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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

high business integrity, his name
bank. | wondered, too, how my
friend, skilled and all powerful as he
was, would proceed in case where
the sure criminal trail led straight
from the portals of a common prison
to this abode of luxury and wealth
A servant answered a question put
by Marvel, and ushered him into a
majestic reception room, took his
card, and we both arose as a man
aged, austere, dignified, came into the
apartment with an easy, old-fashioned
sense of courtesy that charmed me
He had Marvels card in his hand, and
| fancied the name 1t bore had
aroused him into curiosity or interest
as to the personality it represented
Marvel weighed his man in the scales
of mature judgment, and went to
the heart of his subject forthwith.
Il have come on an important and
serious mission in behalf of the gov
eminent, Mr. buckingham" he an
nounced
"Of he-government?"
Very slowly, as though difficult OF
utterance. Mr. Buckingham pro-
nounced that last word. l thought he
quiyered, was sure his natural rudy
color lessened.
You have a relative, a nephew,
understand" resumed Marvel; and
then followed a rapid description of
the young man who had passed the
500 counterfeits-plus his denuded
misunderstanding up a portrait that
I saw at once was recognizable by
our host
You are describing my nephew,
Alan Dean" said Mr.. buckingham,
steely cold, because he was controll-
ing himself What of him, SIR"
Just this, Mr. Buckingham: He is
in my hands after passing ten coun-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

most instantly a stout woman, evil
IDENTIFY a servant, crossed my range Of
vision. She caressed and talked to
the leaping animal and walked to the
fence, as if expecting that the ami
mails arrival prefaced that OF it's ex-
peCted master She came directly up
TO Marvel, the fence between them.
He spoke to her and she answered
him, took look down the al
ley, and, turning, went back towards
pretentious appearing mansion
facing the avenue.
Drive TO the next street and wait
for US" Marvel said to the chauffeur,
and beckoned me to join him.
I'VE will get around to the front
of tn house." he remarked. as we
com! the length of the lane, and
turn, D carry out this plan. That
is the home of the dog. | asked the
woman you saw if the dog belonged
there"
And she said yes?'
with the addendum that its owner
she wondered why he did not come
home with the animal. as he usually
did"
1t was no task to locate the front
of the lot where the dog had run to
cover. 1t was an imposing stone
structure. We halted in front of it,
and my friend read aloud the name
engrayen on the broad old-style sill
yer plate on one of the ornamental
front doors:
Arnold Buckingham"
Then Resilius Marvel looked at me,
and my eyes meeting his expressive
glance, full of wonder, reflected some
what a manifest surprise, if not a
positive shock in his own.
There was not a better name at the
banks than that of Arnold Bucking
ham. Resilius Marvel knew it from
hearsay, and l from practical knowl
edge of financial responsibility rated
way up in the millions There could
not help but be direct challenge in
my face. My companion simply
shrugged his shoulders.
Come" he said, his course of pro
cedure boldly formulated in his mind
within the space Of minute, and he
led the way.up the steps, rang the
front door bell and stepped inside the
yestibule.
| wondered what strange freak Of
fate had led us to this lordly mansion,
to the presence Of a man retired from
active business with a royal fortune,
mis- horored record a synonym Cor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-10-04

the notes. lou DeueNeQ MIN q COuO-
terfeiter, for before he could explain
to you, his insane mood returned
You at once removed him to a private
asylum. Later you sent him with
relative, Alan Dean, to Paris, He re-
gained his reason. Today he occupies
a studio in the French capital, patron
lied by devotees of high art. Happily
married, all that year of mental dark
ness forgotten, restored to his right
mind, he is a wonderful producer of
velously prosperous. You have been
content to keep him out of the coun-
try. You never sought to enlighten
him as to that lost year in his life"
Il know all this-why go over it,"
came in muffed tones of suffering
from the millionaire
80 that the matter may be clearly
understood between US" was the
prompt response Within a week
after your sons escape from the coun-
terfeiters, one of their number came
to see you. He caused you to believe
that your son had deliberately left the
government service to go into
scheme to secure millions by using
his professional skill as a counter
feiter You told him a lie. You led
him to believe that your son had de-
stroyed the ten treasury notes and the
two plates. The man, however, threat
ened to find the son you had hidden
away. to denounce him to the police
as dangerous cOunterfeiter. To ST
lence this man, you paid $4,000, and
that ended the matter for the time
being"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19

ed for a joke or honestly sent by
some one next to the plot to put
these people on their guard, is
all supposition, but Mr.. Pickering
is inclined to treat it seriously and
has given Postmaster Meeker au-
thority to have it investigated by
the federal authorities and the
card has been sent to the proper
bureau of the Postofice Depart
ment at Washington, D. C. Since
its receipt they are taking extra
precautions to safeguard their
boy and their many friends will
assist them and hope nothing
more serious will develop. 1t no
doubt may be a plot TO steal the
boy and then exact a heavy ram
som.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a 8 O RIA
TOOK HIS FATHERS PLACE.
The Night Edwin Booth First Appear
ed as Richard III.

The Night Edwin Booth First Appear
ed as Richard III.
Between the ages Of fifteen and
eighteen Edwin Booth was almost
constantly the intimate companion
of his father, Junius Brutus Booth
the elder. That fathers eccentrici-
ties were such as to tax even the
devotion of such a son, but Edwin's
affectionate care never failed. He
used to beguile the tragedian's time
following his arduous performances
by playing the violin or singing ne
gro ballads, accompanying himself
on the banjo. Many times he at
tended his father on long walks be-
tween midnight and morning. In
1851 on a certain night, the father
was booked to appear as Richard
III. at the National theater, New
York. An hour before the time for
the curtain to rise he chose to lock
himself in a closet at his hotel and
refused every persuasion his son
could offer to keep his engagement.
In despair Edwin rushed to the
theater to explain his fathers alb
sence. The house was already fill
ed. The manager was distracted
and in his excited questioning of the
boy accidentally learned that the
tragedian had fippantly told Edwin
to go and act Richard himself.
"We'll take him at his word" said
the manager. And the frightened
boy was FASTENED to the stage and
helped into his fathers GlOster cos
tune, several sizes too big for him.
Members of the company gave help
full encouragement.
The play opened without an eX-
planation to the audience. When
Edwin made his entrance for the
opening soliloquy the substitution
was Immediately recognized, but so
also was the boy, for Edwin had sew
eral times appeared in lesser parts,
notably that of Tresscl in the same
play, in which role he made his very
first appearance. The audience was
kindly tolerant for a time, then in
terested and finally enthusiastic, for
Edwin Booth, although only eight
cen years of age, played Richard
worthily, revealing many flashes of
that brilliant genius that afterward
made him a star of much greater
eminence than his father had ever
achieved.
On the strength of this success
Edwin was, soon engaged by the
manager of a Baltimore stock COM
pany to play any part assigned to
him at the enticing salary of Sc per
week. Small as4hat pay was, Edwin
Booth later on in the far west ex-
perienced deprivation that would
have been immeasurably relieved by
an even smaller income
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19

Surplus fruits, beans, toma-
toes, and other vegetables pro-
duced in home gardens are al
lowed to spoil on the vines or rot
on the ground. A morning s
work would can and preserve
such surplusage for use when
fruits aid vegetables are scarce
and high in price.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19
The Bar to Lord Holland.

Among the qualifications of a
cabinet minister discretion ranks
high. Lord Broughton notes in his
diary fracas between Lady Holland
and Lord John Russell. The for
mer asked the latter why Lord Hol-
land was excluded from office. IF
YOU must know" said Lord John
Russell, "bccause no man will act in
a cabinet with a person whose wife
opens all his letters"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19
Einhtinu Evil.

The most truly religious thing that
a man can do is to fight his way
through habits and deficiencies anu
hack to pure, manlike elements Of his
nature, which are the ineffaceable
traces of the divine Workmanship and
alone really worth fighting for.-We1ss
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19
Starting Badly.

"LoOk here" exclaimed young
Mr.. Cotter Tarter in desperation,
SIS this or is it not wedding tour ?''
"Why, of course" snapped young
Mrs. c. T., OTIS our wedding tour.
What on earth did you think it
was?"
"Well, I'm beginning to think it's
lecture tour. Now cut it out
see "-Toledo Blade.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19
Every Family Il

Darke County should %
we'll supplied with good,
interesting and instr,lc.
tive reading. Just what
you want is the Green
vile Journal, which will
be sent to any address in
the county for $1.OO per
year; six months TO 80
cents out Of the c,o,7tv
6or $1.15. Did you eve.
stop to think that in one
year the Journal furnish
80 Two thousand, nine
hundred an +w?'ve col
umnsN. y matterP
And a. ~ .1.y S1.CO--
less than two certs 0er
wiki Come il and give
II your subscription, and
you have a friend living
at a distance who would
appreciate the news from
old Darke, you couldn't
do a better act tnan 20
make him a present of
the Journal for one year
Friends, give this matter
a careful Thought,
N% Nc subscriptions
taken unless ,4ccompan.
leo with the cash.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19

There are more rats than hu-
man beings IN the United States,
and every rat is a food waster,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19

SuSplclonlng something wrong,
sent for his brother, who went
down Immediately, and upon try
ing to gain entrance to the cash.
ier's bedroom, found the door
locked, which was broken open
and Mr.. Smith found lying on the
bed bleeding profusely and the
butcher knife lying on the floor.
A physician was summoned, who
staunched the flow of blood and
sewed up the wound. 1t is tho't
Mr.. Smith will recover. 1t is
said he has been worried over i'll
health, which may have temper
arily unbalanced his mind.
Daniel Hamilton, the lightning
rod man, died last Friday even
ing at the County Infrmary,
where he had been taken follow
ing a fall he sustained down a
stairway at his rooming place in
the Newbaurer building on Mar
tin street on Tuesday afternoon
of last week, in which one of his
legs was broken and other injur-
les sustained. He was well known
all over the county, having fol-
lowed the business of rodding
buildings ever since his residence
in this city. He was born in Au-
gust, 1849, and was in his 69th
year. He leaves two sons
George Hamilton of Chicago and
Edgar Hamilton of Sioux City.
Ia, three sisters-Mrs. Alic e
House of Day ton, Misses Frances
and Sarah Hamilton of Richmond,
Ind. Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the HamlC-
ton residence, West Main street,
and burial made in GreenvilIe
cemetery, beside the remains of
his wife, who preceded him in
death many years.
Contracts for the building of
fourteen bridges were let by the
county commissioners Saturday
afternoon, as follows:
Mcclure bridge, Studebaker &
Son, 81, $685..
RAIN bridge, R. P. Mannix.
$500.
Starr bridge, Geo. Frantz, ST.
113.
Smith bridge, Smith 0'Brien,
$698.
Layer bridge, R. P. Mannix
$3.50.
Briner bridge, C. c. Hall, $494.
Brit bridge, R. P. Mannix, ST.
29O.
Weiland bridge, Stanley Rook
stool, $685..
Richter bridge. Stanley Rock
stool, $234.2O.
Kimmel bridge, V. G. Curtis
$185.
Murphy bridge, N. A. York
81, AS.
Baker bridge, Rolf ard McGee
I$75O.
Livingston bridge, c. c. Hall
1924 so.
Worth bridge, V. G. Curtis
Isl, 1876.
Total, $12, 262.7O.
VIM. B. Pickering, a larg
stockholder in the Henry St. Cla
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19
LOCAL BRIEFS

Piqua.
Henry Banks, route 6, was In
Greenville Saturday.
Mrs. Ray Nauss is visiting her
sister in GAINESVILLE, o.
Frank Murphy of New Paris
was a visitor here Tuesday.
Born to Ed Pendulum and wife,
Saturday morning, a, baby girl.
John Armbruster. wife and
daughter, spent Sunday in Day
ton.
Walter Seibert was home from
Columbus Sunday visiting rela-
tives.
Miss Callie Maybrun is reported
very i'll at her home on Green
street.
Miss Merle Newby of Cincin-
natl visited her parents here over
Sunday.
A. R. Matthias of Columbus was
transacting business in this city
Tuesday.
Miss Helen Hall is here from
Chicago visiting her mother on
East Third street.
Mrs. Lu Emma Chenoweth of
Hollansburg was transacting bus
mess in this city Friday.
Emery Haines and Cletus Ot-
we'll attended the Chatauqua at
New Madison>last Sunday.
Mrs. Roscoe PIessinger of
<Beamsville visited her mother on
West Water street Tuesday.
N. J. Kuntz and family mo-
tored here from Dayton Sunday
and visited among relatives.
M. R. Cromer and wife of
Bears Mill are the guests of J.
L. Myers and wife at Athens, o.
Virgil Roland of Covington,
KY, spent a few days here this
week with relatives and friends.
C. F. Ludy, wife and son, of
st. Louis, are visiting D. P.
Whitesell and wife, Wayne ave-
nue..
Gray Reece and wife of De-
troit, Mich, are the guests of W,
L. Reece and wife, Central ave-
nue..
Glenn Clatterbuck, sent to the
Mansfield Reformatory from this
county May "a, 1916, for non
support of his family, was paroled
last week.
DR.. Frank Clear, dentist of this
city, has received commission
as first lieutenant in the Dental
Reserve Corps. hut will possibly
not be called for duty until next
September.
Mrs Arthur Hill and two sons
of South Bend, Ind, were calling
on old friends in Greenville Tues
day. Mrs. Hill will be remem
bered as Miss R Dse TennelI. for
merly of this city.
Isaac Long, 67 years old. diet
in his home in Stelvidec Monday
night. He leaves his wife, thre'
sons and three daughters. Fun
eral services this afternoon, witt
burial in Coppess cemetery.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19

son ana family OF near versailles
were the Sunday guests of Jacob
Schmalenberger and family, East
Main street.
Mrs. Regina Bicker, widow of
the late Alexander Bicker, form
erly of this city, died in her home
in Piqua on July IL. Funeral
services were held Saturday and
burial made in Abbottsville Gem
etery.
Lieut.. R. S. Mundhenk made
quite a record as a recruiting Off
Ger at Arcanum last week, when
he secured sixteen men at that
village for the divisional supply
train, being over 1 per cent OF
the total population of Arcanum.
They left Saturday morning for
Columbus.
Upon our roll of nonor TO-DAY
we can place the following NAM
ed patrons
Mrs. M. M. Chenoweth.
P. J. Smith.
C. l.. Reck.
A. A. Hawkins.
G. F. Whitacre.
J. L. Clark.
Last Friday afternoon light
ming struck the oil transformers
housed just outside the corpora
ton line on Martin street and
consumed them, the flames set
ting fire to VIM. Unger's tobacco
warehouse, a few feet distant.
and burned one side of the buil6-
ing. The fire department was
called out and after laying 1850
feet of hose were able to extin-
guish the blaze.
It is said that George Dively of
this city, son Of Fred'Dively, now
of Bradford, is the first Green
vile boy to be on French soil with
Americas fighting forces. About
three months ago he enlisted in a
marine corps at Dayton and was
sent to Port Royal, S. c.. and
nothing further was heard from
him for almost a month until his
father recently received a card
from him stating that he was
somewhere in France. He is
grandson of Mrs. George Dive
ly, Sweitzer street.
Virgil Pretzman, about 20 years
old, residing on Morrow street,
was badly scalded Monday morn
ing from his hips down when he
accidentally fell into a vat of boil
ing water at the fertilizer plant.
He was assisting in hosting the
body of a dead hog by means of a
rope into a vat. preparatory tU
converting it into fertilizer, when
the rope or hook slipped, causing
him to lose his balance and to
step backward into the vat. His
injuries will confine him to his
home for some time.
Mrs. Belle Habne, formerly OF
this city, died at st. Elizabeth
Hospital, Dayton. O., Wednesday
of last week. She is the widow
Of Charles J. Hanne, who died
January 9, 1916. and is daugh.
ter of Daniel Hime. ex-postmas
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-07-19

Jars worth as much as ever in
winter; vegetables worth more
than ever. Home canning pays.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-15

THROUGH, since the war began, Europe has
been willing to pay almost any price we
- chose to ask for our products, we have ad-
hered, in our charges to the United States
Government, to the basis of prices established
before the war began.
There was agitation last year for the build
ing of Government armor-plant. Certain of
our statesmen at Washington declared that we
had been "robbing" the Government, although
the figures showed that our Navy had, for
twenty years past paid less for armor than the
navy of any Of the other great powers. ~
We did not concede that our prices for armor
were too high, but we did agree-n the Govern
ment would abandon it's plans for Federal
plant-to make armor for our Navy at any price
the Government itself might consider fair.
Does anybody imagine for moment that we
would have made such an offer if it would show
that our previous price had been exorbitant?
In the development of our Navy now being
pushed forward, larger ships are to be built and
greater guns are called for than ever before.
One of the special needs is sixteen-inch guns
guns sixty feet long and capable of hurtling
1000 pound shell with such power and accuracy
as to hit 50-foot square target fifteen miles
away, Such guns call for the highest skill and
experience of the gun-makers' art Upon such
guns may depend, indeed, the safety Of the ma
tion.
In view of this need and realizing that our
own experience was probably unique, we have
undertaken voluntarily to construct, at cost of
S4500,0O0, plant fitted to build sixteen-inch
guns.
Under no conceivable circumstances can or
ders which we may receive for this plant pay
even fair return on the investment. But we
are devoting to this purpose profits received
from other business We felt that we must do
this as part of our patriotic obligation.
The Washington herald., 1917-01-15

In 1915 we employed $4,000 men; now We
have some 10000 men on our pay rolls.
In 1915 our total pay roll was S22,5OO,0 600; in
1917 it is at the rate of S72, 1000 900 yesr, or
$6000,000 month.
The average earnings Of each wage-earner
were little over $500 in 1915, whereas our fg-
ures for 1916 show average earnings Of nearly
81, 200 per man, an increase Of more than 80
per cent
Bethlehem's policy is to prepare for peace
rather than increase its ordnance-making facil-
tiles We are now working on construction
program involving an outlay in the next few
years of more than s100 1000, ,0O0-probably the
largest construction program ever undertaken
by single industrial corporation.
When that program is completed, instead of
Bethlehem. being primarily and largely an ord
nance company as it is today, our twenty-five
component parts will consist Of twenty parts
commercial manufacture, four parts shipbdld-
ing and only one part ordnance making
The Washington herald., 1917-01-15
100.
Bids on Battle Cruisers.

BIDS on BattIe CrulSefS.
The policy of the Navy Department seems to
embody an effort to discourage private enter
prise and to divert all work for national defense
into government plants. The situation with ref
erence to battle cruisers is an example in point.
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation controls
shipbuilding companies which build perhaps 40
per cent Of the tonnage of the United States.
Knowing the purpose Of the Government to en-
large its navy, we deliberately reserved large
part of our facilities rat the sacrifice of mer-
chant contracts carrying with them large profits
that 1t might be available to aid in carrying
out the naval program.
We bid on the new battle cruisers sums
which Navy Department experts, after exami-
nation of our books and records, found would
yield profit Of less than ten per cent. Indeed
we agreed to assume risks for Increased costs Of
The Washington herald., 1917-01-15
Government Munition Factories.

Inquiries are being made as to whether it
may be necessary or desirable for the Govern
ment to build plants to make munitions Of war
Agents of the Government have been to Bethle-
hem to see what facilities we had.
We have developed at Bethlehem an ord
nance plant greater than Krupp's. Before the
war we employed 5000 men at Bethlehem; now
we have more than $4,000 at that point alone
We have stated to agents Of the Government
we have stated to Committees of Congress
that our ordnance plants are at the disposal of
the nation at fair operating cost, plus small
margin, thus saving the Government the cost of
Investment and depreciation we have al
ready amortized these items out of European
orders.
Our belief is that the wisest government pol
icy is to encourage establishment of the maxi
mum private ordnance manufacturing capacity.
IT the Government goes into munition manufac-
ture upon large scale, private plants will un-
doubtedly be diverted to other uses and in time
Of emergency the capacity of the Government
plants, necessarily limited would be the nations
sole reliance for munitions upon which its very
existence might depend.
/. The prices charged the Government should
of course be reasonable, and the Government
has ample ways of satisfying itself that prices
c. NJ. SCHWAB, Chairman,
EUGENE G. GRACE, President