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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09
A Gain In Returns Shown By
Berlin Assessor
Other Notes From The County
Court House

Judge Blair heard the case of James
A. Kelly VS.. Lloyd M. Bell, treasurer,
in common pleas court Friday.
The nature of the case was an in
junction sought by Kelly to restrain
Bell as treasurer from collecting a
total of $1,279.31 placed on the tax
duplicate against him.
The Dow tax was assessed against
two properties owned by Kelly. This
happened several years ago and Kel-
ly got a temporary restraining order
from the court.
"Bootlegging" had been done, it
was claimed, in the Kelly properties
and the tax was accordingly assessed
Kelly pleaded no knowledge of the
"bootlegging" and based his defense
on these grounds.
On Friday, Judge Blair made the in
junction perpetual after hearing the
testimony and the case became set
tied as far as common pleas court is
concerned.
In the action of Anna r. Wright VS.
Flora Irvine, leave was granted to file
an amended petition instanter.
Berlin Heard From
Auditor Walter M. Riley has receiv
ed the returns from the assessors in
Berlin township. A $22,S20 gain is re.
ported there.
Sale Bill
D. A. Warner, administrator of D
B. Elliott, has filed a sale bill, show
ing receipt of $2,948SO for property
of deceased.
Executor Named
Walter B. Johnson has been ap
pointed executor of the estate of John
E. Willitts. No bond required.
Deeds Filed
W. B. Shrontz to Ida M. Rouse, 49,;
acres in Morgan, 81.
Ohio Conference Association, Sew
enth Day Adventist Church, to Emma
Elizabeth Brown, lot 81 and north
one-half of lot 98, Academia, $3.50.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09

Mrs. Miller and the children's chorus
of 300 voices The program is as fol-
lows;
l. % List the Trill in Golden
Throat ....... Victor Herbert
(2) The Spirit Flower. ......
..............Ca Campbell Upton
CD The Red, Red Rose .Cottenet
Mrs. Miller
2. "The Violet and the Rose.
........ .EriclS Meyer-Helmund
op. 5, No. 5
Children's Chorus
3. CD When Celia Sings ..n. .Mohr
(2) The Blue Pigeon. .........
.................H Henry Hadley
(3) Ecstacy ...............R Roger
Mrs. Miller
4. (a) 'Home to Our Noun
tains' Ql Trovatore) ....
................ .Giuseppi Verdi
(b) anvil Chorus" I'll Trova-
tore) ....... Giuseppi Verdi
Children's Chorus
5. Parla (Speak) ..........A Ardlti
Mrs. Miller
The officers of The Mt. Vernon Fes-
tival association are:
H. C. Devin, president.
R. G. Ringwalt, vice president
H. NJ. Eggleston, secretary.
Clarence Crippen, librarian.
Miss Helen McNabb, accompanist.
The board of directors is composed
of:
Prof P. C. Zemer, DR.. James F. Lee,
William M. Coup, S. G. Dowds, G. w.
Foote, Chas. G Iams, Frank l. Young,
Stephen ]. Dorgan, Frank o. Levering,
G. F. Allerding, George B. Kelly, T. l..
Bogardus.
The music committee is: Miss Ella
Porter, chairman, Mrs. Frances Coup
Pyle, Miss Nellie McFadden, Mr.. Will
liam Coup, Prof. R. A. Chubb, Mrs. w.
E. Jackson.
The following is the list OF those pa.
irons of music who comprise the board
of guarantors;
E. o. Arnold, S. w. Alsdorf, r. I. Ar.
mold, Mrs. G. D. Arndt, c. F. Allerding
Chas. E. Ayers, Frank L. Beam, DR.. H
w. Blair, Charles A. Bird, T. L. Bo.
gardus, H. w. Bowden, G. G. Cooper
Rev. w. A. Clemmer, J. R. Clutter
Prof. R. A. Chubb, c. F. Colville, Will
liam M Coup, Clarence Crippen, Hen
ry A. Carr, Harry G. Devin, Stephen j
Dorgan, S. G.. Dowds, Rev. G.. Rector
Dye, DR.. N. R. Eastman, H. M. Eggle
ston, o. c. Ewart, f. H. Fairchild
Geo. w. Foote, Hon. Lewis B. Houck
Carl Herring, James Israel, Charles c.
1ams, Mrs. w. E. Jackson, George B
Kelly, Jessie Jennings Kester, DR.. F. c.
Larimore, Julia P. Leonard, F. o. Lev
ering, DR.. James F. Lee, Helen Nc
Nabb, Nellie McFadden, Capt. Lanning
Parsons, Ella Porter, Mrs. Frances
Coup Pyle, Ralph G. Ringwalt, F. w
Stamm, L. c. Stillwell Harry G. Sling
luff, B. B. Williams, Mrs. F. A. Wilbur
Frank l.. Young, Prof. P. c. Zemer.
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09
JUDGING
OF STOCK CONTEST MAY BE
PROVIDED BY C. OF C.

The chamber of commerce has IN
der advisement stockjudging con
test in connection with the Knox
county fair this summer and IL plans
mature an unusually attractive event
will be provided.
Initial plans for such an affair will
be discussed at meeting Monday
night at the headquarters on West
High street, when a committee will
outline details.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09
GOLF PLAY
AT COUNTRY CLUB = EASTMAN
AND WALTON VlCToRS

The first team play over the golf
course of the Mt. Vernon Country
Club occurred Friday afternoon when
DR., N, R. Eastman of this city with
DR.. L. B. Walton of Gambler as a
partner defeated DR.. G. d. Arndt and
Ned w. Tiger in four-hole play.
The Decentralization combination
won three holes and halved one. On
the four holes, DR., Eastman. DR.. Wal
ton and Ned Tiger ran up scores of 1s
each, while DR.. Arndts total was 81
Only four holes were played on ac
count of the rain.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09
Deeds Filed
BURkEPILE
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE - NO
NEW DEVELOPMENTS

The condition of Clarence E. Burke
pile. who fell 25 feet from the Car
penter roof Thursday while repairing
the chimney, was reported Saturday
as greatly improved.
Burkepile rested very comfortably
Saturday Friday night, he suffered
some little pain, but later slept we'll
There are no signs whatsoever of in
ternal injuries and it is thought that
good rest will straighten him out
completely.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09
CLASS CONFIRMED

At st. Paul's Episcopal church Fri
day evening a class of nineteen was
confirmed by Bishop Leonard. The
motto given by the bishop to the class
was Onward"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09
PIGEONS
sPEEOEO ON RETURN TRIP TO
WASHINGTON SATURDAY

Twenty-four racing pigeons were
released on the public square Satur-
DAY morning by Wells-Fargo Agent F.
A. Ahrendt The pigeons were ship
ped to Mt Vernon Friday by the
American Racing Pigeon union of
Washington, D. C.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09

Yesterday is gone-forget it. To
never comes-don't worry. To-
day is here-get busy. Be live wire
and you won't get stepped on!
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09

A physician advises women suffering
from indigestion to walk on all fours,
as animals do. Women with corns
should fly like birds.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-05-09

Executor Named
Walter B. Johnson has been ap
pointed executor of the estate of John
E. Willitts. No bond required.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-28
Around Wisconsin by
Mail and Telegraph

One hundred and twenty-five car
loads of cherries will be shipped out
of Door county this year if predic-
tions of local growers prove true. This
exceeds the 1915 crop by twenty-five
car loads The fruit this year is good
quality, but lighter in yield and the
increase is due to larger acreage. The
growers in Door county market their
crop through an organization.
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The body of William McFarlan, 60
years old, resident of Sheboygan
Falls, was found hanging by a strap
in the tool house of the Sheboykan
Falls cemetery. Beside the body was
an empty bottle that had contained
carbOlic acid Burns about the mans
mouth showed he had drunk large
quantity of the fluid and then hanged
himself.
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"Ten years at hard labor" was the
sentence melted out to William Cooney
of Marinette, who was tried at James
vile for attempted assault on ten
year-old girl named Stella Briefly.
Cooney wept before sentence was adj
ministered, but made little defense.
He is the father of three motherless
children who live at Marinette. The
little girl and two others who were
with her when she was enticed away,
testified in court.
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A 49,, ,opood Erro5 L(Iior ic I,ndar
arrest at Baraboo, charged with the
theft of two diamond rings and 9TH
er Jewels from Mrs. Rose Hill of
Spring Green. 1t is said that Killer,
who ran a hotel at Spring Green, saw
the jewelry in Mrs. Hills possession,
and later the stones and Killer dis
appeared. Killer, when first arrested,
denied the theft, but later confessed.
His attorney will ask for an examina-
ton of his mental condition.
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John Esterbrook of Oconto, suffer-
ed from an infected knee joint that
had swollen to several times its nor
NAL size. Mr.. Esterbrook finally
went to the hospital where the entire
Joint was removed and the lower bones
of the leg fastened to the upper part.
The leg is now one solid piece of bone
and somewhat shorter, but gives Mr..
Esterbrook no pain and is healing.
This is considered unique operation.
The infection followed a bruise.
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Conductor Matthew Mccormick, a
we'll known conductor on the Milwau-
kee road, fell from fast train near
West Salem and received mortal in
juries. 1t is supposed that Mr.. Nc
Cormick fell from the door of the
baggage car, but his absence was un-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-28

got near the charge went OFF IN his
face. He was struck on the head
by large chunk of the shattered
stump, tearing away the skull and
exposing the brain. He was taken to
the house in a dying condition and
soon passed away.
1000
After holding an officer at bay for
five hours, Earl TAFT, % years old, a
Missouri State prison convict who
broke parole and went to Wausaukee,
made his escape by riding bareback
into Michigan and at Stephenson
boarding freight train, on which, it
is believed, he escaped to Canada.
TAFT, who is wanted on several Grim
inaI charges, was married three weeks
ago to the II year old daughter of O..
W. Lawrence, a Wausaukee man, at
Joplin, Mo. When he learned that Of
ficers were seeking to arrest him he
broke his parole by leaving Missouri.
TAFT and his bride arrived in Wis
consin and local authorities were not
flied. When Deputy Durfee approached
the parole breaker TAFT promptly COW
cred him with two revolvers. Durfee
remained practically as Tait's prison
er until II o'clock, then the convict
insisted upon Durfee going to bed.
Thereupon TAFT walked to his father
in-law's farm, took a horse and rode
away.
-O-O-O-
How the State of Wisconsin has
been cheating itself by over-payment
Of postage has been discovered by
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-28

noticed until the train reached La
Crosse. Another train found the
trainman unconscious, and took him
to a La Crosse hospital where he died.
A wife in Milwaukee survives.
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The 100000 damage suit brought by
Miss Jennie WolslegeI against DIR. j.
A. Freundenberg of Markesan, came to
a close when Miss Wolslegel died
while the trial was in progress. Miss
WOlslegel sued the physician for in
jury done to her vocal cords following
an operation for infected tonsils. The
physician claimed that her poor eye
sight was caused by the glands. 1t
was alleged that she was unable to
speak above whisper after the oper-
alton.
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A 60-horsepower, eight-cylinder
sturgeon, somewhat smaller than a
Texas brOncho, but just as tough, got
into shallow water and Hiram Bever-
idge, of Appleton, tried to catch it
by the tail. The fish turned and wal
loped the foe in the abdomen, which
made Beveridge mad. Without saddle
or bride he mounted the slippery
steed and rode it half a mile down
stream. The fish died then. 1t is un-
lawful to fish for sturgeon at this
season, but it isn't unlawful to ride
one to death.
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Corliss Bulger, Necedah boy, made
an attempt to cross the Great Ameri-
can desert in Nevada recently going
west from Salt Lake City, Utah. One
hundred and twenty miles out his car
caught fire and in a moments time,
was a seething mass of flames. Cur
tains on the car were fastened down,
and with great difficulty the driver
got out. His hair and eyebrows were
burned away and his hands as well,
beside losing all personal effects. Bull
ger is now in a Salt Lake City hos
pital where he is gradually recover
ing.
A chunk OF copper weighing 15S
pounds was found in field recently
by Ben Jelinek of the Sturgeon Bay
Fruit Co. He was blowing with a
tractor when the wheel scraped across
the metal, leaving a cleaning track
Jelinek investigated and dug up the
nugget 1t sold for $30.44 as pure ma
tive copper. The finds Of copper mug
gents on the peninsula from time to
time lead to the belief that they were
carried here in past geological ages
by glaciers from the copper country
the rock in which they were enclosed
being gradually worn away by attri-
ton and decomposition.
-O-O-O-
William, Gertrude and AdOlph Metz
dorf, children of Mr.. John MetZdorf, a
farmer residing in the vicinity OF
Hustler, were buried by falling sand
and died under their covering between
and o'clock in the afternoon. 1t
is supposed they went to the pit to
play and the walls of their pit caved
in, covering them up. Their absence
being noted in the course of time, a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-28

Dairy and Food Commissioner George
). Weigle through the activity Of
Frank P. Dowing, chief of the division
Of weights and measures. The cOndi-
ton mas arisen out of the use of defec-
tive scales used for weighing letters
and mail matter to determine the
amount Of postage required. Commits
siOner Weigle authorized Mr.. DOwing
to make tests Of the statehOUse scales,
most of which are Of the kind that
depend upon a steel or coiled spring
for their accuracy. The test proved
that more than 80 per cent Of the
scales were untrue and SO per cent
were condemned. The loss to the
state comes when a parcel of mail
is weighed to learn the amount of
postage necessary and the scale regis
tiers a weight that is excessive, no mat
ter how slightly so, and calls for more
postage than is required. Of course
the loss on a single letter even at z
cents is no important matter, but
when it is known that millions of let
tiers and parcels are sent out annual
ly by the many state departments the
loss may easily reach an important
sum. AS result Mr.. Dowing's inves-
tigation all the old spring scales in
the state house are to be discarded
and their places supplied with sub
stantial balance scales that may al
ways be kept true and thus avoid sus-
piciOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-28

searching party Of about so was or
ganized and began their task of hunt
ing for the strayed little ones and 1t
took them until nearly midnight, when
their footsteps in sand pit were found
and the unnerving, heart-breaking
spectacle of finding them buried in the
sand was consummated.
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The body of Thomas Gibbs of Mer-
For So years Rev. ]. F. Bahler, for
merly of GAINESVILLE, but now OF Cor
sicana, Texas, was blind, but accord
ing to reports received from the
southern city, sight is gradually re
turning. Rev. BahIer is a native OF
Switzerland, and before being con-
verified earned his living as bartend-
er and pugilist. He became blind fol-
lowing a severe cold and was con-
verified four years later. For many
years a missionary in Central Amerl-
ca, Rev. Bahler is widely known as
bible scholar and public speaker.
900
! Two daring safe robberies occurred
in the northern part of the state last
week that, while bold, Melted the
thieves little in the way of booty. The
sum of $500 was taken from large
safe in the North Western depot at
/ Gillette. where the depot agent had
taken practically all his funds the
night previous the robbery and had
placed them in the smaller safe. The
smaller safe was tempered with, but
not successfully. At Mountain, the
depot agent rubbed his eyes when he
found the office safe entirely missing
one morning. A search disclosed 1t
in a shattered condition in nearby
coal shed. $40 was taken. Yeggmen
are suspected and the authorities are
working on the case.
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Counterfeit dollars, so like the bona
fide silver dollars they are easily pass
ed off on the average storekeeper, are
going the rounds of the Chippewa
Falls stores. The fake dollars were
given in large numbers for drinks at
local saloons, but who circulated them
is a mystery. Recently one custom
err had bill changed at the saloon
and three of the dollars received were
spent later at the Mason Shoe COM
pany's factory. The counterfeit was
not discovered until the money was
banked. The man who spent the
money at Mason's was called upon to
tell where he had secured it and he
took the police to the saloon where his
story was corroborated. The coun-
terfeits are dated 1880 and are so
good an imitation that they ring when
tested
-O-O-O-
VIM. H. hasten, Greenfield, living
four miles north of Baraboo, met
horrible death, by an unexpected ex-
plosion of dynamite while he was
blowing up stumps on his farm. He
had placed a charge under two stumps
and touched them off. It seems that
one charge exploded properly. After
waiting for some time for the second
explosion, he approached the stump
to see what the trouble was. AS he
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-06-28

When a man is paid for playing he
calls it work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07
Premier of Little Country Faces Most Serious Crisis of His Long Career.

Bucharest. Rumania, April 7.-Oppo- nents of the Bratiahu government here hold the view aaat the contract for the sale of 80,00O carloads of wheat, made between the, Rumanian. Central Commission and the British R1rehas- ing Bureau in this city, wi .giW e rise to~ much trouble before the transac-l tions covered by it will have been ter. nina ed.
 The quantity Of wheat sold is 300, ,000 tons Ruxf1ania. can store in rail1Oad sheds and harbor storages only 300 DOC tons leaving sef the British purchase alone 300, ,0p6 tons to be housed in some other manner. gAt present this wheat is still in the granaries and siIos of the producers, but the room taken b y it will shortly be needed by the new crop of about 2,44o.ooO tons of wheat alone, not counting large quantities of legumes. barley, rye and oats.
 If the British were able to export the wheat bought. the storage prob lem would not exist. but there Is at this time no opportunity of doing this. The Russian railroads offer the only route of export and these, owing to the military situation, are not avail able.
 The contract made by the British Bureau calls for the removal of the wheat within six months of the naal1- ing of peace. Bratianus opponents argue that this means storing the wheat for a year or more possibly and that during this time the transaction will remain unfinished, with Rll1nania, carrying all the risks that are izi- volved. Even many Bra Rtianu. parti- sans see an element of political and economic danger in this
 The wheat will De paid for by the Runanian National Bank with paper currency to the amount Of 2e2, ,0oo. .0GO lei, the equivalent of 10. .e09,809 pounds sterling, called for in the contract. The British Bureau will cause the de- posting in a aLondon bank to the credit of the Rumanian National Bank of gold to the value of one third of orx security the Runanian National Bank will issue three times as much Rumanian lei or a total Of 262 000, ,0o0.
 During the war the gold stock of this paper currency will remain in de- posit in London, while the Rurnanian National Bank will have issued it's equivalent in Rumanian paper to pay for the wheat bought by the British Bureau. The opposition here says that this Is a dangerous proceedure. The British government, it is asserted. could a any time seqt1estrate the gold base of the paper currency involved and thus ablige the Rumanian gov, ernment fo engage in a policy or acts contrary to the best interests Of the country. Rumanian credit would be ruined for many years If the British government seized the emission hssis Of 262, ,to0, COG Runanian paper lei be- cause the money would then have. no other value than the wheat held in the country.
 Critics of the British contract seem to overlook, however, the fact that the wheat held in that case by the Rumanian government would, under present market conditions. have ap- proximately the value of the paper issued. When this was brought to their attention the answer was given that the 5000 carloads of wheat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07
MIGRANTS BIRTHDAY

The village of Truxton doesn't t
 make a very big splash on the map of New York, but the little Cortland county community has one enviable distinction-it is the birthplace of John J. McGraw. This is the day when Truxton celebrates inf honor of the scrappy leader of the Giants, for it was on the seventh of April, 1873, that McGraw was delivered in Trux- ton by the stork. Not since Cap Anson's years of glory as the leader of the White Stockings has any baseball manager attained such widespread fame as Muggsy McGraw. His per sonality is the sort that appeals to the popular imagination, and last years inglorious showing of the Giants has dimmed but little the lus- tre of his fame.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07
cash . cOmpIIcaLe Lhe SIIualIOI StIlI further.
 ''NEW BELGIUM"
 WILL BE SOUGHT .BY THE GERMANS

Berlin, April 6.-Two statements in Dr. Won -Honweg's speech in the Reichstag yesterday have att tracted especially the attention of the public, the first being that in which he alluded to the submarine warfare and the relations of Germany with the United States and the second being the tntimations regarding Germany's s peace terms, when for the first time he referred to the possibility of Ger many withdrawing from Belgium, which, however, he said, must be a new Be1gium.'' His words in this latter connection are interpreted as an affirmation that Germany would not evacuate a country where the blood of her sons had been shed, without re- ceiving necessary guarantees regard ing it's future and that Belgium must Include a special disposition for the Flemish portion of the kingdom.''
 He spoke of the necessity of assur- ing "the long oppressed Flemish in
 habitants' and opportunity for devel- ment on the base of their ''Nether- landish language and characteristics"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-07
CHINESE CURRENCY TRADED AS ''JUNK"
 EXCEEDS ITS PAR
Pekin Authorities Aim to , Stop Traffic By Japanese
 Residents of Tsing Tau.

Peking, April 6-Since the occupa- tion of Tsing-tau by the Japanese, traders from Japan have fiocked into Shantung province in large numbers and have begun trading operations in centers where they have treaty rights Many of these traders are collecting old copper cash, the Chi nese coins. which have a hole in the center and are carried on strings, and are melting the coins down and sell ing the copper at a big profit.
 Traffic in the Chinese copper cash is going on in many parts of China, regulations forbfdding the exporta- tion of cash.
 Seventy thousand pieces of copper cash were recently seized by Chinese officials on a train at Chan-chun in Central Manchuria. This money was concealed in trunks checked by Japanese. The cash is shipped to Shanghai or to Japanese ports where it is melted down and brings a high price because of the scarcity of cop per.
 k In Picking and the more important commercial centers on the railways in China, cash is used only by the Chi nese. The rate of exchange varies greatly in different places. Ordinarily ten cash are worth one copper cent. The cent is a coin without a hole in it, and the ratio of the cent values to the Mexican dollar is at present about 135 to l. Consequently one Mexican dollar will purchase 1850 copper cash in the larger centers. The rate generally is even better for the copper dealers in the remote sections.
 China is experiencing a money famine. The price of silver is ex- tremely high. Gold is seldom seen, and the onslaughs the copper dealers are making on the supply of copper