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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02
COMMISSIONERS

desire to announce that am a
candidate for the Democratic nomin-
alton for county commissioner, SUBJ
ject to the decision Of the voters at
the primaries to be held August IL.
Your support will be appreciated.
THOMAS R. SIMMONS,
Pike township.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION

New York. May 29-Thoae Repub-
Leans who want "A state convention
this summer which shall abstain from
recommending a state ticket for nom
inatlon in the special primary won
their fight, Following a four-hour
conference, in which the state com
mlttee listened to the suggestions of
500 party comrades from all parts of
the state. the committee adopted a
call for a convention to be held at
Saratoga on Aug iS,
Separated In Death.
II seems a strange irony OF fate that
Elizabeth Browning the most devoted
OF wives. should be separated in death
! from her spouse, Though Robert
Browning died in Venice, he was
buried between Cowley and Chaucer
In Westminster abbey, while that sweet
mind that gave 10 a grateful public
4 the "Sonnets from the Portuguese en-.
Joys its las; sleep AZ the cemetery ia
Florence. Baltimore American.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02

The man who wears silk stockings lN
careful about stepping into the mud.
says French prQverD.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02
KILLS SELF At
WIFE'S GRAVE
GAINESVILLE, o., May 2s,-Edward
Sloan, S5, of Deavertown. went to his
wifes grave In the village cemetery
and killed himself with target rife.
rhorouahIy Base.

An old forger who has served Ave
terms in various penitentiaries and
who is now refraining from fancy pen
manship In order to enjoy an uninter
rupted vacation for a week or twain
accords us the following epigram from
the depth of his experience:
~ never realized the complete base
ness OF my nature until one day
found myself unconsciously raising my
own checkw-Cieveland Plain Dealer
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02

A clever man turns great troubles
into little ones and little ones into
none at all.--Chinese Proverb.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02

Nothing rednes Ike affection Fam
ily Jarring ruigarIzes; family unisou
-leyAtcs
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OF CANDIDA ATES
CONGRESS

have stood by President Wilson on
all administration measures and in
vite you to investigate by record II
It meets your approval l will appre-
clate both your influence and vote for
Representative in Congress for the
18th District on the Democratic ticket
at the primary August 11th.
WILLIAM A. ASHBROOK.
MY plurality in the old 18th District
in 1906, was ASS; in 1908. 7173; in
1910, 1924 and in 1912, 1872.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02

Every man is his own master or else
a slave for others.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02

To the Voters of Knox County:
am a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Congress In the 18th
Congressional District to be decided
at the August primary. Your vote and
influence is solicited.
Curtis e. Mcbride.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-06-02

Judge Ben Lindsey Also Appears Be-
fore the United States Commission
on Industrial Relations and Attacks
the Officers Testimony and Bitterly
Assals the Mine owners-Revew
Of the Testimony.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12
TRUST DUE TO
SUPREME COURT
Victor Morawetz Makes This
Declaration in Speech De-
Tending Corporations.

,r-,;-s+on. D. c., Feb 12.-VictOr Nora
- C11Tsel for j. ?. Morgan x Co. in
many important cases, planned the supreme
-I,i5 for the formation OF many trusts, in
- ot- before the chamber of commerce
Of fbe T7nited States here today.
VI ,,,Serfed that in the Knight case the
co71rts declared COMBINATION OF producing
-C,I-1.e-,s NOT a breach OF the Sherman law,
CONT LlCe1 1870 ~ if was evident interstate com
T,s-ca vas to be indirectly restrained
tIl7oI',r This combination by the control Of
the product Of the merged concerns rms.
s.Tt win be seen, therefore, that during
+1,a -ariod beginning with the decision in
the knight case in January 1879, ana ex-
ta1diTa al least until the decision in the
STarcb 1904 the acquisition by indus
rial cornoration Of the control Of its COM
netitors in business was sanctioned by an
i7nreversed authoritative decision OF the
supreme court Of the United States said
M or vas during this period that many of
tbe great Industrial combinations were
formed During this period the department
because it loyalty accepted the decision Of
the supreme court, took no steps TO prevent
The formation Of these combinations which
since then have been attacked as IN viola
ton Of the antitrust act
1T Is therefore not Just to charge the
business men who formed these combina
tons or trusts with conscious violation
of the law They did only what the su-
preme court Of the UhlIeu states hau de-
cided to be lawful"
The sneaker praised president Wilson's
attitude and his proposed trade commits
sion He said the effects Of many trust
laws now contemplated by legislators would
he disastrous however He added; I doubt
that anv statute can be drawn that would
really make the antitrust act more def
mite and certain, except either by limiting
pose, or else by subjecting commerce to a
set of cast iron rules that would cripple 1t
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12

circles, squares. triangles, hectagOnals.
cctagOnals, and OblOngS- Some chill
dren instantly perceive the difference
in the shapes and the shapes of the
holes, and can easily fit the fn-sets TO
the pattern, but other children OF the
same age will attempt to fit an inset
into every hole in the board until the
right one is found
Feeling Exercises Are Good.
The feeling exercises are especially
good, as the pupils are blindfOlded. and
their finger ends In the inset eXer-
cises, for instance. they learn to recOg-
niEe the holes and their accompanying
in-sets by the feel Of the edges. They
also build pyramids and towers Of
graduated blocks, and have balancing
exercises biindfOlded. These are not
only a saving to the eyes, but tend to
more all round development. The
writing exercises are very good. the
pupil learns the feel of the letters,
which are very large and made Of fine
sandpaper After recognizing the let
ters by the touch, they then trace the
edges Of these with wooden sticks,
and then later know how to write
them.
In speaking of the MOntessorf
method. Miss Washburn said: I'VE
have hardly had the MOntessori system
in use long enough to be able to make
definite statements in regard to the
Improvement and development Of the
little children through its use. The
Montessori equipment has become very
popular with the children. and every
time the cabinet is opened which con-
tains the models. the children spon-
taneOusly clap their hands.
1T is helping us to learn the person
alities of the children more thoroughly.
as with the different exercises the
brightness or bacllWardnesS of q
youngster is more quickly demon
strated than in ordinary kindergarten
methods Our American children are
very bright as q rule. and the exercises
are no task ut all fer them.
zone Of the MOntessovi games we have
found most valuable as a relaxation
VIXEN the Children are tired, or a re-
straining influence when they are be-
coming q little too restless or noisy is
the whispering game, In which the
nupils all keep very still so as to hear
their names whispered by the teacher
AS excellent as the MOntessorl sys-
tenn is for school work It is still better
for homes 1t would be an ideal thing
if the MontessOri equipment could be
in every home, and given to the chill
dren to play with before they are old
enough to be sent to school Tt is really
in a sense simply directed play, or
rather play with definite goal. the re-
suit Of which the player is uncon-
scious
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12
WILL NOT ATTEMPT
QUICK BOND SALE
Pending Official Approval Of $500, 1000
County Issue, By Attorney Gen
eraI, Commissioners VIII
defer Action.

No effort will be made to sell the
S360,000 worth Of county bonds until
two weeks after the county commits
sioners have received notice that the
bond issue has been approved by the
attorney general That was the action
decided on at the special session Of the
county commissioners held Wednesday
afternoon to consider an offer of par
and accrued interest that had been
made for the bonds. The transcript OF
the bonds is now in the hands of the
attorney general, bat his approval is
not expected before March 1.
1t was at the suggestion of mayor
c. E. Kelly that the commissioners de-
cided to wait until the bonds had been
approved before asking for bids II
am not in the bond buying business
said the mayor addressing the commits
sioners, but 1 am in receipt of a tele-
gram from a friend OF mine. He asked
me to appear before this body and ask
1t to hold up the sale of the bonds until
they had been approved and then he
viii be in the market for them. For
the good of the city and county I think
the sale of these bonds should be held
up. A few days ago you could not get
par for the bonds. The bond market is
up. 1 know you can get a good price
if you hold up the sale. Anyhow, wait
until the bonds are approved by the
attorney general
Il am authorized to offer more than
par and accrued interest for the bonds"
W. H. Burgess told the commissioners.
Give me a little time and ] can do
better than the offer made. am au-
thorized to offer more than par and ac-
crued interest now"
Il am glad to sec the bond market
50 easy" said commissioner James Cliff
ford.
We'll, that is the reason we held this
public meeting" said judge A S. J.
Eylar- we do not want to let any good
opportunity get by US"
You viii get a better bid for the
bonds after they are approved" said
mayor Kelly, land think that it would
be good idea if you waited until that
time before considering an offer"
Suppose the bond market. should
drOp% said commissioner Clifford.
You viii have to take that chance
said Mr.. Burgess. You took that chance
once before"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12
SouthwestTo Be Shown In Pageant

~ mission life in 1900. These scenes
yriTI be enhanced by typical Spanish
dances 4.co Iii,
ocfed in the next scene, which also
iii be illustrated by characteristic
indian Dances. Then will come the
Trencb expedition in 1880, with aview
81 +be French court of Louis XIV. and
01s0 of the Frenchmen in the new
World The French dances of this
neriod will be introduced into the
mr. next epoch in the history Of
tho Southwest viii be represented by
I've Celebrations in 1905 of Lieut.. Ze~
santa Fe Trail in 1920.
Next, the old Santa t'e trail IN 1920
more modern history the battle of
Brazftos in 1876 viii be staged. In
tbis act a military drill viii be given.
The passage of the Forty Miners
in the gold rush westward in 1S49,
viii be shown enrOute to the noun
tains of California, over the south
Tbe incoming of American settlers in
1854 viii be the subject of the scene
following this.
eroiIp of ante-beuum Ell Pasoans
7s.iII illustrate the period Of 1860 and
for 1864 the Sibley expedition will be
R III p PaSoys First school to be shown.
Fl Paso's first school in 1879 will
b. represented in the next scene
Border and indian troubles Of 1880
will be shown, the trouble OF the piO-
ueers with the apache, VictOrio, being
depicted.
The coming of the first railroads to
Fl Paso in 1881 is the subject of the
scene following. and its successor on
the stage viii be the first mule car
in FL PasO, in 1882.
Passing of the Bad Man.
The period in 1895 which marked the
passing of the bad man" and The
starting out on the present progress
sive civilization of the southwest will
be the feature of the next scene and
the pageant will close with a prophecy
OF the future of FL PasO in 1926.
Throughout the pageant, the connect
ing thread Of the narrative viii be
items of eLolomi' the spirit of bless
ing and good. who viii appear in each
OF the epochs depicted. This role has
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12

been assigned to Dorothy Congdon, Of
the senior class.
All Of the principal parts VIII be
acted by the seniors, assisted by about
eco students from the other classes
OF the high school in the scenes need
ing backgrounds of crowds, dancers
and military bodies
The GIee club of the school viii take
part in the songs, which VIII be IN
IIoduced through the pageant Mrs.
Lena Moore, the musical director OF
the public schools has begun training
Of the chOruses. Miss Margaret Kin
non, supervisor of the physical train
ing Of the public schools, VIII train
the dancers for the different dances
which VIII enhance the beauty or the
pageant and illustrate the various
phazes Of early life in the southwest
Clifton Elliott, of the Texas national
guard, viii train the boys in the mill
ltary drills, Mrs. J. NJ Frank, teacher
OF English at the high school, with
whom the idea Of the pageant origt-
mated, is the general director and stage
manager of the pageant. Kathleen
Paris will be the pianist
Parts Assigned.
The parts which have so far beeB
assigned to the seniors are: La Sallas
french explorer, RaIpn ONellLi Lene-
crs, EldOn Rutledge and Ralph ONeills
first indian, Ramiel JungJOhaRn; eX-
plOrer, Lucas Bacon 'Ir1ar, Eugene
Smith. king Louis XIV, Alfred Black
lOEuS IN aLLeuQauCGs EAuy LcLl man anu
Reed Harlan. queen Maria Theresa,
Barbara Byars; ladies in waiting Min
uie Lee Lassiter, Therese Houugberg;
Eunice Preston, Mary Heating. Eliza
beth Lucas. Mamie Hammons, Rose
Clayton, Edna Scotch and Lena
BUtchOfsky; first American, Christian
JungjOhann; American girl Eunlce
AndersOn; spirit of the future"
Elizabeth RUtledge; teacher of FL
Paso's first school. Maria Matens.
The Speaking Parts.
The speaking parts in the various
scenes will be taken by James German.
Elgie Means, Walter Ponsford, Ross
HILL Bernita Thomas, Katherine Glenn,
Edna Richardson. Matte Clark,
Charles Carter, Alice Bishop, Dave
Verne Stearns, CIarinda COrbin, Min
eta Henning. Christine MOelicf, Nell
Mulcahy Antoinette Matkin. Earl Wei
siger, Idus Lambert, Paul Masters and
Shelly WarnOclz.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12
Montessori System Wins Converts
ais -:II:- -:JI:- -:I:- -:H:-
Sunset Kindergartners Enthusiastic

tn HE use of the Montessori methods
and equipment are proving very
successful at the Sunset school,
where they were introduced as an eX-
pertinent Dy Miss Anna Washburn, the
kindergarten director. The system
practically revolutionizes kindergarten
methods, as its main principle is Civ
ing the children as much liberty as
possible, and celebrating completely
the old pedagogical methods Of school
teacher Str1CtneSS, where the superior
viii OF the teacher compelled the
pupil to do as told without any spon-
taneOuS Yol1uOn on the part OF the
pupils Perhaps its most important
feature is the relief of eye strain, as
all the fine sewing and weaving that
We're hard on the youngsters eyes
have been eliminated.
Ig a Very Practical Method.
The MontessOri method is essentially
practical, every exercise in the system
belnS to teach the pupil some thing use
full and necessary, that viii be of
Immediate value to the child. The sys-
TEN was arranged for younger children
than attend the public kindergartens,
so UhaT some Of the exercises are al
most instantly mastered by the pupils.
The equipment is in itself interesting.
10 teach the children how to do the
little ordinary things that come up in
dressing themselves, frames of cloth
are provided Some of these lace, as
shoes; some button with shoe buttons,
or big coat buttons; others tie with
ribbons still others have snap fasten-
erS, and others, buckles and straps,
While the child is learning to do this,
ne Is unconsciOusly learning to dress
himself
Another exercise is the training Of
the color sense. Flat spOols of silk, OF
all the color tones of the color spec
trum arranged in eight graduated
shades of one dominant color tone,
each shade lighter terminating in the
palest color next to white, are given
TO the children, who arrange them in
their sequence of shades.
Is Not Absurd.
This may seem to be an absurdly
simple exercise. but it is not. OF a
group Of about 25 children not more
than One-fourth viii arrange the colOrs
correctly the first time. This may be
principally due to the fact that the
child is not really thinking. but in this
very fact lies the importance of the
Montessori methods While the chill
dren are learning to quickly recognize
the different intensities of the color
shades, they are also learning a better
sense Of color.
Another exercise that seems simple
in the extreme to an adult mind, is the
sitting of in-sets into a pattern. These
inset disks are cut in varying shapes,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12
.FELTS PLACES
MURDER BLAME


]
several years ago he said, the COM
b9ny was put to some expense for
dead work"
The superintendent, he said, told
I'm that the company would be re-
Ilnbursed by cheating the men in
Weighing coal
On cross examination, the witness
was asked why he didn't say any
onlns about, the alleged stealing" OF
coal from the mines
didn't dare to- he replied; 'the
men would have murdered me"
Tells Of Powell Killing.
me me witness, who said he was in
cEarge OF sanitation at the Ludlow
colony, was questioned at length by
Judge Northcutt regarding various
disturbances.
He denied having any knowledge of
me searching OF trains for strike
breakers. He told of the killing Of
Max Powell on October s. Powell was
ranchman and was hit by stray
P pun during one of the fights in
The witness said the captain Of a
Iul1Ila company which had been
called to assist the local authorities,
OF strikers and identify the dead man.
Operators Open Testimony.
The first witness for the operators
was James Holmes, a hardware dealer
Of Pueblo.
The witness began to tell of nego-
tiations for purchasing guns for the
strikers.
There was wrangle of attorneys
and the committee finally ruled that
the testimony would be admitted and
that the miners would be given an ap-
portunity to recall Germer to the
stand
Mr.. Nelly came up to a salesman
ard me and said they wanted some
revolvers.
They were shipped to the Nelly
and Caldwell Hardware company and
charged to Germer
"On October 20 the two men again
came and bought q rifles
"Germer picked out the weapons but
Nicely bought them as we do not sell
to consumers except in Pueblo.
"Germer picked up a .4O5 Winches-
ter, a very powerful weapon, and
turning to me, said he believed that
would be about the right caIiber to
shoot through that armOured autOmo-
bile.
Strikers Purchase Many Rifles.
con October "a Nicely bought q
rifles and said Germer told him he
wanted 100.
He asked where he could get any
more and I took him to a large re-
tail establishment where ne pur-
chased between u and 16 rifles"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE
IS STEERING PUPILS

Interest in the advanced public
speaking class of the High school is
very much worked up over a debate
that will be held Friday morning in the
public speaking class period. The pu-
pills have been working upon their
speeches for the past two weeks. The
debate viii be on the subject Of the
Introduction of compulsory education
into every state in the union for every
child of scholastic age, compel them to
attend school at least six months out
Of each scholastic year. Paul Masters
and James German viii uphold the af-
tlrmatlve side, Harry Welsch and Chris
JungjOhann viii contend the negative.
10 judge the debate, principal A II.
Hughey, Manuel Schwartz and Rupert
Gillett have been selected.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12
ILL FEELING is EVIDENT
In HEARING AT HANCOCK

Hancock. Mich, Feb. 12.-The i'll feel
ing beneath the veneer of politeness
which opposing counsel have shown to-
ward each other thus far in the con-
gressiOnal investigation into the cop
per miners strike became apparent to-
day, when o. n. Hilton, for the striking
mine workers, read into the record a
number of pay slips for the avOwed
purpose of proving "a system at once
unfair and oppressive"
It appeared from the slips that the
mining companies were accustomed to
take out of the employees pay the
amount he owed the stOrekeeper, some
times leaving nothing A. z. Rees, for
the operators, said that the inference
that the companies ran the stores was
untrue. Hilton replied that he had no
such purpose, but merely wanted to
show the system.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12
NEere llIorlnE PIctures Horaes.
REBELS SEIZE
MEXICAN BANKS
Decree Issued at chihuahua FORGETTING
Properties Of Banks for Failing
to Resume BusincEs.

Chihuahua, Mex, Feb. 12.-Local
banks which discontinued business sew
eral months ago as a result Of the
chaotic conditions in Mexico are taken
over by the state government under
q decree issued by governor ChaO to-
day.
The decree is in accordance with the
ultimatum of Venustiano Carranza,
head of the rebel government who
named Feb. 10, as the limit Of the
period within which the banks might
reopen as private institutions.
1t is probable that the banks will
be consolidated into one receivership
and operated by the receivers. The
banks named in the decree are: Banco
Minero; branch of the Banco NaciOnal
Commercial Y RefacionariO.
It is assumed that when the banks
are reorganized under the receivership,
they viii be used to circulate the new
rebel money. some Of it it in coin be-
ing minted here, and several millions
engraved in the United States
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-12
5000 SWEDISH STUDENTS
PLEDGE LOYALTY TO KING

Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 12-Loyalty
to king Gustave of Sweden was
pledged Wednesday by 5000 students
of Swedish universities who marched
through the streets to the royal pail
ace, accompanied by bands playing
patriotic music. The students ex-
pressed their confidence in the king
in the present constitutional crisis
which has resulted from the demands
of land owners and farmers for in
creased ornaments
The king expressed his qualification
at the demonstration and asserted the
support of the educated youth Of
Sweden would be a great help to him
in his work for national defence,
which has brought him in conflict with
the cabinet