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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-16

King Pontiac sOldene 2nd; solsss
King KOrndyke Copia Hengefvsld,
Buckeye Teake DeKol 2nd.; Hilda HEay
Butter Girl, fresh IL MARCH, friend
Hengerveld Butter Boy May CrangsE.
DeKcl; HiIda May HengeryeId Butter
Girl Friend Hengerveld Butter BOY,
May Granger DeKol, this COW rot
bred; Heifer. Yearlilinp. no bred.
Friend Hengerveld Butter Boy, Buck
eve Teake DeKoI, End; / grade Gov 4
years old, bred Nov. 1. One cali 3
months old, Also good line Of farm
implements Sale 70 commence at
IL o'clock a. a. sharp.
Terms Of Sale: On sums under s.,
cash day of sale. On sums of S. and
over acredit Of one year win be given
with notes bearing interest with good
approved security. 2 PER cent 49,
count for cash.
BERT WAFFLE,
IN. II. HARDING, Auct.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-16
.BUTTER-BRED JERSEYS

HEAD OF HERD WAKES EMI-
NENT DUKE 1180S5, a grandson of
Eminent 69631. sire of 76 Record of
Merit cows and sold at auction for
$4,000.
His dam, daughter Of Hood Farm
Torono, made 594 lbs. butter in one
year. @
My entire herd averaged 366 lbs.
butter in one year.
Bunts Augusta 3O1139. made ass
lbs. butter in IL months.
Heifers in herd average 32.7 lhs.
butter per month for all the time they
have been in profit.
Dicora Senior, 2 years old, has made
342 lbs. butter from April Z to Dec.
81, 1916.
FOR SALE
Pure bred bull calf dropped Dec. 4,
1916. Dam, Rioters Fancy Dame
S22SS4, is making Is lbs. butter per
week.
High grade Heifer, months old out
of COW making $40 lbs. butter in a
year.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-16

E. G. Tinstnan, Auct.
w. L. Good, clerk.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-16

AZ. u. Harding Auct.
'iB. i. Ferriinan, Clerk
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-16
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY "a


Commencing at 10 o'clock a. M, the
following described property:
-Four head horses, consisting Of two
11-year-old horses, 5-year-old horse, 7
-year-old horse. Eight head Of cattle,
S cows fresh with calves at side, 2
yearling heifers, yearling Hclstein
bull, sired, cost $17.50.
Farm Implements: Loader, side
rack, nearly new, sulky plow, 2-horse
rake, 2 walking plows, John Deere cul-
tivator, Ropison potato planter, disk,
bob sled, roller, cutter, 2 spring tooth
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-16
PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned will offer at public
auction at his residence in Abbeyville,
/ ga miles west Of stop IA 1-2 on G.
s. & C. electric line, on
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1917-02-16
CHAs FRANK

/ We CAN SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS IN
THE FEED LINE. CONTINENTAL
GLUTEN, BUFFALO D GLUTEN OIL
AIEAL, COTTON SEED MEAL. COW
CHOW. BRAN. MIDDLINGs. DIA-
MOND HOG MEAL, TANKAGE.
ETC OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
new POISON GAS FIRED
INTO ARmENTIERES HAS
ARMY SURGEONS BAFFLED

a heavy gas that penetrates from room
to room and descends into cellars. 1t
Is tenacious in character and seems to
make more victims among women
than among men, clinging about their
hair. The fumes of tobacco seem to
act as an antidote in the case of men.
The odor is variously described as
resembling that Of acetylene, mig
nor1ette or pungent mustard. Its eff
fects are not Immediate. Some in
habitants Of Armentieres who inhaled
the emanates in the forenoon returned
home without feeling any i'll effects
and took luncheon, but five or six
hours later they were obliged to take
to bed and their condition became
rapidly worse.
The victims at first were affected
in the bronchial tubes. then their
eyes swelled, and eventually they lost
their sight These symptoms were
accompanied by a feeling of burning
inside and an incessant cough and
fever. The skin turned an earthly
color and in several cases death fol-
lowed rapidly. Occasionally in addi-
ton to the symptoms mentioned. the
victims were affected by terrible hal
lucinations and delirious laughter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
Won kUEHLMANN /.
AT FRONT WITH
DR.. MlCHAELIS
Takes UP Duties AS Foreign
Minister Chancellor
Promoted.

Copenhagen, Aug. 9-An official
dispatch from Berlin says that Dr.
Won Kuehlmann began his duties as
foreign minister yesterday He has
gone with Chancellor Michaelis and
DIR. William Won Stumm, under Sec
retary for foreign affairs, to- main
headquarters of the army, where he
will be Joined by Vice Chancellor
Helfferich.s After leaving headquar-
ters DIR. Michaelis will visit the grand
dukes of Baden and Darmstadt
Mf. Michaelis, imperial chancellor,
has been promoted from captain to
1esutenant-cotonel.> Dr. Won Beth
mann-Ho1lweg. DIR. Michaelis' prede-
cessor, bore the title of major-gen-
eral
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
NEW YORK GIRLS
RUN AWAY FROM
FRESH AIR HOME;

Life at the EpiscopaI&Fresh Air
Home, Pond Point, Milford, is con-
ducive to good health for young girls,
but the rustic .quietude pals on the
nerves of some of the misses, especi-
ally those who happen to reside in
New York.
Minna Sehread, sos East 18th
street, New York, and Elva Fidken,
81 West 106th street, have spent a
month or more at the fresh air home,
it's beneficial effects plainly showing
in their ruddy cheeks. Both claim to
be IT years of age. Z,
They decided a few days ago that
life at the home was altogether too
tame SO they packed their few be-
longings and left. They went to New
York where they spent several days
without visiting their folks and ac-
companied by two young men arriv-
ed in this city last night on the New
York boat.
The police found them in Fairfield
avenue late at night and questioned
them, finally bringing both to police
headquarters. This morning Detective
John Seery brought them back to the
Pond Point home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09

Hazebrouck, France, Aug. p
British medical officers are trying to
determine the nature of the new
poison used. it Is believed for the first
time, by the Germans on the French
town of Armentieres, near the Belgian
frontier The poison bears certain
resemblance to the gas that tempor-
arily blinded q large number of Bril-
tish troops g. fortnight ago. but its eff.
fects are infinitely more serious.
Several persons taken from Armen-
there's are in a grave condition. Many
have died in hospitals in Hazebrouck,
Aire sur Lys, and particularly in St
Pol sur Ternoise, where most of the
victims were taken.
The first time the new poison was
observed it coincided with the firing
into the town of hail of small shells
of calibre insufficient to break the
paving. These contain neither pow
der nor gas, but a colorless liquid
which spreads over the soil.s In the
streets, court yards and gardens
where the shells burst traces of the
noxious liquid may be found hours
afterward.
AS the liquid evaporates it produces
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
AMERICAN TROOPS SHOW KEENNESS
FOR ABSORBING WAR KNOWLEDGE in
TRAINING CAMPS BEHIND the LINES

American Training Camp in
France. Aug. 9-The deepest inn
preston one gains after three weeks
with the American soldiers training
in France is the absolute earnestness
with which the splendid young men
of the army have undertaken the
task. There is no disposition on their
part or on the part of their officers
to underestimate in any way the seri-
business of the task, and >the hard
work that remains 20 be done be-
fore America can take her place in
the. actual firing line.
The troops that are here feel their
responsi bility keenly. They are, in
deed, the small but effective nucleus
about which will be built the great
army and great army machine that
the United States hopes eventually to
have on the battle fields of Europe.
The men are earnest in their desire
to absorb war knowledge as quickly
and as thoroughly as possible 50 that
when called upon. to act as instructors
to succeeding units as they arrive
they will be found qualified. A great
deal of this earnestness and this will
to do is largely the result of the en-
thusiasm of the young officers, who
but recently joined the colors and who
have taken up the business of war
with a courage and determination
that mean much to the future Of their
country.
In return for this service of patri-
otism, in return for sacrifices already
made and the still greater ones yet to
come, the officers and men alike OF
the expeditionary force want to feel
always that they have an understand
ing of sympathy and support from
''the folks back home That is a
sentimental side of the soldier, wheth-
er he be Frenchman, Briton or Ger
man in the firing line. or American
in the training camp.
Face to face with the great adven-
ture all thonughts of self are things
of the past. There is only the thought
of home and the hope In the soldiers
breast that what he is about to do
will be understood and appreciated
there. This spirit already pervades
the young American army.
Under the best circumstances cd
training the changing conditions of
warfare the preparing of an army re-
quires months.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
PASSES PHYSICAL
Arm Y TEST;TRIES
TO END HIS LIFE.
Drug Clerk Grew Despond-
ent When Employers Fail
ed to Exempt Him.
STEP CHILDREN
HIS DEPENDENTS
Recently Married Young
Widow, Who is Believed
To Be Self Supporting.

Becoming Respondent when he sue
cessfully passed the physical examina-
tions for the draft army, Walter J.
Wagner, 431 Washington avenue, "a
years of age, a drug clerk tried last
night to end his life following, the re-
fusal of his employers to sign exemp-
ton claims for him. This is the first
reported attempt in this city Of a
drafted subject seeking death as a
means of escape from military duty.
Wagner comes from Danbury and
six months ago married a young
widow who was a resident Of New
Jersey. They were welded in Phila-
delphia. She has three children by
her former marriage. She works in
a local factory earning more than
enough to. SUPPORT herself. This fact
precludes the possibility Of Wagner
claiming exemption on the grounds of
having a dependent wife.
Following his being passed Monday
for the army by the exemption board
he filed exemption claims and asked
his employers, j. A. Leverty & Bro.
Co., Inc, sos Park avenue, to sign
exemption papers for him on the
grounds that he had three step-chi1-
dren to support in New Jersey.
His employers stated that if he
could bring proof of this fact they
would do as he requested but mas
much as they did not know for a GER
tainty that his claim was true they
would have to refuse. Following this
action of his employers he grew
nervous, morose and despondent.
! Last night his wife found him about
8 o'clock lying in bed, enjoying, to all
appearances, sound sleep. Her eff
forts to rouse him proved unavailing
and she called DR.. III. Aranki of the
emergency hospital to her home. The
physician found Wagner suffering
from the effects of poison and admin
istered an antidote. In a lucid mo-
ment the patient on his way to st. Vim
cents hospital in the emergency ann
bulance stated that he wanted to
die" and for that reason drank
"canabis indica," an anesthetic.
When asked why he wanted to die
Wagner sseadfastly refused to answer
His wife is at loss to understand
why he should want to kill himself.
She stated their six months Of mar
ried life have been happy and. that
their quarrels were nothing but
'spats' such as experienced by all
couples.
Wagner is we'll known in Danbury
where his relatives reside and he pos
sesses an assistant drug clerks IL
cense. He served five years in the
United States Navy and obtained an
ho9orable discharge about 2 years ago
His> employers scout the idea that he
attempted to take his life despite his
admission that he wanted to die. They
are of the opinion that he took the
poison with the intention of having il
act as sedative and swallowed an over
doseA
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
half OF BRIDGEPORT'S
QUOTA FOR BIG ARMY is
Certified FOR SERVICE

A list containing 124 names of the
first $50 men examined. in State divis-
ION No. IA. headquarters at NorwaIk,
showing that they were exempted, was
received today. Judge Frederic A.
Bartlett of the first Bridgeport divis-
ion expects to have at the district
board headquarters this afternoon a
new list of about 107 names to be &C r
titled for service and this will bring
the first divisions accepted men up
to 275. The quota is 45O.
The claim for exemption that thus
far takes the lead for being unique
was filed today with the first division
board when a man declined to serve
on the ground that he was ''vege-
tartan" He was informed that he
would be rendering double service by
bearing arms and conserving the flesh
food supply, but he didn't see it that
way. The man insisted that his be-
ing aysvegetarian classed him with
those OF religious beliefs opposed to
war
Local boards this afternoon were
expecting word from Gov. Holcomb
to speed up their work that one-third
of the city quota may be ready to an
swer the call to service issued for
september. L. EVERY board IN Bridge
port is ahead of the expected stage
at this time and the one-third is now
prepared. -
Governors Of the vafious states sNto-
day received notice from Provost
Marshal General Crowder that the
first one-third of the quota of 687,-
600 men drafted for service in the ma
tional army will be called to the col
crs on Sept. 1 and sent to training
cantonments before Sept s.
More than 100000 men will be
called into service in the first incre-
ment, bringing the country's total
military forces up to 100000. The
provost m mIrshaPs instructions to gov
ernors urged thai they make certain
that the first quota be ready on time.
Exemption boards were instructed to-
day to deny indemnity to married reg
istrants in cases where the parents
or other relatives of the wife voIun-
teer to assume her support during his
absence.
Regulations governing the actual
mobilization of the national army are
nearly ready for release. It is hoped
by draft officials that every contin-
gency arising in assembling Ameri-
cas- fighting men will be provided for
IN fhaco dirocfioua
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09

A new force was hurled definitely
into the arena, to oppose the city
manager plan, today. The fr1ends OF
iremen, of policemen and OF the
teaching force of the city, were in con-
siderablyD numbers, hastily agitating
against the autocratic charter, which
the people voted on July 15, 1918,
they did not want.
In a small way these interests have
been active against the city manager
plan, but it is only within few hours
that school teachers, fremen and po-
licemen have thoroughly grasped the
idea that the city manager plan repre-
sents the revival of the spoils system.
and that places in the schools md in
the fire and police departments will
be terminated, in the interest Of 9TH
ers, to be named after the proposed
charter is adopted.
The'teachers have hitherto been un-
der the jurisdiction of the board of
education Their employment has
come direct from the board. If they
were discharged, they had the advan-
tage of the boards consideration.
Under the city manager plan, the
superintendent Of schools, has all
power to hire and fire." The Board
of Education will be without voice.
The president superintendent Of the
board is new man. He undoubtedly
has his own views regardings teachers.
Already in the High School changes
have been so numerous, and resdgna-
tions so frequent, as to alarm the
teachers. x
They fear that the change in the
method of appointments would leave
many without reappointnosnts, and
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09

One-half of Bridgeport's national
army soldiers have been accepted for
service, according to the reports can
vassed through the six local exemp-
ton boards of the city to-day. The
city's quota for the six divisions is
2,216 and of this number the boards
this afternoon reported that LILA
men had passed the physical examina-
tions and had not filed claims for ex-
emption. This is the sum Of the
work of sthe local boards which pro-
ceeds today towards the completion
Of the selection of the full army
quota. -
At the district boarc headquarters,
the General Ordnance Co., of Derby
served unofficial notice that exemp-
ton would be claimed for $50 men
who are employed at the plant maxi
ing light guns for American air ma
chimes and air conpressors for sub
marines. The company has received
a communication from the ordnance
branch of the War Department es-
tablishing the claim of the men and
the probabilities are that many of
them will be temporarily exempted at
least. The aeroplane and submarine
work is especially important. Just as
fast as local boards cerLlIy Lne EN-
ployes of the company for service.
the firm will claim exemption for
them.
The district board today received
form of applications for exemption on
industrial grounds, Nos. 161 and
161a. The former is for an indi-
vidual seeking exemption for himself
and the latter is the form to be used
by a person claiming exemption on
behalf of another. A limited number
of these forms can be had by persons
already certified for service, but
others are asked to wait until they
are certified before making out the
claims. This will allow the present
supply of forms to suffice and will
prevent any delay. All men claiming
exemption on industrial grounds
would do we'll to ascertain If local
boards have the necessary forms as
some were missent by mistake to local
boards instead Of to the district
boards.
At the district boards headquarters
in Room 48 at the county courthouse
today men appeared in such number
as to give rise to the belief that the
exemption claims will be many. -Four
men will appeal from the physical
rating which the doctors gave theW.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09

Germany called up boys Of II years
at the beginning Of last September and
sent many of them into the trenches
after only six weeks of infantry train
ing, chiefly in marching and close or
der drill. This was possible because
these boys were merely distributed
among old, seasoned troops stop gaps
in the ranks of decimated divisions.
Six months is nearest the Ideal
training period, but this rule applies
to armies which have been fighting
three years and have all the machin-
cry established through which the
men are passed smoothly and unend-
tngly toward the front.
The building of this machinery
the great engine OF war which works
behind the linegds the staggering
task now dealt with It is a task in
a way greater than anything France
or Great Britain has been called on
to do, for Americas problems are
those of France and Great Britain
multiplied by 5000 miles of Atlantic
ocean
The army that is here realizes all
these difficulties, but it also has an
unshakable faith in American genius
for accomplishment and. above al
others. in the American will.
1t is not known how much longer
the French instructional division will
remain with the Americans. The lat
ter are proving so apt and the train.
ing camps are SO well established thai
undoubtedly it will be only a compari
atively short time when but a few
picked French officers and non-com.
missioned officers will be retained. te
assist in the training. n
Students of the war are convinc-
the morale of the nations Of the En-
the morale of the nations of he En-
tente will prove to be the final fac.
tor in deciding the titanic struggle
The morale of the American soldiers
in France can easily be estimated by
the avidity with which they take ur
the training in offensive TACTICS a:
against defensive. The latter is very
essential, naturally, but it is phase
of training likely to prove a bit irk.
some to troops imbued with the often.
sive spirit as are the Americans. They
are frankly and sincerely anxious
most of them, for their turn in the
trenches to come, even If at first il
is only a temporary sojourn at the
front for training purposes. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
BRIDGEPORT TEACHERS, F|REMEN
and POLICEMEN F0RESEE SP0ILS
SYSTEM IN CITY MANAGER PLAN

there could be no redress.
The power of which = the school
teachers are afraid is conferred in
Section 146, of the city manager plan
charter, which says:
THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS SHALL be- :
'TO APPOINT AND REMOVE ALL
PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND
CLERKS"
It is Sec. "a that throws the police
and fire departments open to the
spoils system. When the charter
passes, if it does, there will be no po-
lice and fire departments, but, in their
place, the Bureau of Fire and the
Bureau of Police.
Policemen and f1remen who now
hold jobs will continue to hold them
until others are appointed in their
stead"
The Director of Safety is command
ed to appoint members of the Bureaus
of Police and Fire, subject to the
civil service provisions of the charter.
Under the existing charter neith-
er policeman or fireman can be re-
moved without charges, hearing and
verdict. If the removed man is ag-
SrleVeQ ne Can appear TO the courts
Under the city manager plan, every
fireman and policeman is automatic
ally removed, without charges, hear
ing, verdict or reason. The Director
of Safety must" appoint fit and suit
able persons and must appoint them
subject to the civil service provisions
of the charter.
! Some firemen and some policemen
think they might get reappointments.
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09

meeting in Essen, Germany. for, the
discussion of coal production, food
and wages. The meeting developed
into an impressive demonstration in
favor of peace by agreement and
democratic reforms. The miners de-
clared in favor OF the reichstag ma
iority peace resolution and demand
ed that the reichstag pursue their de-
cision in the interests of humanity.
The socialist organ Vorwaerts says
the fact that the demonstration oc-
Cured in Essen, the center of Pam
German propaganda, increases its i'm
portance.
Two hundred delegates from the
Rhenish Westpha1ian industrial trade
unions, assembled in congress in
Dortmund, Germany, adopted reso-
luton against the peace declaration
of the reichstag majority and record
ed their condemnation Of "any par
ticipatfon of the International social
democratic movement fostered by
enemies to sow dissension in the ranks
OF the German workers"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
Present Offensive in South
west Russia Has That OBJ
iective-B Bessarabia to Be-
come Principal Theatre of
Operations.
Harvest in Southern Russia
Coveted BY Central Pow
ers-French Launch New
Drive on Front in
Flanders.

: London, Aug. 9ERecent re-
ports that the present German
offensive in southwest Russia
is aimed at the capture of Odes-
sa are strengthened by dis
patch to the Times from Odes-
sa saying the belief is growing
there that the port is Germany's
main objective and that Bessa-
rabia will soon become the
principal theatre of operations,
as the enemy presses toward
Odessa. The correspondent adds
that the harvest is now being
reaped in southern Russia and
the enemy doubtless will try to
secure it before it can be re-
moved.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
WIFE MURDERED AS
HUSBAND WORKS

Annapolis, Md, Aug. 9-No clue to
the murderer of Mrs. Lottie Haslup
Brandon, 20 years old, wife of Valen-
tine N. Brandon, whose body was
found in her home here yesterday
with her skull crushed, has been un-
earthed by the police today. There
also were finger prints on her throat.
No motive for the deed has been dis
covered, the police said. The young
woman's body was found by her hus-
band on his return home from work
at the naval experiment station. Mrs.
Brandon was about to become a
mother.