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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09
BITS OF INFORMATION

New York has 1000 Chinese laun-
dries.
Luxemburg has an area of 1000
square miles.
Switzerland produces more than g.
900 pianos a year.
Peat is largely used in stoking the
railway engines of Sweden.
Salted whale meat is regarded as a
1elicacy by the japanese.
War has seriously affected the pea
nut trade of Madras, India.
Motorcycle side cars are being sue
cessfully used for carrying the mails
through rural districts in England.
Until his recent retirement DR..
Loomis PomerOy Haskell, a native of
Bangor, Me-, aged ninety, was the old
est practicing dentist in the United
States, having been in practice 20
years.
According to the census Of 1910,
there were living in Greater New York
1.927,713 persons who were born in
foreign countries, of which number
1.1O4,O2o lived in the borough of Man
haitian. Brooklyn coming next with
671.000.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09
DARING FEAT OF CUTTER RECALLED

the senior officer present hailed the
Manning, which was close by, through
the megaphone in the following Ian
guage:
Manning, there!
THAT fellow coming out Of Havana
is probably the German warship Geier.
He must be Overhauled at all hazards.
You have the only ship present that
can do it. Go in, and good luck to
you -
With a flash the Manning's engine
room Indicator was whirled to full
speed ahead, the bugles sounded all
hands to quarters and in another in
stant the Manning was tearing through
the water at full speed. Steadily she
crawled up, and as she did so her of
ficers could see the strangers hull
steadily rise on the horizon. Then the
gun Sponsors came in view; her flag
was showing, but it was now plain that
the vessel ahead was not only a large
cruiser, but Enthusiastically the Geier. A
headline in the coast ahead compelled
the stranger to haul out more to sea,
and as she did so she slowed down,
then stopped, and slowly there fut-
tered to the gaff end the imperial flag
Of Germany.
Cutter Circles Around Geier.
The Manning, without stopping agr
great speed, tore under the Geiers
stern, put her helm hard-a-pOrt and
made a full round Of the German
cruiser, as much as to say, "Well, you
didn't get out without being spoken
to-" AS the Manning spun round the
German the officers of the Geier stood
lat salute, which was curtly acknowl-
edged from the Manning, and then as
the Manning headed back a great roar
there, coming down in the distance as
fast as they could steam, was every
one of the eight little American guard
vessels, the fastest not able to make
more than ten knots, and not one carry
ing more than a few six-pound guns,
but they were all determined to be in
that fight If it was possible to get
there
The significance of the Geier's act
lay in the fact that If she had been
able to break through the American
Gordon without being spoken to she
could, on arrival at Vera Cruz, where
she put in few days later, have cabied
to Berlin that the American preten-
sions to a blockade before Havana
were unwarranted and therefore the
alleged blockade was not recognizable.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09
Disabling of Geier at Honolulu
Brings Back Incident of
SpaniSh-AmeriCan War.
TRIED TO RUN CUBA BLOCKADE
lnterned Prussian Gunboat Makes
Dash From Havana Harbor, but Is
Rounded Up by Coast Guard
Cutter Manning.

New York-The interned Prussian
gunboat Geier, which was reported in
recent dispatches to have been dis
abled at her pier in Honolulu, at the
outbreak of war in 1914 was cruising
in the Pacific and while en- route to the
California coast was pursued by three
Japanese armOred cruisers. In order
TO escape, the German ship made her
way into Honolulu, but finding that
the japanese maintained blockade off
the Hawaiian port the Geier interned.
AS q precautionary measure, it is said.
the breech blocks Of the Geiers guns
were removed and sent ashore, as were
also the main crankshafts and cylin-
der heads.
During the Spanish-American war
the Geier sprang into prominence by an
attempt to demonstrate the ineffective
ness Of the American blockade upon
Havana. The Geier had obtained per
mission to pass through the American
blockade at an early period Of the war,
at a time when a strong American
naval force was present before the Gu
ban port, and she remained in Havana
until only u few lightly armed cutters
and converted lighthouse tenders were
on guard, the heavy ships having been
withdrawn under Admiral Sampson to
the eastward.
Made Dash From Port.
Picking her time, the Geier one aft
ernoon in May, 1898, made dash out
of port, Rugged the coast in run to
the westward, and would have made
good her getaway without being spoken
to had it not been for the unexpected
arrival few hours earlier before Ha-
vana of the newly built and fast coast
guard cutter Manning.
At the first cry Of "Black smoke
coming out of Havanal" which went
up from every masthead lookout of
the American vessels simultaneously,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09

this time following General Won Falken-
hayn himself on an inspection trip OF
this front. And now 1t rained. The
gorgeous beauty OF these wild nouns
tain crags, the purple mists that yelled
the garish colors of the peaks, the fas-
cinatiOn and the splendor of what
Americans call Indian summer were
gone. Everything had assumed, as If
by magic, drab colors. The misty rain
beat against us before an icy wind
The steep roads became perilous with
slippery mud. There was no song from
the soldiers that we passed Dripping,
soaked, they plodded wearily ana
slowly. The horses Of the baggage
trains seemed to feel the same way
about It. The automobile trucks fioun-
dered in the mud and many had mar
row escapes. It is no light task to
navigate one of these giant cars on a
crooked, slippery mountain road.
On little shelves of the mountain side
were smoky bivouac fires trying hard
to burn. About them were drenched
SOlOltTS lIgllE " hlg AhNii oot'iANN
equipment and uniforms. Here and
there tapped tiny dog tents into which
these soldiers would creep for the
night in the hope that tomorrow would
bring a bit of sunshine.
Wounded Know No Hate.
Around a turn in the road came a
slowly moving weary OK train. The
oxen seemed to mind the rain less than
the horses. It was the contents Of the
wagons these oxen pulled slowly and
pOnderously through the mud that
made our auto slow down as we passed
them. Each wagon contained a num-
ber OF wounded lying In the straw.
1t was in this section that the Rou-
manians had attempted to stop the
German advance by blowing up the
road at three abrupt curves. They
had done their work well. The eXplo-
siOns tore off the whole shelf on which
the road was carried. But the Ger
man engineers had done their work
equally we'll They hurriedly built up
wall at about the middle of the de
stroyed road, then dynamited away a
big chunk of the overhanging noun
tain side. This fell against their new
abutment, and in three hours the Ger
mans were able to put artillery over
the new road.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09
Animal Justice.

Some Of the most interesting cases
of animal justice are found among
the birds, and many tales are told of
these trials by unlimited and unsus-
pected human guests. 1t is said that
a stork, whose morals were sadly out
Of repair once appropriated to him
self the companion Of a neighbor. The
injured lady, with great dispatch, call
ed together the storks of the district
and hailed her abductor before this
tribunal. He was found guilty and
nntenced and the court Immediately
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09
BONUS FOR NOT WEDDING
Miss Eaton VIII Get $5 a Month for
Teaching School II She Does
Not Marry.

Highland, Kan.--Miss Ella Eaton Of
Highland, who will teach in the schools
of Metcalf, Ariz., during the coming
year, will receive bonus of So a
month IL she refrains from marrying
until the end of the school term next
spring. Marrying girls have hRen In
great demand at Metcalf.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09
WED BUT CANNOT CONVERSE
German Who Cannot Speak English
Gets Bride Who Cannot Speak
German.

Parsons, Kan.-Lois Patrick, daugh-
ter of local schoolteacher, who can
not speak German, and Herman Won
Grafen, young German, who cannot
speak English, have just been married
here. The engagement of Miss Pat
rick and Won Grafen resulted from a
letter which Won Grafen wrote in Ger
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09

man proposing marriage after he had
left Parsons to work in Kansas City.
After having the letter translated
Miss Patrick replied in English, ac-
cepting his offer. Won Grafen had the
missive interpreted and Immediately
went to Parsons. Won Grafen says
his home formerly was in Cologne and
that he was sent to the United States
by his father to complete his medical
education.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09
CONVERSATIONS

Glycerin was once a by-product of
the soap-making industry, the disposal
Of which gave the manufacturers some
concern.
Railway traffic in Spain is to be
placed under the control of committees
headed by the director general of the
public works.
A new club has been started in New
York for women more than sixty years
old, which already has a membership
Of more than 13O.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09
Frank Explanation.

1t was at a private entertainment,
and lady had just risen from the
piano. "Would you like to be able to
sing and play as / do, dear?" she
queried of a little fve-year-old miss
mo, ma'am," was the unexpected re-
ply. "And why nOt2" asked the lady
Cause" explained the small observer
"I wouldn't like to have people saw
such hOrrid things about me-"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09

The Venezuelan government by law
has prescribed standard Of purity for
butter and has forbidden the sale of
any that Is adulterated.
Sweet butter is preserved without
particle of salt inside gOurdlike con.
tainer made of cheese. The whole
remains fresh and edible for years.
Damascus is the oldest city remain.
ing in the modern world. 1t is first
mentioned in Scripture in connection
with Abraham Genesis 14:15), whose
steward was l. native Of the DloRe
(15, p.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09

turning executioner fell upon him and
tore him to pieces.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-03-09

A bird of prey wears ermine some
times as well as feathers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

the city on business yesterday and
announced that the work was pro-
crossing satisfactorily on the big fac
tory of the Beet Growers Sugar
Company at Rigby. Mr.. Goodwin,
who is vice president of the com
pany. says that the factory will be
one of the largest in the United
States and sufficient beets already
have been contracted to keep the big
institution running at full capacity
for six years after its completion on
October 1, 1918.
Mr.. Goodwin also brings word that
James II. Hawley, former governor
of Idaho, who is president of the
Beet Growers Sugar Company, has
been chosen by the secretary Of the
United States treasury to be director
for Idaho, under the recent act of
Congress to issue war savings certif-
icates OF small denominations to the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
N Q 7 | G |:

All subscribers to the recent Lib
erty Loan should bear in mind that
there is due and payable on the 18th
Of this month the IS per cent of
their subscription in accordance with
the government plan and the month
ly payment of $500 and $1,000 re-
spectively on the collateral note
plan.
This is a matter that should re-
ceive the prompt and careful atten-
ton Of all subscribers to the Liberty
Loan. Adyt.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
Utah Is Not Affected
By Sugar Shortage

SALT LAKE, Nov. 16.--"The SUI
gar shortage is not affecting Utah,
in any degree" said Merrill Nibley,
assistant manager of the Utah Idaho
Sugar Company. Because the out
going transportation facilities are so
limited, he explained, there Is no
likelihood Of Utah supply being
drained At the same time Utah man
ufacturers are doing their best to
relieve the shortage in the east.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
NOTICE TO
BICYCLE RIDERS

The City Commissions
ers feel that the ordinance
fixing the bicycle restrict
ed districts in Logan City,
has been passed long
enough so that every one
is acquainted with it and
from now on the ordin-
ance will be strictly en-
forced.
By Order of the Board
of City Commissioners.
Advt.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
extent of $4,000. 100000 to assis

extent of $4,000, 100000 to assist
in the prosecution of the war.
The directors of the big company
says Mr.. Goodwin, have advised
President Hawley that they appreci-
ate the big honor that has been con-
ferred on him by the government
and that he will retain the presiden-
cy of the company while aiding
Uncle Sam.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
Aged Squaw Dances
HeSself To Death

FORT YATES, n. d. Nov. 16.--
Mrs. Red Tomahawk, wife of the In
dian policeman who enjoys the dis
tinction of having killed the famous
Sioux chief Sitting Bull, danced her.
self to death on the Standing Rock
Indian reservation near Cannon
Ball, according to word received
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
Factory Under
Construction
at
Rigby, Idaho
A. G. GOODWIN.
Vice-President

An allotment of per cent cumulative preferred
stock is selling at par. $1,000 per SHARE with
bonus of one share of common stock with each
four shares of preferred stock purchased.
The Preferred Stock is retirabe after January 1.
1929 at $3.50 per share. convertible into Com
mon Stock, share for share. at the option of the
holder of such Preferred Stock.
Dividends to accrue at the rate of per cent per
annum upon any sum paid toward the purchase of
Preferred Shares, from the date of such payment.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
CACHE STAKE
RELIEF SOCIETY
CONFERENCE

The Cache Stake Relief Society
Conference will convene on Sunday,
November IS. in the Logan Taber-
nacle, at 10 a. m. and p. m. The
morning meeting is for the officers
and teachers at which all are re-
Qussted to be present. The afternoon
meeting will be open to the general
pubic.
lucy s. CARBON,
~ 4. / 1yeaaini,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
Engineering Officers:
Suite 226 Dooly Block
Salt Lake City, Utah
Business Officers:
Idaho Falls, Idaho
SEN. GEORGE E. HILL.
49,. Treasurer ~

Any dividends In excess 81 ( per cent to the Pre-:
ferred Stock shall be paid ratabfv to both Common
and Preferred holders. in proportion to the mum.
Der of shares outstanding
The Preferred Shares can be purchased on terms of
rs per cent cash with the application, balance may
run to September 1, 1918. in equal monthly or
quarterly payments. without interest
We believe are offering securities with the Iarg-
est earning power and possessing the highest safe
ty factor of any securities ever offered to large
number of people.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
here. Reports indicated that Mrs.
Tomahawk, about 60 years old, over
exerted herself in an Indian dance
last Sunday.
Hopeful.

"Checr up" says Georgia phlloso-
phcr High prices are sure to come
down some time or other, If only to see
the place whore you buried what they
didn't gct.'-Atlanta Constitution.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17
WORK PROGRESSES
ON SUGAR PLANT

SALT LAKE, Nov. ia. G..
Goodwin, formerly of Salt Lake, bu.
now of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was in
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-11-17

Rigby Idaho, is the center of probably the largest
body of welirrigated farm lands under cultivation
in America, and splendid proven beet growing dis
trict. The Company has beet contracts for over
5000 acres at and contiguous to Rgby for the
1918 to 1924, inclusive. Seven years. g.. 81.
Mr.. A. P. Cooper. Consulting Engineer, who has
lust completed the sugar factory at MOrOni, and
who has built and operated successful sugar fac
tories all over the United States the past twenty
wears for the leading sugar companies, will build
and operate the Rgby factory.
, 1917-07-12
SEIZE AND BUY SPIRITS IN BOND.
Senate Favors National Prohibition
During War, With the Exception
of Beer and Wine

Washington.ZThe Senate brought
the prohibition fight practically to an
end late Saturday afternoon, voting As
to 81 to substitute the Robinson ad-
ministration amendment as amended
for the House bone-dry prohibition.
The Robinson amendment as amended
provides:
First-For the flat prohibition of the
use OF foods, feeds and fruits in the
manufacture Of distilled beverages.
Second-For the Communicating of
all distilled spirits in bond at cost plus
10 per cent profit to the distillers.
Third-For the exemption of distill-
ers from all taxes on spirits comman-
deered.
Fourth-For the prohibition of the
importation of liquor.
1t completely ignores the question
of prohibiting beer and wine.
Immediately after the adoption of
the amendment, Senator Simmons,
chairman of the finance committee
moved to recommit the 81, $40, 600, 900
war revenue bill.
, 1917-07-12
WOMEN AND CHILDREN KILLED
IN STREETS AS HEART OF
CITY is ATTACKED.
141 PERSONS INJURED
THREE GERMAN FLYERS FALL IN
DUELs WITH BRITISH
MACHINES.

western Newspaper Union NeWs eTNic
London, July s.-The second de-
scent upon London by a squadron OF
airplanes was made Saturday morn
ing between 9 and 10 o'clock. when
was most crowded.
Although the German contingent
was larger, more daring, more delib-
crate in its movements, and descend
ed much lower than on the visit OF
June 10, the number of killed and
wounded was, according to the first
official roll, roughly one-third h
previous casualty list. The destruc-
ton of property may have been great
or but that is impossible to estimate.
The flight OF the Germans over Lon
don lasted about twenty minutes. Brit
ish airmen engaged the enemy for
several minutes over the metropolis,
and anti-aircraft guns were firing
briskly, dotting the sky with shrapnel
puffs, but without success so far as
concerned the destruction of any OF
the twenty or more machines which
constituted the invading force.
The enemy's b~omb-carrying planes
we're in the center of the formation,
surrounded and protected by fast
fighting scout machines.
Lord French reports that the total
casualties reported by the police fol-
low:
neutrality-suspicious. area: Men, 81;
women, 4: children, 3; total. "a. Isle
OF Thanet, men, 1; women, 2; total, 3.
Total killed. 81.
injured: Metropolitan area: Men.
"a; women, 20; children, So; total, 13s.
Isle OF Thanet. women, /; children, 1;
total, 2. Total injured, 141.
"One enemy machine downed by
the royal flying corps fell into the
sea off the mouth of the Thames. Six
others were shot down.
The admiralty was able to report
that naval airmen who followed them
to sea brought down three machines.
Berlin.-In a renewal of their at
tack at Stanislau, south of Halicz, the
key to Lemberg, Russian troops have
gained ground.
German efforts to dislodge the Rus
SLAMS at Godov and Koniuchy failed.
Efforts of the crown prince again
to force back the French north of the
Aisne to regain the line of the Chem
in des Danes failed. The German
losses were heavy.
East of Cerny Gen. Petain has en-
larged the ground captured July I,
and On the left bank of the Mouse
near Verdun the French have carried
three strong salients.
Important developments are ex-
pected in Germany in a few days. The
Kaiser hurried to Berlin, from Vienna,
to confer with Hindenburg and Luz
dendorff.
, 1917-07-12
Battle In MOONLIGHT.

The pale moonlight that battles ca,
night the several hundred frame bull
ings at Fort Benjamin Harrison viii,
house the student officers and the re
ular army men, shines also v e Il
tents of two Indiana National Qua
companies, the first Indiana field no
pital and Ambulance Company No.
Late in the afternoon is bath tin
with the student officers, and with d
regulars, and the lighthouses, one Il
each company, are about the busle
places at the fort, especially after
round Of trench-digging. But the nj
Of the field hospital don't care 4
bathing in the afternoon. Night tin
Is the time for them. Their bat
houses are as open as the air, Il
bathing facilities provided consisul
only Of showers set up in the OBJ
back Of their camp. So, late in q
evening, guards r. set out, and form
pallid in the moonlight, emerge foI
the tents, run to the showers, shlv'
In the cold water. and beat a haa1
retreat to the tents. - Indianapol
News.
, 1917-07-12
Women to Register July II.

Cheyenne.-In a proclamation by
Acting Governor Frank l.. Houx.
Thursday. July 18th, was designated
registration day for the women of
Wyoming. at which time all women of
the state are called upon to register
at their voting precincts, "for val
service of such character and extent
as circumstances shall permit" 1t is
estimated that between $4,000 and 30,-
900 women will register. The procla-
nation places the management of the
registration directly under the wom-
ms department Of the Wyoming Coun-
Gil OF Defense.
, 1917-07-12
Six Convicted Of Hish-erade Plots.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Six convictions
and four acquittals resulted from the
interstate stolen gold conspiracy on
trial here for ten days. Daniel Mo
Leod. George Heber, Charles Daniels
and William High Of Cripple Creek,
Colo. Dennis Sullivan OF Denver and
Frank Cochrane OF Victor. Colo, were
convicted of conspiracy to defraud the
government and of conspiracy to com
NIT an offense against the govern
ment. Cochrane, Sullivan, Heber and
Daniels also were convicted of using
the United States mails to commit a
fraud. Benjamin Fuller. Victor Peter
son. Rudy Weisgarber of Cripple
Creek and Orc Chrane of Victor were
acquitted.
, 1917-07-12
FOREIGN

The San Salvador volcano was In
eruption for two days, but no damage
was done.
Ellhu Root, head of the American
mission to Russia. has donated 5000
rubles to the soldiers of Moscow.
Four youths were killed and nine
teen persons injured when police and
troops fired on a mob which was pill
Laying shops in Amsterdam.
The Canadian house of
adopted the resolution by Premier
Borden passing to second reading the
bill for compulsory military service.
Fighting began at Lang Fang. about
thirty-five miles southeast of Peking,
between the troops of General Chang
Hsun, supporter of the monarchy, and
the forces of the Republicans.
Premier Lloyd George announced in
the house of commons that the Irish
convention would meet July 25 to deal
with preliminary business, including
the appointment of a chairman.
A semi-official German statement
reaching Copenhagen reports that
food riots occurred not only in Stet-
tin and Dusseldorf, but also In two ST
lesian cities, Gleiwitz and linden
burg.
Operations were resumed in the coal
mines of district IS, United Mine
Workers of America, where several
thousand men have been on strike
since early in April, according to re-
ports received at Calgary. Alberta.
The note which the Argentine gov
eminent has sent to Germany on the
sinking of the Argentine vessels Or.
ina and Toro. it is confirmed, demands
indemnity, satisfaction and assurance
that nj more Argentine vessels will be
attacked.
According to a dispatch from
Buenos Aires to the London Times
the Argentine government has de,
manded an immediate apology and in.
demnity from Germany for the tor.
pedoing of the Argentine vessels
Oriana and Toro and a guarantee that
the Argentine flag will be respected in
the future.
The last units of the American ex-
peditionary forces. comprising vessels
loaded with supplies and horses, ar.
rived in France amid the screeching
of whistles and moaning of sirens.
Their coming. M week after the first
warmly as the arrival of the troops
themselves, because 1t meant COM
plete success of the undertaking.