of those
strange panics such as ended so many
lives in the Iroquois theater in Chi
cago.
Men and women fought each other
to get down the narrow stairways
into the street. They clambered over
one another and crushed those be-
meath them-crushed many more chill
dren than grownups, all because the
little chaps had no chance. They
could not go fast enough. They we're
borne down, suffocated, trampled to
death. And over their bodies and the
bodies of their parents, heaped and
choking the exit space. swarmed hun
dreds of others, crawling, clawing,
fighting their way, climbing over the
dead, and so escaped.
Nobody can say exactly who the
man was who gave the false alarm.
The outside door was opened by
passerby, but the children and women
were so solidly packed at the bottom
of the stairs and half way to the top
of the single fight that they could
not be pulled out. In the meantime
others within the building poured out
over the bodies of the crushed and
lifeless at the bottom Of the stairs,
using them as roadway to escape
from the building. So solidly were
the bodies at the bottom of the stairs
packed that it was necessary for fire.
men and deputy aheriffs to go into
the seond-story windows with ladders
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
LOCAL BREVITIES

Mr. and Mrs. August Spieler, East
Wayne Street, are the happy parents ol
a baby girl born Wednesday.
Floyd Rhoades, who last week sold
his laundry to Dan McKirnan, has pur-
chased a laundry at Monticello, Ind
and will move there within the next
couple of weeks.
Superintendent Andy Schunck of the
County Infrmary had the end of the sec
ond finger of his right hand taken of
just back of the nail, when he got it
caught in a sausage grinder last week.
The fire department was called to the
Charles Fanger home, West Warren
street, Tuesday morning, when the wires
OF combination gas and electric fixture
became short circuited, causing what was
at first thought to be a fire.
County Auditor Steinbrunner left Wed
nesday for Dry Ridge, KY, where he
will spend several weeks in a sanitarium.
Mr.. Steinbrunner has been suffering the
past month with a severe attack of rheu-
matisui, which has settled in his hips,
crippling him up so that he can hardly
get about.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
PARCEL POST
CHANGES

The State Commerce Commis.
sion on December approved the propos.
ais OF Postmaster General Burleson for
changes in the parcel post. Consequent.
ly on January l, 1914, the changes will
go into effect, These increase the limit
for packages in the first and second zone
from twenty to fifty pounds, admit books
to the parcel post and make changes be-
yond the second zone. These are as
follows
To reduce the rates for the third zone
from cents for the first pound and S
cents for each additional pound to cents
for the first pound and cents for each
additional pound
To reduce the rates for the fourth zone
from eight cents for the first pound and
8 cents for each additional pound to 7
cents for the first pound and 4 cents for
each additional pound
To reduce the rates for the fifth zone
from 9 cents for the first pound and 7
cents for each additional pound to 8 cents
for the first pound and cents for each
additional pound.
To reduce the rates for the sixth zone
from 10 cents for the first pound and 9
cents for each additional pound to 9 cents
for the first pound and cents for each
additional pound.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
CHRISTMAS
EVE TRAGEDY
Results from Demons Cry of Fire. and the LUes of Little
Children Are Crushed Out in Mad Scramble.

| and to come down the stairs and pull
the children back off the pile at the
bottom.
The first on the scene to help were
members OF the Citizens Alliance
Many of the bodies we're snatched
away by grief-maddened parents, as
the lfeless little forms were being
laid along the walks, and we're taken
to their homes, so the full number
likely can not be accounted for for
some time. Seventy-six bodies were
taken to the temporary morgue estab.
lished in the Red Jacket town hall,
where identifications are being made
as rapidly as possible.
Clamoring about the building was
a mob of several thousand strikers
and others, including hundreds of
women. Many sobbing children were
in the crowd looking for their par
ents.
The latest figures from the tempo
rary morgues give the following as
among the dead Five men, 1S wom-
en-, 21 boys, 81 girls.
The children range in age from 9
OF 3 years to 20. Nearly all were
with mothers or fathers in the build
ing, but the older persons lost their
heads as quickly as did the little
ones.
Investigation by. Chief Of the Fire
Department Trudell shows that there
was no vestige of fire in the building.
There was not even a candle lighted
on any of the three Christmas trees
for the strikers; women could not af-
ford to buy candles. Very few Of the
injured were taken to the Calumet
and Hecla and Tamarack mining COM
panies' hospitals. Only two are so
badly injured that they are expected
to die. These are kept in the wards,
the remainder being sent to their
homes. A number of The strikers are
making the statement that the cry of
fire" was given by someone not in
sympathy with the strike
The populace is seeking the man
who cried fire" If caught he stands
in danger of being lynched.
The mining companies, against
which the Western Federation of
Miners has been waging a strike for
five months, are extending every as
sistance to the bereaved and helping
to identify the dead. A subscription
is now being raised for the families.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
CAN YOU FIGURE
THIS QUIT

Last year did not want to embarass
my best girl to make her propose to me
so asked her to be my wife, and she
said: 81 would rather be excused" and
l, like an idiot excused her But got
even with the girl. 1 married her moth
er. Then my father married the girl.
Now, don't know who l am, says a
writer in the National Monthly.
When l married the girls mother, the
girl became my daughter and when my
father married my daughter he is my son
When my father married my daughter
she was my mother, If my father is
my son and my daughter is my mother
who in thunder am II My mother S
mother (Which is my wife) must be my
grandmother, and being my grand
mothers husband, am my own grand
father
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
NEW CURRENCY
MEASURE A LAW
President Says II Will Help Ira de
and Terms IL the COnstitu-
tIOn of Peace.

Used -Four Pen's In the Ceremony,
Which Was Witnessed by a Crowd
That Thronsed the Executive Of
flees-Members Of Cabinet and Of
Congress and Other Notables Hear
the Presidents Remarks.
Washington, Dec 24.-After several
months of labor on the part Of the
Democratic congress and the presi-
dent, the banking and currency bill
became a law. President Wilson
signed the measure at 6:01 last night.
The new currency system will be
installed as soon as practicable, work
to that end already having been be-
gun by the secretary of the treasury.
It is the opinion Of the Democratic
leaders that the new law will have a
steadying effect on business
President Wilson signed the bank
ing bill in the presence Of a crowd
that thronged the executive Offices.
Mr.. Wilson was in a happy frame Of
mind. The occasion marked a decid-
ed victory for the president, who had
worked hard for seven months to put
the bill through the two houses Of
congress. 1t also signalized the full.
81 = eRt Of the second chief pledge of
the Democratic platform upon which
Mr.. Wilson ran as a candidate for the
presidency.
The conference report on the bank.
ing bill was agreed to by the house
Monday night, was passed by the SEN
ate late Tuesday afternoon, and the
embossed copy OF it bearing the sig
natures of Vice President Marshall
and Speaker Clark was hurried to the
White House.
In a brief speech that he made af,
ter attaching his signature to the bill,
President Wilson proclaimed the law
as a Constitution Of peace" for the
business interests of the United
States. He expressed pleasure in
completing a work which l think
will be Of lasting benefit to the busi-
ness Of the country" Mr.. Wilson said
he had been surprised at the Sudden
acceptance" of the measure by public
CONTINUED on page 81
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
MAIL ORDER TEN
COMMANDMENTS

The following ten commandments are
offered for the guidance of catalog house
patrons:
1. You shall sell your farm products
for cash whenever you can, but not to US.
We do not buy from you.
2. You shall believe our statements
and buy all you need from us, because
we want to be good TO you. although
we are not personally acquainted with
you.
3. You shall send the money in adj
vance to give us a chance to get the
goods from the factory with your money:
meanwhile you will have to wait patient
ly few weeks, as that is our business
method.
a. You shall apply to your nearest city
to aid you in building good roads so you
can conveniently get the goods from the
depot, for we do not build country roads.
5. You shall buy church bells and
church fixtures from us and send the
money in advance, for this is our bust
ness method, and you shall collect from
the business men in your vicinity as
much money as you can for the bene-
fit of your churches as it is against our
rules to donate for building country
churches.
6. You shall buy your tools from us
and be your own mechanic in order to
drive the mechanics from your vicinity,
for we wish it so.
7. You shall induce your neighbor
to buy everything from us, as we have
room for more money-the less money
in your community, the sooner we can
put your local merchants out of business
and charge you any price we please.
s. You shall look often at the beauti
full pictures in our catalog, so your wish
es will increase, and so you will send in
a gig order, although you are not immed-
late need of the goods, otherwise you
might have some money left to buy some
necessary goods from your local mer-
chants.
g. You SHALL have merchants who re-
pair the goods you buy from us, book the
bills so you can send the money for his
labor to us for new goods, otherwise he
will notice our influence.
10. You shall, in case of sickness or
need, apply to your local dealer for aid
and credit, as we do not know you or
care to.-Inland Grocer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
KIND OF GIRL WOMEN
ARE MADE OUT OF

Miss Nell R. Lee Murphy, of Richmond
Va, pronounced the wittiest girl in the
South by Gen. Bennett II. Young, oi
Louisville, KY, former commander o.
the Grand Camp, United Confederate
Veterans, has been awarded first prize in
a newspaper contest for the best answer
to the question: Should women pro.
pose?" Her answer is as follows:
Let man propose forever; cheap
gifts are lightly treasured. Man
most admires in woman modesty.
Without respect love dies. From
the growler to love, man is constitut-
ed to chase. If the bride must be
given away, let father do it. In old
Virginia, at least, God forbid the
bride unsought will give herself
away, for de fruit dat draps afore tbs
took is apt to be too mellow.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-12-26
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT TOO
MUCH FOR INSTITUTE

The attendance at the Mercer County
teachers bi-monthly meeting, held at the
High School building Saturday, was
small, probably due to the fact that many
of the teachers have gone to their homes
for the Christmas holidays. The High
School orchestra furnished music at both
sessions. Prof. c. L. Martzoff, of the
Ohio University at Athens, gave an ex-
cellent address at the morning session
on the Passing of the Republican. y
Miss Florence McNiel, Cleveland, who
has had a wide experience with deficient
children, gave learned address on
Reading, " which was continued at the
afternoon meeting
Prof. Martzoff' subject in the afternoon
was the Trial and Conviction of John
Brown -