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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
Constitutional Amendments

exempt from taxation municipal,
county, township and school
bonds so that they might find a
market at home. Such bonds
were for long time free from
taxation, but by an amendment
adopted last year were made tax
able with the result that there
has been difficulty in selling I'M,
provement bonds unless they
bear very high rate of inter
est. 1t was the high rate of in
terest of public bond issues that
halted the work on the proposed
sewerage system for Celina, so
much desired by our people.
The people by an overwhelming
vote sanctioned the issue of
bonds for that purpose, but
the village council would not
stand for high interest rate de-
manded, and put off their sale
in hopes the people would vote
to make them non -taxible.
The fifth amendment proposes
to reduce the size of the legisla-
ture making the number of rep
resentatives 80 and the number
of senators %. The number of
people representative or sena-
tor would represent would vary
with the population. This looks
innocent, but the effect would be
to make the cities dominant in
the Legislature. She smaller
counties would have to be group.
ed to get even one representative
while the counties in which the
large cities are located would
each have several. The present
plan of giving to each county
one representative and as many
more as the population justifies
is considered to be much more
and safe. The cities
have enough to rule themselves,
under the home rule clause of
the constitution, without now
undertaking more. It's fathered
solely by the Liquor Interests.
KILL 1T WITH YOUR VOTE.
The voters of Celina and Mer-
Ger County should carefully read
the full text of these amend
ments, which will be found in
all of the issues of The Demo
crat of the past few weeks, and
prepare themselves to vote in
diligently upon each PROPOSE
tion. Make your vote register
your unbiased opinion, and then
you will have done your duty as
a citizen.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
LOYAL DEMS PICK
MAN To SCALP
Mr.. JAY HENRY

| Faulkner, in The Cincinnati Enquirer !
After all the appointment of Charles
Marshall, of Sidney, as a member of the
State Public Utilities Commission, has
not cut down all the briars in the garden
of Hon. J. Henry Cooke, member of
Congress for the Fourth Congressional
District, who aspires to a third term.
The Darke County Wilson and Mar
shall Club whose habitat is in Greenville,
has run up to the top of the staff on the
Winner Block the flag of Edward Will
Jams, friend of the people and formerly
Clerk of Courts, who carried that baili-
wick by the stupendous majority of
l, ,985. There were wire nails in the flag
and it will never be lowered with mere
halliards. The club speaking through
D. c. Wilson, is unanimously against
third termism, because.it hates to think
that the large, fertile and salubrious
Fourth District could not produce more
than one candidate for Congress. This
would imply a sorry lack of the material
of which statesmen are made. There
fore, Williams is to run, and when notni-
mated and elected, he will have in his
heart the interest of his home people
first, last and all the time, &c.
&c AS we pass along the front of the
cages let it be understood that Hon
Adoniram Hezekiah Meeker, Postmaster
in and for Greenville has not signed the
manifesto He's one man in Greenville
that's for Cooke. Civil Service or no
Civil Service 1t will be remembered
that Adoniram landed in the Job only
after Cooke had fought 20 bloody rounds
with Harvey c. CARRIER in the Postmas-
ter-General's Office. 1t was predicted at
that time that there would be a lot of
black smoke in Darke County around
primary times and it now seems that the
smudge pile has been lighted. No
doubt there will be other candidates
thrusting their heads up out of the saw
dust heaps in the other counties of the
district and the people will hear loads of
stuff about the inivuities of keeping a
man too long in Congress.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31

Isaac Stephenson, Jr., nephew OF
Senator Isaac Stephenson, was found
dead. in his berth on a train on it's
arrival at Milwaukee.
Mrs. Sarah Sloan shot and killed
her divorced husband near Mateawan
Ky. Mrs. Sloan, it is said, was the
seventh wife of Sloan. Selfdefense is
the woman's plea.
Four children of Isaac Nuckols,
from to 7 years old, are at the point
of death at Russellville, KY, from eat.
ing candy poisoned with paris green
Miss Mary Harding, sister of former
Lieutenant Governor Warren G.. Har-
ding and teacher for IA years in the
state school for the blind, died sud
denly at her home in Columbus.
Following the refusal of offers to
grant them an increase of from 72
cents to 81 per press in turning out
clay, over 200 claymakers of East
Liverpool, O., and vicinity, went on
strike.
John c. Schildknecht, %, cashier,
who it is charged embezzled $4,000
from the Washburn-Crosby company
while drawing a salary of 500 a week,
was arrested in a Brooklyn rooming
house.
Marblehead, o., near Sandusky, has
been converted into a detention hos
pital for diphtheria patients, the dis.
ease haRing become epidemic in that
village.
One hui d miners employed by
the Rockr It Coal company, Rock.
port, KY, went on strike following the
discharge of 16 miners for participat.
ing in a union rally
First plates of the keel of the su.
perdreadnought Pennsylvania, which
will be the largest and most powerful
fighting machine in the world, were
laid at Newport News, Va.
Representative Church of California
introduced bill in congress amend.
ing the immigration laws so as to ex.
clude Hindu immigrants from this
country.
In a duel over a woman at South
Quicksand Creek, Broathitt county,
Kentucky, Clell Miller and Woodson
Allen shot and killed each other. Each
fred a bullet through the others
heart
The Panama. canal was condemned
as second or third class piece of
work" by Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the
famous French engineer, who has just
returned from an inspection of the
work
Forty-two lives we're taken by mo.
torcars in Detroit this year up TO the
first of October.
Carrying $4,000 tons of coal for
Cincinnati, Louisville, New Orleans
and foreign ports, IL towboats left
pittsburg.
Practically the whole town of Kent.
o., attended a public reception in
honor of George w. Austin, who cele.
brated his 105th birthday anniversary.
Militant suffragets in England
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31

SUCCESSFUL MEET

The first meeting of the Mercer Coun-
ty Christian Endeavorers, which was or
ganized last May at Rockford, was held
at the Presbyterian church in this city
last Tuesda, and was we'll attended.
The meeting was presided over by the
President, Rev. Mytton, of this city.
Associate State Secretary Stanley Van
dersall, of Columbus; Rev. Bauders, of
Mendon; Rev Wenger, of Montezuma;
Miss Margaret Dellinger, of Rockford,
and Arch Cordier of this CITY, we're the
speakers, the latter giving an excellent
account of the international convention
of Endeavorers, recently held at Los An
geles, Calf, to which he was delegate.
The nominating committee - Grant
Coates and Mrs James Coppersmith, of
Rockford; Olive Protsman, of Mendon,
and Miss Leona Dickman, of this city
gave their report as follows:
President-Rev L. " c. Mytton, Of
Celina.
Vice President-Rev. S. +. Bauders, of
Mendon.
Secretary-Miss Almira Clay, of Rock
ford.
Treasurer Coates, Rockford.
IruSteeS-ArCn -. NOIuleI, OF SSllnd,
August Hansel, Mrs. Robert Lee and
Miss Bessie Harb, OF Rockford, and DR..
Ferner, of Ft. Recovery.
Junior Superintendent - Miss Helen
Bastian, of Rockford.
Missionary Superintendent-Mrs. Jas.
Coppersmith, of Rockford. .
Purity Superintendent - Miss Olive
Protsman, of Mendon.
Quiet Hour Superintendent-Miss
Viola Musgrave, of Mendon,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
POWERS WANT
INTERVENTION
Claim ITS the Only Solution of
the Mexican PrOblem-Dis-
pleased with Conditions.

President Wilson's New Plan For Re.
storing Peace In the Southern Re.
public About To Be Presented to
the cabinet-Suggests Means For
Establishing Constitutional Govern.
ment In Mexico.
Washington, Oct. 3O.--A new plan
for restoring peace and establishing
constitutional government in Mexico
will be submitted to the cabinet by
President Wilson tomorrow and made
public within few days. As to what
is contemplated, officials are reticent.
AS. the United Str IS asked not only
the European governments, but those
Of Latin America and the orient, to
withhold the formulation of their pol.
icy toward Mexico until the Washing.
ton government can make known its
plans for dealing with the situation,
the solution upon which the president
and Secretary Bryan are working is
believed to be more tangible than any
of the suggestions heretofore made
for the pacification of the southern
republic.
The administration has been in.
formed that the diplomatic corps in
Mexico City is unanimous in the opin.
ion that only intervention by the
United States can save Mexico, and
that such drastic action is inevitable.
Europeans express dissatisfaction
with conditions and the attitude of
the United States.
The presidents note to the powers
announcing his new policy in Mexico
probably will be delayed until Huerta
has declared the result of the cleo
tions. It was admitted that the three
powers responding to the request of
the United States to withhold action
until the presidents policy is an
nounced have given no indication Of
their intention to join the United
States in antagonism to Huerta or in
reputation of the election results.
The substitution of General Blan.
quet, Huerta's right-hand man, for the
latter in the presidents chair loomed
up as considerably more than a prob
ability. Inasmuch as the administra-
tion has strong feelings of repug.
nance for Banquet, this outcome will
not be regarded as agreeable by the
in Washington.
That President Wilson in his new
statement of policy will not ac-
cede to the wishes Of the govern
ments desiring the United States 70
intervene, is the conviction in Wash
Ington. In the light of his recent
speeches 1t is not seen how the presi-
dent could advocate Intervention at
this juncture. 1t is expected that he
will vigorously reassert the deter
mination Of the United States to
dominate in Mexico and warn the
powers that this government is in
principle and practice pledged to the
Of the republics Of this
hemisphere without interference from
europe.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31

On next Tuesday the people OF
Ohio will not only vote upon
municipal'a and township offices
but they will also be asked to
vote upon five amendments to
the constitution of the state.
The full text of four of these
amendments will be found in any
of the five previous issues of
The Democrat. The fifth amend
ment, launched by the Liquor
Interests, called Small Legis
ture," has been a sort of sneak
affair and was not authorized to
be printed as was the other
four proposed amendments.
AS will be seen by reading the
amendments two of them are in
tended to shorten the ballot.
The first has reference to the
state ticket and would make the
governor and lieutenant-gover-
nor only elective, the governor
being given power to appoint
the secretary of state, auditor,
treasurer and attorney general.
The amendment does not ap-
peal strongly to the average
voter, as it has the appearance
of centralizing power too much
hands of a few people. The
other short ballot amendment
would empower the legislature
to enact laws providing for a
form of government for counties
and townships therein. Under
it, the Legislature would have
the power to simplify the gov
ernment of the subdivisions
named.
The third amendment propos-
es to make women eligible to ap-
pointment as members of boards
of, or to positions in institutions
or departments which have to
do with the care of women or
children, or both 1t aims to
provide for a service, the value
of which has long been recog-
nized and which by a subterfuge
has been employed with popular
The amendment was
beaten last year, and the effort
now is to correct that blunder
so that women can be appointed
to such places, for instance, as
superintendent of the Girls In
school and the prison
for women now being construct
ed.
The fourth amendment would
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
OhiO's Highest Court Not Fooled
by Its EIeVenth-HOur At
tempt TO Prove Case.

Secretary Of State Held Not to Have
Abused His Discretion In Rejecting
Petitions For Referendum On the
Warnss and Fitzpatrick Aets-Lesls.
lature May Provide Machinery For
Operation Of Referendum.
Columbus, o., Oct. 9O.-By decision
Of the Ohio supreme court, the people
will not be permitted to vote on the
Warnes and Fitzpatrick taxation laws
next Tuesday, At the same time the
decision made way for the legislature
to provide machinery for the opera
tion of the referendum. In ruling
that the two taxation laws can not be
voted upon by the people and that
Secretary of State Charles H. Graves
did not abuse his discretion or au-
thority in rejecting the petitions on
these laws, the court held that the
authority he exercised is inherent in
his office and was not derived from
the referendum section of the consti-
tuition. 1t follows that the constitu.
tion has not given this officer special
power and therefore has left the leg.
islature free to provide procedure for
determining the validity of petitions.
In the lack of any prescribed proceed
ure, Secretary Graves merely exer-
cised inherent power to prevent a
fraud. The court by entertaining an
appeal from his decision held that his
decisions are appealable and that the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
THERE'S A BIG HOLE IN THE
GROUND NORTH OF
SPENCERVILLE

Homes in this city were badly shakSn
absut s o. clock last Friday night, when
a nitroglycerin magazine of the Hercules
Torpedo Co., located three miles north
of Spencerville, exploded. The shock,
which caused the earth to vibrate here,
and houses to shake, done considerable
damage to windows at Spencerville and
surrounding territory. The explosion
is supposed to have been caused by an
over heated gas stove. No one was near
the scene at the time of the explosion
and luckily no deaths occurred. A large
Jagged hole was left i'll the ground
where the steel magazine formerly stood,
and trees in the neighborhood were
striped of their bark and leaves blown
into nothing more than powder.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
SIX SPECIALTRAINS TO HAUL
THE BUCKEYE PARTY

Those in charge of the Buckeye Boys
Corn Special Tour to the National Capt.
tol, December to 7, estimate that there
will be /, 500 juniors and 500 seniors in
the party. Arrangements have been
made for six special trains to transport
the party The extending the tour to
include Philadelphia, the third city in
size, and the very cradel of American
Liberty, and still keeping the cost of the
trip within last years limits, $50 for
seniors and $50 for juniors, is meeting
with popular approval
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
OFF for Canadian WiIds

The following hunters from here left
last Saturday noon, over the Cincinnati
Northern, for Megantic, hamlet in the
wilds of Canada, where they will spend
a month in search of big game: Albert
and John Raudabaugh, S. X. and Fran
els Copeland John Lincoln, John Still
barger, Jason Frysinger, VIM. Howick,
Thomas Scott, George Garman, James
Monroe and Morgan Harrod. The
Mercer County sportsmen were joined
here by seven from Germantown, eight
from Van Vert and nine from Portland.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
HUNGARIAN HAS CHANCE
FOR HIS LIFE

Carl Smith, the Hungarian, shot dur
ing drunken row near Burkettsville a
week ago last Saturday, and afterwards
taken to the Infrmaryfor care and treat
ment, may recover Wednesday Drs.
Richardson and Ayers removed the
gangrenous affections that caused so
much concern, and the physicians now
think he has q good chance to pull
through. His assailant is still at large.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
IN JAIL ON SERIOUS
CHARGE

VIM. Suddith was arrested by Marshal
Pumphrey in this city last Friday night
on an affidavit charging him with trying
to entice Ora Baker Arnett, aged II
years, away from her father, for immor-
al purposes. The affidavit was filed by
the girls father, Geo. w. Baker.
Suddith waived examination at hear
ing before Squire Myers last Monday
afternoon and was bound over to the
grand jury under bond of $500. Unable
to secure bondsmen he was sent to Jail.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
THE GRIM REAPER

Mrs, Chas. Smith, aged So years, died
at her home on East Fulton street at
about $50 O'Clock last evening. Death
was due to dropsical troubles.
She was daughter of VIM. Hair, of
Hopewell township, and was born in
Richland County, this state She leaves
a husband and several children.
Funeral services will be held to-mor-
row or Sunday, with interment at the
Swamp College Cemetery.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
CHINESE WOMEN
PROVERBS
"China Revolutionized. -

China Revolutionized. "
You cannot tell good husband that
his wife has a defect.
Ugly and beautiful daughters all have
one face to a true mother.
Mothers love is even in beasts, for the
hungriest tiger will not eat its whelps
Deeds are better than admiration.
A virtuous wife is like a loyal states
man; she knows but one king, her hus-
band.
Mother and father first and wealth
after.
She is dead indeed who walks around
with dead heart.
If you listen to every ones advice the
picture will never be straight on the wall
Let thine purse and not thine eye tell
thee what to buy.
You cannot expect the looking glass to
reveal more than you put in it,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
Mind Unbalanced

James Presho, living just west of
Rockford, was adjudged insane by Drs.
Brumm, of this city, and Downing, of
of Rockford, at lunacy hearing before
Judge Raudabaugh last Friday morning
and taken to Toledo by Deputy Sheriff
Betz. About seven years ago Mr.. Presho
received an injury on his head, which is
believed to be the cause of his mind
wandering.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
CLUB AND SOCIAL
GOSSIP

The ladies' aid society of the Presby-
terian church will hold a rummage sale
the second week in November on South
Main street.
The ladies' aid society of the Bethany
Evangelical Church will give chicken
pot-pie dinner in the Hellwarth build
ing, corner Main and Fayette streets,
next Tuesday, election day.
Mesdames Geo. w. and John M. Win
ter will entertain the ladies aid society of
the Presbyterian Church, at the former S
home, South Main street, this afternoon.
Mrs. Geo. H. Heffner was hostess to
the G. and l. euchre club last Tuesday
evening. Honors fell to Mesdames Joe
Schmitt and P. H. Schunck.
The ladies aid society of the M. E.
Church will be entertained at the church
parlors this afternoon by Mesdames S.
A. Nickerson, d. H. Richardson and
Minnie Brett.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
Fell on Pltchfork

John Karch, the fourteen year old son
of Manager John w. Karch, of the Bea
yer Stone Quarry, suffered painful in
jury last Saturday afternoon, when he
accidently fell from a hay NOV to the
floor below striking pitch fork the
prongs of which penetrated his back,
causing an ugly wound Dr. Hattery
was called and rendered the necessary
medical aid.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31

Mrs. Emily Ellis, aged "a years, one
of the oldest residents of Montezuma,
died early last Monday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Moore, in that village. She had been in
failing health, due to the in6rmities Of
old age, for the past six months. She is
survived by two daughters Mrs Moore
and Mrs. VIM. Gehrone.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31

James Nichols, aged 81 years, a freight
conductor on the l.. +. & W, died from
injuries sustained last Sunday night,
when the caboose in which he was riding
left the track and turned over, just as
his train was pulling into Muncie. The
remains were taken through here to his
former home at Lima Monday. A wife
and two children survive.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
WILL MEET At THE
HUB NEXT TIME:

Members of the Celina Masonic Lodge
and other county Masons journeyed to
Rockford last Tuesday evening to attend
the county convention of the order. The
visitors were royalty entertained by their
Rockford brethren with delicious sup
per and an excellent program. Next
years meeting will be held in this city,
early in October
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
ERASTUS LADIES TO GIVE
MASQUERADE SOCIAL

The ladies of the Trinity M. f. Church
at Erastus will give masquerade social
at the town hall on Halloween, Oct. 81.
Admission IS cents. All ticket holders
will be entitled to a lunch. Everybody
cordially invited to mask and attend.
Please remember the date.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31

The remains of John D. Burger, aged
IS years, who died at his home at St.
Marys Wednesday morning, were taken
through here Wednesday afternoon, en-
route to his former home at New Weston,
where burial takes place to-day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31

At a meeting of the County Board of
Visitors, held at the office of DR.. Hat
terry in this city, last Tuesday Mesdames
R. E. Riley and c. A. McKim, of this
city, were chosen as delegates, and d. H.
Robinson, of Rockford, and c. D. HER
holzer, of this city as alternates to
State Conference of Charities and Cor
rections, to be held at Akron, Novem-
Der II and II.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
CUPID s VICTIMS

Joseph Forsthoff and Miss Cynthia
Heyne, we'll known young people this
city, were united in marriage at the
Catholic church last Wednesday morn
ing, Rev. George Hindelang reading the
nuptial mass. The young couple were
attended by Otto Pulskamp and Miss
Adeline Heyne, a sister of the bride.
Following the ceremony the wedding
party repaired to the home of the brides
parents where a sumptuous wedding
breakfast was served.
The groom is son of Henry Forsthof
and a we'll known young brick mason.
The bride is the accomplished second
daughter of Peter Heyne living just
west of town Mr. and Mrs Forsthoff
left Wednesday afternoon for short
visit with relatives at Saginaw, Mich
Upon their return they'll be at home"
to their many friends in pretty new
house the groom has just completed on
North Mill street
Herman Morris, of St. Marys, and
Miss Bessie GOODNIGHT, of this city, were
united in marriage by Rev. Mytton at
the Presbyterian manse, last Tuesday
afternoon. The young people will re-
side at st. Marys.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
Arm Broken by FAN

Albert Pax, young son of Jos. Pax,
living just southwest of town, fell from
a swinging bar while playing at the pa
rochial school last Wednesday noon and
broke his right arm at the elbow. DR..
Hattery reduced the fracture.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31
Clerk Presents Sidewalk Bids

Bids received on sidewalks in East
End offered for sale by Clerk Carlin last
Friday, were presented to Council The
work of building the Hellwarth and
Vining & Younger walks was awarded
to w. M. Pifer at his bid of is cents per
square foot, and the work of relaying
the Andrews walk to grade was awarded
to Mr.. Pifer at his bid of 8 cents a square
foot
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31

Fletcher Pickens, fireman on the C.
H. & d, suffered severe sprain of his
right ankle last Friday morning and will
be laid up for several weeks.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-10-31

Henry Houts, aged "a years, we'll
known resident of North Sugar street, is
in precarious condition as the result of
a stroke of paralysis, which he sustained
early last Wednesday morning.