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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22
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A daughter was born Sunday even
ing to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Higgins
of North Jefferson street
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22
Administrator Appointed

Paul M. Ashbaugh has been ap-
pointed administrator de bonis non of
the estate of John Hyatt Bond 5000,
given in surety company
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22
Guardian Appointed

Bert o. Evans has been appointed
guardian of Alpha Zimmerer, giving
bond in the sum of $4,000, with sure
ty in a bonding company.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22
First Partial

A first partial account has beer
filed in probate by Bertha Owen
guardian of Harry Owen, which
shows the following: Received $50
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22
Inventory and Appralsement-

'"NS"eo'J anu NPP'o'SS
In the estate of Christopher Rob-
inson, an inventory and appraisement
has been filed, which shows the fol-
lowing: Moneys $212, securities
$31,o25.12. Total $31,237.12.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22
And Humiliation VIII Come To
The Governor
If He Stays In Race For
DGIGgatG-At-LaFgG

Columbus, o., Feb. 2l-It develops
that the dissatisfaction of Republicans
of the state is not so much at the max
ing of slate by self-appointed leaders
the apparent effort to cram Governor
Willis down their threats despite his
record of inefficiency. Had these lead
ers stopped at the naming of Theo-
dore Burton as candidate for president
and Harry Daugherty for United States
senator all might have been well But
the addition of Willis for governor and
Willis as a member of the Big Four
delegation was more than they could
stand. The result is the quiet organ
ization of an insurrection which prom
ises to break forth when declarations
for candidates for members of the
Republican delegation at large are
filed. If Willis takes heed of the storm
that brews he will withdraw from the
race for delegate and content himself
with the knowledge that he may put
off humiliation that is in store for him.
Members of the anti-Willis organiza-
tion in the Republican ranks are be-
ing enrolled in many populous centers
and leaders of the movement are coun-
selling against taking action against
Willis for delegate, arguing that the
fire be reserved until he seeks renom-
ination. These members have been
taking poll and reports of the results
of this poll coming to Willis have
caused his activity in making speeches
in hope of quelling rebellion.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22
The Mercer Estate

The Mercer Estate
In the estate of William Mercer, an
inventory and appraisement has been
filed in probate, showing the follow
ing: Moneys $649.47.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22
To Sell Gains

in probate asking for an order to sell
desperate claims.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22
Deeds Filed

Deeds Filed
Harry D. Syler to Christian d.
Swank, 23-100 acres in Ankenytown,
$2,400.
Walter M. Riley, auditor, to Sam
uel Clark, lot in Riverside addition to
city, $3.50.
Samuel II. Israel to William M.
Doolittle, parcel in city, 81.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22

While he ought not to suffer for it,
Harry Daugherty will be political los
er by having his name connected with
the Willis-Burton slate, Myron r. Her
rick showed wisdom when he withdrew
as a candidate for delegate and the
boom in his candidacy for United
States senator is his reward. Daugher-
ty deserves better than to suffer for
the shortcomings of Willis, but he suf-
fered slip in judgment for which he
will have to pay
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22

Order of the supreme court by unani-
nous vote was interposed to make
Governor Willis comply with law and
keep inviolate a contract he had ap-
proved by the signing of an appropria-
ton measure, and to block the effort
to carry out political deal in an Of
fee building rental contract. The de-
cision came this week and blocked the
deal by which an abandoned beer hall
was to be made into a state depart
ment. The pressure used may be ex-
planned when it is considered that the
profit in the contract for the new rent
al was $1,000 a year, to be extracted
from the state, while the lessor still
had left three entire floors to rent at
whatever sum he pleased at a clear
profit. In other words building of
five floors which leased at S2,700 a
year to private parties, was to be sub
let so that the state paid $4,000 for
two floors.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22

A movement has been started by
Allen county Republicans to put w. c..
Parmenter, chairman of the Repub.
lican state central committee, on the
shelf. The plan is led by James w.
Halfhill, Parmenter's old political bud
dy, an dgains headway because It is in
dy, and gains headway because it is in
in the Burton-Willis slate. Halfhill
will contest Parmonter for the place
on the state central commits se. Among
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22

The action in the supreme court to
set aside the referendum decision on
the Sprague gerrymander cannot be
made the subject Of comment in pro-
priety at this time. Besides it is too
silly to consider
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-02-22

Marriage Licenses
George Worthington Keefer, farmer
and Louzella Fern Montgomery, both
of Berlin township. Rev. G. 8. Straus-
baugh.
William Scott Hanger, laborer, and
Mildred Lillian Leach, both Of Mt.
Vernon. Rev. o. q. Ford.
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To Close Tuesday,

To Close Tuesday
All the offices at the Knox county
court house will be closed Tuesday
ON account of the Washington birth
day holiday. There will be no session
of common pleas court.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
LusItanla Settlement Halted.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE subma-
rine controversy with Germany can.
not be closed until the United States
has fully considered the possible ef-
f'ct of the declared intention of the
Germanic powers to sink all armed
merchant ships of their enemies with.
out warning after Feb. 30 This an.
nouncement was made by Secretary
Lansing Wednesday instead of the
long-expected announcement of sat
isfactory settlement of the Lusitanis
negotiations.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

In a communication to the Balti-
more American, Eliot Norton urges
the formation of an army of Negroes.
He writes:
Preparedness is in the air Secre-
tary of War Garrison recommends an
army of 100000 men. Such men
would be the hired men of the United
States government, but they would not
be engaged in any useful labor. 1t
would, therefore, be a detriment to
the country and to every taxpayer to
take them from the ranks of regular
laboring men. There is no overplus
of labor in this country. But we do
have class, constantly increasing. of
men who idle away their lives, who
are detrimentals and MASTERS. refer
to the Negroes, especially those in the
cities. Why not make our proposed
army out of them? They make first
class soldiers. And the training they
would receive would make men of
them. To take 100000 male Negroes.
or half that number, and to train and
discipline them as soldiers would
pretty nearly settle the so-called Me-
gro question"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

NEW YORK.-Dock, pier, steamers
and several barges burned in 3d.
100000 fire. Ships loading war
munitions.
TORONTO-American Club burned
with $4,000 loss; one man killed
and two injured; club recently
scene of demonstration for allies.
NEW YORK.-British steamer puts
back into port with fire in car
go of oil cakes for Rotterdam.
PHILADELPHIA in sugar
cargo of British steamer Dalton
bound for England, does $780,
600 damage.
FALL RIVER. MASS.-Two million
dollars damage from fire that
burns quarter of mile through
business district; no casualties.
MIDLAND, MICH.-One woman is
dead. man missing, and S150.000
damage in fire that burns block
of town.
CRESTON, IOWA.-Two boys, Is
and years old, caught setting
fire to parochial school, and ad-
init burning public high school.
BUTTE, MONT.-Last of bodies of
81 miners killed in fire in Penn
sylvania shaft found.
MEXIA, TEXAS.-Ten killed in
collapse of opera house; many re-
ported injured.
NATCHEZ, MISS-Thousand per
sons face death from flood at
Newellton, La.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
N. Y. DELEGATES UNRESTRICTED
U. S. Preparedness Plank In Empire
State Platform.

y. .. preparedness Plank In Empire
State Platform.
New York.-The Republican ma
tional campaign will be waged as q
fight for adequate military prepared
ness and tariff reform, opposition tc
granting early independence to the
Philippines, and insistence on Wig.
orous stand for American rights.
A determined fight to obtain a reso.
luton recommending Elihu Root as
New YorS's favorite son for the presi.
dency, was defeated in the committee
on resolutions, and a counter resolu.
tion-that no presidential candidate
be Endorsed - was passed unani.
mously.
The question of Endorsement ended
In compromise by which two resolu
tions were presented, one dealing ex.
clusively with national affairs and the
other commencing" Governor Whit
mans conduct of state affairs.
After fight of four hours, the COM
mittee on delegates agreed on United
States Senator James Wadsworth
Jr., Gov. Charles S. Whitman, Fred
erick c. Tanner and Elon d. Brown.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
MAY MAKE new RECORD
DURING 1915 INHERITANCE TAX
COLLECTED ToTALED $2s5,479
Large Number of Payments Made
Past Two Months Indicate New
Record viii Be Made.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-The record in collecting
$465 ,O63 in Inheritance taxes during
the biennial period of 1894, which
was set by Leslie e. Hubbard, state
inheritance tax appraiser, will prob
ably be exceeded by him for the pres
ent biennial period in the next month.
During the year 1915 his office col
lected 1926, 479.47 in inheritance taxes.
During the first two months Of the
present year s139,717.69 have been
collected, making total so far for the
biennial period of $435.197.16. Within
the next month he expects to collect
from fifty-four estates s54,860 more.
The estate of the late Senator
George W. Swink Of Otero County
paid state inheritance tax OF
s4,219.26.
The senator's holdings were valued
at S725,530.52, but because of exemp-
lions allowed by the law a tax was
collectible only on value Of S229,53
The notes and accounts held by the
estate were appraised at s176,S14, the
other personal property at $336,1S6.45,
and the real estate at S212,470. De.
auctions were allowed on $495, 992.52.
A tax of s13,247.52 was paid to the
state by the administrators of the es
tate of Mrs. Annie w. Jacobson oil
Denver.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
State plans Fight Against DiphtherIs

State Plans Fight Against Diphtherla.
archaeological examinations for the
detection of certain contagious dis
eases will be made by the State
Board of Health hereafter upon re-
quest Of health officers and physi-
clans. This was decided at the month
ly meeting of the board. Lack Of
funds will prevent the board from I'M
dertaking all examinations which
would be presented to it, so that it's
investigations for the present will be
confined to suspected cases of diph-
iberia and to the examination of
brains of animals suspected Of rabies.
A legislative appropriation which will
permit more extensive Investigations,
especially of suspected cases of tu-
berculosis, typhoid fever and similar
diseases, will be asked. The annual
report OF the secretary read at the
meeting shows a decrease of diph-
iberia, smallpox, typhoid fever and
measles in the state in 1915. In 1914
there were 72O cases of diphtheria,
and 55S in 1915; typhoid fever, 639
cases in 1914 and 600 in 1915; measles,
4,415 in 1914 and 679 in 1915.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
Must Give Thirty.pay Notice.

Employers and employees must give
thirty days notice of an intended
change in wages or hours of work,
and no employee can go on strike or
employer declare a lockout because
of any dispute relative to wages or
hours without giving thirty days no
tice, which will permit the State In
dustrial Commission to begin an in
vestigation. This Interpretation of
the state industrial law was an
nounced in ruling by Attorney Gen.
eral Farrar
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
Counties Spend s547,5o1 for Poor.

Colorado counties expended $547,-
501.S1 for support and relief of the
poor during the year ending June 80,
1915, according to statistics compiled
for the annual report of the board.
At the same time the various coun-
ties spent $92,701.3S for care of in
sane for whom there is no room at
the state insane asylum, and s5,513
for care of feeble-minded persons who
are not treated at state institutions.
In all, the various counties expended
s645,71619 for support and relief of
poor and insane.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
AFRO-AMER|CAN cULL|NCS

more powerfully than the Negro who
signed himself, in this essay and an
another, "Othello"? He has striking
way of turning the tables:
Might not the inhabitants of At
RIGA, with still greater justice on their
side than we have on ours, cross the
Atlantic, seize our citizens, carry them
into Africa, and make slaves of them,
provided they were able to do it? But
should this be really the case, every
corner of the globe would reverberate
with the sound of African oppres-
sion; so loud would be our complaint.
and SO feeling our appeal to the in
habitants Of the world at large. We
should represent them as a lawless.
piratical set of unprincipled robbers,
plunderers and villains, who basely
prostituted the superior powers and
information which God had given
them for worthy purposes to the vilest
of all ends"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
Honor Colorado Heroes of Manila

In memory of the Colorado volun-
teers, who raised the first United
States flag in the Philippines and died
in the service of their country during
the Spanish-American war, flag was
raised with solemn services and sa-
Lutte of twenty-one guns was fired in
front of the State Capitol building on
I4incolns Birthday.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
Governor commutes Sentence.

By an executive order Governor
Carlson granted a Communication of
sentence to Arthur MacLennan, man.
aging editor of a Denver paper, who
was fined $3.50 and costs in the Den
yer District Court for refusal to re-
veal to the county grand jury his
source of information for articles that
led to the expulsion of William w.
Rowland as member of the State
House of Representatives year ago.
The states chief executive COM
muted the sentence to fine of 81
and costs.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
To obey Headlight and Switch Law.

Notices have been sent by the State
Public Utilities Commission to all the
railroads in the state that it will en-
force the locomotive headlight and
"switchlight" laws. In the notices the
commission tells its interpretations of
the two statutes.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

Mexia, Texas.-Ten persons were
killed here Wednesday night in the
collapse of the old opera house build
ing. Then an explosion occurred and
fire threatened the entire business
section of the town. Numerous per
sons were injured. Search continued
late into the night for the other bod
les which it was feared might be
buried in the ruins, although it was
believed all persons in the building
had been accounted for.
Natchez, Nissan urgent appeal
for help from Newellton, La, where
the Mississippi levee broke, said one
thousand or more persons were ma
rooned by the flood waters, with only
one motorboat available to take them
to safety. Three negroes were
drowned.
New York-No evidence of incendi-
arism has been found, it was an
nounced, in connection with the fire
on the Brooklyn waterfront which
caused the destruction of three Brit
ish steamships, thirty-seven lighters
and barges, a new 900-foot pier of the
New York Dock Company and $1,000
900 worth of merchandise consigned
to the entente allies. The total loss
is estimated at between 100000 and
$4,000,000. Although nearly 800 per
sons were imperiled by the flames
which ragged fiercely for several
hours, only one man of the crew OF
one of the steamers was unaccounted
for.
Fall River, Mass.-Fire swept
quarter of a mile thru the business
district and threatened the tenement
section. Estimates made by owner
of property and proprietors of stores
in the burned section indicated that
the total loss would be approximately
100000. A score of buildings, in
GLIDING an apartment hotel and sew.
eral of the largest retail stores in the
city. were destroyed, and mony others
were badly damaged. There was nc
loss of life and no one was injured
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

The swiftest dog in the world. the
borzoi' or Russian wolfhound, has
made record runs that show rs feet
in second. while the gazelle has
shown measured speed of more than
so feet second, which would give ii
a speed of 1880 feet in minute if the
pace could be kept up.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
Says the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph:

Says the Macon (Ga) Telegraph:
ITO set up that the South can get
along without the Negro is ridiculous,
and this being true, not county
should be allowed to shirk its share Of
the problem by the simple expedient
of showing it off bodily into the next
one" Suppose that, by some magi-
clans want, the Negro could be re-
moved from the South. Instead of
benefiting that section, the action
would plunge it into bankruptcy.
The African element is our farm la
bor-all we have and all we ever will
have. If it is incompetent, that is a
reason for improving it, not for dis
pensing with it. The trained Negro
as more efficient instrument than
the unframed white man"-and it is
because the latter instinctively senses
dangerous competition that he moves
for Punishment of the black.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
Lawson's Attorneys Ask New Trial.

The abstract of the record in the
trial of John R. Lawson, labor leader
who is under sentence of life impris-
onment on the charge of conspiracy to
murder during the Colorado coal
strike, was filed in the Supreme Court
There are 900 pages of printed testi-
mony and 227 errors alleged.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

A new lifeboat which it's inventor
claims is proof against storm waves
consists of a water-tight cylinder in
closing suspended floor that always
remains level, connected to which are
pipes to admit air.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

During the last year 1921 35 short
tons of sand and gravel, having q
value of $23,S46,999, were dug out in
the United States
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

BY a Frenchman's invention as a
language student hears word spoken
by photograph he also sees it appear
on a printed roll in conjunction with
it's translation in his own tongue
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

The chief aim of the higher educa-
ton is to produce an efficient leader
ship" remarks Prof Kelly Miller of
Howard university. According to the
last available data from the federal
census, there are $4,000 Negro clergy
men, about two thousand Negro ply
sicians and dentists, $1,000 Negro
teachers, 700 Negro lawyers, and sew
eral thousand workers along the 9th
er lines of the higher callings and
pursuits. These constitute about one
half of 1 per cent of the race; but 1t
is to this class that the 1914 per cent
must look for leadership"
Then Professor Miller points out
that the graduates of Negro colleges
and universities are at times "derided
in all the moods and lenses of irony
and ridicule.
In the rapid rise of this class from
the lower to the higher levels of life
instances of neutrality-suspicious. and gro
tesque misfits might naturally be ex-
pected. But wide acquaintance with
the graduates of Negro colleges and
universities in all parts of the land
convinces me that such instances are
| exceptional, and do not in the least
| characterize them as class. They
are almost universally employed along
lines of useful endeavor for the gener-
al betterment of the community and
command the respect and good will of
the people of both races among whom
| they live and work"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

To enable an automobile to pull it,
self out of a mud hole there has been
invented reel of broad tape which,
when fastened to a mired wheel, is
unwound by it to form a dry path
way.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

This year will establish a record 70
the number of messages sent owe
Swedish telegraph lines.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

Japan will build at Tokyo an as
Economical observatory the equal In
size and completeness of anything in
the United States or Europe.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

According to the United States pub
lie health service, new disinfectant,
derived from pine oil, a by-product in
the manufacture of turpentine, pos
sesses qualities superior to ordinary
disinfectants, being more than four
times as powerful as carbolic acid for
disinfecting purposes, yet nontoxic
and without harmful effects when 1t
comes in contact with delicate mem
branes or with fabrics or metals. This
discovery is particularly valuable at
this time because of the shortage Of
coal tar derivatives for disinfectant
purposes.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

Empress Sadako of Japan is the
mother of four sons. one having been
born to her on December 2. The other
children are Hiohito Michinomiva, the
crown prince, born in 1901; Yasuhito
Atsunomoya, born in 1902, and Nobu-
hito Terunomlya, born in 1905.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

The tensile strength of paper fly
wheel is greater than one made of iron
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19

If word to the wise is sufficient.
lawyers must consider jurors a lot OF
idiots.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-02-19
1,00OFACE DEATH
IN BIG dixie BREAK
FIRE LOSS AT FALL RIVER, MASS,
ESTIMATED AT OVER TWO
MILLION DOLLARS.
TEN KILLED IN TEXAS
THREE HUNDRED FACE DEATH
IN 100000 FIRE SWEEPING
BROOKLYN DOCK.
FIRES SWEEP OVER u. S.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-05
WANTED s214, 900, 900.

Nothing can be much more certain than that
congress has to retain the duty on sugar as
me of several methods of securing absolutely
ital revenue The latest figures of the senate
nance committee show that somehow $214,,
600 additional revenue must be secured by
ogislation at this session for the country 5
leeds
1t is believed that a reimbursement of the in
come tax will get approximately $7000O,000,
ringing the total from this source to about
'l75, 100000 for the present year. A tax on
nheritances is figured to bring in $50,0OO,000,
md the experts think that they can devise a
* on the munitions industry which will pro-
luce between $35,000,000 and $45,000,000 A
|onsumer's tax on sugar might furnish $40,
.O0,O00, but the idea of this seems to have been
'einitely abandoned 1t would not seriously
.nrt Hawaii's sugar industry anyway.
The general commercial outlook for Hawaii
t the best in years. The chief industry of
curse is amazingly prosperous and SO are most
NJ the minor industries. As soon as the sugar
~ is passed by Congress and signed by the
resident, the assurance of permanence thus
'Iorded will emphasize the splendid business
|.1tlook for the territory Money is plentiful
md easy and there is no reason why it
1luld not remain so.