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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-20
HIGH SCHOOL LOYAL
Topeka,s Institution Hase Given So. 200
TO War Work Funds

More than 200 has been pledged
and given IN cash by the students OF
the Topeka high school for the varf-
Gus war work campaigns and on top
of this there is no indication of any
inclination to pass the buck from this
time en- On the contrary, the stu
dents ara seizing every opportunity To
come to the front and do more than
their share IN every war work activity
that is brought co their notice The
Red Cross. the Y VI C A, the Y. W.
@. A. the French orphan. and uuGner-
GUS other relief organizations and
funds have received generous support
from the students Of the high SCHOOL
Though Christmas trees seem to be
far removed from war relief work. vet
they are IN a way a step in this line
for many a family Of more than STEM
der means, has almost stripped itself
OF cash and credit to aid the war
funds. In consequences the children
Of these families stood a good chance
to suffer from an u1wonted dearth OF
presents On their first war Christmas.
and charitable institutions of the city
have always given in this cause before,
and ara doing so again this year But
their ranks have been sweiled again
w ednesday afternoon a big Christmas
tree appeared in the main hall Of the
nigh school placarded with bills urg-
ing the students To contribute toys and
candy and other Christmas appurten-
dnces for distribution among the poor
children On Christmas day
The 5000 contributed by the stu
dents Of the school was pledged and
paid in IN these amounts-
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
WELDING AMERICA

II is not to provide interesting read
ing material for the ediiication of the
newspaper public that President Will
son, through Secretary Lansing, is
slowly disclosing German intrigue on
the American continent-only slowly
so that each separate revelation may
be fully digested-but there is a def
mite purpose behind each step.
One result of the most recent publ.
cation-that of Bernstorff's attempt to
secure $4,000 to influence the u. S.
congress and thus avert war-will be
to make America safe for Americans,
as it were, putting every citizen the
more on his guard against inspired
pacifstc utterances of individuals,
the source of whose remarks and
thoughts is as befogged as the yapor
in the ancient Delphc oracle.
The time has almost passed when
the American people will be surprised
at anything which has been done by
the imperial government in this
country. There have been too many
disclosures of, if they were not re,
ported by the government and support
ed by official documents, the unearthly,
diabolical schemes of the Teutons.
We are ready to hear anything and, it
might almost be said, believe it,
1t becomes more evident, in the light
of the latest revelation, just what
President Wilson meant, in his reply
to the recent papal peace note, when
he said: I'VE cannot treat with the
present German rulers" Possibly he
had in mind Won Bernstorif's oft-re-
would not recklessly or wantonly tor
pedo American ships when, as mat
ter of fact, Bernstorff knew that this
would be done and was even then at
tempting to build up machine to
choke public opinion when the prac'
tice was renewed.
! In placing Americans on guard, even
in the smallest sections of the coun-
try, against the elaborate propaganda
scheme in operation in America, the
president is welding the national
least that part of it which is true-blue
American-into one harmonious body
of men, thinking along the lines which
| 1t is necessary these days and working
toward the extinction Of the serpent
which is in our midst, the U-bOat sea
lion, and the viper abroad
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
Earl Myers Asks Court To
Dissolve Bonds Between
Self And Spouse
MRS. BARNHARD ONLY
BENEFICIARY In WILL
Fredericktown Man Leaves
His Entire Estate To
Wife; Court News

Alleging that his wife deserted him
on Sept. %, 1914, and that he has not
known of her whereabouts since that
time, Earl Myers has filed a petition
against Blanche h. Myers. The plain.
tiff says that he has performed all his
duties as a faithful husband The Pc
ttion states that Mr.. and Mrs. Myers
wero married on August 13, 1909, and
have no children. b. e. Sapp is the
attorney for Mr.. Myers.
Will Admitted to Probate
The will of Hugh Barnhard, late of
Fredericktown, was admitted to pro-
bate in the probate court Friday. I'm
der the terms of the will all of the tes-
tator's property is given to his wife,
Mrs. Harriet Barnard, in fee simple
Mrs, Barnhard is named executrix in
the will, which was dated April 16,
1891, and witnessed by ID. W. Struble
and l.. b. Ackerman. Mrs. Barnhard
has filed her election to take under
the provisions of the will
o
Marriage License
II. d. Irvine, Pittsburgh, messenger,
and Sara A. Kohl, Mt Vernon, book
keeper. Rev. w. h. Hull
Deed Filed
Mayor of Mt Vernon to John E.
Ward, cemetery lot, $45.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
VOX POPULI?

The Paris lie Matin" carries spec
ial dispatch from Amsterdam which
records a meeting of deserters from
the German army in which some ex-
extremely violent utterances were
made.
Probably the most tempered of these
is to this effect 1T Is not England
it is Germany herself, who is starving
the German people" This statement
may he at utter variance with the
facts of the case, but is significantly
similar to other news of such condi-
tion which has from time to time es-
capped the German censors. 1t Is com
monty reported that the German over
lords starye the people presumably to
feed the army, whereas the army does
not in reality get the choice food, but
the officers thereof.
The meeting of desertcrs endorsed
heartily the protest OF Amsterdam
against the expectation of potatoes tC
Germany in the following words
Germany is a potato country and. Il
the crop Is insufficient, it is because
the entire population Is employed IL
manufacturing war materials The
deserters added at Is only In stop
ping expectations to Germay that al
end can be put to the war" If true
this would bear out the official atti
tude adopted by the United States to
wards expectation.
Just how much of German private
thought Is represented by these de
sertcrs is Il question. From stray bits
of information, II would seem that the
doserters voice the secret feelings ot
many. On the other hand, they may
be mere radicals such as we have In
the United States, speaking for nobody
but themselves The future only will
disclose the truth,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
A NEW DEVICE2

An American steamer arrived re-
emit 1T an Atlantic port with the
somewhat marvellous story of a pc
culiar torpedo, fired from German
submersible, which bore straight for
its target and then suddenly took a
right-angled course, passing harmless
ly away from the steamer.
The report is too meagre and the
possibilities of faulty construction in
the torpedo too great to assume any
undue optimism over the likelihood
that the submarine problem has at
last been solved but this particular in
cident is most interesting
The DETECTION of torpedoes fired
from U.boats has long been suggested
as remedy for the sub menace and it
would not be physically impossible to
accomplish this DETECTION from the
object of sea prowler's attack.
1t has been suggested that possibly
the torpedo was purposely constructed
in order to follow the Zig-zag course
of an attacked steamer, but the answer
is that the Germans invent nothing
new, merely perfecting old devices.
There are sufficient people who have
confidence in Yankee ingenuity to
solve the submarine problem. Wheth-
er this will take on the form of de-
fiection of torpedoes or not matters
little. Any means which will at once
render impotent this confessed saliva
tion of Germany means much towards
peace
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
ONLY NATIONAL

For concentrated loyalty, no col
lege could equal the record of Kenyon,
located at Gambler, Ohio. OF Kenyon
students who attended the officers re.
serve training camp, 30 were commits.
stoned as officers. Sixty others also
enlisted for war. Only 1856 men attend
ed that college in 1916" columbus
Dispatch.
The above comment was made in
connection with an article which Sc
lected ten typical Ohio colleges and
then showed the effect of the war up
on them.
A compliment, indeed, TOR Kenyon
and her men and one utterly befitting
the institution! The writer, however
what actually happened in Gambler
last spring or he might even have gone
further How President Peirce, in the
face of a rapid exodus of students leap
ing to enter some arm of the national
service, was confronted with an ex-
tremely serious probem-onc in which
he could neither urge the students to
emain nor to depart-and how he
finally met it by suggesting that all
students finish out their college year
and, at the same time, declaring that
those who did leave would receive full
credit for the balance of the years
work, is well known in Gambler.
Kenyon has always been intensely
loyal to the flag. A history of the in
stitution in all past conflicts discloses
this. Her men have never failed to
work, in some way or other, in con-
cert for the cause of their country,
and the present situation is nothing
unusual.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
MONROE CENTER
A Chronicle OF Events In This
Township

Miss Helma Baker was the guest OF
Mrs A. w. Hoar last Monday.
Chester Johnson and family of Mt.
Vernon were the guests of Dec Dowds
and family last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Needs spent last
Sunday with Howard Proper and fam
lily of Academia.
Mrs, II. c. Gleason was the guest of
Mrs. William Metcalf last Monday.
Mrs. j. b. Latta of Mt. Vernon was
the guest of S. r. Weaver and family
last Wednesday.
j. II. Lantz.and family and Miss Vel
ma Faler of Akron and Mr.. and Mrs,
G, l., Lucas of Fredericktown were the
guests of Frank Johnson and family
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs M. j. Wan spent last
Monday in Mt. Vernon with friends.
Mrs. Willard Rinehart, who has been
quite sick, is better at this writing.
Mrs. Iota Berger of Mt. Vernon is
visiting with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard liinehart, and family.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
THE WORLD CRAZY

ut seemed as If the world had gone
crazy" writes an American newspaper
correspondent in describing the fight
which ragged recently between the Ital-
ians and Austrians at Monte San Ga
briele and which resulted in the cap
turc of this omincncc by the former.
To the greater part of the world,
war Is an unnatural thing as new
one alton has sprung up since the
Ciyil war In America. whereas, with
the exception OF the apanese'Russian
war, there have been no mammoth
struggles IN Europe, one might say for
a century, as the Franco-Prussian war
OF n was more or less local.
With this state of mind existing and
with the combination of hellish imple-
ments Of which modern warfare is the
parent, It Is small wonder that the
correspondent would think of the world
as being insane
Poisonous gases, flaming rockets, ex,
ploding mines, drum and machine fire
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25

burning oil and the million and one
devices of annihilation which are by.
products Of this present struggle are,
when made use of, little short of an
exploding box of fireworks, magnified
billion times.
The sight must be spectacular, but
awful as one pauses to ruminate upon
what 1t means. Insanity, however,
must be released some day and that
day will arrive when those creatures
the Huns-whose mental alterations
are responsible for all are placed, un.
der lock and key, in the padded cham.
ber of the asylum of perpetual free
dom which is slowly being erected for
the express benefit of the kaser's band.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
THEY REPLY

Germanys reply to the peace pro.
posals of Pope Benedict XIV, made
public Friday night is little more than
a courteous acknowledgment of the
receipt of the papal message. No at
tempt is made to discuss the issues of
the war, basis for peace nor are the
war aims OF the imperial government
stated more than in the vaguest pos
sible of terms.
The kaiser, the reply says, has "cher-
ished lively desire" that the papal APP
peal may meet with success and Git
might be 3aid) as an earnest of this
desire, has bombed Red Cross hos
pitfalls and American hospital units
In France. let alone deliberately
drowned enemy crews as In the case
of the Belgian Prince.
The kaiser, the answer says, has
been following with high respect and
sincere gratitude his holiness efforts
In spirit of true impartiality to al
leviate as far as possible the sufferings
of the war and to hasten the end of
hostilities." If the kaiser, in such a
spirit, has been following" the pope's
efforts, he has been several leagues
to the rear of the procession.
No Belgium, no Poland, no Alsace-
Lorraine, no Lusitania, Sussex or any.
thing which vitally concerns peace Is
taken up by the kaiser In his answer
which is less of an answer than mere
piece of rhetoric.
'roVlous occasions, Germany
has no, hesitated to state in full her
avowed objects in the war, going into
specific details At these times there
was superb arrogance about the ten.
or OF the statement which Is altogether
lacking in the latest reply. What Is 1t
that Germay has to conceal? Has the
confusion of this summer, with not a
single real break" in favor of the i'm
perial government, so bemuddled the
not altogether sure for what he is
fighting? Or does Germany feel that
the peace, or war, situation has reach.
ed such a point that she fears to say
anything which would be held up
against her in the future? The latter
is probably nearer the truth.
Austria-Iiungary is not quite so In.
direct In her reply as she expresses a
hope for the freedom of the seas as
the result of the war, thus singing out
England for sly shaft and guaran.
tee as to her future development,
which indirectly asks that her foreign
trading be not boycotted after the war.
If this latter is done, she adds, 1T can
then not be difficult to find satisfac-
tory solution of the other questions
which still remain to be settled be-
tween the belligerents in a spirit of
justice and Of a reasonable considera-
tion of the conditions for existence of
both parties"
lmpliedly. Austria is willing to con
cede allied demands in return for a
guarantee OF her future existence as a
nation among nations and It should
never be forgotten that Austria is not
the blackguard in this war. A more
honest desire for peace and a hint
that the status quo ante bellum would
more than be satisfactory is contained
in Austria's reply.
There is nothing in the German re.
ply to provoke debate, for or against
but there Is much IN Austrla's answer
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25

between the lines, to arouse honest
speculation.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
HALL WRITES HONE:
FROM ENGINEERING
CORPS IN FRANCE

Mr., and Mrs. II. ID. Hall of West
Chestnut street have received two let
ters from their son, Cecil II, Hall, who
is with the u. S. engineering corps
somewhere in France" announcing
his safe arrival
Both letters We're written over Il
month ago, but We're only received by
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall this week. Owing
to the strictness of censorship, Hall
was unable to write more than that he
was in France and was enjoying good
health.
Hall enlisted while working in Mich
igan several months ago.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25

Mrs. Mary Bethge returned Thurs
day to her home in Chilicothe after
a visit here with Mrs. Barbar Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. ID. Clark of AleXan-
dria spent Thursday in this city at the
Knox county fair.
M. T. Gaines of Danville was WIS.,
itor in this city Thursday attending
the county fair.
Charles Myers is in Logansport, Ind,
having gone there several days ago on
business for the Akron division of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
E Bdtterys Fourteen Sets Of Brothers

Courtesy Lloyd's Studio.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25

supervision district No. 4, has been
appointed school examiner for the re-
mainder of the present school year to
fill the unexpired term of e. d. Kiss
ner, who has resigned and is no longer
living in Knox county. This action was
taken at meeting of the county board
of education Wednesday,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25

Dr. and Mrs. Freeman F. Ward of
New York city spent Thursday in this
city with Mr. and Mrs. e. o. Arnold of
North Main street.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25
CUMMINS WILL BE
SCHOOL EXAMINER
In KISSNER'S PLACE

County Superintendent of Schools
w. F. Allgire announced Friday that
Supt M. c. Cummins of Martinsburg,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-09-25

Miss Nellie Leach of Richville Is Wis.
iting her sister, Head Nurse Carrie
Leach of the M. & s, hospital.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
How Houses Explode.

The most remarkable phenomenon
connected with tornadoes is the ex-
kosion Of houses, which literally
burst, scattering their fragments in all
directions. Sometimes substantial
dwellings are carried high into the air
and then explode. 1t is row under.
stood that this is due to the fact that
the funnel cloud" (revolving at rate
of at least 500 miles an hour) has
vacuum inside. Thus it sucks up
everything in it's path, even emptying
wells. 1t sucks all the air from around
a house over which it passes, and the
house "a vacuum being thus created
outside of it) promptly explodes, ow-
ing to the pressure Of the air, at 80
pounds 20 the square inch, from with.
10. The house, in a word, is trans.
formed into a bomb.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
Umbrella Went With Room.

Jones was miserable. There he was
alone, damp and unhappy, eating his
Christmas dinner in the coffee room Of
a woebegone and lonely inn.
Jones' motto has always been "Busi-
ness before pleasure" but he wished
he had shirked the business which had
summoned him to this part Of the
country at Christmastide. He dozed
for while, and then in desperation
betook himself to bed. He was awak-
ened by the pattering of rain, and TO
his disgust he found water dripping on
to the bed through the ceiling.
He pulled the bell savagely, and af-
ter a lapse of time someone condo
scended to answer it.
"You must find me another room,
please" said Jones. "The rain is leak
ing in like fury!"
ooh, is that all you are bothering
about?" snarled the landladys voice.
IF you'd thought to look you'd have
found an umbrella under the bed Use
it, man.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27

The London Times reporter who
met General Pershing and his staff
on the occasion of their passage
through the British metropolis was
so much impressed with the sim
plicity of the officers uniforms that
he described them in some detail for
the benefit of the Thunderers read
ers. Especially did he remark that,
compared to those of the British
army, the Americans uniforms are
unobtrusive. This may comfort some
of our home folks, who have imbibed
watching a parade Of the governors
staff, says the Omaha Bee. AS mat
ter of fact, the American army officer
never has been given to excess in the
matter of dress. While he has always
been arrayed more definitely than was
Gungha Dhin, he has at no time
sought to shame the monday sun,
and some of his greatest accomplish
ments have been achieved at times
when his apparel was least impress
sive. General Grant received the sur
render of Robert e. Lee attired in
battered service uniform, much worse
for hard riding over dusty roads on
that memorable morning, and many
stories are related of how General
Washington went among his men I'M
recognized because of the lack Of OIL
cial designation.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
(THE END.)
The GeoIoqists' Clock.

The fossil shells of the early inver-
tebrates are always of great impor-
lance to biologists, for they indicate
the period in which the rock beds that
contain them were formed-in other
words, the age of the rock. Every
fossilliferOus rock bed contains char
acteristic forms, or groups Of forms,
that determine the period in which it
was mud or sand. The economic i'm
portance of geology has been repeated
ly shown. In the earlier exploitation
of anthracite coal, thousands Of dol
lars were wasted searching for coal
beds in New York until the geOlogist
of the state showed that the beds in
that state could not contain coal,
since the fossils showed that they be-
lOnged to the DevOnian age, whereas
the Pennsylvania anthracite coal
beds are of the Carboniferous age, q
much later period. That discovery
stopped the useless expenditure. The
study of the animal and plant remains
that are embedded in the rocks has
thus become an important part of ge.
ology. and although the specialists en-
gagged in the study are few, their work
is of the highest Importance.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-07-27
CHAPTER XxIV-continued.


"Oh, I've been mapping there in that
chair, where 1 could keep one eye on
you. I'm terribly selfish; can't bear
TO lose one minute" After while she
said: 'Pve made discovery. Father
O'Malley shores dreadfully! Juanito
never heard anything like it, and 1t
frightened him nearly to death. He
says the father must be very fierce
man to growl so loudly. He says, too,
that he likes me much better than his
mother"
1t seemed to Dave that the bliss of
this awakening and the sweet intimacy
of this one moment more rewarded him
for all he had gone through.
'pve been busy, toO," she was say
ing. 81 sent Juan to the village to
learn the news, and it's not very nice.
It's good we stopped here. He says
Neuvo Pueblo has been destroyed, and
the federal forces are all moving south,
away from the border. So our troubles
aren't over yet. We must reach the
river tonight"
"Yes, by all means"
Juan is going with us as guide"
"You arranged everything while L
snoozed, Ell? Pm ashamed Of myself"
Alaire nodded, then pretended to
frown darkly. "You ought to be-" she
told him.
"My wifel" He laid his lips against
her hair.
They were standing beside the win
dow, speechless, Oblivious to all except
their great love, when Dolores entered
to tell them that supper was ready and
that the horses were saddled.