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few SMALL COINS.
Directors of MINIS Hold Confer
ence to Solve Problem.
INDICATION OF PROSPERITY.
People Among Whom Nieksls, Dimes
and Quarters Circulate Have More
Than Ever Before-Ensravins De-
partmsnt Reports Enormous Demand
For Ono and Two Dollar Bills.


For One and Two Dollar Bills.
New York.-An unprecedented de.
mand for spall coins-quarters, dimes,
ntckels and cents-a demand that Is
daily straining the resources Of the
United States treasury department,
brought F. 81. ]. Van Engelken, direc-
tor Of the mint, to New York to see II
something could be done to relieve the
scarcity. He met officials Of all mints
here for q conference to devise ways
and means of turning out enough small
coins to meet the demand.
At the conference were II. W. h.
Shanahan, superintendent of the San
Francisco mint; Thomas W. Annear,
superintendent Of the Denver mint; E.
D. Hawkins, chief clerk of the San
Francisco mint, and Vernon Boyle, su-
perintendent of the New York assay
Office.
1--WE never before have been confront
ed by such an emergency" said Mr..
Van Engelken, land doubt that we
will be able to materially increase the
production. Our two large minis now
are working twenty-four hours q day,
while the smallest is on a sixteen hour
shift. They are all at maximum ca
pacity, and their energies are being
concentrated on the coins of which we
are so short.
"Our idea in holding the conference
was to discuss the operation Of the
mints, probably adopting at all of them
suggestions that have proved of benefit
In one mint. We are now at capacity.
Therefore by the team work which we
believe this conference will produce we
expect to be able to speed up our pro-
duction Of small coins. The problem
Is growing more perplexing every day."
what is the reason for the shortage
In small coins?" the director of the
mint was asked.
There is only one answer" he said.
1.-The people among whom the small
coins circulate have more of them than
ever before. 1t is the result of the ire
mendous prosperity that is getting
down to the people who use coins of
small denominations.
II talked recently with the head of
the engraving department in Washing
ton. He tells me there is a similar ire
mendous demand for the dollar and
two dollar bills and that this demand
is increasing as the holiday season ap-
proaches. None Of them is returned
They are worn out. Bankers say they
are having great difficulty in meeting
the demand"
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
ONLY a "SIip of a Boy"

One night while Mime. Sarah Bern
hardt and her company were playing
"DAiglon" In Montreal a very angry
man left the auditorium and clamored
at the box office for the return of his
money. The manager naturally want
ed to know why.
81 paid to see Nine. Bernhardt act"
the man stormed, land she's not act
ing"
mime Bernhard is acting" replied
the astonished manager.
mo, she is not" retorted the man.
"She does not take the part of the en-
press, and the only other characters are
a man and the slip of boy who plays
the young duke"
1t took ever so long to convince him
that the slip of a boy" was Bernhardt
herself-An Around Magazine.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
GIRL TLTS AkE' FALSE, =
SAYS PROFESSOR SHAW
Don't Believe Her When She Says
She'll Be Your Friend.

New York.-"When a girl says, i
cannot be your wife, but Ill be your
friend she tries to speak the truth,
but utters g psychological falsehood,"
declared Professor Charles Gray Shaw,
head Of the philosophy department of
the New York university. in a lecture
at the institution.
Professor Shaw argued that no wom-
an could be a friend to men or to
women, because a friend requires a
clear cut personality and a disinter-
ested outlook ON life. Both Of these,
he asserted, women lack. He also de-
clared that friendships between men
were passing from the earth.
woman cannot be a friend because
she is never an individual, for to be
an individual one must stand alone"
he said. "Only those who stand alone
can come together"
Professor Shaw said that woman was
like a planet-wen adapted to revolve
about some center, "but not organized
In such a way as to stand alone"
Unfortunately, masculine friend
ships are just passing from the earth,
and in the course Of time friends will
be found only in museums, along with
other aboriginal products. This mel
anchOly situation is due to the fact
that modern life tends to destroy per-
sonality AMI a philosophic view Of the
world. Man is bound to man not by
ties of friendship. but by bonds Of pro-
fessionalism which are usually Of
commercial character"
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
DANCED OFF DIET GAINS.
Net Loss of One and q Half Pounds In
Chicago Squad Due to a Ball.

Net Loss of One and Half Pounds In
Chicago Squad Due to Ball.
Chicago. Dancing and dieting are
not in harmony.
The weighing in" figures Of the "diet
squad" which demonstrated that 40
cents worth of food a day is enough for
the average individual showed loss Of
seventeen and half pounds when COM
pared with figures Of the day before.
The answer seems to be that most Of
them attended the annual dance of the
health department.
Only two members Of the squad
showed a gain. Each gained half a
pound. Comparing weights with those
taken when the test started, seven
members gained ten and half pounds,
but the other five members lost twelve
pounds loss a pound and half,
and all because Of the dance.
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FACES DEATH FOR Theft.

Old Sea Law Puts Indiana Prisoner
In Bad Fix.
Gary, Ind.-Death penalty under an
old sea law faces G. A. Shillinger II he
Is convicted Of stealing a compass
from a United States Steel company's
ore ship.
Under a law passed In 1870, Shillin-
ger, If found guilty, must either be
freed or hanged from the yard arm Of
the ship in Gary harbor. The prisoner
will be tried in the United States dis
trict court at Indianapolis.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
Bank Robber Returns SIS.

Scranton, PA letter with So in
closed has been received by the Pine
Brook bank. The letter said that the
writer held up the teller and took the
money at the point Of a revolver. Il
am taking the first opportunity to pay
1t back" said the letter, which was
postmarked Moscow, Pa. The bank
officials will have the missive framed.
The robber entered the bank and point
ing q revolver at the teller, George
Browning, demanded $25. Browning
handed out IS. which satisfied him.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
PAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL PLAN.
Arsentina's Envoy Suggests Inter-
change of Letters by Pupils.

HT9eHtinaS envoy Su99estS ihteF.
change of Letters by Pupils.
Washington.-Plans for establishing
q system Of correspondence between
the high schools of Argentina and the
United States were discussed at a con-
ference between Ambassador Naon of
Argentina and a representative Of the
Washington bureau Of the American
Peace society.
II have already dispatched to one Of
the Buenos Aires schools letters writ
ten by students of the Proctor academy
Of Andover, n. H." said the ambassa-
dor. I'm due time shall receive from
the principal of the Argentine school a
long letter written by the students
there, which will be translated and
sent on to Andover. Thus the plan
may be considered to be definitely un-
der way"
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STAGE Name.

"Yes, 1 am going on the stage"
"Well, hope you succeed in making
q name for yourself"
''That has already been attended to.
my dear. / picked a really beautiful
one out of a romantic novel."-Louis-
vile Courier Journal
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LOTS OF MONEY IN KANSAS.
Hat Passed For $500 Brings Back
S2o29.

Smith Center, Kan.-There is lot Of
money In Kansas-enough to buy the
minister a motorcar merely by passing
the hat In q crowd.
So comes the report from Harlan.
Kan, where fancy priced hogs, cattle,
wheat and corn are the means Of sus-
tenance for farmers.
The other day. says ]. W. Patlee or
this town, a $1,000 church was being
dedicated, and the finance committee
announced the fund to put the church
out Of debt lacked $1,000.
"Pass the hat" yelled some one.
The hat contained S2,029 in cash and
checks when it got back.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
ATTACKED BY PET BUCK.
Hatchery Superintendent and Wife Set
Upon While Feeding Pet Deer.

Auburn, Me.-John F. Stanley, sew
enty-six, superintendent of the Maine
fish hatchery grounds, and his wife,
seventy-one, were nearly killed by a
pet buck which suddenly became en-
ragged. Stanley was feeding the AMI
NAL, which charged on him, breaking
several ribs and cutting and bruising
him. Mrs. Stanley was awakened by
the noise and, clad only in her night
gown, rushed to the Enclosure to aid
her husband. The buck charged her,
too, and would have killed her but for
a collie, which set upon the deer and
drove him away.
Mrs. Stanley crawled to the tele-
phone, gave the alarm and then faint
ed. Her husband was found half sub
merged in brook and helpless. The
buck was killed by order Of the state
authorities.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
LOSES SUIT: SHOOTS JUDGE.
'hree Persons Wounded as They Enter
Courtroom.

hammond, Ind. Judge Charles E.
ufeenwald of the superior court here
was shot in the right arm and side,
Uu not fatally; Louis De Douw, his
~ul waS wounded fatally, and
ueofse Robbins, a juror in a case be-
.'fe The judge. was shot in the head
y Mlehael lnnik, who is said to have
.atOOfed a grudge against the courts
't many years.
tunlk, supposedly unbalanced, was
S .. in damage suit against the
sNnaard Oil company twenty years
SO lOr an injury to his arm. He ap-
ttOached the Judge as the latter, fol-
WE'D by the hailiff and the juror, was
Sse'hS the courtroom. He asked the
se TO help him renew his suit, but
!uuse hurried on. Innik then open
a.. are. DE- Douw and Robbins were
M NM when they went to the rescue. In
4 under arrest.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
Spanking Replaces Moral Suasion.

New York.-Whatever educators may
say Of the advantages Of moral suasion
over the rod, superintendent and trus-
tees for New York's dependent orphans
have concluded to the contrary. Good,
old fashioned spankings work wonders,
they declare. Thirty of them met at
the Russell Sage foundation and agreed
that the 10000 orphans under their
care were more amenable to spanking
than to other forms Of reproof.
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Dispatching Business.

Counsel For the Defense-Your hon.
or, you neglected to ask the prisoner
If she had anything to say as to why
sentence should not be pronounced.
Judge-Inasmuch as the prisoner Is a
woman, we will omit that formality In
order to dispose Of the case In some
reasonable time.-Pittsburgh Press.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
SETS TIN CAN TRAP
FOR THEFT OF HAMS

+ Riverside, N. IA tin can man
+ trap devised by Joseph Grimmer
+ at grocery store Is said to have
I. caught q victim In one Thomas
+ Jones, a negro. Missing hams
+ from the storage room, Grimmer
I. attached a silk thread to a huge
+ ham and ran the other end out
+ into the store and attached It to
+ Q tin can. A few days later the
+ tin can ratified across the door.
+ The negro Is held for the grand
+ Jury.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
BIRD DOG WEARS GLASSES.
Georgia Setter Does Good Work After
Visit to OcuIist.

Visit to OculIst.
Moultrie, Ga.-Fanny. a thorough.
bred setter, wears spectacles. She was
fitted with glasses by an oculist, who
found that she had astigmatism.
For years Fanny has been known as
one Of the best hunting dogs in this
section. Before the opening of the
quail season this year she went to the
fields by berself and on returning
showed evidence of bad falls. Fanny
could not help falling into bitches and
running into trees. Then it was dis
covered that her eyes had become af-
fected.
1t is believed the glasses will correct
the trouble. At least Fanny now Is do
ing her work as well as usual.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
TREES FOR BROADWAY.

Forssters Want to Cooperate With
Park Department.
New York.-Foresters employed by
the Broadway association will ask to
be allowed to cooperate with the park
department In placing trees on upper
Broadway, It was announced. Difl-
Guilty had been experienced In getting
trees which would thrive in the city.
The association has found that the
oriental plane tree does well In the
streets, and 1t Is planned to plant these.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
Penny a Day Scheme For Church.

Westmont, N. 1.-THE Aid society of
the Episcopal mission, in order to raise
funds for a new church, have put
penny a day scheme into operation. A
census Of all residents will be made,
probably In conjunction with the other
churches, to ascertain the denomina-
tion Of every person In town.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
POOR GIRL SPURNS RICHES.
Tires of $4,000 Bargain That Kept Her
In the Country.

Tires OF $4,000 Bargain That Kept Her
In the Country.
Amboy, Ill.-Mary Smith, poor Chi
cago girl, who was adopted by James
Pankhurst, a wealthy farmer, and his
wife on Aug. Is, 1915, with the under
standing she was to remain single and
act as companion to the aged couple
and receive $4,000 upon their death,
has grown tired Of the bargain and re-
turned to Chicago.
money isn't everything In this
world" she said. 81 want the right to
live as please. simply find that i
do not like to live in the country"
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HE DYNAMITED HIMSELF.
Dug a Hole, Packed Explosive In, Lit q
Fuse and Owed In to Die.


Fuse and Owed In to Die.
New York.-This is the way Leon
David Rose, forty-fve, a foreman
plaster of Stony Point, Rockland coun-
ty, proved to his incredulous friends
that he had meant what he had said
when he told them that he was going
to blow himself up.
He dug a bole about three feet deep
In hillside. He packed sticks of dyna-
mite-there is no way of telling how
many-into the hole. Attaching long
fuse to the explosive, he touched a
match to the end Of 1t. Then he dived
into the hole and, resting on the dyna-
mite, waited.
Fragments of his body were found
afterward.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
A Real Defender,

big" brother is reasonably good
about defending little sister, but the
real serious trouble comes when big
sister sees some one imposing on little
brother.-Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
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StingyI

Omar-Miss Aimee certainly has
lovely complexion, hasn't she? Hazel
Yes; and the stingy thing won't tell
me what brand she uses.-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23
DEER WRECKS AN AUTOMOBILE
DazzIed by Headlight, II PIunses Into
Draper Car.

Cold Spring. n. Y.-Game Warden
James Barry was called to Peekskil
to take charge of the carcass Of big
male deer which plunged into an auto
mobile in the darkness before daybreak
and wrecked 1t near Peekskin village.
The automobile, driven by Algernon
Draper Of Closter, N. j., was bowling
along the Oscawanna road when the
buck, emerging from the brush, got In
front Of the car. The searchlights must
have dazzled 1t, for 1t plunged head
foremost into the machine and was
dragged underneath the engine.
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HE KNEW.

Austrian Tells Who It 10 That Elects q
President.
Hammond, Ind.-Jorn Bosovich, late
Of Austria, applied to the federal court
for citizenship papers. Clerk Hem
stock put the questions and got these
answers:
"Who is president of the United
States%
"Mr. Wilson"
"Who makes the LAVISH
"The congress-"
"Who elects the presidentr
California"
He got the papers.
The broad ax., 1916-12-23

The man who pays an ounce Of prin-
ciple for a pound Of popularity gets
badly cheated.
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NE REACHES HOME IN
lime FOR OWN FUNERAL

! new lork.-After an absence
J I. snree days in hospital Michael
M, lSoh reached home in time to
!. M Ills own funeral. He got to
~, mouse as the undertakes
! usht in II pine box from the
\ In. hospital he had been in.
\ ,s,, =. lnen the mourners began to
\ "A e AddiSon's daughter faint
Z o,h Inc pine box contained an
\ Soe s Michael Addison. and the
4 uhhS was transferred to an
4 ef Part of the city.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-24

have been compelled to protect their
territorial waters against vocation In,
which British. German und Russian.
ships have been involved. In some
cases submarines pursued into neutral
waters ships sighted on the high seas,
American officials are determined that
no ships shall be attacked in American
waters.
Navy officers say that their prepR-
ratiODs are more for developments
rather than amy immediate emergency.
The German underwater craft operat-
ing OF Nantucket shoals. 1t was said.
have shown no disposition thus far to
violate American neutrality, but on.
ciels wish to be ready TO establish the
patrol without delay.
Secretary Daniels gave high praise
10 the destroyer fiotilla for saving tho
lives of those compelled to take to the
small boats. A record for quick ac-
tion probably was established when
the destroyer Jarvis put to sea from
Newport within tfty-six minutes after
the s o s call from the tOrpedOed
steamer West Point was received FIT
teen minutes later sixteen other de-
Stroyers had followed the Jarvis.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-24
photonraphs on LIvlna L..v,..

A process of taking photographs %
the lear Of plant In described In aa
article by DIR, Hans MOlisch In Die
Umschau. translation Of which up
pears In the Scientific Americas.
Briefly. the process is as follows:
Fasteu a negative with strong coH-
trlsts 20 q very smooth. thin. hairless
growing leaf. such AZ the Indian cress.
scarlet runner or nasturtium. and leave
It exposed TO strong sunlight for sev.
eral hours. Then cut the leaf from the
plant. steep II In boiling water for halt
q minute, then immerse II in warm so
per cent alcohol. After little time
the leaf. now white. is immersed in Q
dilute tincture Of iodine The result 10
q positive photograph. often Of surpriS
ing sliarpSess.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-24

Fl. c. Jacobs of Chicago is, visiting
relatives in Gambler.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Matthews
of st, Louisville spent the weekend
with Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Harris, East
Vine street
Mrs. Charles Cropper returned to
her home in Cincinnati Monday after
spending a week with Mrs. Il. l.. Nc
Elroy of East Chestnut street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Lybarger of
Liberty Chapel left this morning for
Alberta. Canada, to make an extend
ed visit with Mr.. Lybarger's parents.
Bert Wheeler and Calvin Slime of
Columbus were Sunday visitors of
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Buckingham O.
West Walnut street.
Mrs. oliver, who has been a pa
tient at the Mt Vernon hospital for
about two weeks, returned to her
home on the Mansfield road Monday.
Mrs. Dora Grubaugh returned Mon
day to her home In Newark. She
was summoned here by news of the
death in Sandusky of her brother,
John j. Porter.
Mrs. Jennie Stephens and Mrs,
William Babbs returned Saturday
evening from Akron, where they at
tended the state convention OF the
w. C. II. u.
MIR. and Mrs. c. N. Allerding re-
turned to their home In Mansfield
Sunday evening, after spending two
days the guests of relatives in this
city.
Miss Mabel Parker, Miss Maude
I4afever, Edward Sipes and Lee Pear
son of Akron spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. b. Il. Park
er.
William Way and Joseph Popejoy
LETT Sunday for Montpelier, Ind.
where they will visit with friends
They viii proceed to Tyro. Kansas
where they win work in the oil fields
Rev, Thomas G. McCalla OF Den
yer, Colo, is spending several days
here with relatives, enroute home
from tho general convention of the
Episcopal church. Rev. McCalla IL
planning to build a magnificent new
church in Denver.
Mrs. J. A Mohitt OF North Main
street has returned to her home IN
this city from a weekend visit al
Millersburg where she has been the
guest of her daughter, Miss Lulu
MoiIitt who is teaching domestic sci
ence and art in the Millersbure
schools. Mrs, Momtt also attended
tie convention at Danyille of the c
W. b. NJ. OF the Church OF Christ
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-24
FIrs F.otpatas In 17ea.

The student Of old London. notictns
tho whitened curbs 70 the streets to-
day. is Inevitably reminded that the In
stitution Of the footway s really Of
quite recent date. II was not indeed
until after the Westn inster paving acs
Of l7G2 that tootways became at all
general. Before that time man and
beast took the same road. Many OF
ehe old iron poets, which are still to be
seen In Regent street and elsewhere
showing the crown and the monogram
or the Georges indicate the corners OF
these frst footways. Christian Sciences
Monitor.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-24
Free Entertainment Is Pro
vided For 389
People
LOCAL HOSPITALITY
A DELIGHT TO ALL
Church Committees Work
Most Efficiently And
Deserve Credit

The enrolment committee of the
Ohio Baptist convention officially re-
POI ted a registered attendance of 544.
Of the local attendance this includ-
ed only the six delegates from the
MI. Vernon Baptist church. Visitors
and local attendance not registered
were much more than double the of
fetal figures.
1t was said to be the largest at
tendance within the memory of the
oldest members. One of the dele
gates, B. j. Loomis of Columbus, is
SO years old, has attended the con-
yention fifty years and for many
years has been a member of the
board of trustees. Many expressions
Of apr eciation of Mt. Vernon hospi-
tallty were heard.
Free ltainment was furnished
by the committee for 389 people; 80
paid for their rooms at hotels and 9G
stopped with friends. So generous
was the gratuilous entertainment of.
fered that it was not found neces-
sary by the committee to use any
hired rooms This will explain to
those who offered to help by renting
rooms why their rooms were not
used.
!; also reflects great credit upon
the efficiency OF the committee an
the hospitality of the city that such
a large convention could be enter
tanned in rooms offered freely with
out cost, either to the church or to
the delegates. Only the state Off.
GERS, who were ente tanned at no.
tells, and the cost of dormitory beds
| and breakfasts at the church are to
be excepted from the magnificent en-.
I tertainment provided by the Baptist
church and it's friends in the city ol
Mt. Vernon.
' Rev. George Rector Dye, pastor OF
the local Baptist church, had some
exceptional committees to aid him In
caring for and entertaining the dele
gates.
The members of the committee
were on the job continuously and
came in for much favorable comment
from visitors by virtue of their eff
fioiency In administering the various
tasks to which they were assigned
Tie committees were as follows:
Ehtertainment-E. o. Arnold, II.
S. Goodell, William M. Coup, Mrs
C. c. Zolman. Mrs. Della Challlngs
worth and Miss Isabel McFadden.
Soliciting rooms Miss Cora Ewalt
! Mrs. Joseph Cox, Mrs. j. M. Bedell
Mrs. Fred Martin, Mrs. ]. NJ. How
ard. Mrs. Minnie Tudor, Mrs. w. G
Rockwell, Mrs. N. II. Adrian and Mrs
C. C. Zolman.
Check room and information-Misi
Helen McIntire, Miss Elsie Melick
Harry Hayes and w. NJ. Dixon.
Reception-H. S. Campbell, f. J
Campbell, DR., Larimore, w. c. Rock
well, W. l.. Ward, II. w Smith, C. c
lolman and Miss Bessie Vance.
Rooms and exhibits-Howard Spite
er, c. j. Benoy and C. G. Harris.
Banquet Mrs. Frank McFadden
Mrs n. J. Campbell, Mrs, n. o. Arm
old, Mrs. w. s. Wintermute and Mrs
Lulu Porter.
Finance--W. c. Rockwell, Mrs. De
Ia Challingsworth and NJ. Il. Mason