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germany HAS
LOTS OF FOOD
HEARS WOOSTER MAN
Potatoes Sell For Less Than
Cent A Pound
PRISONERS DO LABOR
Man Who Supplies Teuton Govern
ment With Food Says That
Harvest OF Last Year Was
A Good One
HEARS WOOSTER MAN

Food is not high, nor is it scarce,
in war-ridden Germany, according to
a letter Leonard Saal, well-known
German citizen of Wooster, has re-
ceived from a nephew, Jacob Lutz, at
Lengfeld, Hessen Darmstadt, Ger
many.
Mr.. Saal has II nephews in the Ger
man army fighting for their country
or did have, as one of the nephews
was killed in battle. Another, was
wounded, but has returned to the
front. The nephews are sons of Mr..
Saal's brothers and sisters.
Jacob Lutz, who wrote his uncle
in Wooster on Dec. 6, but whose let
ter did not arrive until nearly three
months afterwards sends only good
words across the storm waters" to
America. He writes that last years
harvest was a good one, that it yield
ed nearly twice as much as the year
before. and that food is not so scarce
but that there is enough.
Writing in German, LutZ told his
uncle that lie sold 1000 pounds of po-
tatoes at less than cent pound,
meaning our money. 1--WE killed hogs
and beeves and laid up meat for the
winter" he wrote "We don't need
for help to do our work." he said.
''The French and English war prison
ers do our work for us while the men
are in the army"
Mr. Lutz is in the government SER
vice also as a soldier. but is engaged
in helping to supply the army with
food, and is stationed at Frankfort-on
the-Main from where he takes the
| train and goes home every night.
The letter he sent was opened by
the military censor.
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SHORT LOCALS

Mrs. NJ. B. Dickinson departed
Thursday evening for Baltimore, Nd.
Mrs. Fred Glass went to Newark
Friday to visit
S. NJ. Woolson of East Vine street
went to Danville on business Friday.
Mrs Wiley Campbell of Utica spent
Friday in This city with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent South of the
Ohio State Sanatorium went to Co
lumbus Friday to spend the day.
Mrs. ]. S. Dunmire of East Vine
street went to Gambler Friday to Wis
it friends for few days.
Mrs. j. II. Beach of North Main
street went TO Danville Friday to
spend several days with relatives.
Charles r. Johnson of Thornville,
Perry county, spent Thursday here
with w. P. Sawvel.
Mrs. Emma Duke returned Friday
to her home in Mansfield after visit
with her son, l.. ]. Duke.
Mrs. Rex w. Sperry returned Fri
day to her home in Utica after visit
! with Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Campbell.
Miss Helen Metcalfe, north of the
city, is the guest of relatives in New
ark for several days.
Mrs. bessie Pipes of West Vine
street = is the guest of relatives in
Newark.
H. X. Whistman of Academia went
to Columbus Friday where he will
spend several days.
Mrs. I E. Mitchell returned to her
home in Lock Friday after spending
several weeks here with relatives.
DR.. ~ f. Eastman of East High
street spent Friday in Millwood on
professional business.
Joseph Gogol, who has been en-
ployed in the molding room of the G.
& G. Cooper Co, returned Thursday
to his home in Chicago. Ill.
Partin-Palmer touring car, $695. "a
h. D., Holm wheelbase. Full electri-
cal equipment. e. w. Huntsberger,
Mt. Vernon, o. S-2O
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TULIP POPLAR USEFUL FOR
OHIO FORESTS,

While considering various species
of trees for reconstructing the farm
woodlot, one should not overlook the
tulip poplar. 1t is rapid grower with
long. straight trunk free from limbs
and knots. It's wood is light and east
ly worked, and commands high price
on the market.
AS tulip poplar will not tolerate
shade, it should not be grown in crowd
ed groves where it is overtopped by
other trees. At the base of slopes,
in unpastured woodlots, and in coves
and ravines where the soil is fertile,
loamy and we'll drained, it makes its
best growth.
In forest tracts seed trees of tulip
poplar should be spared until success
full reproduction of the area has been
accomplished. Two to four trees Will
furnish sufficient seed for an acre. The
young seedlings will be one to three
feet high by the end of the second
wear. Any undesirable competing spe
cies should be removed and no live
stock should be pastured in the wood
lot.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
JOHN FRITZ
DIES IN HOLMES CO.; LEAVES A
DAUGHTER IN KNOX

John Fritz, one of the well-known
and respected residents of Holmes
county, suffered a stroke of paralysis
at his home two miles south of Loud
onville, about 9 o'clock Tuesday
evening, just as he was preparing to
retire, and expired suddenly Mr..
Fritz had been in his usual health
during the evening and nothing un-
usual had been noticed by the family
until the sudden summons came. He
was aged 67 years and has lived in
this vicinity all his life. He is survived
by his wife and five children; Mrs. T..
p. Durbin of Danville; Albert, Henry,
Thresa and Clara at home. Also four
brothers and three sisters: George,
Henry and Mrs. Anna Nau of Perham,
Mimi; Miss Sarah Fritz of Seattle,
Wash, and Leo, Joseph and Miss
Mary of Hanover township. Funeral
services will be held at st. Peters
Catholic church Saturday morning,
March 10, at o'clock lnterment in
the Catholic cemetery.
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Ohio Experiment Station
Bulletins
CUTTING OUT BoRERs FREES
PEACH TREES

Peach tree borers, the most destruc.
tive insects in peach orchards OF east
ern United States, are best controlled
by worming, or cutting the grubs out
of their burrows with a sharp knife in
late fall and early spring. Entomolo-
gists at the Ohio Experiment Station
say that nearly all sprays and washes,
as well as all mechanical protectors
and barriers, are Of doubtful value,
some not paying for the cost Of their
application and others being positive.
ly injurious.
During the winter the insect lives as
larva in deep burrow under the
bark of the peach tree few inches
below the soil level. With the warm
days of early spring 1t feeds upon the
tender growing tissues beneath the
bark, causing the tree to become sick
ly and unproductive and often to die
il a sufficient number of borers infect
it. BY early summer they construct
as adult moths. These parents are
clear winged and resemble certain
blue wasps. Although the female lives
only four or five days, she lays about
400 fertile eggs in this time, and from
these the larvae hatch in to 10 days
OF about July 1 to August 30.
To kill the borers, remove the soil
when not frozen, from about the base
of the trees. Exuding gum and saw
DUST will show the location of the lar
vac, and thus they can be cut out with
sharp knife or probed with wire
The earth should then be replaced
around the tree and left until the mid
die of September, so that eggs vii
not be laid again in the formerly in
! tested portion.
A spray of one gallon of commercial
| lime-sulphur to eight gallons of water
with pound of arsenate Of lead paste
and a little lime added, has reduced
| the number of borers when CAREFUL.
| applied in early June to the tret
trunks and large branches, again il
mid-July and later in early August
However, it like other sprays has no
been a complete remedy in exper
mental spraying tests against thi
peach enemy.
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Paul Wright of Fredericktown went
to Akron Friday where he will work.
A. j. Darrah of East Sugar street,
went to Columbus Friday to spend the
day on business.
a. L. Murry and daughter, Miss
Dorothy, of East Hamtramck street
went to Mt Liberty Friday to spend
the day.
Trimming done by man Of % years
experience. All kinds of ornamental
trimming done. w. NJ. Green, Citi-
zens' $50 red. 7dI6S
Mrs. Lon Robinson of Norton street
went to Columbus Friday where she,
will spend few daSs with her daugh--
ter. Mrs. Anna Sligar.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Hoxworth re-
turned TO their home in Redwood
Friday after spending a week in this
city with relatives.
Mrs. Laura Chambers of the Mar
tinsburg road went to Akron Friday
for a visit with her daughter. MrH
Charles Place.
Mrs. c. M. Cuniiffe OF Detroit is the
guest OF her son, Prof. Rex Cunliffe,
of the high school faculty.
Miss Elizabeth Brock of Cleveland
is spending few days with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Brock, South
Vernon
Mrs. r. C. Anderson of Canton re-
turned home Friday following a
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs. B. l.
Larson of North Main street.
Walter G. Smith, division engineer
of the state highway department, Co
lumbus, was in the city Friday ON
business.
Mrs. Abraham Jackson returned to
her home in Centerburg Friday after
spending a week in this city with rel
atives.
Harry Shellenbarger and Charles
Shellenbarger of Bangs went to Co
lumbus Friday to spend the day on
business.
Mrs. B. NJ. Critchfield of East Chest
nut street went to Croton Friday
where she will spend several days
with relatives.
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Class Meetings
Bangs Cleaners

Mrs. Dwight Bell entertained the
Cleaners class of the Bangs M. p.
church Wednesday afternoon.
The meeting was called to order by
TIE president, opening with singing
and short scripture reading. The
roll was called and the report was
read and approved.
Mrs. Bell Shelter and Mrs. Lizzie
Warman gave select readings.
Before the class adjourned, Mrs.
Cora Smith invited the Cleaners to
her home for the next meeting and
the hostess added to the already
pleasant afternoon by serving delic-
ious refreshments.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
NoRTHERN-GRoWN OATS NOT
SUPERIOR YiELDER

Seed oats from North Dakota has
not proved superior in yield to home"
grown seed of the same variety. in
field tests conducted for seven years
at the Ohio Experiment Station. The
Sixty Day variety from North Dakota
during this period has yielded 65.7
bushels to the acre, and the Ohio seed
GAG bushels. When homegrown seed
is scarce, this imported seed can be
used instead but it merits no higher
price.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
MRS. HELEN kline
DIES AT AGE OF 78 AT FREDER-
lckToWN HOME

Kline died at her home here this
morning at o'clock following
lengthy illness resulting from paraly
sis. The deceased was the widow of
the late Joseph Kline and was rs
years of age at the time of her dem
ise. She is survived by one son, w. H.
Kline. and two step-daughters, Mrs.
Libbie Wertzman and Mrs. Minnie
Berry, all of here. One brother, John
Rowley, also survives. The funeral
at the late home Monday afternoon at
1890 o'clock. Interment will be made
i'll Forest cemetery.
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TO THE POINT

Governor James P. Goodrich vetoed
the bill which would nave legalizod
the operation of motion picture shows
on Sundays in Indiana.
Richard S. Daniels, uncle OF Secre-
harry of the Navy 'Josephus Daniels,
fropped dead of heart disease at the
i'ove Point (Md) lighthouse.
Congress at its next regular session
will be asked to pass constitutional
amendment changing the inaugural
day from March TO the last Thurs
day in April.
Fire at Detroit destroyed the eleya'
tor OF the Detroit and Michigan Grain
Elevator company, causing s1000,OJC
damage. Over 100000 bushels o;
wheat were destroyed.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
M. P. No. 25

Class No. 25 of the NJ. p Sunday
school met Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Clifford Bell. Meet
ing called to order by the president.
Opened by singing God Will Take
Care of You" John !. and 3rd chap
ter was read by Mrs. Workman. Pray
er by Mrs. Severns. Song, Whose
ever Will May Come" Roll call, to
which 13 responded. -Four visitors.
After the monthly business was ov'
er, motion to adjourn. Song, God Be
With You Till We Meet Again" Dis
missed by repeating the Lords pray,
er. During social hour the commit
tee, Mrs. Reeder, Miss Owen and Mrs
Bell, served refreshments.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
WEATHER CONTROLS BUGS ON
PEACH TREES

Alternate warm and severe cold win
try weather has been found by the
Ohio Experiment Station to be the
greatest factor in controlling green
soldier bugs, recently noticeable in
Ohio peach orchards. Mild, steady
weather is most favorable for them
and after such a winter they may
cause serious losses in peaches. A
few warm days followed by zero
weather kills them off in great num-
bers, entomologists say. Spraying
orchards against the pest has been un
successful.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13

s. e. Siegfried returned TO his home
in Brunswick Friday after spending a
few days with his brother, c. NJ. Sieg-
fried of North Gay street.s
Mrs. Elizabeth Black and Mrs. Yer
ma Poorman of Bellville arrived here
Friday for visit with e. A. Poorman
of Mansfield avenue,
Mrs. David Vance Bay returned Fri
day to her home in Newark after a
visit with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Curtis
of North Gay street
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OH!

Uhrichsville, March e-one of
the most unique prayer meetings
ever held in Tuscarawas county
was held in connection with evan
gelistic services now in progress
at the Uhrichsville Methodist
church. The evangelists entered
coal mine near Uhrichsville and
held prayer meeting with only 4
miners attending-and there were
four prayers.
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SOCIETY NOTES +
Stout-HaWk
Wedding
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Stout-HaWk
Wedding
Mr.. James H. Stout and Miss Hat
tie M. Hawk both OF this city, were
united in the bonds Of holy matrimony
at 8 o'clock Thursday afternoon by
Squire George S. Harter at his Of
flee. The bridegroom is employed at
the Essex Glass plant. The only per-
son present at the ceremony was Mr..
Stout's mother, Mrs. Cora l.. Ather-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Stout will reside
in Mt Vernon,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13

lege township TO Jasper and Ethel
W alker for the sum of $500 The
eale has been confirmed.
Deed Filed
Almon f. Stauffer to Jtha G. MAY,
lot 422, Trimble's addltic.to Mt. Yer
non, 81.
New Bond Filed
In the guardianship of Delbert G..
Humphrey, new bond, in the sum of
So 900 with r. M. Greer and Anna j..
Daniels as sureties, has been filed.
Marriage License
James II. Stout, glassworker, and
Hattie Marie Hawk, both Of Mt Yer
non. George S. Harter, j. p.
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kerr-Reep
Wedding

Rev. S. T. Allen, East Chestnut
street, performed, the ceremony at 10
o'clock Saturday morning that bound
Levitt Talmage Kerr of Morris town.
ship and Miss Sylvia Mae Reep of the
same township. in holy matrimony.
They were attended by sister of the
bride groom, Mrs. Blair of Sugar
street. They will make their home on
the Kerr farm.
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BONUS FOR NOT WEDDING.
Miss Eaton Will Get SIS Month For
Teaching if She Does Not Marry.

TeachIhg " ohS Dues Nut WdTry'
Highland, Kan.-Miss Ella Eaton of
Highland, who will teach in the schools
If Metcalf, Ariz., during the coming
year, will receive bonus of So a
month if she refrains from marrying
Until the end of the school term next
spring. Marrying girls have been in
great demand at Metcalf.
The school board Of that town has
had so much trouble looking for new
teachers after school has been in ses-
sion three or four months that 1t was
decided to offer a special bonus to the
schooieeachers who will remain single
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
Club Is
Entertained

Y. w. G. w. club of Martinsburg
was entertained at the home or Miss
Grace Lyons Thursday evening. There
were l5 present and all enjoyed a so
cisl time. Later in the evening, de-
licious refreshments were served by
the hostess.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13
Sale Reported

Sale Reported
George w. Bennett, executor of
Melvina M. Holmes, in his action
against Harry Holmes and others, has
reported the sale of property in Col
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-03-13

Suit on Note
The Brown Carriage Co. has
brought suit against Nora E. Hook
way, Norman c. Hookway and George
Collins on a promissory note, execut-
cd on July 21, 1916, by Nora and Nor.
man Hookway and endorsed by
George Collins. The note is in the
sum of 500. w. A. Hosack is attor-
ney for the plaintiff.
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
TO HOLD MASS MEETING.

A mass meeting of students OF all
the departments Of Georgetown Uni
versity is to be held tomorrow even
ing in the quadrangle at Georgetown
College to Consider steps and arrange
ments for the immediate military
training of students clong the lines
of the needs and direction OF the War
Department. If the weather Is in
clement the meeting is to be held in
CASTOR Hall
Members Of the faculty OF George
town University have been in con-
ference with War Department Off
cials all last week, and II Is believed
have formulated a plan OF military
training that will appeal to the stu-
dents. Just what the plans are, is
not made known. Members of the
senior and postgraduate classes in
the law, medical, dental. and arts and
sciences departments have been asked
by the faculty to signify whether they
will undertake the necessary training
for lieutenancies in the officers re-
serve corps or attend one OF the mil
itary training camps this summer.
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
WEST POINT WILL
COMMISSION 1S9
First Class Cadets Will Be
Graduated Next
Friday.

WEST POINT, N. Y, April IL
When the 13e cadets of the first class
Of the United States Military Acad-
emy receive their diplomas next Fri
day II will be the seventh time since
the civil war that a West Point class
has been graduated prematurely.
In May and June in 1861 the hrst
and second classes were commission
ed early. Forty-five men received
their diplomas in the May class OF
that year, while thirty-five more were
sent out a month later. H. A. du
Pont, OF Delaware, headed the May
class In June George A. Custer,
massacred at Little Big Horn, was
graduated at the foet of the class.
Not until the Spanish-American war
broke out in 1893 did the army find
a necessity for an early West Point
graduation. On April % OF that.year
fifty-nine members OF the first class
were graduated. Two of them, E. N.
Benchley and Clark Churchman, were
killed at San Juan Hill a few months
later. On February 10, 1899, the
Filipino insurrection had assumed
sufficient gravity to call for the early
graduation OF the class of 90. Seven-
ty-two cadets received commissions
on that date.
On February IS, 1901, seventy-fouI
cadets were graduated to fill vacan.
cies then existing in the commission
ed forces OF the United States army,
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
BRONX zoo WILL
RAISE OWN FOOD
Twenty Acres in the Park viii
Be Cultivated for Benefit
of Animals.

NEW YORK. April 17.-Now. it's the
Bronx ZoologicalsP Park that is going to
endeavor to beat the high cost Of living.
Nearly twenty acres Of park land will
be under the plow- in a few days and
on them viii be planted many kinds Of
feed for the animals.
The mayor has approved the project,
inasmuch as none Of the land II recrea-
ton ground or lawns. Instead ground
that can be easily spared for the pur-
pose will be used. The hundred en-
ployes Of the park will donate their own
time to the work as a patriotic duty.
DIR. William T. Hornaday explained
last night that the appropriation for
the animals was made at a time when
feed was much cheaper than now. and he
and his advisers believe that feed Is
now far cheaper than II will be six
months hence. So unless something
drastic Is done the animals will face a
famine. or the Geological Society will
face a huge deficit.
'HThe land can be spared under pres
ent conditions" he said. I'VE will use
the elk range. moving the elk some
where else; a small part Of the buffalo
range. the wild horse corral and a bit
Of land near the backwoods which hard
ly any one ever sees. We will raise
mangles. carrots, lettuce, sunhover seed
for birds. potatoes. green corn fodder.
and similar things. 1t IL a patriotic duty
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
cocoanut Oil Make.
A Splendid Shampoo

II you want to keep your hair in
good condition, be careful what you
wash II with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries
the scalp, makes the hair brittle. and
is very harmful. Just plain mulsined
cocoanut oil (which Is pure and en-
tirely greaseless) 10 much better than
the most expensive soap or anything
else you can use for shampcoins. ~
this cannot possibly fnjure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub 10 in. One or two tea
spoonfuls win make an abundance OF
rich, creamy lather, and cieanses the
hair and scalp thoroughly. The
lather rinses out easily and removes
every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff.
and excessive OIL The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and Il leaves ie
nne and silky, bright. fluffy. and sesy
You can get muisfnsd cocoanus On
at most any drug store. Il is very
cheap, and q few ounces II enough to
last every one in the family for
months.-Advt
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
MORE RESERVE BANKS.

A publicity campaign to get more
State banks and trust companies to
enter the Federal reserve system, is
to be undertaken by the Federal Re
serve Board. Entry of a majority of
State banks and trust companies into
the system would materially strength
en- the national finances for war pur-
poses In the belief OF officials OF the
Treasury Department. Consequently
new efforts are to be made to prevail
on the State institutions to Join the
Federal reserve system. The national
banks OF the country were. put in the
system by compulsion when the Fed
eral reserve law was passed.
The Washington times., 1917-04-17

and again when a similar exigency
arose in 1908 los cadets were gradu-
ated and commissioned on February
II of that year. Since that time grad
uating exercises at West Point have
been confined to June week.
Details Not ARRANGED.
Details of the early 1917 graduation
ceremony itself have not been arrang-
ed. So suddenly came the order from
the War Department that the author
tiles have been too busy to work out
details. The newly made officers will
probably have a fortnight leave OF
absence before Joining their respect
i've commands.
1t is not even definitely known who
Is to be the honor man, although there
Is but little doubt that 1t will be
Cadet Harris Jones, OF Clayville,
Oneida county, this State. Jones Is so
far ahead of his classmates. in every
thing that he will be a hard man for
any of them to overhaul. The honors
are virtually conceded to him now,
and II Is unlikely that any change
from that standing will take place.
The. class was about 200 strong
when 1t entered in June, 1913, but
exams" designations and other
causes have reduced the number to
139. Luis Y. Salvosa Rada, Filipino,
the fourth one to be graduated from
West Point in as many years. will get
q commission with the scouts OF his
native islands. -..-....
The class takes several prominent
athletes from army circles. McEwan,
Ford, Harmon, Redfield, Gerhardt,
Green, Meacham, Butler and Weems
are some of the football, baseball, box
ers, wrestlers and track men who will
go out with the class.
The Washington times., 1917-04-17
WORKS ON HER HONEYMOON
Bride, Woman Doctor, Keeps Name,
Goes Back to Job.

BOSTON. April 17.-Dr. Marian
Hague Rea, a member OF the stan OF
the Boston Psychopathic Hospital, is
on her honeymoon, at work alone and
under her maiden name, although she
is the bride OF DR.. Baldwin Lucke, a
pathoiogist at the University OF Penn
sylvania-
The retention Of her maiden name
was one of the conditions OF her mar
riage. DR.. Rea says she is keeping
her maiden name for professional
and business purposes"
DIR. Rea, unknown to her associates,
left the hospital the other evening
and went to her home IN Dorchester.
where she met DR.. Lucke. They were
married by the Rev. James Rea, ia
ther OF the bride.
A weekend honeymoon followed.
Monday found DIR. Rea back at her
post, her husband continuing his lee
lures to the students in Philadelphia.