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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-04-30
AS Pike Director
orders Issued by Auditor

ed Boehmer supt. of pixies ...... 10 IS
Geo. Stephenson, same ............ z 90
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29
Shocking Prison Cond tons.

It's long way from Sing Sing, n l., 10
Milledgeve,, Ga, and widely different is the
life of Warden Osborne's pets from that OF the
men, women and children doomed to the prison
farm of the Cracker" State. The visit of Gov.
Harris TO this abomnable institution, following
the attempt on the life of Leo Frank, resulted in
shocking disclosures. Few citizens OF the South
would care to sec the example OF Blease of
South Carolina, in pardoning criminals by whole
sale, followed in Georgia, but there was no word
of protest when Gov. Harris announced his in
tention OF setting free many of the diseased in
capacitated and helpless inmates of Milledgeville
OF the 500 prisoners, less than half are capable
of doing work of any sort, and the governor was
reported as shedding tears their ptiable plight
The question often asked since the attack on
Frank is how it was possible for a prisoner serv-
ing a sentence for murder to go in the dead OF
night to the bedside OF another prisoner slash his
throat and then get back to his own bed before
being detected. The answer is found in the tact
that in one room of the white mems prison there
are ninety inmates sleeping two and three IN
bed This is 5ox2o feet, and is the room IN
which slept Leo NJ Frank and William Green, the
man who attacked him. The prison is lighted by
oil lamps which kept burning in the sleeping
rooms throughout the night The negro prisoners
sleep in an old barn, sometimes two in single
bunk. In order to be more comfortable, or less
uncomfortable the head OF one and the feet OF
the other are at the same end of the bunk There
is not a single sanitary arrangement in this dormi-
tory, which is a frame building of rough lumber.
formerly used as hay barn. 1t has 1877 inmates
and I25 hunks 1t is a one-story structure, built
few feet above the ground.
Lack of funds for the support of the prison
seems to be the sole reason for the disgraceful
conditions In 1908 law passed providing
that all fees from the sale OF near-beer licenses
| be paid into the State treasury and credited to
the prison farm for its support and development
| In 1000 another law was passed providing that
money from the sale of the licenses go into the
general fund.- and this law it is estimated has thus
| far deprived the prison of 100000.
1t is time for the statesmen of Georgia to bestil
themselves If the State treasury is so impoverish
ed that it is necessary to herd dangerous criminal:
| together like wild beasts way must be found to
increase the Even the prospect OF prison
life in Mledgeville has not discouraged crime ir
| Georgia, as a record of ten lynchings in recon-
weeks would indicate What is to become of thu
unfortunates when released-what is to be ex
pected of men coming back into the world from
such conditions The redemption of the State il
task for strong men and wise.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29
| {&{;!if(GE S;Ss!!{x

Did you go to the OPERA asked Nike.
mo, sir. 1t wasn't OPEN" replied the
waiter But the pass worked all right
I used 1t at Twin Beds
The sportive shirts with the naring
lay-down collars. which are quite the
rage on Broadway, do not connote attn
letic prowess on the wearer's part. ac-
cordins to Simeon Strunsky. but they do
keep his neck out in the open air.
Porter Emerson Browne and Robert
Hilliard were talking about well-known
theatrical manager the other day "
seems that he In noted for the dandruu
around his coat collar, and any time ne
Ia seen he looks like he might have Just
come in out Of a snowstorm.
How long have you known him:
asked Browne.
How long?" replied Hilliard, why
knew him when he only had one dan
druff.'
Ladies' and gentlemen, Mr.. Windiseh
Mr.. windisch files stories to New YORK
newspapers from Port Jervfs, N Y. He
has been attracted by the success OF the
famous correspondents at Winsted and
Sayville. Clear the wires for Mr.. Win
disch-this il the yarn he sent to a New
York newspaper:
Erred Gilbert, a mail carrier, recently
purchased q new auto. He had been on
speaking terms with all the cattle along
his route for years because he drove
horse Thursday q militant cowlet re-
scented the new rig and before Fred real
lied IL the machine was smashed"
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29
A Government Powerless to Save.

Search for the cause of the capsizing of the
steamer Eastland with the loss OF nearly I4oo VeS
has already disclosed evidence upon which
number. of indictments for criminal negligence
and nossibly some for manslaughter will be based
Those whose action failure to act contributed to
the appalling death list must pay severe penalty.
While it is improbable that those primarily respon-
sible-the men who caused or permitted no
toriously unsafe vessel to be used for excursion
trafic-will escape punishment, statement maze
bv Secretary of Commerce Redheld calls attention
to the fact that there is no Federal authority
under the law that may pass upon the question of
vessels stability. Secretary Redheld, who IS
conducting an investigation by direction of Presi-
dent Wilson, says the responsibility for ignoring
alleged faulty construction of the vessel cannot
be placed on Federal inspectors. There is no
commission, body department in the service
that has any power to sit in judgment on the sta
bilty of a vessel" he said. ain my reports / have
called attention to the need of additional powers
1t cannot be possible that the government IS
so helpless as Secretary Redheld suggests. The
conclusion to be drawn from his words is that
there is no authority under the law to prevent the
daily risking of human life on the craziest craft
that may be set ahoat. The government has the
power through its agents to determine and desIg-
nate the carrying capacity of vessels; and II II
may fix the number of passengers boat may car
ry at 1000, Ioo or ten, and no more, by what
process of logic can its authority to forbid the
carrying of a single passenger be denied' That
this should have been done in the case OF the
Eastland, authority authority, is beginning
to be apparent The further deduction may be
made from Secretary Redfelds statement that
the government would be without authority to
prevent the use of vessel having hole in her
hull as a passenger carrier.
The inspection service could not have been
ignorant of the Eastland's reputation as danger
GUS craft, and with that knowledge it possessed
also every facility for discovering whatever defects
there may have been in its construction. Then,
until it can be shown that attempts were made to
prevent the loading of this vessel with thousands
of excurs onists, and that such efforts failed be-
cause the government is without authority to en-
force the demands of its agents, the Steamboat In
| spection Service cannot be exculpated; certain
share of the responsibility must rest upon 1t.
| If it be true that the law is impotent as
| Secretary Redfed's statement would signify then
the neglect of the past must be atoned by lmmedI-
ate action by Congress when it next convenes.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

srsci,I sorrespoudent Of The Washington Herald.
New York July 2S.-The Evening Mail
has a new column guy. George s. kauf-
man, who inaugurated the Mail Chute.
which bid fair to be one of the zippiest
columns in New York. suddenly doneo
the cap and bells last week which makes
the third humorist who has tried to NIL
the shoes of F. P. A. and quit discour-
aged.
Column conducting in New York Is a
most hazardous newspaper job. Inc
newspaper readers have been educated
to he critical Of humorists. If a joke Is
put over with a Joe Miller faint thou-
sand gentle and otherwise readers write
to the editor and make life . bed Oh
thorns for the writer.
Kaufman Is succeeded by Frank M.
O'Brien. an old Sun man. and very pop
ular along Broadway. For the past rev
wears he has been running a column on
the Press. His first paragraph on the
Mail starts of auspiciously.
He writes: TT may be that the Eng
lish militants want England saved 20
that they may have some more run Win
II after the war"
Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson. so-called
OUTLAW of the Christian Science
Church. Is again flooding New YORK
newspapers with protests against ma "a,
tertaItEm. Sne Is ODJcSlhb " 80
memorial that Is going to be ouiit 10
Mrs. Eddy.
Mrs. Stetson believes that the memorial
tends to perpetuate the belief In DEAN;
"No thought of DEATH" she says. should
touch the living leadership OF Mars
Baker Eddy. She IL as much our ieade.
TODAY a. IL her mortal form had MOI
passed on. The act tends to focus oai
sight upon that which il material anc
meaningless"
The Christian Science Church. however
has with rare patience and dignity g
nored the repeated announcements mao
by Mrs Stetson.
Mike selwyn. manager of Twin Beds.'
vas asked by Q waiter for pass to Z
theater.
HOW'D you like to 20 10 the opera
| asked Mike, with full knowiedge Of tn
| fact that the Metropolitan v closed.
eOh, fine." replied the vaiter.
Mike wrote on sip a. papef: Pas
tVo-GooA ssats. 1Glko 0aAwyA
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29
MUNITIONS AND MORALITY.

The reproach to America for furnish
ing war material to our enemies Is not
fair. It is unjust j. was Gsrmsny n es-
feated the proposal forbid the snip
ment of war material from neutral states
to belligerents. There exists only an
a neutral eovernments to belIieerents.
The American government has furnish
ed no war materials.-Editor eugene
Zimmerman In the Berliner Lokal-
Succinct and to the point. and leav-
ing to be added just one thought.
The sale Of war munitions by indi-
viduals and corporations OF neutral
states is right not only legally and
..neutrally" but morally. Its moral
foundation is the principle that a nom
military country must have access to
neutral markets when its independence
and it's life are threatened by nation
rounded upon "militarism" and, there
fore, prepared for aggression.
The pre-eminent justice of this prac.
tice never has been better exemplihec
than in the present war. From this
land that loves liberty has gone the
ammunition with which the gallant
little Belgian army IL defending tht
last corner Of its beloved land against
the ruthless invader that broke III
plighted word in riding rough shot
over Belgian's neutrality. that swoop.
ed down upon the inoffending natior
whose only desire was peace ana turn
ed its mines and its factories to thu
manufacture Of munitions Tor us
against its own people.
Every American shell that goes Z
the Belgians or those who are aiding
Belgium and France in their night 10
liberty represents q contribution 10 TN
cause Of righteousness. The furnish
ing By this country of war munitions
TO the allfes represents the highes
upe e 0orality-1gsw Ierk Hssaad
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29
The Case of James Dimisa.

The governing authorities of the Capital of the
United States have a duty to perform toward
James Dimisa, who understanding word of
the English language, has been sentenced to spend
forty-fve days in prison at Occoquan. Dimisa,
ignorant of the laws and regulations of strange
country and city, sought more or less secluded
spot in Rock Creek Park and removing his cloth
ing proceeded to the laudable task of cleansing
it and himself in the waters of the creek A po-
liceman appearing the scene terrified Dimisa
that with nothing on but his shirt and hat, he
took flight with the policeman in full chase.
Brought to bay in Dupont Circle, after race of a
mile or more through the streets. Dimisa struck
at his pursuer with stick. He is at Deco
guam, his puzzled brain asking why. No doubt
in his native land he had often washed his cloth
ing in some convenient stream. without mourning
the penalty of a term in prison.
Now As to the duty Of the authorities They
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29
THE PROBLEM.

Yesterday was and Tomorrow's to be
Good old Today is the problem for me.
Yesterdays errors perhaps twill redeem
Clearing the road for that beautiful dream,
Freed of all trial, and knowing no sorrow,
Lying beyond in the dark of Tomorrow
All may depend in the end on the way
I shall take hold OF the gifts of Today
Use, or abuse them-now which shall IT be!
That is the problem that's staring at me.
Copyright lnBJ
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

BY dint of every resolute and per-
sistent effort he had before Christ
mas brought hin little force to a fight
ing strength of some six thousand
More than half of these were men en-
listed only until the new year should
open, but he moved before that
During the night of Christmas Day.
1916. ferried by doughty fishermen
from far Gloucester and Marblehead
tho same hardy fellows who had
handled his boats the night he aband-
oned the heights Of Brooklyn-he got
twenty five hundred men across the
river through pitchy darkness and
pounding ice: and in the early light
and frost of the next morning he
took Trenton, with its garrison OF
nine hundred Hessians. at the point
of the bayonet.
There he waited-keeping his I'M
willing militiamen to their service past
the opening of the year by dint OF
! imperative persuasion and a pledge
of his own private fortune for their
pay-until CORVALLIS came down post
haste out of New York with eight
| thousand men.
Moving only to change his position
little. he dared to wait until his
adversary was encamped. at nightfall
of the I'd of January. 1871, within ear
shot of his trenches; then slipped
| northward in the night. easily beat
the British detachment posted al
| Princeton. as the next day dawneo
and had it's morning: and could have
taken or destroyed Corvallis stores
at New Brunswick had his men been
adequately shod to outstrip the Brit.
! ish following hard behind them
AS It was. he satisfied himself
with having completely fianked and
thwarted his foe. and withdrew safe
to the heights of Morristown.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29
HISTORY BUILDERS.
A Great Financier of Civil War Days.
Written expressly for The Washington Herald)
Nv DIR, f. j, EDWARDS.

A Great Financier of Civil War Days.
Written expressly for The Washington Herald)
BY DIR. T.. J. EDWARDS.
Many persons confess themselves to
be bewildered by the reports that tell
of the colossal financing which the
British statesmen are now perform
ing. saying that only a mind capable
Of grasping the meaning that is in the
figures which tell of the distances OF
the celestial objects in the starry
heavens can get any save a remote
comprehension of the magnitude of the
fina ncinG which Is now in progress.
have heard many comments OF
this kind. and they yemind me OF
converse ton which I had with the
late George S. Coe. a banker of New
York who was in intimate financial re-
lations with the government at Wash
ington at the time of the civil war.
MY relations with Hugh McCul-
loch, who was Secretary of the Treas
ury in the administration of Presi-
dent Johnson and who was the first
Comptroller of the Currency, were
very intimate and at times when We
had leisure Mr.. McCulloch would tell
me of strange or exciting incidents
associated with the administration of
the Treasury Department at Washing
ton" said Mr.. Coe.
IT remember that he said that some
| time in the future the historians
would identify Jay Cooke as the great
est single financial leader the world
| has ever known. No man, so far as Mr..
McCulloch had been able to learn,
either in this country or any other,
| unless he was government officer,
has ever secured such successful finan-
| cial results as Cooke was able to OBJ
! tain at the time of the civil war. Mr..
McCulloch told me that he was per-
suaded that not another banker in the
United States would have dared even
to contemplate a plan of floating upon
his own responsibility s500,o00,ooO In
the form of a government loan.
Yet Cooke. fearlessly and without
| hesitation. assumed that responsible
ity and foated the loan. He, in like
manner, fioated others. and the aggre'
gate of the loans which he floated was
two billion dollars.
Mr.. McCulloch told me that perhap:
the most remarkable of Jay Cooke:
achievements was one which imme'
diately followed the close of the civil
war. The government needed abou
$3.50. 0OO, 900 and needed it speedily
for the army was to be mustered ou
of service and the soldiers were to bt
| Maid. and some of the pressing ex
penses entailed by the navy had to b'
met. The department estimated tina
ias much as $4,000, 900 would be need
ed and rather doubtfully called upol
Mr.. Cooke to ask him whether III
thought he could float a new govern
ment issue aggregating $550,000,000 o.
thereabouts and could do 1t so speed
Iy that the government would be II
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

Net earnings for the United States Steel Cor
poration during the past quarter show a swift re-
sion following the outbreak of the European war.
They are more than double the earnings for the
first quarter of this year and much larger than
those for the corresponding quarter of last year.
There is so much of a further gain in the present
month as to promise earnings for the third quar-
ter equal to the best in the corporations expert
ence. Steel as a trade barometer is rejecting Z
broad and rapid revival of Ill industSy-New
York World, 49,
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29
Morning Smiles.

Dad. what is meant by carrying Goals
to Newcastle?
IT'S a figure of speech. my boy. Like
trying to tell something to a graduating
class that they don't know. Pittsburgh
Post.
Shell suppose the duke has landed es-
tates?"
He-Landed one every time he married
but he managed to run through EN- all. =
Boston Transcript
You didn't write your wife for hve
wears and you express surprise that she
got a divorce"
We'll. I dunno as I oughter be sur
prised She alters was hasty. Louis
vile Courier
Agnes-Marion has become an efficien-
CIV expert She goes about telling wom-
en- how to live within their income
Gladys-Nothing doing here. I'm look
ing for some one to teach me now 10
live beyond mine.-Life.
Cubist Artist, who is being arrested
for espionage by local constable-My dear
man, have you no esthetic sense? Can't
YOU see that the picture is an emotional
expression Of the inherent gladness OF
spring?
OnStaDie-StO" IL, SidieiSe. ~ tei
think l don't know a bloomin' plan when
| see one?-Punch.
well, Maria" said Jiggles, after the
town election. for whom did you vote
this morning "
Il crossed off the names of all the
candidates" returned Mrs. Jiggles. "and
wrote out my principles on the back oil
my ballot This is no time to consider
individuals and their little personal am
billions. York Times.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

~ NE after another. that very sum-
mer, the delegates of the sew
~ eral states had put their names
to the Declaration of Independence:
hut already there seemed small pros
pect Of making it good.
To not a few 1t already began 10
seem a piece of mere bravado. to be
repented Of
The real strength and hope of the
undaunted initiative of the indomitable
Virginian whom the Congress had
chosen for the chief command. He
proyed himself maker as well as
commander of armies. struck oftenest
when he was deemed most defeated.
could not by any reverse be put out
of the fighting.
He was now for the first time 10
give the British commanders real
taste of his quality. What there was
to be done he did himself.
The British stopped at the Della
ware: but their lines reached Burling-
ton. within eighteen miles of Phil
adelphia, and from Trenton. which
tbev held in some force. extended
through Princeton to New Brunswick
and their headquarters at New York
Philadelphia was stricken with ut
ter panic.
Sick and ragged soldiers poured IN
from washington's camp. living evil
dences of what straits he was in. and
had to be succored and taken care OF;
the country roads were crowded with
vehicles leaving the town laden with
women and children and household
goods; the Congress itself incontinent-
Nv fed the place and betook itself to
Baltimore.
Washington's military stores were
in the town. but he could get no prop
er protection for them.
1t was at that very moment. never
theless. that he showed all the world
with what skill and audacity he could
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29
hszMgMz.

possession of the funds with which to
pay off it's soldiers and sailors.
Mr.. Cooke did not hesitate an IN.
slant He told the Secretary OF the
Treasury that he was convinced that
he could float a loan of that size
within a short time. The department
took him at his word and was there
by able to obtain the money with
which the soldiers were paid, the last
payment being made in the fall or
1866. Cookies success was due to the
fact that he had faith not only in the
ability, but in the willingness. OF the
American people to absorb government
loans provided the terms were salts
factory. He never once erred in
Judgment of that kind"
Copyright 1915, By E. J. Edwards AL rights re-
servedI
Tomorrow DIR. Edwards Will tell OF
"a Fame That Increases Yearly
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

should send representative to Oeeoquan. accom-
panied by an interpreter. The nature of Dimisa's
offense should be explained to him, and he should
be assured that the man armed with club who
accosted him on the banks of Rock Creek and
pursued him when he fled in fright was not a uni
formed enemy of his country and himself, but a
guar dian of the peace If this is not done perhaps
James Dimisa will leave Oceoquan an anarchist
an enemy of the law. ....
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

Discussing the possibility of the United States
being drawn into the Lord Northclfe writes:
81 am not able to fathom the reasons for the
violent ant-American campaign conducted by the
official newspapers of Germany 1t may be that
the Germans are attempting to brighten the Amer
leans. Such campaign made against Eng
land just year ago. 1t had effect whatever
on English public opinion which, directly little
Belgium attacked rallied instantly to the cause
of freedom. l don't think that the German gov
ernments action as evidenced by its press hos
tility will in any way influence American opinion.
Lord Northcliffc knows of course, that Americans
will no more take fright than the English did The
ranks of the ultrapacihsts are rapidly being
thinned down to the frightened ones, and their
number must not be estimated from the noise they
make. s0~.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

Casualties suffered by the British army and
navy in the war up to July 20 number 33ooo5.
In the fighting in Northern Flanders and France,
3,20S officers killed, 6,So3 wounded and I,I62
missing. The losses in men 4S,372 killed,
I56.3oS wounded and $4,000 missing. The figures
gives the lie to the assertion that Great Britain
has not done its share in the war. though every
body, including those who uttered it, knew it was
lie in the beginning.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

President Wilson has declined an invitation to
speak at a meeting to be held in ST. Louis under
the auspices OF the American Neutrality League"
TO protest against the shipment of munitions
to the allies. Mr. Bryan is not wanted at his price
of $500 and half the receipts. The invitation to
President Wilson appears like deliberate
affront than blunder. The american Neutrality
League" represents principle the opposite OF
what its title implies and to invite the President
OF a neutral nation to enlist in its cause was at
least d brazen piece of impudence
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

Three persons killed when a Coney Is
and roller coaster jumped the track. Strange that
with all the dangers and the high mortality at
tendant upon ordinary street traffic in New York
It's people should find pleasure in seeking and ex-
posing themselves to manufactured pers.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-29

NJ last the Lincoln Highway Association has
recognized the incontestabe claims of Washing
ton, the Capital to place the map and patriot
ism and common sense have a victory. A
great highway across the continent, named in
memory of Abraham Lincoln, that passed Wash
ington by at a distance would be something for
poscrity TO make sport Of