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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
strange
Malady AffIiCtS Bees In The
Northwest

Washington, ID. c., Sept. 15-The
department of agriculture is cooper
ating with he zoologiss and bee-keep-
ers of he northwest in an effort to
stem the strange disease that Is wip-
ing out colonies Of bees in the north
western states The entire 1916 fruit
crop is jeopardized by the loss Of
the bees. A mysterious scourge, so
far battling to the specialists in Seat
tie and other northwestern cities, has
already made big inroads on the bee
colonies Of the state of Washington.
Prof. Trevor Kincaid, zoologist of the
University of Washington, one Of
the best-informed entomologsts in
the country, has lost more than half
of his own bees and has received
alarming reports of similar trouble
from other bee-keepers. Over half
the honey-producers of the state Of
Washington are reported to have
been wiped out. Not only does this
affect the bee industry itself, but it
threatens to ruin the fruit crops.
Without bees to spread the pollen
which fertilizes the fruit blossoms,
the great orchards will be barren.
Prof. Kincaid reports that at first
he thought the ravage was due to
bee paralysis, but later found that
the afIliction is similar to malaria in
the human family. The disease has
weakened the fighting qualities of the
bees, and the wasps and other enc
mics have had the upper hand in that
constant battle of the survival of the
fittest.
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TICKETS
Now On Sale For X. Of P
Special Train To Newark

Tickets are now on sale for the
Knights of Pythias special train run
ming between Mt Vernon and New
ark, Wednesday, Sept. 22 The spec
ial train will leave Mt. Vernon at 10
o'clock, and returning will leave New
ark at II o'clock p. m.
Tickets may now be procured from
the committee, consisting of Jed s.
Months, Charles r. Appleton, William
A. Beamer, Charles II. Sims, c. o.
Hill, G.. II. Huntsberry and C. G.
Hunt. Tickets will also be for sale
at the regular convention of Timon
Lodge Thursday evening, Sept. is.
The above committee has complet-
ed arrangements whereby the Knox
county delegation will meet at the
Castle Hall, on West Gambler street,
at 3 o'clock a. IN. and will march in
a body to the b. & o. station, headed
by the Centerburg band, followed by
Kokosing Company No. II, u. X. X.
OF p.
The fare, round trip ticket from
Mt. Vernon, Is 81. The committee is
'desirous of selling as many tickets as
possible before Sept. %, in order to
lessen the confusion at the station.
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SALE
Of Parr Shoe Store To A
Columbus Man

On Wednesday morning Earl j.
Everly of Columbus assumed com
plete charge of the Silas Parr shoe
store on South Main street, the deal
having been made Tuesday, following
an inventory of the stock in the
store.
The new owner is man of life.
long experience in the shoe business,
His earliest training was In this line
and he has never entered anything
else. For number of years he was
connected with the Dunlap Shoe Co.
OF Columbus In the capacity OF ex.
pert buyer which position he resign.
ed to take over the Parr store.
Frank j. Meade and Ralph Il. Ward
will be retained as clerks in the new
store which is pleasing information
10 the friends of these enterprising
gentlemen.
The new proprietor Is a married
man and has one small son. He will
reside at l24 East Hamtramck street
His wife and son will arrive In this
city October and take up their resi-
dence there.
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TO PREFER CHARGES
AGAINST Glen DENNINC
willis Would Remove Member
Of State License Board.

Columbus. Sept. 15.-Governor Will
lis announced that charges will be
filed Immediately against Byron l..
Glen Denning of Cincinnati, Demo-
cratic member of the state liquor H.
cense board. He will act under an
opinion of Attorney General Turner
that participation in the referendum
on the McDermott liquor license law
by state or county licensing officials
constitutes misconduct In office.
Mr. Glen Denning issued a signed
statement two weeks ago that he was
participating in the referendum. Tues.
day the governor called him to the
executive Office, reminded him of the
statement, produced copy of the at
torney generals opinion, and then
asked for mis- resignation. Glen Den
ring refused to resign, contending
that he had acted within his rights.
regardless of the opinion Of the attor-
icy general, The governor then mott.
fled him that charges of misconduct
In Office would be filed.
This action of Governor Willis In
bringing charges OF misconduct against
member of the state licensing board
is regarded only as an example o.
what will follow as to other members
CT the state board and members Of
county boards in case evidence is OBJ
tained connecting them with activity
in aiding the referendum
Governor Willis will hear the
charges against Glen Denning after
the commissioner has been given tnir-
ty days notice. The governor is to
be the sole Judge Of the charges and
will sustain or dismiss them, accord
ing to his own disposition.
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SEvENTY-SEVEN TODAY
Jim Hill, tke Empire Builder" Has
Another Birthday.

SUOtuCI
st. Paul, Mimi, Sept 15.-James j.
Hill is seventy-seven years old today.
He is spending the day in New York
directing the $1,000,0O0,000 loan to
the French and English governments.
Mr.. Hill strongly objected to going to
New York because he wanted to spend
his birthday with Mrs. Hill and his
children. When all efforts failed, Mrs
Hill and l.. w. Hill, his son, prevailed
upon him that his duty was to be in
New York. Mrs. Hill herself packed
his grip and celebration of Mr.. Hills
birthday will be held later when he
returns. "My birthdays will grow
fewer" said Mr.. Hill, "and J. want to
spend them at home with my family"
While Mr.. Hill is trying to solve
the biggest single financial problem
in the history of the world, 400 veter-
an employees of the Great Northern
railway are celebrating mis- birthday at
Grand Forks. n. ID.
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Simon Rowland of Columbus visit
ed relatives here last week.
Mrs Benjamin Lewis of Purity was
the geust of her grandmother, Mrs.
Mary Neible, last week.
Mrs. Hattie Smith and son from
Newark are visiting Mrs. Lucie Shat
fer this week.
Mr.. and Mrs, Glenn Potter and in
fant son visited Mrs. Elizabeth Clut-
ter the last of the week
Henry Sirnons, who has been i'll of
to Columbus Tuesday for an X-ray
examination.
Abe Ewing of Killbuck is visiting
his son, II. r. Ewing.
Mrs. Cora Malhurd and children
returned to Utica Saturday, after an
extended visit here with Mrs. Rachel
Larimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Barrick were
guests of Mr.. A. ID. Barrick and fam
lily last week and attended the Hart
ford fair.
Mrs. Robert Wells and children OF
Orange, Va, are visiting relatives
and friends here this week.
Mrs. Jennie Turner of Columbus is
the guest OF her father, Henry
Myers.
The children and grandchildren Of
Mrs Anne Hawkins celebrated hel
J S2nd birthday anniversary Saturday
There were about forty present, in
cluding number of great grandohil
| dren.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
TEUTONS TAKING
MANY PRISONERS
Big Drive Toward DvlnSk Goes
Forward Unchecked.
PORT OF RIGA THREATENED

Russians Vigorously Pressing the Aus
trian Forces In Galcia-ArtiIlery
Duel In the Western Zone Unabated.
German Submarine Lost Near the
DardaneIles-Tota British Casual.
ties to Date.
London, Sept. 15.-According to the
Berlin official statement the German
drive toward Dvinsk goes forward un-
checked, and Field Marshal Won Hin
oenburg's army has taken 5000 pris-
oners in the encounters of the last
twenty-four hours and forged ahead to
within about thirty miles of the
Dvinsk fortress.
1t is reported that the Russians are
evacuating Wilma.
Riga. for the time being, is left un.
threatened by direct attack, but should
Won Hindenburg succeed in getting
effectively astride the Petrograd rail-
road farther south it would expose the
Baltic port to a serious enveloping
movement.
All the mid-Poland fighting, the
Germans claim, is progressing in
their favor, but the Russians are still
on the offensive in Galicia, pressing
the Austrians with vigor that re-
calls their dash through Galicia in the
latter part of last winter.
yet has not abated. Both sides are
making prodigious expenditure OF
shells, leaving the public to guess
when, If at all, any general infantry
attack is coming
A German submarine has been tor
pedoed and sunk by a French torpedo
boat patrol between Mytilene and
Tenedos.
Official announcement was made in
the house of commons that the total
Of British war casualties up to Aug.
21 was 321,3S3 officers and men kill
ed, wounded or missing. These fig
rres refer to the army alone. Losses
of the British army during the sum-
mer were somewhat smaller than in
April and May. This is probably ac.
counted for by the comparative mac
tion along the Franco-Belgian front
II may be assumed that the heaviest
| proportion of losses was at the Darda.
| nelles.
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+ EAGLE GROVE i

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith and
Smiths parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
McMannis.
II. G. Clark and wife of st. Johns,
Mich, arrived Friday to be the
guests for week or ten days of
their grandparent and uncle, G. w.,
and w. b. Shipley.
Mrs. Alva Blinn and little daugh-
ters, who have been spending the
summer with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oldaker, expect to return to
their home in Chicago Thursday.
Lewis Mckinley and family of
Hamilton o., visited with his sister,
Mrs. Dean Johnson last week.
Mrs. Susan Grant is spending a
few days with Mrs. Sarah Porter of
Fredericktown.
A number of our people were in
Mt. Vernon Wednesday to see the
circus.
MI anu MiS' W. ~ ohlpiey anu
son, Duane, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. l.. NJ. McGrew, James Shrack
and family and Mrs. Toms, motored
to Prospect Sunday and spent the
day with II, o. Toms and family.
Mrs. Charles Coe of Mt. Vernon
visited with her sister, Mrs. Cash
Grant Saturday and Sunday.
G. II. Braddock attended the fair at
Bucyrus last week.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17

Known for 80 Years AZ tho Best
Remedy for Rheumatism, Catarrh,
Scrofula, Skin Diseases.
Scientists have discovered that the
forest and the field, are abundantly
bupplied with vegetation OF various
kinds, that furnish the ingredients
for making a remedy, for practically
every i'll and ailment OF mankind.
Medicines made from roots, herbs, and
barks which Nature has placed at the
disposal of man, are better than
strong mineral mixtures and concoc-
tions. Mineral medicines work dan
gerously on the delicate parts OF the
system, especially the stomach and
bowels, by eating out the lining mem
brane, producing chronic dyspepsia
and often entirely running the health.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
Yes; S. S. S. Is Purely Vegetable
Natures Safe Blood Treatment

S. S. s. is guaranteed to be q
purely vegetable remedy. 1t is made
entirely Of gentle acting, healing, pu-
rifying roots, herbs and barks, pos,
sessing properties that build UP all
parts Of the system, in addition to re,
moving all impurities and pois0ns
from the blood. S. S. S. is a safe
treatment for Rheumatism, Catarrh,
Scrofula, Sores and Ulcers, Skin Dis.
eases, Contagious Blood Poison, ana
all disorders Of the blood. 1t cleanseS
the entire system and it's permanent.
Get S. S. S. at any drug store.
s. S. S. is q standard remedy recog.
nized everywhere as the greatest
blood antidote ever discovered. II
yours is a peculiar case write to S.
s. Co., Atlanta. Ga.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
ENDORSES
The Formation Of The U. S.
Reserves

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. 15-Gen.
H. Ogden Lake. national commander
of the Army and Navy Union, now
holding it's annual encampment here,
endorses the formation of an "auxil-
iary reserve corps" in the United
States.
an the face of the fact that this
country is handicapped by the mad
equacy of it's army" he says, 'ill pre-
pared in the event of war, and the
various attempts to organize an effic-
lent reserve have thus far not been
successfgul. l believe that the Army
and Navy Union, perpetual organi-
zation Of veterans, the majority of
whom are experienced drillmasters,
would form the most logical and prac-
tical nucleus for such reserve.
"The benefit of such an organiZa-
tion to the country would be meal
culable. BY making provision that
the reserve will be subject to the
call of the national government only,
and not to the state governments, as
is the militia, it would bring in the
thousands of mechanics, former men,
bers of the National Guard, who were
compelled to withdraw owing to the
laws of their respective unions. They
would encourage their sons to join
for the benefit of military training.
Members of uniformed ranks Of the
many fraternal organizations would
grasp the opportunity to join such an
auxiliary. Men of means and infiu-
ence would join for patriotic motives
and would give US their moral and
financial support.
"The intermingling of newly dis
charged soldiers and sailors with
these men of the auxiliary at musters
would open avenues of acquaintance
and all in all such an organization
would be powerful recognition and
respect for the army and navy of the
United States."
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
KENYON
To Open with An Unusually
Large Number Of Students

Gambler, Sept. 15-At o'clock
this evening Kenyon college opens
for its SSth academic year with pray
ers in the Church of the Holy Spirit
Registrar Barker Newhall states
that the attendance this year will be
in the neighborhood of 140. OF this
number, there will be approximately
80 old students-an unusually large
number
If the attendance measures up to
the expectations of the registrar, it
will be the largest since 1906. There
is an air of radiant optimism about
the Hill which bespeaks success for
Kenyon this year.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
BAD IS BILLS
Are In Circulation According to
information Received Here

Local railroda employees have re.
ceived word to be on the lookout for
exceedingly dangerous $5 silver GER
tifcates.
The counterfeits are printed on the
bleached paper Of the 81 silver GER
tilicates from which all printed mat
ter has been removed by bleaching
and chemical process. The bills can
be detected only by the fact that the
words "Silver Certificate" on the
border are an eighth of an inch long
er than the genuine bill. The space
on the genuine silver certificate is
just three inches long, and on the
counterfeit the space is three and an
eighth inches.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
GRAIN VESSEL SINKS
Cleveland Owned Boat, Wheat Laden,
Goes to Bottom.

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 15,-The steam
er OnOko, belonging to the Steinbren'
ner interests of Cleveland, loaded with
10000 bushels OF wheat consigned to
Buffalo by the Capitol Elevator COM
pany, sank while of Knife island,
about fourteen niles out Of Duluth, al
most without moments warning.
None Of the crew was lost. When it
was seen that the steamer was sink
ing, Captain w. r. Dunn ordered the
boats and the crew left the ship. They
were picked up shortly afterward by
the Standard Oil steamer Renown and
were brought back to Duluth. The
captain reported that the accident was
CneXDlainahle
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willis to Attend Harris Funeral

Eaton, o., Sept l5,-Simplicity will
Characterize the funeral services to
be held tomorrow afternoon for An.
Grew Lintner Harris, former governor
Of Ohio. Following a ten.mlnute ser.
mon and the reading of resolutions
adopted by the County Bar association
and city council. Governor Willis viii
cffer testimonial of regard and es
TEEN TO the memory OF the venerable
statesman. James NJ. Cox and james
+. Campbell, former governors, Will
attend the services.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
HUMBLE
Postage Stamp Ranks High
Among Inventions
american Contractor)

Among the great modern inventions
which have blossomed out in the past
half or three quarters of a century o.
so, dffusing comforts and convenienc-
es throughout the world, the humble
postage stamp is rarely mentioned.
But it ranks high in the good 1t has
done. and it deserves some of the hon.
age that is bestowed upon the great
boons to mankind.
1t was in 1910 that Rowland Hill,
an English schoolmaster, stirred all
Europe to laughter by declaring that
James Chalmers and himself had de-
vised a system whereby two-sheet
letter could be sent from London to
Edinburgh for two cents and yet leave
the Government fair profit on the
transaction. At that time the fee was
% cents for that distance for two
sheet letter. Such an idea seemed RI
dicuous to the public, which had look
ed upon the sending of communica-
tions as an expensive luxury. And so
the joke went around, and the poor
laughed with the rich at the idea OF
any means that would place the form
er on par with the aristocracy.
Hill persisted despite the ridicule.
He worked diligently on his schedule,
and when the time was ripe he flashed
| the system on Parliament and the pub
lie. Hill offered proof that was incon-
trovertible that the actual cost to the
Government for carrying each letter
averaged only a small fraction of a
cent. He proved that the expense of
hiring men to figure out postal rates
on the system then existing, based
on distance and the number of sheets,
was greater than the profit gained, and
he urged the adoption Of a fiat rate for
all letters under a certain weight, no
matter how short or long a journey
they were to make.
He originated the idea of pasting a
label on every letter, to show that the
most had been prepaid to the Govern
ment, and pointed out that this would
save the expense and time of collect
ing at point of delivery, which custom
was to them in general use
The idea sprung by Hill and his
after the first roars of laughter had
died away. The Government was urg-
ed by thinkers of the time to adopt
the system. And so, on May 6, 1910,
postage stamps or stamped labels,
as they we're called at the time, were
inaugurated. On the first stamp was
a profile picture of the young Queen
Victoria. The effect on the postoffice
was instantaneous. Within two years,
and they were panic years at that, the
business of the postofiice nearly treb-
led.
The postage stamp came into use in
the United States in 1S47, seven years
after Great Britain had adopted it,
Five and ten-cent stamps were the first
American postage stamps, and they
carried the heads of Franklin and
Washington. Four years later the let
ter rate was lowered to three cents
and in 1883 to two cents. Before the
postage stamp was adopted the postal
charges were more moderate in the
United States than in England. Our
rates were cents for 80 miles or less
12R cents up to $50 miles, 1S% cents
up to 400 miles and % cents for every
distance over that.
Hill, the discoverer of postage
stamps, was knighted and received q
gift of $4,000, raised by public sub
scrlption.
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Giant Submarine Launched.

Boston, Sept 15.-Uncle Sans
largest and most powerful submarine,
the MI, was launched at the Fore
River ship yard and was christened by
Miss Sarah Roberts, daughter of Con-
gresham Roberts of Chelsea. The
MI is 1855 feet long. has four torpedo
tubes and a three-inch gun mounted on
the forward deck. 1t is equipped with
new type of American engine.
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All well Aboard the SAINT Anne.

New York, Sept. 15.-Accordins to
James Il, Ellwell & Co., agents of the
kaber line, word was received which
finally establishes the fact that the
hre on the French liner SAINT Anna is
extinguished and that no one was in
jured IN the blaze, which badly dam.
aged the freight hold of the vessel.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
Leatherback Turtle.

marine creature hard to keep alive
in captivity is the ieatherback turtle.
The leatherback is a sea turtle, and 1t
Is the biggest Of all the turtles. 1t
grows to weigh thousand pounds or
more, six or eight times as much as a
man
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17

John Patterson of Glenwood is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ID. c. Nixon.
George Purbaugh departed We'd
nesday for Toledo on business trip.
Victor Jacquet has returned from
Akron, where he has been employed
during the summer with an orhestrac.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
PARTITION
Suit Is Filed In Common Pleas
Wednesday
A Divorce Granted By Judge
P. B. Blair

THE court of common pleas of Knox
county by Blanche Lewis against
Catherine Burger, ct al. The land
in question is located in Pike town
sship. The attorney for the plaintiff
is David B. Rawlins.
O.
Granted Divorce
Harry d. Rogers was granted di-
svorce from Alpha M. Rogers by Judge
Blair in the Knox county common
pleas court Tuesday on the grounds
of adultery.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-17
Granted a Divorce
New Bond Filed

New Bond Filed
David S. Russell, eecutor of Sarah
&C. Russell, has filed new bond in
- the sum of $4,000 in the probate
court of Knox county. The sureties
are Bertha M. White, John B. Rus
sell, Flora b. Hose, Roy Russell and
Howard NJ. Russell.
Deed Filed
Mary C. Flynn to City of Mt. Yer.
mon, part lot 43 Brown executors ad-
-'dition to city, 81.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-05-26
Notice for Bids.

Separate bids will be received on.
the General Contract for building a
Catholic church at Warren, Mimi, on
the 31st day Of May, 1915, at 800 p.
m. by the committee of the Church of
SITS. Peter and Paul of Warren, MINI.
Plans can be received from Jos. G.
Lutz, Architect. of Thief River Falls,
Mimi, Or from Rev. j. Fraling, Of
Stephen, Mimi, or from State Bank
of Warren, Warren, MINI.
Each bid must have a security
check of 10 per cent Of the amount
Of the bid. Any bid without this
check will not be considered
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved. Address Rev. J. Fraling,
Stephen, Mimi.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-05-26
GRADUATION AT NORTH STAR
(Continued from page one)

CONTINUED from page one)
,there breathed a spirit of Christian
optimism and piety. The doctor was
at his best and for nearly two hours
he held his hearers spellbound by his
eloquence and earnest presentation OF
his message. No one who heard him
but was stirred to make greater ef-
forts to measure up to their abilities
and opportunities in life. 1t was a
sermon full of inspiration, encourage
ment, helpfulness and good advice to
both old and young. We heard one
young man say that he would gladly
make fifty mile trip to hear that
sermon. over AGAIN. Time and space
this week forbid a more extended re-
port Of the splendid sermon. The
special singing on this occasion was
also much appreciated.
Graduation Recital. r.: -~
On Monday evening was given the
graduation recital by Miss Lucille
Farrell, assisted by Mrs. F. C. Wit
tensten, soprano. Both are pupils OF
Miss Agda E. Wennerberg and both
acquitted themselves in a very credi
table manner, to themselves as swell a!
their teacher A program with Sc
lections from Grieg, Beethoven, List
Chopin and other classic composers
was rendered before very apprecia
tive audience. Miss Farrell PLAYED
entirely from memory with skill
and perfection that speaks highly TO
her industry and ability as must
clan. Mrs. F:,C. Wittensten has de
lighted Warren audiences by her fin
singing many time and on this &C
casion she showed that she had pro
hted much by the training she had re