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Evening journal., 1917-09-24
ATTRACTIONS At THEATRES
Ar THE GARRICK.

The Garrick Theatre offers bill OF
hee.dlinors this week, featured py
Carrie DeMar, who, with her company
will present the farce, Her Honey
moon: Fred LaRaine and Company
who will present an elaborate cleo
trical novely; Misses Dickerson and
Deagon. charming condolences
Richard Wheeler and Gertrude Dolan'
in a dancing classic; the six XIX
smith sisters, vocal and instrumental
musicians; Hank Brown, Henrietta
Harris and Al. Brown, In comedy and
song. and Arthur Lloyd, one OF the
cleverest card trick artists on the
stage
Evening journal., 1917-09-24
AT THE MAJESTIC.

Fannie Ward, renowned for her
beautiful gowns and wonderful jew
elry. is not given much chance to
wear these in her latest Paramount
production, ."On the Level" in which
she plays mere country girl, later a
dance hall singer and in the end a
society matron. The last scenes arc
the only ones in which she Is given
opportunity to wear her newest Gre
ations, but the picture as a whole Is
quite as fascinating as the so-called
society drpmas In which Miss Ward
sometimes apears. "On the Level "
will be. tho main attraction at the
Majestic today and tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1917-09-24
AT THE QUEEN.

Those who saw Jack Pickford and
Louis HUFF when they appeared at
the Majestic in Seventeen" Booth
Tarkington's humorous masterpiece,
are sure to see it again at the Queen
today, where II is the main attraction.
and also recommend the show 70
their friends. The transfer Of Booth
Tarklngton's amusing classic. Seven
teen" 10 the screen has been done
without losing a bit OF the charm that
has made the novel so popular. To
morrow George NJ Cohen will bs
seen in Seven Keys TO Baldpate"
Evening journal., 1917-09-24

This coming week watch the Want
Ads for good opportunities in me
automobile business. In the selling OF
farms. In tho advertising Of manu-
featuring sites and hotels and restur-
nnfs
Evening journal., 1917-09-24
AT THE NATIONAL.

A the National Theatre tomorrow
Mr. Hopkins presents a drama with a
laundering message in "The Bagles
Wings" This is not a sermon, but
a thrilling exposition OF adventure
and patriotism and shows how z
takes five men TO keep one soldier
az the front.
Evening journal., 1917-09-24
PERSONAL.

William y. IIalnos. Miss Hazel l.,
pyle. Mrs. Elizabeth II. iIalnes and j.
Homer Day motored 20 Lancaster. Pa
on Sunday and were the guests OF Or
and Mrs. q. W. n. Frew
Mrs. William +. Burke and daugh-
,er. Clara, have returned from a two
weeks trip to Atlantic City.
Evening journal., 1917-09-24

but we have all evening 10 recuperate
We are free Wednesday at noon lhali
day and from Saturday noon TO Sun
day 10 D. m"
Evening journal., 1917-09-24

Chris. Convery, John Mclaughlin,
Charles Goodman, James Sweeney, An
drew Rimlinger, James Hagan, John
Malloy and Miss A. Hagan.
Minstrel nights, September % and p
vaudeville, September 26 and 2s.
Evening journal., 1917-09-24
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

CROLE CABINET GAS RANGE. AL
- most new: very reasonable. Call
1898, Automatic telephone. sepi2i-it.
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an influence as to force sympathetic
strike of the above classes of workers
calls up doubt 1t hardly seems rcas-
enable that in so short a space of
time since the deportation of the work
ers from Bisbee, plot of such pro-
portions could be hatched and carried
to the extremity which Secretary Hay
wood reports exists. 1t rather sounds
as if a slight disaffection among min
ers, lumbermen and harvest hands
had been seized upon as a means to
coerce the government into taking
steps toward forcing the return of the
deported men.
Whatever may be the truth, it is GER
tainly highly inopportune time to
thrust upon the administration inter
nal problems for solution when all
the intellectual resources of the pres
ident are needed to concentrate up
on the great International questions
in which this nation has serious part
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meet with more universal approval
than a searching and immediate
roundup of all young men who failed
to register June and thus escaped
the operations of the selective draft
law.
The statement by Attorney General
Gregory that thousands of youths in
the country had forgotten" to regis
ter is based upon actual information
and is not mere guess-work. His or
ders to begin vigorous prosecution
of these slackers sounds like business.
The success of the drafting process
rests entirely upon its acceptance by
those liable under it. That many
young men. eligible for conscription,
should flirt with Imprisonment by
neglecting to register is a condition
which demands instantaneous action
and it is, Furthermore, the duty of ev-
cry citizen in the country to assist
in every way possible in the appre-
hension of these criminals, for such
they are.
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THE NEW OFFENSIVE
Hail to the new allied offensive!

Hail to the new allied offensive!
Though in its infancy, ii is pretty
lusty-crowing baby and gives promise
of developing into strong, healthy man
hood unless its career is sapped by un-
toward incident.
Heralded for nearly two weeks by
the intense artillery bombardment, the
attack has finally been launched at the
most vital spot in the German line
the right flank. The French and Brit
ism, linking arms, are steadily pressing
forward In what gives more promise
of becoming decisive battle than any
previous military attempts in the war.
The most yielding spot in the Ger
man line was selected for assault and
also the most important. If the Ger
man line can be swept back from the
coast in Belgium, the U-boat campaign
is seriously hampered as the base in
the North Sea would thus be destroy
ed
America was prepared for the of
fensive as its coming was held certain
News reports for days past have men
toned the heavy artillery lombard
ment in Flanders and have invariably
mentioned that this prcsaged an of
fcnsive.
The time was ripe for the stroke.
Although willing Russia lost rather
than gained, in her new eastern front
offensive her initial effort served to
cause the crown prince to hurry re
to stem the rapidly advancing Slav
army. Tho process of shifting troops
| from one front to another is no easy
task and must have been disconcert-
ing to the central powers.
! The capture of $500 prisoners in the
! first rush Is no small feat on the part
of the allies, while the excess casual.
ties among the Germans indicate n
victory in the primary skirmish.
There has been /. virtual deadlock
for some time on the western fighting
front. 1t is conceded that the allies
by virtue of their superior man, iinan
cial and food powers, could ultimately
wear down Germany in frontal at
tack, but this process would, naturally
be costly and slow.
A quick, decisive blow has been
rcckoned as the best military STRAIT
egy in the light of present operations
A victory about which there could bC
no doubt at all has tremendous possi
bilitios. The first step towards such
Il victory has been taken. Further de
velopments will be awaited will
brcathlcss interest,
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PATRIOTISM WINS

Without a doubt the war played its
part, and probably an important one,
in the settlement of the strike in Chi
cago of $500 switchmen who, in "a
hours time, returned to their work
The strike was not local, but ma.
tional. 1t bade fair to register its ef-
fects upon every section of the coun-
try and at such a time when the ut
most of internal peace should exist
All of this must have been present
ed to the representatives of the strik-
ing switchmen to bring to so speedy
a conclusion such large strike.
Their patriotism and their desire to
do their "bit" in the war must have
been appealed to.
If this be true, the nation should
feel proud of men who are willing to
recognize something above their work
and give actual, concrete evidence of
this - a condition slightly different
from that which existed (maybe now
eXists) in Austria where there was a
prolonged strike in one of the princi.
pal munitions plants.
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WILSON'S VICTORY
President Wilson has won!

President Wilson has won!
1t will be Administrator Hoover, in
stead of Administrators Hoover and
two other men.
Bowing to the will of the man who
Is guiding the destiny of the nation
throughout the present great conflict
the conierees on the food bill have
agreed to eliminate the senate desire
to have authority distributed among
three men, instead of vested in sin
gle individual
1t Is hardly new thing for the pres
ident to have won a legislative victory
He has been doing this for over four
years and over men who are no mere
intellectual pygmies or spineless fight
ers. Where the president has insisted
he has had his way
There is more than harmony reflect
ed In the conferees decision to yield
to the supreme executive power of the
nation-thero IL trust and confidence
which should at once crafty and put
at ease every citizen of the United
States. A big Legislative body has
changed its expressed desire through
the confidence some of its biggest men
have In the president.
! In thus securing, unless later
changed in joint session which seems
| improbable, n single administrator of
food during The war period, the con
fcrces have at least Ccntercd RESPONSE
bility, as well as authority. There is
nothing of II Dictatorship caste to
lIoovers position the one he now oc-
cupies. There Is no ominous ccntrali-
zation of power in the hands of one
man. Should Administrator Hoover
ever ovcrstep his bounds or should his
work ever threaten the nation cconom-
| ically, there Is II recourse. His remov'
al could easily be effected through the
same channels by which he was ap'
pointed.
Tho American nation can well re
ioice in the decision of the confcrecs
and rejoice with the individual who
probably more than anybody, was in
tcrcsted In seeing the turn of events
take the course they have president
| Wilson
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THREE YEARS AGO

Three years ago today came the
German declaration of war Three
years ago was started that "ennobling"
drive through Bcgium in which the fit
ness of the kalscr's cohorts over the
most stubborn resistance" was amply
demonstrated Three years ago, the
burgomasters of Berlin, of Munich
and other Teutonic towns Choerod TO
the echo the news of the "wonderful'
victory In belgium. It's the last long
cheer they have been able to give,
Verdun. the Marnc, Vimy Ridge and
others have been their potion since
then and dark, bitter ill'tasting po
tion. The torch that ignited the world
war still nickors, but may he cXtin-
guished by sudden puff of wind. To
day, as the Germans review the events
of the past thrty.six months, we won
der II Matthias Erzberger is not Sc
cretly more of an idol to them than
the kaiser, the crown prince and Hin
denburg.
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Tuesday, the 2Sth day of
August, 1917,

at two o'clock p. M, upon the premises
the following described real estate, situ-
ate in the township of Brown. county OF
being part of 3. 6 and II of the 3rd or.
of the 9th township and 1lth Range com
mcncing at the South East corner of a
10 acre tract in said lot No. aforesaid
conveyed by deed dated March 18th, 1863,
to George Daub by Henry Il. Obcrholtzer
and surveyed March 10Th 1863, by A.. X,
McIntire surveyor of Knox county, Ohio,
to which reference is here made; thence
South degrees w. 49, poles; thence
West 296S poles; thence South iGh dc
grees w. 1854 poles; thence West 72.3i
poles; thence North 51.Sl poles; thence
West 6i9l poles; thence North 26.07 poles;
thence North S6R degrees w. lg.l poles:
thence North gy3 poles; thence East +S.67
to contain s. acres reference for more
certainty of description is here made to
a survey and plat made March 9Th, 1869,
by a. r. Mclntre County surveyor,
which is made part of this description
of the land hereby conveyed.
Also the following premises situate in
the Township of Brown, County of Knox
and state Of Ohio and being in the 3rd
Quarter of the 9th Township and nth
Range and commencing for parcel at the
South West corner of lot No. 6, running
thence 5. 81 degrees East 55S2 poles to
corner; thence South 5j degrees II. zoos
rods to corner in center of road on East
line of lot No, 7; thence North ~ de-
grcos Il. i5.ii rods to corner in road;
thence North 5IA degrees w 6i,72 poles
along road to corner; thence North 70 de
crees W. 2l.60 poles; thence North ~ de
grees w. ~ poles; thence North S6h de-
grces w. 6ld0 poles along road to West
llne of lot g. thence South 3 degrees West
5l.lS poles to place of beginning contain
in i7i6 acres according to plat and sur.
Vey made by q. II. Helen, County Sur.
veyor, on the 18th day of March, 1854. eX-
ccptng the school ground. Said real es-
tate is situated near the College Hin
School House on the road leading from
Butler to Jclloway, Ohio.
Appraised as follows: list tract $3.50 90;
md tract $235OUO, total appraisement,
s., 10000.
Terms of sale are as follows: Onc-third
cash. onc-tllird in one year and one-third
IN TWO years from date of sale. The de
rcrrcd payments to he secured by mort =
gage ON the premises and to bear interest
from the day of sale, payable annually.
A. j. DeLONG,
Executor of the last will and testament
of Jacob II. belong, deceased
7-21,S-3 l0,l7,2iS
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AN I. w. w. TRICK?

A serious situation, If initial reports
are not exaggerated, exists in the mid
die west where miners, harvest hands
and mmbermen, according to Sccrc-
tary Haywood of the l. w, w., threat
on to go ON strikes unless the Indus
trial Workers deportcd from Bisbee.
Ariz, primarily because of their in
tcrferencc with legitimate labor pur-
suits, are returned to their homes.
The l. w. W.. as far as its opera
tions in the middle west and west
are concerned, appears to be one Of
the greatest internal menacos with
which the United States has to con
tend and no time should be lost in re-
stricting II to its proper sphere of
operations.
That the |. W. w, possesses such
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WAR OPTIMISM

That the reserve force of fighters in
Germany is so depleted as to render
impossible any great reinforcements
on any front by the kaiser and that
the Russian situation, bad as it appar-
emily seems, has not yet approached
a crisis nor has even shown any signs
of such, are two declarations of Ameri-
can army officers, just returned from
abroad, which have dissipated an air
of pessimism noted for some time in
certain circles at Washington.
The army officers point out that the
kaiser, according to observers having
access to superior military informa-
ton, has about enough troops to con
tinue his military work on both east
ern and western fronts. They say that
1t is a physical impossibility for his
men to penetrate far into Russia, be-
cause of the lack of fighters.
Optimistic as the report OF the army
officers is, it should not be construed
as meaning that Germany Is at the
end of her fighting resources. Her
western front lines have been able up
to the present to halt the combined
British and French offensive. However,
they cannot be regarded as impreg-
nable, but at least must be considered
as effective to the point of producing
an apparent fighting deadlock
The original statements Of the army
officers, as carried by certain news
agencies, painted conditions a black
hue as far as the allied cause is con
ccrned The real beliefs of the of
ficials, ascertained in their reports to
official Washington, are quite the re-
verse and have changed the whole as
pect of the war for cabinet officials
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LEGAL NOTICE

Rudyard Wright and Myron Wright re-
siding in Corning, in the State of Cali
forna, will take notice that ON the Goth
day OF June, 1913, Alavanicr Kennoy filed
his petition in the court of Common Pleas
of Knox County Ohio in case No. 9i3l
against the above named parties and 9th
ers. praying that his title he quieted
as against the claims of the above named
parties, and others, upon certain real
estate in the Village of Centerburg, Knox
County, Ohio.
said parties are required to answer on
or before the LIST day of Sept 1917, or
judgment may he taken against them.
ALANANDER KENNEY,
Il. \. Berry and f.. q. lowering,
Attorneys for plaintiff.
7-1,2O y ;S-3,10,l7S
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THE CHAUTAUQUA

If for no other reason than its cdu-
cational properties, the chautauqua,
which opens here tomorrow, is dis
tinctly worth while; if for no other
reason than its entertainment fea-
lures, the chautauqua is worth while.
possesses both and both to the fullest
extent.
A program lasting a week, which
runs the gamut from comedy to trag-
cdy and from light-hcaded foolishness
to sound instruction, has in it some
thing for everybody and the balance is
carefully worked out by experts who
have spent years in the business OF
analyzing the desires of the amusc-
ment-sceking public and catering to
these.
Mt. Vernon Is considered one of the
best chautauqua cities in central ohio,
II not in the state. Each year it is
thought that the high-watcr mark in
attendance and enthusiasm has been
reached and that the cbb will set in but
no, the next year surpasscs the year
past
Tho chautauqua has gradually be
come an established institution in This
city and, though the novelty of the first
several years has passed, there is in its
place an appreciation of just what the
chautauQuu means to the city and its
| pCODlc
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ADHERE TO AIMS!

Affirming the intention Of the dual
monarchy to remain with tho central
powers until peace honorable to all
T. achieved, Count C2crnin, foreign
minister Of Austro Hungary, discusses
rather cXhaustycly peace possibilities
in which he emphasizes the peace by
UNDERSTANDING idea
Il ia only this idea which viii ever
end tho war and untll such an under
standing exists, peace is impossible,
a conference between the warning ma
tions at the present time seems i'm,
possible. Too great distrust of motive
exists. Row, then, can this "under.
standing bo reached?
The newspapers can play an import
ant part as far as preliminarics are
concerned They afford, as II were, "A
mo Mans Land" for the airing OF
ideas and aims Of hostile nations for,
whatever may be their attitude to-
wards such expressions, the paper will
publish truc reports OF all declarations.
Within less than TWO weeks time,
there has been carried in newspapers
tlie initial declarations of Chancellor
Michaclis the answer to these by Day
III Lloyd George and the rebuttal, so to
speak. Of Dr. Michaelis. together with
the expression, cited above, of Count
Czern,n,
A splendid field for discussion
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THOMAS FINN
Resident Of County lnfirmary Sue
cumbs to Long Illness OF Paraly-
sis; Funeral Thursday

Thomas Finn, aged about ~ years,
died at 1880 o'clock Monday evening
at the Knox county inhrmary after an
illness of 10 months of paralysis, lie
leaves two sons, one of whom lives
here and one in Detroit. lie also
leaves two daughters who reside away
from here. The funeral at $50 o'clock
Thursday morning at the Mccormick
chapel Rev l.. w. Mulhane oihciatins'
Burial in Calvary cemetery.
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though it may lead to little, is thus
opened to the belligerent nations. In
view of strained diplomatic relations,
the newspaper becomes almost the on.
ly medium.
The foundations for future peace ne.
gotlations, as far distant as they may
be, can easily be laid by the exact
method which has been followed, per-
haps Intentionally, the past fortnight
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TWO METHODS
Powerless or free.

Powerless or free.
To one of these conditions must Ger
many be reduced before the war is end
ed satisfactorily to the cause of the
entente, according to Foreign Secre-
tary Balfour whose recent speech in
the house of commons Is held very
significant.
TO attain the former, pressure must
he exerted from the outside; to attain
the latter, from the inside. Pressure
from the outside however, would very
materially bring about pressure from
the inside inasmuch as Germany will
never attempt an uprising for reform
purposes until the consciousness OF
her people is awakened to the fact
that an ultimate victory is an impossl.
bility.
Barring the unexpected and laying
aside circumstances which might sud
denly ignite the people against autoc-
racy, the solution of the German prob
lem and, for that matter, the war, lies
in decisive military victory.
This would not necessarily render
Germany powerless at once, but might
make her free. If successfully follow
ed, it would eventually make her impo-
tent.
Although a revolution in Germany
has been long regarded as one of the
means by which the war may end, Sec
retary BalfourB public statement Of
this, implying that it lies within the
power of the allies to bring it about,
! is full of significance.
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LEGAL NOTICE

Lorenzo -, Clcmeuts residing at Mish-
awaka, Ind, viii take notice that on the
I'm Gay oi 1uly, i'ln oliter -, lem,
Common Pleas, of Knox County, Ohio.
against the above named party, and 9TH
ers praying for the partition of a fifty
acre tract of land situate in Monroe
township Knox county, Ohio, of which
one George w. Clements died seized.
The above named defendant is required
to answer ON or before the Sth day of
Sept, 1917, or judgment may he taken
against him
OLIVER h. CLEMENTS.
+. A. Berry and II. q. Lcvcring,
Attorneys for plantr.
10 - ;S.3iO, l7,2iS
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Louis Shultz and son, Frank, of this
city spent Wednesday in Columbus
Mrs. SAINT and sen, Francis, of East
Liverpool spent Tuesday evening In
Gambler, Mrs SAINT and her son ex-
pect to move to Gambler in the fall.
Oscar Adams and family of Wash
ington, ID. c., are visiting Mr.. Adams
brother and his family, w. A. Adj
ans.
Captain MeCardle and family of
Wheeling, West Va, have arrived in
the city Wednesday to assist Captain
Baer in his work A welcome meet
ing" will be held this evening in the
Salvation Army hall,
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ANDREW MAVIS
Aged Resident Of Badensburg Dies OF
Apoplexy After Short
Illness

Andrew Mayis, aged II years of age,
died at 10 O'Clock Monday night at his
home, two miles east of Bladensburg,
following a stroke of apopleXy sustain
ed Saturday evening. lie leaves his
wife and two children, Mrs. Ida Rine,
and Lemard Mavis, both of Bladens'
burg, The funeral at | o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon at Martinsburg
Burial in the MartinsburG cemetery.