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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
Behne, Bryan Candidate for State
Senator from this (32d) District.

tive member of the House of representa-
tives.
William Behne was born at Defiance,
Ohio, in 1884. His father, c. w. o.
Behne, was a native of Germany. Mr..
Behne was educated in the common
schools of that city. He early learned
the printers trade, and in the year 1905
he acquired ownership of the Bryan
Democrat at Bryan, Ohio, of which
publication he is editor and publisher
The Bryan Democrat is well-recog-
nized Democratic newspaper, established
for fifty years, and its influence is felt
throughout northwestern Ohio.
Mr.. Behne has never held any other
public office, but he has been delegate
in the Fifth Congressional district, and
he was delegate to the Democratic Ma
tional convention at Denver, i'll 1908.
AS legislator Mr.. Behne was active in
all measures that he considered of inn
portance to the people.
The four years in the lower house OF
the General Assembly have afforded Mr.
Behne considerable legislative experience
and he seeks the support of the Demo
Gratis of the Thirty second district at the
August primary for nomination as their
representative in the Senate upon the
record he achieved during his career as
member of the House of Representa-
tives. adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27

Representative William Behne, of
Williams county, has actively entered
the contest for the Democratic nomina-
ton for Senator in the General Assembly
of the Thirty second district, which is
composed of the counties of Allen, Au-
glaize, Mercer, Defiance, Paulding, Van
Vert and Williams.
With the possibility of having at least
score of candidates for various state
and district Offices, in addition to the
usual candidates for county offices, from
which the electors will be called upon to
make selections at the August primary,
it is important that they know some inti-
mate facts concerning the life and ex-
perience of those who seek their suffrage.
The following concerning Mr.. Behne is
reprinted from the History of Legisla-
ton, 1909-19l3," " and will probably be of
interest to readers of the Democrat at
this time:
"One of the most active and influential
among the younger members of the 8Oth
General Assembly of Ohio was the gem
tlemen from Williams county. An editor
by profession, and an all around active
quantity in his home city and county,
Mr.. Behne carried his energy and ac-
tivity into the work of shaping legislation
throughout the regular sessions of the
10Th and S0th General Assemblies, and
he was generally recognized as an etfec-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
MILLIONS AT STAKE
Willis Law Fees Depend On outcomt
of Little Miami Case.

Willis Law Fees Depend On Outcome
of Little Miami Case.
Columbus, o., March 25.-On the
outcome of the case against the Lit
tie Miami railroad, now pending, the
Franklin county common pleas court
is the sole dependence Of the state
for the collection of more than $2,-
100000 in Willis law excise taxes, as
sessed against underlying companies,
whose property is leased to and op'
Grated by holding companies, which
pay the Cole excise tax on gross
earnings.
The supreme court practically af-
firmed the Cuyahoga county court OF
appeals, holding in the case Of the
Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad, which
is leased to the Pennsylvania rail-
road, that underlying corporations
are exempt from the Willis tax.
The affirmation was by the unusual
method of not granting motion by
Attorney General Hogan to order the
lower court to certify the case up for
review. The supreme court found
this to be a case of public interest,
but it does not appear from the rec
ord that error has probably inter
yened"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27

chance. The negro has Jared better in
this respect.
But back of it all is the religious in.
huence. The Greek church does not
make for individual liberty of action as
does the Christian church in America,
1t has not uplifted and enlightened the
people to such an extent that there has
been a universal demand for better edu-
cation, for more general recognition OF
the rights of the individual.
It was old Sir William Berkely, Stub
born old Englishman of the unreasoning
type of aristocrat, who as governor OF
Virginia in Colonial days, thanked God
there were neither free schools nor print
ing in the new country. 1t is that kind
of noblemen that rule Russia, that keep
the lower order in the blackness ofignor-
ance. His church takes no account OF
of the poor mans state, does nothing to
uplift him and set him on his feet.
Where the church takes no further in
terest in a man than to undertake to keep
him out of hell, it is pretty poor kind
of a church, and it makes poor kind OF
a country.
We want no union of church and state.
But we do need the church to be an act
i've left wing, an independent, active
force in politics, singing governments to
action and allaying itself with the state
only so long as the principles of Chris
tianity are being carried out.
We have had that kind of church in
America most of the time. The church
stood back of the rebellious colonists.
It fought slavery, it stood all the time for
4 IL Ya1 fyat
and specifically, it has fought for all the
important reforms that have beeu brought
about. 1t has elevated the negro and
has brought him to a respectable state OF
civilization.
It has not quite caught the spirit of
economic reform. 1t has not sensed all
of the depravities of business practices.
1t has not caught step with the worker
who is demanding better working con-
d1tions and a fairer share of the products
of his labor.
But the church is learning. Its great
est leaders and the rank and file of its
members have sympathy with the work
er. They realize that business has been
cheating him and recognize the duty OF
the church to come to the rescue OF the
man at the bottom of the financial sys-
TEN. And when the chnrch does fully
comprehend the great need, and its own
duty, the long awaited industrial revolu'
ton will come, noiselessly bloodlessly,
but swiftly and surely and the result will
be permanent.
The church is the most powerful agen-
cy for social reform in America. When
Socialists and the workers generally get
that into their heads and try to win the
church to their side instead of abusing
it, the cause of the people will advance
by leaps and bounds.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
EQUALIZING TAX BUR-
DENS GOES ON

It may be that Peter Kuntz, Dayton
millionaire, may still find assets that
should be returned for taxation, but half
a million dollars to the Montgomery
county tax duplicate is not to be shifted
at even in Dayton.
What has been accomplished through
the operation of the new law in this in
stance is being reproduced on smaller
scale in many other cases.
Commissioner Myers is authority tor
the statement that a rich Dayton man
has increased his return from $40, 900
to $3.50, 000 that another man who has
been returning $22, 900 this year returns
S8S, 900; while still another, whose for
mer return was $4,000, has given in
1913, 900 this year.
It has been so in every county in the
State. Millions are being added to the
taxable property And the splendid
thing about the operation of the
Warnes law is that the increases
are coming from people who HAD
been escaping their just share
heretofore.
The man of moderate means and the
farmer have not been hiding their wealth.
Their burden will and should be light
ened. .-Springfiel News.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
PUNCHED PARAGRAPHS

At Kokomo, Ind, the high school
building burned with a total loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
Yeggmen blew the safe in the post
Office at Kilgore, Jefferson county, o.,
stole $500 in cash and destroyed a
large number of stamps.
Emil Seidel, former Socialist mayor
Of Milwaukee, and Dr. G. A. Bading,
the present incumbent, who defeated
Seidel two years ago, were nominated
for mayor in the primary.
After locking guests and the propri-
etor of the National hotel at New
Concord, o., inside the hotel, cracks
men blew the postoffice safe in the
same building and escaped with $40
in cash.
John R. Ellis, former pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Bloom.
ington, Ind, and who resigned after
his conduct with women had been in.
vestigated, was suspended as a min
lister of the church in the United
States.
lIluGDI u1S w lllldllbB lOy Dul GU
to the police at Terre Haute, Ind,
when his clothing was soaked with
blood from many wounds. The boy
was caught in the gunshop of Edward
Tetzel and when called upon to sur
render replied with shots.
A peddler at Hastings, N. Y, reaped
a harvest when he old 100 painted
sparrows as canaries.
David Banker, rs, a farmer LIVING
near Carlisle, o., was run down and
killed by Big Four passenger train
Frank A. Stonerock, proprietor Of a
small shoe shop at Worthington, o.
suburb Of Columbus, is under ar.
rest, charged with arson.
Toledo, Detroit & Ironton railroad
plans to install gasoline and electric
cars between Lima and Bainbridge
o., on July to augment steam service
Harry L. Smith, 32, of Marion
o., check clerk at the Arcade hotel at
Springfield, o., committed suicide by
shooting himself through the heart
Was Respondent.
Sheriff John Francis of Marion
county, o., departed for Frederick
Md, where George Shockney, "a. ia
being held on a bigamy charge, pre-
ferred by Ethel CarIin %, of Marion
whom he married Nov 2S. 1918.
Edward Fltzgibbons of Lenox
Mass. has Scotch collie that has
located more than 1000 pounds Of
honey in old trees.
Tragedy followed crap game near
Pineville, KY, in which James Bing
ham and Ball Hignite were killed and
Reuben Bowling seriously wounded.
Natives in the north Of Malekuls
island, of the New Hebrides group
murdered and ate six natives. teach
ers from the Walal island mission
station.
Sir Haldeman Figyelmessy, a Hun
Garian nobleman, now in New York
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27

pans to make a half-mile fall from
an aeroplane to test a new safety
device for army officers.
Annual reunion Of ex-pupils of the
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans
home at Xenia will be held as usual
this year, but the guests must pay
their own expenses at the institution,
A man wearing gray mask dashed
up to the Union National bank in AL.
toona, Pa, drove the clerks out with
a revolver, jumped over the railing
and stuffed $500 in his pockets, shot
and painfully wounded two men and
escaped in an automobile.
Bishop Frank Du Moulin, coadjutor
Of the Protestant Episcopal diocese OF
Ohio, is a patient at a hospital in
Baltimore.
Ashton w. Lee, Sr., millionaire
manufacturer of Lawrence. Mass
fired three bullets into his head in a
Mt. Clemens tMich.) hotel and died
in few hours.
For the twenty-first time the storh
visited the home OF Mr.. and Mrs
Simeon Burgin of Casey county, south
of Danville, KY, and left what he had
been in the habit OF leaving-a boy
glAll of the children are live.
Miss Ellen Gates Starr, one OF the
founders Of Hull-House, Chicago, was
acquitted Of a charge OF melting to
riot. She was tried before a jury for
having aided striking mattresses in a
demonstration.
General w. S. Jones, one of the
most prominent pioneers OF the Sciotc
valley, died at his home, Waverly, o
Because she refused to live with
him, Walter r. Karant, a Chicago jew
eler, destroyed his wife's eyesight by
throwing carbolic acid in her face and
then drank the remaining contents OF
the bottle. He died soon afterward.
Adolp Francis Bandelier, "a, one OF
the foremost authorities on archaeol
ogy in the United States, died in Mad
rid, Spain.
President Wilson selected Robert
Lansing of New York as counselor Of
the state department, succeeding
James Bassett Moore.
At Philadelphia seven negroes were
killed when three-story brick house
collapsed, burying them beneath tons
of bricks, beams and mortar.
A national association of college
professors will be organized. Profes.
sor John Dewey of Columbia uniVer
sity is chairman Of the organization
committee.
Glen w. Bridgemann of Lockport.
N. Y, was killed and 20 persons were
injured in a collision between two
cars on the Buffalo, Lockport &
Rochester line at Wickwire, N. Y.
All the Indians in the United States
would be divided into two classes
separate rolls of competent Indians
and "noncompetent Indians" under a
bill introduced in congress by Repre-
sentative Konop of Wisconsin.
Fire at Milwaukee destroyed the
Windsor hotel. Guests escaped. Loss
100000.
Six men were seriously scalded by
an explosion of a Eoiler at smelling
plant at T1ltonville, o.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
THIS FROM A REPUBLI-
CAN NEWSPAPER

"In his speech at Canton Gov. Coxre-
ferred to a man who returned $500, ,0Oo
OF personal property this year that had
never been returned before, Why Be-
cause under the Warnes low an assess
ment had been made by an appointed
and not by an elected assessor. For
years the elected assessor had passed by
him, and other and poorer people had
been paying taxes to keep upthe govern
ment, while the rich man paid nothing,
Talk about equality Of mankind Why,
this old system of assessment knocked It
silly, and it not only served equality this
way, but it gave religion black eye,
The new law regarding assessment is
changing this abuse. From all over the
state come reports ofincreased duplicates,
Millions of dollars are being added to the
taxation lists. There is more than a
question of money in this change. The
chief thing is the establishment of hon
esty, justice, and equality, which are the
corner stones of a real republic. To
stand by these purposes is the duty OF
every citizen, regardless OF politics Let
the good work go on. Let the assessor
approach his duty kindly, candidly and
tearlessly, for he is engaged IN a great
public duty. Ohio State Journal, the
strongest Republican paper in Ohio.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
WILSON'S TRIBUTE TO
BRYAN

The observance of the birth
day of Secretary w. j. Bryan,
on Thursday, was not confined
to his neighbors at Lincoln,
where Governor Cox was one of
the orators, but was general
throughout the country. No
more unstinted tribute was ever
paid by one man to another than
this from President Wilson to
Mr. Bryan. Writing to a Balti-
more friend, President Wilson
said:
Your reference to the
Secretary of State shows
how comprehensively you
have looked on during the
last few months. Not only
have Mr.. Bryan's character,
his Justice, his sincerity,
his transparent integrity,
hi s Christian principles,
made deep impression on
all with whom he has dealt;
but his tact in dealing with
men of many sorts, his ca
pacity for business, his
mastery of the principles of
each matter he has been
called on to deal with, have
cleared away many diff
Guilty and have given to the
policy of the State Depart
ment defniteness and dig
-aity that are very admir-
able. | need not say what
pleasure and profit l my
self, have taken with close
association with Mr.. Bryan
or how thoroughly he has
seemed to all of US who are
associated with him here to
deserve not only our conf
dence but our affectiOnate
admiration.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
COPS VALUE OF WORK
INGMAN'S LIFE

Hypocritical Republican leaders, striv-
ing to break down the workmen's COM
pensation act in the interest of their
hackers, the liability insurance compa'
nies, are asking: What is the money
value of working mans life2"
The answer is at hand. When they
were in power, the workingman's life
was worth nothing. The liability insur'
ance companies were called into exist
ence to preserve reckless employers from
being compelled to pay damages for the
lives they sacrificed. What's the next
question?
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
STATEMENT

OF the ownership, management, &C. OF The
CELINA DEMOCRAT, published weekly al Ce-
lima Ohio required by the act Of August p. 1912
Editor-Chas. c, CaTlin, Celina, Ohio.
Business ManaPer-James X, Carlin, Celina, q.
Publisher Carlin & CaTlin, partnership;
Known bondh0lders, mortgages, and other Sc
eurity holdefs-rhe Citizens Banking Company
Celina Ohio Signed JAMES X, CARLlN,
Business Manager,
Sworn 10 and subscribed before me this 24th day
March 1919, II, A, MILLER
Seal Notary Public Mercer County,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27

Frederick II. Goff, of Cleveland, a
banker lawyer who denounces the War
mes law because It drove John ID, Rookie
Teller out of Ohio is being recommend
ed as a candidate for the Republican
nomination for Governor. He certainly
represents the predominating sentiment
of the leaders of that party.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
Bonnet strIno stranoIes Babe.

Cleveland, O., March William
Henry Yeomans, baby son of Henry
Yeomans, a wealthy mine owner, was
left alone in its cab on the porch Of
its home When the nurse returned
she found that string on its bonnet
had caught on hook at the side of
the buggy and, in turning over, the
iufaEt had strangled itself to death.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
FRAY AT WEDDING
Dancing Fesumed When Bodies OF
Victims Are Removed.

Victims Are Removed
Cambridge, o., March 23.-Andrew
Banko, 40, was slain, and John Ko-
vach, 3S, probably will die from a
knife wound in the abdomen, as the
result of a fight at wedding celebra-
ton at Old Orchard mine, five miles
east Of Cambridge. Banko's jugular
vein was s.oshed with knife. After
the TRACED the bodies were removed,
the music struck up again and the
dancing continued on the blood.
stained floor. Jim Paul, %, miner, is
in Jail pending investigation Of the
murder. Mike Zelima, 30, another
miner, is arrested, charged with hav-
ing stabbed Kovach.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
Huerta Neootiates Loan.

Washington March 90. - Charge
O'Shaughnessy confirmed in a dis
patch to tie state department reports
that President Huerta has negotiated
a loan through the bankers of Mexico
City, 5O,OOo,0OO pesos of which is to
be available Immediately.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27

Machine politics never build good
roads without grating Millions of dol
lars have been spent to build hundreds OF
miles of good roads under a Democratic
state administration, and not dollar Of
graft entered the execution of the pro-
gram
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
TO PAY DEPOSITORS
Widow Shirley Turns over Securities
to the state.

TO the State.
Findlay, o., March 24.-Because she
does not want to see any of her old
friends who have trusted the family
with their money lose it, Mrs. r. b,
Shirey, widow of the founder of the
bank at Custar, o., which failed a
few days ago, has turned over to the
state bank superintendent $4,000
worth of real estate, representing all
her property, and a $4,000 life insur-
ance policy carried by her husband
and which has not yet matured.
Through her act it is believed the
loss will be cut down to a very small
percentage.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
Costly Blaze.

Youngstown, o., March 21.-Fire
that destroyed the jewelry store Of
Amsden, Phillips & Foyer, with $780,
900 loss, spread to the adjoining fac
tory of the H. B. Burt Candy COM
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27

John D. Rockefeller seems to be quite
popular with the standpat leaders of the
Republican party, for they are giving
him encouragement in his fight to dodge
payments of taxes under the Warnes
law
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27

No one but disappointed Republi-
can Office seeker would advance the ar
gument that a Governor should be re-
pudiated because he put into effect one
of his prediction promises.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
MURDERER REPRIEVED
Humphreys To Be Given Chance to
Help His Family.

TTNTP EE'V W1FT'FJs
Columbus, o., March Ex-Governor
Cox reprieved Leslie Humphreys, Co
lumbus murderer, who was sentenced
to die in the electric chair tonight,
so that he might be put to work In
prison to support his wife and two
children, who are dependents. Cox
says he will make the reprieve for
one year, with the understanding that
II will be continued from time to time
II Humphreys behaves himself in pris-
on. Humphreys enticed comrade to
Columbus from West Virginia and
killed him here for his money,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
ranao Behind Divorce Action

Akron, o., March 25. - The tango
has brought a family here into di.
vorce court. Mrs. Ada Elinor John
son sued for separation from Harry
e. Johnson. Among her allegations
is one that at a dance which she at
tended, her husband tangoed for an
hour with a married woman. Mrs.
Johnson charges his actions were dis
graceful.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27

Machine politics would have given the
private liability insurance companies the
kind of workmen's compensation act
they desired.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27

pany, which was ruined with $5O.0OO
loss, and damaged the Mclean florist
shop to the extent Of $500, Blaze was
caused by an overheated furnace in
the basement of the iewelry store.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-27
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COUNTY OF' NEWBERR 1.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
By C. c. Schumpert, Esquire, Probate
Judge.
Whereas, Lucy Wallace made suit
to me, to grant her Letters of Ad-
ministration of the Estate of and ef-
fects of Frederick Wallace.
These are therefore to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors of the said Frederick
Wallace, deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court of Pro-
bate, to be neld at Newberry on July
15th next after publication thereof,
at II o'clock in he forenoon, to show
cause, if any they have, why the said
Administration shoult not be grant
ed.
Given under by hand, this 9th day
of June, Anno Domini, 1914.
C. C. Schumpert,
J. P. N. c.
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