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min, foreman in rubber plant at
Akron. II developed that he was the
mysterious third man who accompa-
MED Meekison and Cargould to the
offices of the Equity association on
The night of Aug. 2. Cronin denied
all knowledge of burglary.
In refusing to free c. G. Meekison,
auditor of Henry county, and Car
gould, Judge Leighley ruled that, in
his opinion, referendum petitions
are not property, but that, inasmuch
as the ones in question had not been
filed, they were not technically peti.
tions and therefore should be regard
ed as property and an attempted
theft of them could be prosecuted.
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WAS NOT
STABBED

New York. Oct 4.-The case against
young Herman Oelrichs, in which he
was accused Of feloniously stabbing
Miss Lucille Singleton as the culmina-
ton of an automobile ride about town.
blew up. Miss Singleton made a
statement to Assistant District Attor'
ney James O'Malley that Oelrichs had
been with her in the auto last Tuesday
night when she was injured, but that
he had not stabbed her; in fact, she
had not been stabbed at all.
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DYNAM|TED

Marion, o.. Oct. 4. - Mystery sur
rounds the dynamiting Of the little
home of Nunzio Merio. 45, successful
Italian merchant. The explosion
wrecked his home, threw Merio, his
wife and two children out of bed, COW
ering them with debris, but miracu-
lously did not injure them or the three
other occupants of the house. The
police suspect Black Hand agents
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-10-07
HIS Wife
WON'T TALK

Dayton, o., oct. 4.-Claiming that
his wife had refused to converse with
him for FIVE years past, although the
two occupy the same home, jacob
Hutzel asked for a divorce. They sit
at different tables during the meal
hour.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-10-07
BOY STAbS
GIRL IN BACK

Salem, o., Oct. 4.-Gertrude Vanski-
yer, II, was stabbed in the back with
a pocketknife by Dayton Howell, 12,
as they were marching out from
school at Columbiana. The little girl
sustained a deep wound and is in a
serious condition.
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AUTO Thieves
ARRESTED

Cleveland, o., Oct. 4. - Two mem
who said they are Richard James, %,
and William Kitchens, 20, both of
Akron. we're arrested here charged
with attempting to steal an automo
bile belonging to John r. Eitz's gar
age. They were held to the grand
jury. The police are looking for two
girls said to have been with the men.
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A cosmio Reflection.

Here" said the man Of penslve mien,
'ls something that ! dashed of in an
idle hour"
"Well," said the man beside the
waste basket, that's no reason for
printing it. There is no use of idly
consuming both time and space
Washington Star.
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Alaska, to take effect Immediately. 1t
was said at the department of justice
that this action had been taken for
the good of the service" and no de.
tails as to Mr.. McReynolds' dissatis-
faction with Judge Murane could be
secured.
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SMALLER POSTMASTERS
GO under CIVIL SERVICE

OF these Offices can be effected simply
through an executive order by the
president. Mr. Burleson's legal ad-
visers are inclined to the opinion that
action by congress will be necessary
to accomplish the reform. Nearly
5000 postmasterships, carrying sal
aries aggregating s13,0O0,00O, will be
placed under the operation Of the
merit system.
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ALASKAN JUDGE LET OUT

Attorney General Asks For and
Receives Resignation.
Washington, Oct. 4.-Attorney Gen.
eral McReynolds has demanded and
received the resignation of United
States District Judge c. D. Mnrane Of
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Washers
PUT AWAY

Dayton, o., Oct. "A campaign
sgainst street mashers in Dayton is
bringing a harvest. Ten young men
arrested for interference with women
on the streets were sentenced to
term in the workhouse.
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Washington, Oct. 4. Postmaster
Genel al Burleson has decided to ia
vor the covering under the civil ser
vice of all second and third-class post
masters. He is assured of the sup
port of President Wilson for this pol
icy. The question that is engaging
the attention of the postmaster gem
eral now is whether the classification
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-10-07
Evldenes Of Enpsrtnsss.

Does that young man understand
znnsicf'
II think he must" replied the man
who always gives the benefit. when
ever he plays he sounds exactly like o
uDsane taner"-W Washington Star.
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VERDI FETEs
NEARING A CLOSE

NEARING A CLOSE
Milan, Oct. 4-The fetes celebrat-
ing the centenary of the birth of the
great Italian composer Giuseppe Yer
di, which began September 2, are
now drawing to brilliant climax To-
day a mammoth concert of the Choir
al societies of Italy was given here.
The celebration will eliminate one
week hence in great pilgrimage to
the tomb of Verdi,
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Banker Dead.

Dayton, o., Oct. Matthew Carr,
SO, manager Of the Ohio Paper COM
pany and bank director at Miamis-
burg, is dead. While making a social
call with his wife he was stricken
with paralysis.
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Real Thing In Settlement.
"What did the old man settle on the
young couple when his daughter mar
riedY'
Himself" f."-Baltimore American.
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sHERIFF's SALE

Flora May Vernon
VS..
Neeker u Wolfe, John II. Wolfe and
Julia Mckee.
Knox Common Pleas.
BY virtue of an order of sale in parti-
tion issued out Of the Court of Common
directed, l will offer for sale upon the
premises herein described, on
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The aloha of life for Wing Yum Lung
has gone. His smile and affable
tongue have left him. He feels he Is
IN an epidemic of trouble The march
of time has been with such a bitter
step. Now the long opium pipe, which
his great-grandfather gave him, lies on
the shelf and is dusty from disuse.
The opium dens where he once
smoked and dreamed great dreams
are closed, and the price of the dope
has dropped to $40 tin.
Life is not what it used to be for
Wing Yum Lung. Poppy-thoughts have
not been his for many days. His only
solace is to dream tnat he is dreaming.
sn opium pipe to his lips and the tiny
Pickering dope lamp" by hiss side.
Nineteen thirteen has been very un
lucky year for him.
He has listened with sad heart
to the police boast that there is not
an opium den in the city. Poor Wing
Yum Lung could once smoke at a hun
bred places here for p cents . pill.
That was before the law was passed,
before unlucky thirteen crossed him
with a mereiless punch. Since then
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such ever existed save in the imagin-
alton of some people inclined to SEN
sationalism Had there been any
thing like "a sign, Flagstaff or other
mark set UP Ey a landing party this
would have teen found by us. - +
"The finest 1sn that ever tempted
a palate are 10 be found in album
dance of the shores of Palmyra.
From the Concord We dropped lines
and the fish we're brought TO the scr
face in varieties to satisfy the most
fastidipus.' .....:. . ...........
Another story of deep interest in
connection WITH Palmyra is that of
the wreck of the Henry James in
the early nineties The story, which
is built around a punchbowl, was or
iginally printed as follows: " IT,.
The Henry James Wreck ~s... .....:. :.
Highly priced by Captain II. NJ
Hayward, Nmmodore of the Oceanic
Steamship Company fleet, is a beau
tiful silver punch bowl, which was
presented to him twenty years ago
by the British Board of Trade for his
service in rescuing the crew of the
British bark Henry James from the
lonely atoll of Palmyra reef in the
South Pacific. ..... =.
The story of the Henry James is
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SUICIDE ESSAYED IN
PACKED COURTROOM
tRy Latest MALL

SAN FRANClSCo-volney Gilbert
morphine fend, who was found
guilty by Police Judge Sullivan OF VIC
lating the state poison law, caused a
sensation in the crowded courtroom
by cutting his wrist with his pocket
knife In an endeavor to commit sui
eide, as he told the police. He was
hurried to the Central Emergency Hos
pitaI, where it was found that his
wound was but superficial.
Gilbert told the Judge the other day
that he uses an enormous amount OF
the drug and that he has squandered
S10o, 900 on 1t during the last two
years. He has a wife and two small
children. who will soon be reduced to
want. it is said.
After A. McNulty. the father-in-law
Of the defendant, had made plea for
him, Judge Sullivan announced that
he would continue the case a day for
sentence, and ordered Gilbert into the
dock. Soon afterward prisoner told
Bailiff John Carbon that there was
something wrong with Gilbert CarlCn
looked in and saw thar Gilbert was
cutting at his wrist with his knife.
Carbon reached through and grabbed
the knife. Bailiff Mahoney then went
inside and disarmed Gilbert
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an interesting one. In command of
Captain baltimore, she was bound
from Newcastle to San Francisco,
with cargo of coal. Included among
the twenty-six souls on board were
two women and several children. The
coral reefs of the South Seas are
dreaded by all mariners, as they are
hardly to be distinguished above the
surface of the ocean and oftimes with
their waving cocoanut trees may be
mistaken for a mirage 1t was the
fate of the Henry James that she
should crunch upon the Caldew reef,
forty miles away from Palmyra IS
land, where her bones still lie
when the vessel struck, those on
board managed TO get ashore in safe.
ty, but the shore was merely a rise OF
half a dozen feet above the sea level
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WING yum LUNG GRIEVES
FOR THE GOOD OLD DAYS

he has almost been afraid to touch
even the dope" That. too. Is IN
lawful: even to have 1t in ones poo
session is a mIsdemeaHor.
The law was passed at the last ses-
sion OF the legislature, being intro
'duced by Senator Chillingworth. who
fought strenuously for its passage i
was signed by the governor, which
marked the beginning OF the end q
opium inns. With the law behind
them the police got busy and now
If you wish TO see choice collection
Of opium pipes and stands you should
call at the department Headquarters
There are many of them there old
pipes made valuable by their age,
which were calmly smoked while
China went through the trayails OF
war and intrigues. in the end to be
Struggled into Honolulu At the po
lice station they are growing dusty
and unless the officers OF the law take
to the habit and make an opium inn
of the Jail, the pipes win probably fail
t.. pieces from dfsuse even while Wing
Yum lung is dreaming of better days
and the happiness that was Ia opium
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PARTY MAY SEARCH FOR TREASURE BURIED PIRATES LONG AGO

the undaunted king Of the treasure
island viii again attempt to reach
his gold and silver laden principally.
and who knows he may return with
n Lukaful OF gold and silver coins %
realms long since passed into history.
In any event his friends wish him Z
safe journey and quick return.
The trial run made by the schooner
Laka has demonstrated that the vessel
will develop a marked increase ii
speed over that displayed on a former
voyage to the south seas.
The Laka has been given a general
overhaullng. While ON the marine
railway the vessel was given clean
ing and repainting. The machinery
has received considerable alteration
and a far more powerful screw has
been installed
Now being provisloned and made
ready for sea. the trim craft u ro4.|
for the reception Of the party, who
to become the guests OF Judge Hen
f. Cooper on the trip to the PalmyI
group, in the south Pacific. and but .
short distance from Tanning island
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ClRCLING THE GLOBE
FOR THE SEVENTH TINE
INV Latest NALL

NEW Y0RK-of the many saloon
passengers on the Atlantic transpoI[
Minnehaha recently. none stepped
down the gang plank with spryer step
than did Captain ]. NJ PEBBLES q Yer
mont and California The captain +
now on his seventh lap around o..
world. He is 81 years old and n4I
taken up decentralization as i1..
He expects to resume his iourneyIn.|
as soon as he can get rested up PIX
On the voyage from London. At a..
request Of the passengers, he gave q
lecture on hygiene. He let them know
that, although he was q SURGEON q
the civil war. he did not believe n
drugs as a method Of preserving The
health or prolonging life. He expect.
to prolong his years to 100 or more o.
vegetable diet and an abstinence.
from whisky.
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ing champagne, guess the pot is still
boiling. as the fire was going when we
left; but. thank God, we don't have 10
eat its contents now
THE survivors were landed at Ho-
nolulu. where they were looked after
by the British Consul. who saw that
Captain Hayward's services were fit
tingly recognized OF the f140 col
lected. $40 was sent to London for
the five brave men who sailed out
into the ocean in search OF aid for
their comrades.
Upon his last attempt 10 reach
Palmyra and unearth the treasures
that are believed to have been buried
for almost a century Judge Cooper
met with hard luck. Winds, as is
often the case as sea, proved to be
contrary and the stout little vessel
was blown considerably off her
course, the jurist experienced voy-
age that in itself is another story,
and finally landing. almost off the
mar, far to the northwest. at Wainiea,
Kauai, whereas his course - to
Palmyra LAY southwest. However,
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son. We composed the party that
tramped through the jungle, for that
is what it really amounts to in many
places on some of the larger islets in
the group. ~
In my opinion no buildings can be
erected Oh any accessible spot on
Palmyra, owing to the fact that the
islands are very low, the highest
spot that we found being barely six
feet above high water.
No Habitation Found There. "'
No habitation graces the islands
in that group" says Low. We met
with signs that indicated at one time
the presence of several parties of
poachers, but in my opinion they
must have been natives from some
of the neighIoring islands, as they
had in some instances carved their
names on the trunks of the cocoanut
trees. There was nothing on the
island that indicated that Japanese
bird poachers had visited there, at
least for number of years. ..."'. "
''The place is simply oyerrun with
sea-birds OF almost every description.
In going about the islands We were
continually obliged to exercise care
we did not step upon them as
they sat about the ground. The
ground in places appeared to be lit
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tered with the husks Of cocoanuts,
these presumably gathered by the
visiting parties of south sea
islanders
'.The fern trees and the so-called
birds nest ferns to be found in the
larger islets were large and well de-
veloped. Many of the trees were
much finer specimens than we find
here.
Cocoanuts Galore.
In my trip through the islands /
counted three thousand bearing CO.
coanut trees. Other trees of the
same nature but not bearing num-
bered over five thousand, and under
this classification were ranged, trees
from eighteen month to four years
old | believe that the latter should
in most instances be listed as full
bearing by this time,
There is one solitary islet which
affords lodgment for but a single CO.
eoanut tree"
Mr., Low tells of a string of islands
to the south CT the group upon which
he estimated that between twenty
and thirty thousand cocoahut trees
we're growing. -
a Paradise for Birds,
Birds ind on Palmyra an undis-.
turbe1 maven of rest and refresh
ment. They literally cover the
ground and the well-knoWn "loye
bird" was found in such numbers
that the Low party were continually
employing sticks to move them out
of the way of the pedestrians. Eggs
by the thousand Uttered the sand
piles and some of the more protected
reefs.
1t is believed that some of the
southern islands art at times visit
ed by storms or hurricanes which
cause high seas to completely sweep
over them, carrying away nearly all
vegetation and bird life.
Mr.. Low offers the statement that
abundant rainfall can be relied upon
throughout Palmyra.
No monuments of any description
were discovered by our party during
the three days tramp over all the
islands. | am convinced that none
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HARD WORK TO BEAT
THE WATER MONOPOLY

NEW YORK. A daily ascent d
thirty-seyen flights OF stairs "a e1FI/
water to tenants Of Broadway ~.
scraper Is an incident Of q dI9D'|.
over an alleged monopoly granted %
certain spring wafer company I'|
the supply Of drinking water q |.|
occupants Of THE big ,0n1QIng. TIE
company operating the building. q
alleged, gave one water concern I|.
exclusive right to use the elevator.
Other companies. being barred. Their
agents have made the great climb
daily in an attempt to break up the
monopoly The building company be-.
been given until Monday to reply p
the charges that monopoly exist
and that 40 per cent OF the gross sales
OF water in the building goes to The
building company
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The island was found to be unir habit
ed and there was hardly any vegeta-
ton except some poisonous looking
grasses and a few cOcOanut trees.
What stores. were saved from the
wreck soon became exhausted, and in
the six weeks the castawayS spent
upon the barren islet, they suffered
tortgres of mind and body. Captain
baltimore organized hunting" par
ties and each day they went out to
gather food. Some groveled for land
crabs, others scraped the salt off the
rocks, while others chased slippery
cells or climbed cocoaHut trees. The
forage, was all put into a big kettle
and cooked There was a lot of grass
on the atoll but Captain baltimore
was afraid it might be poisonous
Therefore. before any of the party
partook of the delicacy it was fed to
dog which had been saved from the
wreck The animal survived SO grass
was added to the mulligan of crabs,
cells and cocoanuts. ..:...
Start to Seek Assistance
The days heightened. into weeks,
and the lookouts returning nightly
after lighting beacon fires, brought
the same discouraging news. There
was no sign of sail, or a smoke
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crew trading some of the coin to Ha-
waits king for rum.
Early in 1912 the canard OF Great
Britain's desire to secure control of
Palmyra caused considerable OF a stir
in official circles; the story. which APP
parently was of local origin, being
transmitted to Washington, with the
result that the cruiser West Virginia,
at that time lying in Honolulu har-
Dor, was ordered to leave, under
sealed orders, and cruise for Paly-
mya. The West Virginia sailed Feb
ruary 16, and returned February %,
reporting no evidence of previous
possession on which Great Britain
might base claim to the island, nor
any evidence to show that she had
any designs" on the island. A thor
ough search was made but no evil
dence uncovered that would intimate
that any foreign power contested the
claim of Uncle Sam to the little
islands.
Small island Group.
Palmyra, tie group, numbers in
the neighborhood of SO tiny isles, the
entire group not being more than
three miles in length In the center
OF the island group lie three large
lagoons, while between the islands
the water is only about two feet
deep.
Following the international-compli
cation rumor came a report that
Palmyra would make an ideal naval
base for either Uncle Sam or. John
Bull This. however. was emphati-
cally denied by former-superviso
Eben p. Low, who had paid visit
to Palmyra some months previous
and spent several days among the
group. Speaking of his visit early in
1912, Mr.. Low said:
It visited Palmyra two years ago
this coming April in the schooner
Concord. was sent there at the In
stance of a local hui of business men
to- look into the possibilities of ex-
tensive copra cultivation and expor-
tation.. 1t was then the purpose of
the Honolulu company to purchase
the group and Institute development
of the many little islands capable of
growing the coeoanut tree in paying
quantities.
Some Islands inaccessible.
I'VE had very close call from be-
ing marooned at Palmyra. The Com
cord ran very close and finally into the
reef, and for time was hard and fast
IL really looked as If the well-known
Hawaiian island schooner was des-
tined to leave her bones on thoes
inhospitable reefs. We succeeded
however, in hauling ships boat into
the lagoon, but the feat could only
be attempted at high tide. 1t was
no easy task and required Che COM
bined efforts of Captain Emil Piltz,
the veteran skipper, once with the
lnterIsland Company, myself and