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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
Am old RiddIe.

Macauay was charged with the fol-
owing adroit riddle on cod and
shook off the credit only by persistent
denials:
Cut of my head. and singular am;
Cut OFF my tail and plural l appear;
Cut on my head and tail, and, wondrous
fnct
Although my mIddles left there's moth
ing there,
'hat is my FIRST? II Is the sounding sea.
What Is my last? II " a flowing river.
fl in their mingling depths | wander
free.
'a,ent OF sweetest sounds. though mute
forever.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
J. w. stiiIwell

j. w. StilIwelI died at his home
near Waterford Friday morning at
1890 o'clock after an illness of sew
eral months duration caused by
rheumatism He was AZ years of age
at the time of his death and Is sur
yived by one son and two daughters.
The funeral at the North Fork Baptist
church Sunday afternoon Interment
ia the North Fork cemetery
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24

Like the rest of the northern coun-
try, New York city has been enveloped
In snow blanket for several weeks.
something quite unusual in the big
city. 1t has been a source OF great
annoyance to most folks, but children
see nothing but good in the snowdrifts
Not in years has there been such coast
ing. and the hills in the parks and
many of the streets have been alive
with little people making the best of
the welcome opportunity. The smiling
little lady in the picture is Mary
Thatcher, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas ID. Thatcher OF New York city.
Little Miss Thatcher, who looks some
what like an Eskimo baby in her win
ter clothes, was shOveling snow with
an elder sister for companion when
the camera man happened along and
took her picture. She was pleased
with the idea of being photographed
and posed very prettily.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
P G zemer SUBJ

The Banner is in receipt of postal
card from Mr.. II c, Swetland, mailed
at Constantinople or Feb. Gath. lie
states that he and his two daughters
are well, that they have had fine
weather, and having good time, and
we're due to arrive in the Holy Land
on Feb Goth
Rev A. G. Haughey Of Toledo enter
ed the MT Vernon Medical az Surei,
cal sanltarium Friday mo eing fol
treatment,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
WILL HEAR ADDRESSES
Graduates and Former Students of
Ohio State University to Meet.

Columbus, o., March 21.--The first
annual conference of graduates and
former students of the Ohio State
university will be held at the univer-
sity March q and 2S. The program
includes addresses by President
Thompson, Deans Denney, Price,
Boyd, Orton, Adams, Kaufman.
White, Means. Semans. Mcpherson
and Breyfogle; Judge r. w. Baggott
OF Dayton, Senator Howard of Bel
laire, Senator Lloyd of Columbus,
Hon, Don p Mills, Cleveland; Charles
w. Burkett, editor American Agricul-
turist, New York city; John f. Cum
ningham, editor Ohio Farmer, and N.
w. Storer of Pittsburg, president of
the Alumni association.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
MEXICAN PEACE PLAN
Rolas to Assume Presidency and Hu
erta to Go Before the People.


Vera Cruz, Mexico, March 21.-On
excellent authority it can be stated
that the conference between John
Lind aud Senor Rojas, the Mexican
minister of foreign affairs, resulted
In the American diplomatic represen'
tative taking up with President viii
son the advisability Of Senor Portillo
Rojas assuming the provisional presi.
deney and President Huerta worllins
his campaign for the next election,
Senior Rojas left for Mexico City. II
is not supposed that there is any
doubt about Huerta becoming the
successful candidate for the presi.
deney as ali the governors now favor
his selection.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
BROKEN
Was Mans Arm At The
Pennsylvania Shop

Samuel Snyder, workman at the
Pennsylvania shops, was badly injured
while at work Thursday. He was up
on the top of an engine boiler when
the wrench, which he was using,
slipped and he was thrown to the
ground. Both bones in his left fore
arm were broken. The railway ply
siclan reduced the fractures.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
Mo Evidence Of Lobbying.

Washington. March 21.-"There is
no evidence here of any $4,000
fund.- said Senator overman, chair
man of the senate lobby committee,
at the conclusion of the committees
investigation of report that such a
sum was being used in Washington
by representatives of prison labor
contractors to defeat the pending
Hughes bill to restrict marketing Of
conyict-made goods
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
Found Husband Unconscious.

Cleveland, O., March 21.-Mrs, Fred
Streak found her husband lying un
conscious on their back porch. An
empty bottle which had contained
poison lay by his side She summoned
an ambulance, but Streak died before
a hospital could be reached.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
The Lone Star state.

Texas is sometimes referred to az
the Lone Star State. This is owing to
the fact that for brief period before
the American civil war Texas was an
independent state, and prominent on
her national dag was one solitary star
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24

In the court of common pleas on
: Thursday afternoon in the case Of
Iams VS.. Dete, the jury returned a
verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of
s75.
Other matters disposed of by Judge
Jewell on Thursday were the follow
ing:
Hyman VS.. Bell, treasTer--Leave to
lile answer and cross-peiition instant
er
Baldwin VS.. Stonebrook Leave to
defendant to file motion instanter.
Van Wrinkle VS.. Purdy Settled and
costs paid
White VS. White-Leave to make
Marcus White, guardian. party defend
ant. Leave to answer.
Chappelear vs., ChaDpeliear No
bond required after present bond ex-
pires.
Stevens VS.. fiopwood Defendant
elects 10 take property at appraise-
ment. Attorney fee of $16O to Lewis
II. Houck.
Gregory VS.. Gregory Dismissed
No record.
Houck VS., Riley Decree tor plain
tiff.
Sapp VS.. Mass-order for service
Ly publication on the defendant
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
TO The POINT

At Philadelphia seven negroes wer
killed when three-story brick hous
collapsed, burying them beneath ton
of bricks. beams and mortar.
A national association of COLES
professors will be organized. Profe'
sor John Dewey of Columbia unive,
slty is chairman of the organlzatio
committee.
Glen w. Bridgemann of Lockpou
N. Y, was killed and 20 persons wer
injured in collision between tw
cars on the Buffalo, Lockport
Rochester line at Wickwire, N. Y.
A rat may lood prOvince.-Ger
nan PrOverb,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
Wants Court Order

Robert M. Greer. trustee under the
win of Lydia 4 Woodbridge, has com.
menced suit in the Knox county
common pleas court against George
n. Swan ct al, In which he asks that
the defendant, Swan. set up what
right or claim he has in the distribu
tion of funds now in the hands OF the
trustee, and for AN order from the
court to whom and in what proportion
said funds should he distributed l.
Tate Cromley is the attorney for the
plaintiff,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
TO uNvEIL VERDI MONUMENT


San Francisco, Ca, March 21-The
monument erected in Golden Gate
Park in honor of Verdi, the great
italian composer, is to be unveiled to-
morrow with elaborate exercises.
The monument is gift to the city
from the Italian residents of San Fran
cisco and the unveiling is to be made
the occasion for great festival in
which musicians and Italian residents
from the entire Pacific Coast are to
take part. Members of the Chicago
Opera Company and chorus of 1000
school children will contribute the
musical portions of the program
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
KNOX co. TEACHERS
EXAMINATIONS
1e12-1ef3


Meetings for the examination OF teach
ers will be held at the Central School
Building. Mt Vernon, Ohio, the first Sat
urday OF every month Order of sub
jects:
Elementary may be taken in toto, or in
two parts. If taken in two parts, the first
part: a. m. Arithmetic, Agriculture and
Y. 8. History, including Civics; p. m.
Grammar, Literature and Orthography.
Second part, a. M, Reading, Theory and
and Penmanship.
Pupils examination--The third Saturday
of April and the third Saturday in May.
Examination will commence at $3.50
o'clock a. m.
Address all communications to the Clerk
OF Board of Examiners.
Organization of the board:
0. r.. PORE, PresIent,
Danville, Ohio.
w. #. ALLGIRE, Vice Presideat
Centerburg, Ohio
r. l.. JONES, Clerk
Utica, Ohio
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
A Pleasant
Evening

Evening
The annual meeting OF the mission
airy society of the Brandon Baptist
church was held in the Maccabee hall
at Brandon Thursday evening Mem
bers Of the church and Sunday school
were invited to attend About sixty
five were present during the evening.
A business session came first and this
was followed by very interesting and
enjoyable program. Refreshments
were served.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24

bond in the sum OF $4,000, with Mary
P. Thomas and Elizabeth Swigert as
sureties
10
Deed Filed
w. M. Riley, auditor. to ]. A Stoyle,
parcel in Clinton, s119.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
Motions Heard

Motions for new trials. in ali cases
pending, except the case of Ohio Va,
Zent, were heard by Judge Jewell in
the court of common pleas on Friday.
The zent case was not heard on ac'
count of the Illness OF Hon William
NJ Rooms,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
SOJIETY NOTES

Dance Given
At MiIIwood
A dance was given Thursday eve
ming by the young people Of Wildwood.
1t was held in the town hall and was
attended by about thirty-fiye young
men and women. The occasion was a
very enjoyable one.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
FIRST and Final

A first and final account has been
filed in probate by Fred NJ Tucker,
administrator OF John NJ Tucker,
showing the ioliowlng Received
81 ,i50, paid out the same sum.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
first PARTIAL

B. N. Scarborough. guardian OF Mar,
Myrtle Hettinger. has filed frs
partial account ia probate. showinl
the following; Received SIS. paid on
the same amount.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24

Guardian Appointed
Marcus r. White has been appointed
/guardian of Lorlnda White, giving
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24

Hon. F. v. owen is i'll at his home
on North Main street.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
ALFRED HENDERSON CONVICTED
AT POCATELLO

The closing chapter in the Hender-
son murder case came at $3.50 Satur-
day evening, when the jury returned
with verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree, with life imprison-
ment as the penalty.
The case occupied attention of To-
cal people for week, and there was
not an hour of the trial when the
court room was not crowded with
both men and women, large number
of the latter being in constant attend
anee, and there were many anxious
moments for many of them as they
waited in silence the return of the
jury body.
The verdict was communicated to
Alfred Henderson in his cell, and aft
er comprehending its import he col
lapsed and fell to the floor.
1t was one of the hardest fought
legal battles in local criminal history
and the great defense engineered by
Col. H. V. A. Ferguson was MASTER
piece of legal maneuvering
1t was unavailing, however, before
the mass of evidence that had been
secured against the prisoner, who was
charged with the murder of little
Laura Henderson, and the case was
brilliantly prosecuted by Prosecutor
G. D. Smith, whose logic and conclu-
sions as presented to the jury, could
not be broken down.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
Legal Notices
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

The Parsons Ditch company, cor
poration, principal place of business
Blackfoot, Idaho:
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the above named company, held on
Wednesday the 3rd day of Septem-
Der, 1914, at the residence of the
secretary, an assessment of 5000 per
share was levied on the capital stock
of this company, which is not due
and payable to the undersigned at
Blackfoot, Idaho, R. F. D. number
two.
Any stock on which this assess
ment remains unpaid on Thursday,
the 18th of October, 1914, will be
delinquent, and will be advertised
for sale according to law.
MARTHA LAROCQUE,
secretary.
The Parsons Ditch company.
Dated September 5, 1914. adv 8-5
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
NEUTRALS CANNOT
WHOLLY ESCAPE

Our government is neutral in the
present war, our people are supposed
to be, b t the desires of former
nationalities of thousands and tens
of thousands fthem are heard every
day praying for the chushing of this
or that power.
OF course this cannot be changed
but to thoughtful people there was
more in the few words Of Salt Lake
lady just returned from Europe, and
published in a local paper, than in
all the dispatches detailing the earn
age going on. Those words in sub
stance were: "The women of Ger
many are doing the work. working
and weeping all the time"
So are the women Of Austria, Of
Belgium, of Great Britain, of France,
of Servia and of Russia.
The young and brave men who are
dying in battle are not the chiefest
sufferers. In the battles ecstacy,
with martial music playing, great
guns roaring and flags waving, they
are translated and sink to everlast-
ing peace.
But the mothers, the wives, the sis
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02

tiers, the sweethearts, what of them
There is no music for them, the
shouting of men and the roar Of
guns is to them a horror, and the
flags are but funeral plumes.
In thei.' hearts is the pain that
no anesthetic can quiet, in their
minds there every day grows doubt
of the mercy of God.
This year or next or sometime the
war will exhaust its sinister energies
but the shadow made by the heart.
aches and the heartbreaking will oc n.
tinue through all this generation aid
over millions of people will be con,
tinued to the next. And the shame
of it all and the sin. That the ma.
tions of modern Europe should fall
to killing each other, just when the
oriental hive is beginning to swarm
and the millions there are learning
with the arts of peace all the arts
of war.
The blame of the war is laid on
this or that power. Why discuss this
when all were so ready that in a
single fortnight, from a profound
peace, millions were engaged in that
legal murder called war.
Here we must distinguish between
the two kinds of war, the one holy
the other wicked beyond description
When an oppressed people strike for
liberty, that is a holy war on their
part.
When nation arouses itself and
goes to break the chains from the
necks and wrists of a long oppressed
people, that is holy war.
When behind a war there is nothing
but sorrdid commercialism and but
for power and territory, such a wal
is but rolling back the wheels Of
civilization, the returning Of man to
the ferocities of barbarism.
The knowledge of this is what
today fills the hearts of every true
American with solicitude and sorrow
as he thinks of the innocent men
who are dying, of the innocent
women who art given a measure Of
suffering more bitter than death.
Our nations is neutral in a national
sense, but it cannot escape some Of
the wars sorrows, and can only wait
and hope that the mighty tragedy
beyond the sea may quickly exhaust
itself, and that reason may return
and begin anew to smooth the fields
made desolate by the red plowshare
of war.-Goodwin's Weekly.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
MANY COUNTIES OWE
MONEY TO STATE

One hundred Twenty-Five thousand
one hundred and sixty-seven dollars
and fifty cents is still due the state
from several counties. Eighteen of
the 33 have not yet turned in their
full share of the state apportionment;
some are farther behind than that
They range all the way from nearly
forty-six thousand dollars in Bannock
county and thirty-four thousand dol
lars in Bingham to $40 in Oneida
and $40 in Franklin.
Two have balances with the treas
urer. Power is overpaid 81 cents,
while Bonneville has balance on the
right side fthe book in the sum of
$2,467.45. The statement of the de-
linquent and overpaid counties was
made out Saturday by the auditors
office.-Statesman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior

DtpdFJIHcHU VI tuc IHUorlOF
U. S. Land Office at Blackfoot,
Idaho, September 5, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that KRIS
ten M. Jensen, of Basalt, Idaho, who
on May 10Th, 1914 made homestead
entry, serial number 01713O, for N.
E. "A section 35 and N. w. n section
SO, township one south, range "a
east Boise meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final three-year
proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before register and
receiver, U. S. land office at Black
foot, Idaho, on the 28th day of Octo-
Der, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Clinton Jensen, of Basalt, Idaho;
Henry Hammond, Stephen Farms
worth, Henry Monsen all of More
land, Idaho.
HENRY w. KIEFER,
adv. So Register.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02

During the days preceding the trial
the sheriff's and prosecutors force
experienced the hardest work ever
connected with a criminal case since
their connection with those Offices.
In conducting a thorough investiga-
ton it occasioned two trps to Utah,
one to Blackfoot, and a dozen or more
to Robin, the scene of the killing. It
was the hardest case in the history
of the office, many affirm.
Henderson will probably receive
his sentence tomorrow-.Pocatello
Tribune.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
NOTICE FOR ASSESSMENT

The Riverside Ditch company, a
corporation, principal place of bust
ness Blackfoot, Idaho:
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors
of the above named company, held
on Saturday the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1914, at the secretary's Of
flee, assessment number &C of $3.50
per share was levied on the capital
stock of this company, which is now
due and payable to the undersigned
at Blackfoot, Idaho.
Any stock on which this assess
ment remains unpaid on Saturday,
the 18th day of October, 1914, will
be delinquent, and will be !vertised
for sale according to law.
JAS. G. BOND,
secretary,
The Riverside Ditch company.
Dated Sept. IA, 1914. adv. 9-E
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
WAR NEWS in BRIEF

For three days without cessation
the Germans have hurled their mas
, ses against the French and English
along the sntire front in northern
France. The French official view is
that these operations, the fierest that
yet have taken place, mean possibly
direct instructions from the emperor
himself to crush the enemy. The
purpose has been, to break through
the allies lines, but both French
and British official reports say they
have failed. From Paris it is an
nounced that not only have the Ger
mans not been able to achieve their
object but they have lost flag, guns
and men in the attempt.
The British, as usual, are lacoic.
"The situation is satisfactory, the
report reads, land the counter at
tacks on the British front have been
beaten back with heavy losses to the
enemy
Thu bayonet has played an import
ant part in these engagements, where
y the men in the trenches on the one
side or the other are only a few
hundred years apart and come to
grips with steel after the positions
have been shelled and raked with
rifle fire.
The French claim appreciate prog
ress on the left wing and a victory
over the famous Prussion guard in
the center. Of the Woevre district,
where the Germans have made gains
in the last two or three days, little
is said
One of the remarkable things in
this great battle, which now has en-
tered upon it's sixteenth day, is the
spirit maintained by the troops.
British, French and Germans have
withstood the most terrific Smelling
the world has ever known, an almost
constant rain of bullets from the
rifles and hand to hand encounters
with gun and bayonet. But all re-
ports with the same determination
and tenacity as in the beginning and
that the commanders in some cases
are having difficulty in holding their
men back.
way of Berlin, reports that the allies
are using their railroads in a gen.
eral attack on the extreme flank of
the German army. The general staff
also reports slight gains on the CEN
ter fthe battlefront and an en-
gagement with artillery south of
Verdun.
In the far east, according to Jap
anese reports, the Japanese have de-
feated the Germans on the outskirts
of Using Tau, capital of the German
protectorate of Klao Chow.
German Zeppelins have dropped
bombs on Belgian towns, a German
aeroplane has paid another visit to
Paris, dropping explosives on it's
fight, while Zeppelin has also APP
peared over the city of Warsaw.
From Petrograd comes an official
statement from the Russian general
staff that the German attempts in
Russian Poland have been repulsed
and that the Germans are in retreat.
News.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-10-02
TO INVESTIGATE COMPANY'S
OFFER TO AID PROJECT

That the state land board will not
permit the offer fthe Utah Con-
struction company, purchaser of the
Big Lost River irrigation project, to
invest a million dollars or over in
retaining the project providing
some satisfactory contract to the
state, the settlers and he company
can be entered into, to go by default
by not negotiating farther on it, was
learned to certainty today. When
the representative settlers from the
Powell end of the tract turned down
the proposal of the company to enter
! into new contract with the settlers
to furnish them with the two acre
fee of water and no more, the attor-
ney general expressed the general
feeling that existed among board
members when he said the Utah Con-
struction company's bid was the
first "nibble" the state had received
on the project and he disliked to see
it dropped without further negotia-
tons.
The proposal was made in behalf
of the Utah Construct on company
through Mr.. Watts of Ogden. His
proposition was simply that if the
settlers would enter into a new con-
tract with the company for the de-
livery of two acre-feet of water to
them instead Of over three acre-feet,
their present call for, the company
would proceed without further delay
to rebuild the Mackay dam behind
which to impound water in the Mac
kay reservoir for delivery to the
land. He said that the company had
considered no other reservoir site
but the one provided in the Mackay
dam and under it's plans for the re-
clamation fthe project the reservoir
would be installed there and nowhere
else.
The representatives of the settlers
present declared they would never
stand for the cut in the water supply
for their lands as provided for in the
proposed new contract and they felt
sure that very few of the other set
tiers, if any of them, would accept
the new contracts for the ones they
at present are in possession of. The
fiat refusal put temporary check
on the plans for the retaining of
the project The members of the
land board are not, however, so dis
couraged with the outlook they have
entirely given up the matter of ne
gotiating further with the present
owners of the project for it's reclama-
ton under a contract that will be
satisfactory to majority of the
parties concerned.
The fact that a million dollar nib
bic" has already been secured in con-
sidered by board members to be
more or less encouraging and every
effort is to be made to sonsider the
matter further in the hope that the
"nibble" will develop into a satisfac-
tory proposition in which event work