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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
LEGAL NOTICE
Administrator Sale Real Estate

In pursuance of an order of the-Pl obate
Court of Mercer County, Ohio. will offer
for sale at public auction on the 18th day
of December, 1917, at one o'clock p. m.
at the east door of the court house in the
village of Celina, Ohio the following de-
scribed real estate, situate in the county
of Mercer and State of Ohio, to-wit: Be-
ginning at the south east corner of lot
number 5, (hve), in Withnell's addition
to the town of Mercer, thence north west
parallelling Harrison street ninety-eight
(98) feet; thence north east along the line
of the alley or driveway decided by Mar
tha Daring to Lydia Guy, ninety one (S1)
feet and five (5) inches; thence south-east
parallel with Harrison street thirty (30D
feet; thence north east parallel with Full
ton street, fortyfour (44) feet and seven
% inches; thence south east parallelling
Harrison street to Fulton street; thence
southwest parallelling Fulton street to
the place of beginning. Said property is
located at the corner of Harrison and
Fulton streets in said Village of Mercer,
Ohio.
Appraised a $450.00.
Terms of sale, cash.
LAURA E. SUTTON, Administrative
of the estate of Martha Daring, de-
ceased.
John w. Loree. Attorney.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
WOULD MAKE OHIO
DRY IN MAY, 1918
Prohibition Amendment TO Be
Submitted Next Fall.

Columbus, Nov. 29.-There will be
no recount or contest Of the recent
Ohio prohibition election, but refer
endum will be submitted in 1918 to
become effective the fourth Monday
in May, 1919.
These issues were decided here by
the Ohio Dry Federation.
Irregularities were reported in
Hamilton, Cuyanoga and Lucas couI-
ties by committee of four members
of the federation which conducted
formal investigations in these three
counties. 1t has not yet been decided
whether a recount, contest or Grim
inal proceedings will result in these
counties. The state dry federation
will furnish funds for prosecution Of
election officials, If necessary.
Every county was represented at
the meeting. An attempt to have the
R. A. Mack bone dry" amendment
adopted was unanimously voted
down.
The dry amendment to be submitted
to voters next fall will be Identical
with the one which was voted down
this fall. This amendment calls for
the repeal of the license and home
rule laws.
James A. White, superintendent of
the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, was
presented with silver loving cup by
the Tuscarawas county delegation.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30

forgiveness and promised balm for
every heartache"
The hopeless look from the faded
brown eyes answered even better than
his words, HE is too late"
Tears were coursing down the cheek
Of the younger man as he leaned over
the gatepost and whispered: "Could
1 see" but something In the hard
face Of the other arrested his words
and he did not finish.
For a moment Of untold length both
stood in silence, and then the tracer
of imaginary lines moved from the
gateway, mot1oning the other inside.
"It might ease her last hours, and
then" He pointed toward the Sec
ton line down which the prodigal had
come, "that will take you back to your
old haunts, wherever they may be-;
that" pointing toward the south,
you'd best not take; it's not much
but a trail, and leads to God knows
where, but north or south, take one."
Hours later, as the village doctor
drew up before the house, the prodigal
emerged from the sickroom, and, TAX
ing his hat from the peg, strobe with
faltering step out into the gathering
twilight. At the road he halted a mo-
ment and stood with barred head, then
turned-southward
Almost out Of sight of his boyhoOd
home he hesitated and turned for one
last look. Suddenly the cracking of
footsteps In the stubble and the Ia
bored breathing Of a man caught his
ear, and in a moment his father was
beside him, but how changed. The
face before so cold and hard was sof-
tened now with pity and compassion,
and from out the faded brown eyes
shone mingled hope and love and for
giveness. With hands clasped and
hearts receptive to the spirit Of the
morrow, they stood, while the elder
whispered :"She will live; come home"
and then two kneeling figures were
dimly silhouetted against the darken-
ing sky, while a prayer almost inaudi-
BILE ascended to the mercy seat.
He arose, and with his fathers arm
about him and the Christmas spirit fill
ing both their hearts, the prodigal
turned back from the road that led to
"God knows where"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
TO RELIEVE CONGESTION
Eastern Railroads to Be Operated as
One Centralized System.

One Centralized System.
Washington, Nov. 26.-Operation
Of all railway lines east of Chicago as
one centralized system was decidej
on by the railroad war board to oh
tain a maximum of efficiency in traf-
fic movement. Cars and trackage ia.
cilities will be pooled regardless of
ownership or the railroads individual
interest.
This almost revolutionary move
was announced after a prolonged con.
ference between members of the war
board and government officials, at
which many remedies were offered
for the freight congestion that has
paralyzed transportation in the east
It was adopted as the best and
readiest means Of meeting a situa-
ton that has threatened the produe-
tion and dispatch abroad Of war ma
terials.
The roads will be operated by a
committee Of vice presidents Of the
lines, under the general direction Of
the war board, itself comprising five
Of the country's railway heads.
The operating program calls for
the following: Diversion Of locomo-
tives, employees and machine tools
from western to eastern railroads,
utilization Of repair shops on western
lines for repairing eastern equipment;
pooling of all tracks and equipment
in the east wherever practicable; pro-
rata Of open top cars on a basis of
tonnage carrying capacity of tie
equipment in the pool; diversion from
congested lines Of all freight that can
be handled by any open route.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
TO NEGOTIATE
AN ARMISTICE
Russian and GGTmanR Representa-
tlVeS Meet Next Sunday.
ARRANGEMENTS QUICKLY MADE

Teutonlc Government Gives Speedy
AcquIescenee TO the BolSheVIki
Peace Proposal-Entente Allies to
Ignore overtures For Truce on All
Battle Fronts-Russlans Dlstrustful
Of the Germans.
London, Nov. 29.-Sunday next has
been set by the Germans as the date
for a conference with the Bolsheviki
leaders for the purpose OF negotiat-
ing an armistice. The arrangement
for the discussion followed a visit OF
the representatives of the Bolsheviki
to the German military authorities
on the Teuton side OF the hghtins
front in Russia.
The Germans gave quick acQuies-
cence to the proposal Of the Russians
for an armIstice looking to an ulti-
mate peace, for only few hours In
tervened between the visit of the Rus.
SLAMS TO the German line and accept
ance by the Germans OF the PROPOSE
tion that was made to them.
While the negotiations are expect
ed to embrace an armistice ION all
the fronts of the belligerent coun-
tries" II is certain that the entente
allies will give no heed to the over.
lures. either of the Bolsheyih, who
comprise the radical section Of the
Russians who have long desired Rus
sia to cease fighting, or Of the Ger
mans, who for even greater period
Of time have been endeavoring to put
into operation negotiations for a
peace that would prove a suitable one
for themselves and their allies.
That the Bolsheviki leaders are dis.
trustful of the Germans, although
they have agreed to enter into nego-
tiations for an armistice, is apparent
from the fact that Ensign Krylenko,
the Bolshevik commander in chief,
has ordered, pending the conference,
that there shall be no fraternizing on
the part of the Russians with the
Germans, and advised vigilance and
caution by the troops.
Meantime the great interallied con.
ference was convened in Paris and.
doubtless, at it will be discussed all
phases Of the tangled situation in
Russia and some method agreed upon
to bring the disaffection to an end
and permit of the Russian army's
taking up the gage of battle again or
of putting the Bolsheviki element in
the category Of an ally Of the central
powers
1T is under consideration to issue,
in conjunction with cur allies, a rea.
soned statement for the guidance and
warning of the Russians as to the
serious results that are likely to fol-
low If separate peace is concluded"
said Sir Robert Cecil, minister Of
blockade, in the house Of commons.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
Public Sale of Livery Stock

The undersigned having sold his livery
barn at the corner of Main and Logan
streets. CeIina. Ohio. will now dispose of
all his personal property at public auc-
tion at this barn on
SATURDAY, DEC. /, 1917
Commencing at IL o'clock noon, sharp
10 HEAD HORSES.
s Buggies, 2 Carriages. l Cab, One
Sample Wagon. one Double Set Cab Har-
ness, Eight Sets Single Harness.
FORD Touring Car. winter top for Ford
Robes, Blankets and Office Fixtures, &c.
Tht barn having been sold, everything
must go.
TERMS made known on day of sale.
JOHN DUES.
Col Ross, of Indiana. Auctioneer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
Haul Made by cracksmen.

Cleveland, Nov. 27.-Three night
watchmen were found bound and gag
ged in the vault at the Higbee COM
pany store, where they had been lock.
ed by four safe blowers who had
broken into the strong box and es-
capped with a rich naul. According
to statements made by officials Of the
company the safe blowers got be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 in cash and
stole $4,000 worth Of merchandise
including jewelry and furS.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
SCHOOL CHILDREN BURNED
Gas ExpIodes During Thanksgiving
Celebration.

IrontoR, O., Nov 2S.-Eli2abeth
Haas agcd 10, died Of burns,
and 27 other children were more or
less seriously burned when an explo.
sion occurred at the st. Lawrence
parochial school here, during a
Thanksgiving day entertainment.
Gas collected in the fuel room be-
meath the auditorium, exploded and
tongues Of flame shot up through the
floor About 200 persons were ia the
building at the time and only prompt,
cool-headed action by the teachers
and the mothers of the children pre-
vented more serious injuries. Rev.
F. H. Cotter, widely known Catholic
editor and author, and Mrs. william.
A. King, writer and lecturer, were
painfully burned in their efforts to
extinguish the flames.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
CHANCE TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY

You can add $500 to $4,000 a month
to your income In your spare time. Our
er men or women, We furnish outfit free
and teach you how to use It, Send DOS
tai at once for Particulars of the Mon
ey Making Plan" Act promptly before
Address Publisher, Box 166, N. Times
Square Station, New York city.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
LEGAL NOTICE

L. S. Hooper. whose residence is un-
known, win take notice that on the 18th
day Of october A. D. 1917, filed her petit
ton in the court of Common Pleas Mer-
GER county Ohio, being cause No. 94S1i
praying a divorce from said L. s. Hooper,
on the ground Of Extreme cruelty and
gross neglect of duty, and that said
cause will be for hearing on and after,
the 2Sth day Of December, 1917.
MRS. SAVELLA HOOPER.
Frank v. Short. Attorney.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
Farm for Sale

The 91-acre farm for sale; known as
the !, P. c. Stachler farm, located 8
miles south of Celina, Ohio, one-half
mile from the cement reservoir road.
Good we'll, drained land, plenty water,
2-story, 8-room frame house, with cellar;
convenient barn and outbuildings on the
place. For particulars write to HENRY
.STACHLER, RID. No, /, Burkettsville,
Ohio or see him at Cranberry Prairie,
Ohio. 33.tf
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30

Nulu lhG NAOotAy SuA lhAhNA
front room Of the small dwelling and
then letting his troubled gaze wander
far up the section line where a soil
tary figure was just discernlble coming
slowly southwark.
Just so he had stood five years ago
today and watched d figure strlklngly
similar to this vending its way toward
the North, while beside him his plead
ing wife had begged that he recall the
boy. But n stubborn something within
gave assurance that he was In the
right, and so he remained silent while
the boyish figure grew smaller and
smaller in the hazy distance and the
woman went inside and the cold North
wind chilled every tender impulse Of
the heart.
The traveller had reached the fence
now and his gray-blue eyes looked into
the faded brown ones before him, and
in wordless greeting he held out his
hand, but the older man was again
tracing the pattern on the gatepost
and did not see 1t. Imply 1t fell to
the prodigal's side.
At length he ventured to say: ITO
morrow is Christmas day."
"Yes," responded the other, bitterly,
"and didn't think" with a glance to-
ward the curtained window, II didn't
think she could last to see Christmas"
The prodigal started and grew
deathly white.
'Is my-is someone so very low?" he
gasped.
"Yes, someone" replied the other,
tremblingly, ''is very low; a mother
who had a son for whom she worked
and prayed and lived for twenty years,
and then" his voice broke; "then for
getful of her love and the heartache
he was leaving he went away, and for
five long years that mother hoped and
hungered for his homecoming all in
vain"
The prodigal stretched out his
hands appealingly. "What II he re-
turned TODAY and on his knees begged
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
DIR w. 81. THOMPSON

Wishes to announce that he has
opened an Office at his residence, $40
West Market street, for the general
practic of medicine and surgery. Of
fee hours-1 to p. m. and to g
p. m. Day and night calls answered
promptly. Phone 129.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30

Cincinnati Daily Post and The Demo-
crat, both one year. $3.50.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
December the 24th
By SADIE b. ATKINS

Il WAS the morning before
Christmas, clear and cold,
and the feel OF the winter
Holidays was in the air. In
side the barbed wire fence
which inclosed the first dwell
Ing on the outskirts of the lit
the town a man was standing,
now tracing with rough wealth
er-beaten finger imaginary
lines on the gntepost, then
turned with keen anxiety to-
mad Ahn nlnnnIu nnnrAnInnh
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30

Cincinnati Daily Post and The Demo
crat, both one year. $3.50.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
To Eace Murder charne.

Cleveland, Nov. 2S.-The grand
jury returned a first degree murder
indictment in the case of Mrs. Elsie
Bass, "a, arrested following the death
Nov. 16 Of John P. Perterko, 8, after
drinking milk in which Mrs. Bass ad-
mitted she had put rat poison, in.
tending to discourage some one who
had been taking milk from the porch
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30
Pioneer Dead.

Toledo, Nov. 27.-James M. VOL
eott, Maumee mayor for several
terms and northwestern Ohio pioneer.
is dead after two years illness.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30

What an elegant and useful Christmas pres
ent one of these ranges would make for your
wife or your mother. Nothing would please
them half as much Come in and see them
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30

"our New Minister. a comedy in three
acts is the title of a play TO be produced
by Cellna.s home talent stars on Thurs
lay. Dec. 6. 1917. The play is for. the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-11-30

benefit OF Celina Chapter Amerieap Red
Cross and large crowd is expected to
turn out to witnes sthe performance.
The cast includes;
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SO evident through history that they
can easily all be unmarked again by
the clear words Of President Wilson's
message.
Indeed. II It is Just and right for the
liberation of all peoples exposed to the
aggression of autocratic powers, It is
right and necessary that every sacrifice
should be made to fight Austria-Hun-
gary. the oppressor Of all nationali-
ties italians. Slavs. Czechs, Italy.
whose army Is today keeping back tho
full weight of the Austrian army, is
proud to have chosen to take up her
place on the battlefield. and to feel
today that her reasons for doing so
are more fully confirmed. She is proud
to have offered to the world the
martyrs that Austria Hungary, i'm
mutable in her traditional behavior,
has chosen from her combatants, con-
demning them to the halter as COM
mon rebels; Batteiste. from the Tren-
tino: Sauro. the 1strian; Rismondo, the
Dalmatian. To redeem lands and pop
ulations. as Italy desires to do, Is to
fulfill that work of liberation. and to
modify that ante-bellum situation
which contained SO much reason of
iniquity that it could not last much
longer without a crisis such as this. 1t
must not be forgotten that Austria
Hungary not only intended to Ger
mamie the Trentino. and that Istria
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RUSH TO BE MARRIED
STILL ON IN NEW YORK
In Manhattan 351 Couples Get Lii
censes and in Brooklyn 800
Nake Applications.

NEW YORK. July 31-Clerks in the
marriage license bureau of the city clerk g
Office today predicted another record
breaking number of applicants to wed
Although the number of licenses issued
yesterday did not equal the high mark
set on one Of the days just previous to
the War Department notice that all men
who married after the start of the war
would not be exempt from the draft, the
number u marriages performed surpassed
By one The former record.
a revised list Of the business done yes
terday at the bureau shows that licenses
were issued to 35I couples. The previous
record for a single day is 4S3 licenses
There were $50 couples married in the
chapel in the municipal building yester
Gay, while on the day sS3 licenses were
Issued only li9 couples We're married
Ma'rimony was nearly as popular In
Br"0Eiyn yesterday as in Manhattan and
900 licenses were issued. United States
Senator Calder, whose home is in Brook
!yn. said, after watching The crowds about
the bureau. that he would go back TO
Washington 10 protest against any ruling
Which would allow these men exemption
under tHe sc!eCtive draft.
Ire word Stacker was often heard about
the marriage license bureau Of each Dor
cuEh. where some Of the applicants openly
called attention 10 the ruling of Provost
Marshal General CrOwder, made last
week. that a man with a wife solely
dependent upon him is exempt, whether
ne married for love or safety.
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COTTON YEAR is ENDED
WITH PRICES NEAR TOP
Savannah Has Had One of Most Re
narkable Seasons in Its
History.

SAVANNAH, Ga, July 31.-One of the
most remarkable cotton years in the his
toEE OF Savannah comes to an end today
II has been Il year Of very high prices
good demand and marked activity in many
directions. One of the features of the
year has been the fact that short staple
cotton has sold for % cents a pound and
more. and even at these very high levels
there was no great desire upon the part Of
holders to get rid OF their stocks The
total gross receipts for Savannah for the
season were in round numbers e54 900
bales. against a little over q million bales
for the previous season. In proportion to
the receipts. Savannah shipped as much
cotton abroad for this season as IT did a
year ago. There were AZ, coo bales ex-
ported, practically all OF it going to Eng
land and France. The Coastwise ship
rnents amounted to 5G5,a17 bales: a year
ago spot cotton was worth l3 cents at
Savannah. Today It is quoted at 25 cents,
and it has sold during the past month for
26aa cents.
The cotton crop conditions is reported
now st 90 WHICH is very low, and while
there has been 4 good deal of talk Of re-
duced acreage it is not believed this has
been done to any very marked extent.
The Sea Island cotton season has been
most spectacular. Savannah received
over $4,000 Lales Of Sea Island cotton dur
ing the season, against %, coo for the year
before. Sea Island prices have averaged
80 cents q pound during the season, CIV
ing a value Of about $50 a bale. The end
OF the season sees this ''long staple"
posted at 20 cents a pound, the worlds
highest price for at least 4 quarter of
century.
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Vittorio Scialoja Lauds y. S.
for Joining the Allies in War
Minister in Italian Cabinet and Able Jurist;
Grateful for Full Participation of America
in World Conflict for Democracy

Cvtttorio Scialoja, minister without portfoio
in the italian cabinet, has worked consistently
to bring Italy and the United States closer to-
rether He Is known throughout Europe 40 an
able jurist and has been professor Of law in the
university Of Siena and Of Rome. In the Son
nno cabinet he was minister Of Justice. He
headed an italian mission to Russia just before
the Russian revolution.
Paris, France, July l. JOHN y. BASS.)
BY v1rToRIo sc1ALoJA.
fspecial Correspondence to The Star
and Chicago Daily News.)
Copyright, 1917, by the Chicago Daily News
Company
ROME. italy, June 30.-The landing of
the first contingent of American troops
in Europe Is an event of the greatest
Importance, not only because it con-
firms, in the most emphatic way. the
fact of the full participation Of the
powers against the central empires. but
also because it will prove to the enemy
that the allied powers are able to set
against his long years OF military prep
aration such an energetic determination
for action as to render possible opera
lions on a scale far exceeding all pre-
vision And this landing of troops, as
complished SO promptly and success
fully in spite of the submarine danger,
is a proof that the United States deter
mination will be able to work such
as Germany has hitherto considered her
own peculiar privilege
Compare this successful crossing and
arrival Of the American troops with the
voyage, so clamorously advertised in
Germany, of the first commercial sub
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marine that crossed the Atlantic. The
German achievement was simply an ex-
pertinent, bold, but unproductive OF re-
suits of any serious or practical nature.
while the arrival of the American troops
is a distinct affirmation of the failure
Of the submarine campaign. giving the
lie to the Germans presumptuous belief
that the United States was incapable Of
raising an army and sending it to do
battle with that of the kaiser. The one
achievement was an ephemeral act Of
defiance: the other. an achievement
which constitutes a historical event.
As a historical event, too. 1t gains
special Significance through the an
nouncement of it's taking place being
preceded by President Wilson's note to
the Russian people. This note consti-
tutes q renewed and concise assertion
of the spirit and will of a great democ-
racy which has already grown to full
consciousness of itself, and Is therefore
capable of decision in acting, in con-
trast to the inevitable hesitations in a
regime like the Russian. which still has
to seek the ideal and practical adjust
ment to its new state, and that in the
most difficult of all times for a nation
in time of war
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RED WING MAYOR DROWNED.
Leaps From Blazing Launch in the
st. Croix River.

W1NoNA, MINI. July 31-E A.
Pierce, mayor of Red Wing. lost his
NE yesterday in the st. Croix river
when he leaped in tine water from his
launch. which took fire in rnidstream
MIR Pierce. his wife and several
friends We're returning from saltwater
when they discovered the boat was
afrc. The fire gained such Roadway
that the party jumped into the water
All Were rescued except Pierce, who
was unconscious when taken ashore