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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
NAVAL MEASURE
PASSES SENATE
Provides For Two Batt|eshlps
and Submarine Fleet
CARRIES ABOUT s152,OOO,OOO

Only Serious Contest Was Over the
Question Of the Plucking Board,
Which is Retired From Operation
For at Least Year--Eeonomy Sen
ators Back Building Program-Fea.
tures Of the Measure.
Washington, Feb. 27.-Providing for
two battleships, five large seagoing
submarines and sixteen coast defense
submarines, the naval appropriation
bill passed the senate with total ap-
preparations of about $152 1000, 900.
Practically the only serious fight
was over the question Of the plucking
board, the function of which mas been
to retire numbers of officers of fairly
high rank each year 80 that steady
flow Of promotions would be obtained.
The building program, especially the
twenty-one submarines, is consider.
ably larger than that provided by the
bill as 1t passed the mouse, and the
differences will be threshed out in
conference.
The senate committee had agreed
with the house action in abolishing
the plucking board, but strong pleas
were made by such senators as Weeks
and Bryan to continue the board.
They asserted that 1t was doing good
work and that unless something were
substituted for it the navy would fall
back into the old rut in which 1t was
prior to the establishment Of the
board.
When the vote came It was Al to "a
against the board, which settles its
fate, retiring it from operation for at
least year, since the house has al.
ready taken similar action and this
point will not be in dispute in con.
ference.
Even the economy senators sur
rrised the men who usually vote for
big appropriations for the army and
navy by supporting the increased ex-
penditures for building. The amend
ment increasing the number OF sea-
going submarines from one to FIVE
and of the coast defense submarines
from eleven to sixteen was passed
without dissenting vote. Senator
Smoot of Utah made strong appeal
for his amendment, which would have
increased the number of seagoing sub.
marines from five to fifty and the
number of coast defense submarines
from sixteen to twenty-five, but Sen.
ator Swanson of Virginia made q
point Of order against this amend
nent and 1t was ruled out.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
The insanity.

The insanity.
How was ne acquittedT
''lnsanity
-He doesn't seem crazy"
"Hc knt 1t was the jury that waf
on :" Eansas City Times
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
PRESIDENTS STRIKE
COMMISSION AT ODDS

New York, N. Y, Feb. 27-A final
attempt will be made today to secure
conciliatory expressions from the Col
orado coal operators, by the special
commission appointed by President
Wilson. John d. Rockefeller, Jr., and
group of coal operators will be the
guests of Hon. Seth Low, chairman of
the special commission, at luncheon,
which will be attended also by Patrick
Gilday and Charles w. Mills, the 9TH
er members of the commission. Re-
ports within the past few weeks have
been to the effect that the coal oper-
ators were decidedly against submit
ting their case for arbitration to the
commission as it is now composed.
The Rockefeller interests made the
charge that Gilday and Mills were
biased in favor of the coal miners. Mr..
Low, it is said, realized that the et-
forts to bring about conciliation would
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02

Mrs. AL Wilson of East Vine street
ia spending the day in Columbus.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
MANSFIELD
Citizens WillPrOvide Quarters
For Veterans
Who Attend The EnCampmeRt
Next June
Mansfield News.)

Mansfield is to be canvassed by the
women of the auxiliary organizations
of the G. A. r. to arrange for quarters
to accommodate the many thousand
visitors that will come to the city the
week of June 81 to attend the annual
state encampment Of the G. A. r.,
Sons of Veterans, Spanish War Vet
Grams, Women's Relief Corps and
Ladies of the G. A. r.
Local women connected with these
organizations expect to make a. can
vass among the citizens to secure
quarters for the visitors and the CO.
operation Of every citizen Of Mansfield
is earnestly requested as the encamp-
ment is to be the biggest convention
ever held in this city. Mansfield must
make fine showing in entertaining
them.
At a meeting of the executive com.
mittee in charge Of the encampment
last night in the Memorial building
plans were formulated for the enter.
tainment of the visitors. Preliminary
arrangements are practically complet
ed and the committee hopes that cit
izens will make a generous response
to their efforts to entertain the visit.
ors.
A card system of quarters arranged
in order for ready reference for the
entertainment of the visitors will bt
compiled by the entertainment com.
mittee. Later detailed statement
will be made to the public as to the
necessities attending the reception O.
the encampment delegates and citi.
zens will be invited to cooperate ir
helping care for the visitors.
At the meeting last night Of the gen
eral committee several subcommittee
we're completed and the committee OF
publicity was authorized to contrac
for press service in order to give 8
wide range of advertising of the en-
campment throughout the state. The
committee wants everything to rur
smoothly, and in order to do this it i
necessary that all citizens cooperate
and assist in making the coming en-
campment a successful one SO thai
visitors will leave Mansfield with {
good impression, thus boosting the
city.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
MERCHANTMEN SUNK
Two Moro Victims of German Block.
ade of British isles.

Two Moro Victims of German Block.
ade Of British Isles.
London, Feb. 26.--The seventh day
Of the German blockade Of the British
Isles brought news of the destruction
of several more mercantile vessels,
making total of fourteen ships of
British and neutral nationality sunk
or damaged by mines or torpedoes in
the first week of the submarine war
fare which began on Feb. 18. The
latest victims are the steamer Dep
ford and the Western Coast, both
British craft. The Depford was sunk
off Scarborough, in the North sea.
and the Western Coast went down In
the danger zone off Beachy Head,
in the English channel. Indications
are that German submarines we're
responsible.
The Depford was blown up with a
loss of one life. Fifteen members of
the crew were landed at South
Shields. The engineer of the ship
says he was at his post when an ex-
Ilosion broke the ship in half. The
Western Coast was sunk much in the
same manner as was the Depford. All
of her crew were saved.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
Tho Greatest Geolosist.

The royal name in geology is un-
doubtedly that Of Charles Lyell. 1t
was Lyell who did for geology what
COpernicus did for the heavens and
Darwin for the realm Of biology
1t true rendering by finding out and
stating its true laws. Before LyelPs
time geology was largely romance, but
in "The Principles Of Geology" pub
lished in 1880, the old catastrophe
view OF the formation of the earth
heard its deathknell, and from the pub
lication of that great work we are to
date the birth Of real geology.-Ex-
change.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
MANGLED
Was Man'sLeg By A Revolving
Saw
And AmputatiOn Was NeCes-
Safy Below The Knee

Bladensburg, Feb. 26-When his
right leg accidentally came in contact
with revolving saw Thursday after
noon, James Mckee, who resides two
miles north of here, had the member
30 badly mangled that amputation was
necessary a short distance below the
knee. The accident occurred at $3.50
o'clock.
Mckee, who is a farmer, was having
some wood sawed at the mill, located
! near this village. He was standing
near the saw and slipped, the teeth
cutting into his leg Several of the
bones were broken and the flesh
churned up. Mckee is 4S years old,
married and has a family.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02

Forbing Brothers Of Mt. Vernon
will commence drilling for oil on the
soon. A producing we'll now on this
land makes it about certain oil pro
ducing territory Danville News.
Mr.. Robert Baxter of this city, who,
for the past two years, has been en-
ployed in the office of the PennsyI
vania railroad shops, has accepted a
position with the Goodrich Rubber
Co. at Akron. Mr.. Baxter will take up
his new work March 1.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
GERMAN ATTACHE
DENIES AUTHORSHIP
Anonymous Letter Turns Up IN
Passport Case.

New York, Feb. 27.-Charles H.
Grifflths, attorney for Richard P. Steg-
Ter, the German naval reservist an
rested here on the charge of fraudu-
lently obtaining an American pass
port, announced that he would place
in the hands of the federal authori
ties an anonymous typewriter letter
received by Mrs. Stegler, which would
be compared with letters alleged to
have been written to Stegler by Cap
tain X. Boy-Ed, naval attache of the
German embassy at Washington.
Stegler, according to Mr.. Griffiths,
has told the federal authorities that
Captain Roy-Ed wanted him to go to
England as a spy.
The letter, which Captain Boy-Ed
denied having written or knowing
anything about, reads: Reading to-
days New York American, allow me
to tell you that it was your fault that
your husband will have to go to jail
for many years and will always be a
looked-at scoundrel. Accept the ad
vice to keep your mouth shut and do
not open it before you at first consult
q lawyer"
Mr.. Grihiths said that both Mrs.
Stegler and Stegler himself, to whom
he showed the letter in the Tombs
prison, had declared that certain char
acteristics Of the typewriting and
other peculiarities resembled the let
ters Stegler had received from Cap
tain Boy-Ed, now in possession of the
United States district attorney.
''This thing is too ridiculous to an
swer," Captain Boy-Ed said, when
asked IL he wrote the letter. "All the
letters which have gone out OF this
office have been addressed by my
stenographer, and I suppose there
must be thousands of typewriters like
the one she uses"
Captain Boy-Ed strongly reiterated
his denial that he had had anything
to do with Stegler. other than to try
to help him get position.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02

be useless under these conditions, and
has persistently refused to go to Colo
RADIO with Gilday and Mills. Today's
luncheon is expected to either pave
the way for smooth arbitration of the
big issues of the Colorado strike, or to
bring about the resignation of one or
all Of the presidents commission.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
His Family Tree.

Andy-And you say that is picture
Of your family tree?
Sandy-It Is.
"But the tree has no foliage on it?"
mo. You see. I'm Scotch descent
and my ancestors wore kits and Went
with bars limbs. ~ Yonkers Statesman.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
sequesters Allied Properties.

Berne, Feb. 26., - A dispatch from
Brussels says that the German ?over.
ror, General Won Bissing, has author
ICED the sequestration of all business
enterprises in Belgium owned by SUBJ
jects or citizens Of nations with which
Germany Is at war.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-03-02
new YORK BOATS
REMAIN IN PORT
British Admiralty Suspends All
SaiIings TO United States
SUBMARINE ATTACKS FEARED

Opposition to the American Note,
Which Is Under Consideration by
the Cabinet--Believed Destruction
Of Neutral Ships VIII Embroii Ger.
many With Neutral Nations.
Liverpool, Feb. 26.--All New York
nailings have been suspended tempo
rarily by the British admiralty. All
the regular liners booked to sail from
Liverpool, London or Glasgow for
New York on Saturday are to be held
in port.
London, Feb. 26.--The American
note, which in general seeks to bring
about an understanding regarding the
war zone prescribed by Germany and
the shipment of foodstuffs designed
for the civilian population of the bell
hgcrent countries, was considered at
a meeting of the cabinet, but thus far
ITO intimation as to the official atti-
tude toward it can be obtained. 1t is
expected, however, that the British
reply will be ready within day or
two.
II is understood that the draft of
the note to neutral states advising
them of the nature of the reprisals
which it was decided to adopt in reply
to the German submarine blockade
already had been drawn up, but the
arrival OF the new American note
caused temporary suspension Of this
matter
The press and public, however, on
the supposition that President Wilson
has suggested that Great Britain
should not carry out her threat to
place an embargo on foodstuffs for
Germany and that, in return, Germany
should not enforce her submarine
blockade against the British isles,
have already expressed their disap-
proval of acceptance Of such a propo-
sitiOn.
1t is believed mere that the destruc-
ton Of neutral ships and cargoes will
CmbrOil Germany with neutral coun-
tries and that in the long run the
losses which the allies will suffer will
be more than Offset by the anger
aroused on the part of the nentrals
and the possible refusal of countries
such as Norway to allow goods to be
shipped from their ports to Germany.
This and other diplomatic questions,
such as the possible entry Of Italy and
Toumania into the war, which again
is being discussed, have largely over.
shadowed the news from the battle
fields, which in military circles is con-
sidered of paramount importance.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
War and Immigration.

Are the tables being turned on us? In times past some fall promises and descriptions were circulated in Europe to assist emigration to this country Money grew on trees in America. One had only to reach up and pluck it. Land was to be had for the asking. Jobs with fat wages attacked stood on street corners begging to be taken. A boundless and inexhaustible para disc was to be found just across the Atlantic Railroad and steamship agents grew eloquent with the theme.
 Now, as We see, Europe is made to beckon to America. And the appeal is both sentimental and material Eu- ropeans in this country are urged to return to their homes and help re- store what the war has ravaged. Pa triotism calls. Besides, there will be money in it. Henceforth the poor man will have a chance in EuropA It will no longer be possible to keep him down over there. The old oppressive order for him in the new order.
 We must wait for the war to close and the new order to manifest itself before this question can be settled The war is affecting so much, reach ing so far, forecasts about anything are of doubtful value. Not improb- ably, however, America will continue to be borne of Europeans of an ad- venturous turn, who in making change of field want to settle in the most rewardful field in reach.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
Not Our Particular Worry. (Bridgeport Post.)

Times are certainly getting harder and harder every day. Our last years Fall hat cost three dollars, but the one bought October first cost five. Just about as soon as we were able to stand up under the sorrow of this increase in the cost of living our eyes lit upon a notice in one of the New York dailies concerning the ad- vanced price of the family pint" of beer. It seems that in good old New York the retail dealers have agreed to advance the price from ten to fifteen cents. That is the last straw on the camePs back, and if we had not already given up beer as a beverage We should proceed to do it today. The local, hydraulic prod uct is at least, little cheaper than beer and claimed to be as pure.
 There is, however, one thing that bothers us In connection with the whole subject. The increased cost is made because of the additional liquor taxes and the high licenses. This leads us to ask if liquor is right, why is it taxed any more than tea or coffee? If liquor is wrong as a beverage, does the license make it right? Can right be bought at all in a matter of this kind? It it can be what Is the price?
New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
AIncricanisn.
Waterbury Democrat. ]

What is real AmeriCanism, that much vaunted thing which we prize so highly and cling to so proudly :? in 1857 Edwin Lawrence Godkin an Irishman who had emtgrated to this country to enter the American bar, and who later became the founder and editor of the Nation, af- ter an extended tour of the southern states and several years of residence in New York city, wrote: T am far from pretending that the politics were all pure and the politicians all pa triotic. But the air was full of the real 'Americanism." The American gospel was on peoples lips, and was preached with fervor. Force was worshipped, but it was moral force; it was the force of reason, of hu- manity, of human equality, of a good example" Did the future edi- tor overestimate our "Americanism" in his first opinion of it It is to be hoped that he did not and that this kind of American spirit is still ours. Actual military preparedness seems necessary in this stage of civilization, armed force seems to be having it's day. For the very reason the wor- ship of moral force is even more es- sential in order to maintain the prop CT balance. to keep our military de- Velopment within sane and wholesome bounds. Reason, humanity, human equality, good eXample"-what pos abilities for power, for leadership, for service to the world these suggest! If they are the backbone of real Americanism' as it is today, more power to it! If they are not, them real Americanism needs that they should be earnestly and humbly cul- tivated.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
A New Planet.
(BOSton Post. ]

Through the murk of the smoke of the European war, the director of the observatory at Barcelona University in Spain has caught sight of a new planet, as he believes, far outside our solar system.
 While the limit of our visible uni verse has for almost three-quarteTs s of a century been regarded as the or bit of the planet Neptune, there have been several suggestive visions of possible wandering bodies outside. If the Spanish astronomer has caught one of these, his name will have place alongside of that of LeVerrier in astronomic annals.
 There is no other of the natural sciences in which the demand upon a discoverer is so imperative that he shall make good by showing what he claims to have found. And for such as may find things in the <ast- nesses some billions of miles away, beyond Neptune, there is difficulty of dem monstrating to incredulous rivals the reality of that which they think they have seen.
 But perhaps the Spaniard has found it.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
A Right of Citizenship.
(New Haven Register.)

The exercise of the franchise should be esteemed a privilege, and every man possessing the right to it should be encouraged to make the legitimate most of his right. Especially should those who formerly subjects of other governments, come for the first time to vote in the new country of their adoption, who probably exercise for the first time that distinctive privi- lege of the free citizen, the vote, be impressed with the dignity of the occasion. As the Register has re- peatedly said, the voting places which we in New Haven were compelled to use six or eight years ago were not of such a nature as to have that eff feet. They were on the contrary calculated to give the impression that voting was so unimportant that any shed or store or corner of convent ence was good enough for it's per- formance.
 The Register cannot let the occasion of today's voting pass without calling attention to a material and commend able change. Today, for the first time since New Haven became large enough to require more than one poll ing place, all of it's voting has been done in public or semi-public build ings In Ward One, the voting was in city hall. In ten of the other
New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
COMMUNICATED.
Pays Tribute to Old Comrade of Civil
 War Days.
Maple Hill. Newington, Conn.,,

Maple Hill, Newington, Conn.,,
 Oct. 9,1915. Editor New Britain Herald:
 Slr:-l was very much surprised and greatly shocked to see the notice of the death of Samuel J. Griswold, Guilford, Conn, in your paper this evening. He was a dear comrade and friend of mine, having served to- gether in the same regiment during the Civil war, and we were prisoners of war in Andersonville at the same time.
 Although he had been ailing for many years he was always cheerful and owing to his kind disposition made host of friends. His loyalty and patriotism was of the very strong est. At the last meeting of the Con- nect1cut Prisoners of War association he was elected it's president and the members will mourn his loss and miss him greatly
 WILLIAM F. STERNBERG,
 Secretary and Treasurer Conn. Prisoners of War Association.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
Kindness Not Dead

The exchange editor of a large newspaper, who has the reading of a great number of publications, says he is convinced that kindness is not dead. He constantly finds in the country correspondence stories of help extended to people who have had hard luck. If man has fire or an illness or other trouble, the neighbors have a "bee." They har- vest some crop, supply him with fuel, or perform some waiting task.
 In city life the people of tenement districts will give up their last dol lar to help d neighbor in misfortune
 It is in town life, among people of easy circumstances, that there is the least visible charity. This is partly because there are few obvious hap penings to stir sympathy. But the fact that a person and his neighbors are living in plenty should not ob- scure the plight of others. There are always those who need help who are easily enough found by charita- bly disposed persons.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
The Matinee Girl.

Columbus (O.) State Journol.)
 A breath of perfume freights the air, a hustle of silk and swish of skirts, and there's melodious laughter that thrills and thrills and a sea of laughing faces from which autumnal winds have chased the semi-tan of summer. All of this is framed in a golden sunshine crowned by a blue and white sky.
 Thus the stage is set for the Mat inee Girl.-Philadelphia Public Led ger.
 We are going to hire that man to write for us a description of a boiled cabbage dinner. We think he can do it justice. The man who beholds with such rapture the matinee girl will not fail us when it comes to a feast of boiled cabbage.
New Britain herald., 1915-10-11
Passengers Reach New York.

New York, Oct. 11.-Nearly 250 passengers who were transferred erom the Bay State line steamer Tennessee after her collision in Long Island Sound off Fishers Island with schoo- ner Samuel S. Thorp Saturday night were brought here yesterday abroad the steamer Concord of the Colonial line. The Tennessee, with a ragged gap forty feet long in her side, limp ed into port a few hours later. The Tennessee was bound from Providence to New York.
 Robert Heating of Wood Haven, N. Y. who had suffered internal injSries. was removed to a hospital Several other passengers received minor hurts They were occupants of the seven state-rooms demolished by the inn pact.
 The Tennessee's freight and saloon decks were stove in and the funnel damaged, but she was able to pro- ceed to New York under her own steam.
 Robert J. Noble, general manager of the Bay State line, said the schooner, eastbound, suddenly luffed up in the wind and struck the Tenn essee a hard glancing blow.