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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-11-15
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FLU" CURES DOUBTFUL.

FLU OUKES DUUBIF ID.
Washington. The United States
public health service doubts the effec-
tiveness of cures for influenza now
being foisted on the public Our rem
edy provides for the examination of
tobacco and pepper imported into the
country. The public health service
says "this recipe does not state what
to look for in the examination
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1918-11-15
FIREMEN RAISE WAGES.

Newark, N. Stationary Fire
mems union No 55 has secured a
wage increase of 81 a week for all
members employed in local breweries.
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LIVING COSTS IN LORAIN.
Washington bureau of labor
statistics reports that the expendi-
lures for the average family in Lor-
ain, Ohio, is 81 ,433.12 a year
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MR.. AND MRS. REL CROSS

The stories of the refugees from
districts invaded by the Hun in
France and Belgium have a peculiar
ly human appeal. So many of these
wanderers are the very old or very
young people to whom the war is just
a shuddering horror in which they
have no part but that of suffering.
The Red Cross in the war zone
early oganized an Emergency Refu
gee War Service to meet the needs
of these homeless, helpless, sadden
ed people. The German drives last
spring through the reconstructed re-
gion of the Somme sent many OF
these unhappy folk upon their second
flight. The drive toward Paris in the
fertile Soissons- Rheims salient-now
once more rid of the enemy-sent a
great stream of refugees into the cap
ital. They needed food, shelter, cloth
ing, hospital care and most of all, hu
man comfort. One little girl whose
mother had been killed by the same
bomb that had torn the child's face
with shrapnel was given doll. II
soothed her and gave her something
to love and cling to as she fell asleep
The stream of refugees flooded Par
Is for two weeks Red Cross workers
men and women, cooperating with
local police, worked with them every
minute. AS many as possible were
sent into the southern provinces tC
work and live until their own coun
try can be reopened to them, theil
own homes rebuilt.
How the refugees look upon theil
Red Cross friends Is revealed in q
message scrawled on postal card
and sent to Monsieur and Madame
the Red Cross"
This little note reads Dear Sil
and Madame | wish to thank you
from my heart for everything you
have done for us. One has been SC
well received everywhere and wher
ever one goes one will proclaim
abroad the praises of Mr.. and Mrs
Red Cross
Is the work worth doing? is the
little money we take from our in
comes to give to the Red Cross wei
spent?
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THE CHANGE IN PlCARDY

The battle of Picardy reverts. tenn.
porarily at least. to one of position.
The rapid advance of the British and
French has been modified for Il time
by stiifening German resistance. and
the allied armies again find 1t neces,
sary to make intensive artillery prep
aration before attempting frontal at,
tack.
Yet Haig's drive has borne import,
ant fruit, II has freed Amiens. the
greatest of British bases on French
soil, from the menace of German at
tack. II has deprived the Germans
of their best jumping oif-place' for II
Paris or channel ports drive, and has
removed for all time the possibility
of successful German effort to sep
arate the French and British forces.
These results are of vastly more i'm.
portance than the continuance of ma.
newer fighting, however interesting
may be the news dispatches which
describe battle In the open.
q The Germans are settling again in
to strongly fortified positions, cris3-
crossed by the trenches constructed
by both sides through four hard
years. They have set up barriers of
machine gun nests along the whole
front, and have massed heavy artil-
lery behind. The allies can hardly
hope to take this new line by assault
without prolonged bombardment. To
take It piecemeal. by grenade attack
and trench raid means II return to
siege warfare.
There Is every reason to hope, of
course, that the next heavy blow by
the allied forces viii compel further,
and even general retirement, but the
Picardy offensive has already achiev-
ed It's major purpose, It has taught
the Germans that the allies can strike
now, whenever and wherever they
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BELLS AND SHELLS

Germany Is beginning to pay, very
mildly so far of course, but still, be-
ginning to pay, the piper for her orgies
of the past four years. ~ fleeing over
a ruined, barren and shelterless land,
she is beginning to pay for her ravag.
ing of northern France. BY the grow.
ing discomfort and difficulties in Rus
sia and Ukrainia, she is beginning to
pay for her treachery to that troubled
country.
For the spoilation OF the beauty OF
Belgium no penalty has yet been ex'
acted. That Fate will take hand in
this, as in the other matters, cannot
be doubted. Sooner or later Fate
makes everyone pay for everything
In life.
The Delineator has this month a
page of pictures of stately and exqul'
site Belgian bell-towers from which
the bells have been removed to make
German shells. The chimes no longer
call the faithful to prayer, ring joy.
fully for weddings. sadly for funer-
ais, remindfully on Sundays and holy
days. Their voices are stilled. They
have been converted into instruments
Of murder, lust and rapine.
For all this, Germany must pay.
We are a generous people to our
foes, particularly when the foes are
beaten. But this foe cannot be dealt
with on any basis of mutual honor,
for he has no honor He must be
taught his lesson in the only way in
which his limited intelligence and
morals can grasp 1t. He must be made
to pay.
Much of the beauty destroyed can
not be replaced, particularly by race
incapable of producing or appreciat-
ing beauty But the foe can be made
to pay with labor and with gold for
the work of his betters.
Let him pay!
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GENERAL MARcH's PROGRAM

1T Is up to us to win the war, and
we can win 1t. How long IL will take
will depend exactly upon what we do.
If we drag along with this thing and
put small force over there we will
be playing Germany's game. 1t is my
belief that with an American army
Of 100000 men in France we can
go through the German line wherever
we please"
Thus Peyton G.. March, chief of
staff of the United States army. sets
forth his conviction, and that of the
government which he serves, in re-
gard to the situation overseas. He
has told congress what the govern.
ment desires in the way of vote of
man power. Congress knows that the
American people stand ready to give
all the government asks
They are talking of extending the
draft ages, nowadays in Washington,
and of heavier taxes, and of the larg-
est Of all Liberty Loans. These things
seem to worry congress, II reports of
comittee meetings may be trusted.
There is no evidence available which
indicates that they worry the people
of the United States.
1t took America three years and
more to realize that war was neces-
sary, and It was another year before
the nation began to make It's weight
felt upon the European battle line,
but today the people are as ready as
the army.
The extension or draft age limits
will bring no complaints. There will
be no protests over heavier taxes
The nation Is ready and well able to
oversubscribe the Fourth Liberty
Loan and such as shall come after
America is a peace.loving nation, and
1t desires peace so ardently that II
will fight for it with al! It's power.
General March has told congress
what is needed, Congress may feel
sure that the people will stand back
of this program or any other that
spells victory.
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REGISTRARS CHOSEN
Men Who Will Help Uncle
Sam To Enlarge Army
Number rs

The following is n list Of the regis
trars chosen for the proposed regis
tration on September 5, as announced
by the local draft board
Berlin-Artie Martz and b. G..
Toms.
Brown-Bert Whitney and Herbert
Scoles.
Butler-J. j. I'lack and u. G. Nc
Larnen.
Clay-Grover c. Ulery and II. A.
Simpson.
Martinsburg g-W r. McArtor and
M. C.. Cummins.
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in town walk by IL every day.

III Town walk by 1t every day.
But Mr.. Georges system, whatever
It's economic wisdom had the human
defect of seeming to underestimate
the value of labor. 1t is preached
steadily by little groups of idealists,
and their number grows. But 1t has
never made great headway amons
the people at large.
The opposite extreme of complex
taxing Is seen in the proposed new
tax law. The more the ordinary citi.
zen studies 1t, the dizzier he grows.
Everything he uses, wears, eats, en-.
joys in any way seems to have it's
own separate and fussy little tax on
It, He is growing disgusted with the
taxing methods in vogue.
The ordinary citizen is in this war
to win. He is willing to make sacri-
fices. He paid big income tax this
year, and is willing to multiply it
next year, and to subscribe for Liber-
ty Loans and Victory Chests IN the
meantime, not to mention putting all
his spare-and unspare-change into
Thrift Stamps.
But he Is getting to point where
he needs no anaesthetic during the
taxing process lie wants to know
what is going on and he wants the
thing done simply and quickly. He
would FAR rather pay a whopping big
tax of one kind divided into payable
installments, but frankly labeled War
Tax and get it over with. This mat.
ter of prolonging the agony by taxing
his teacup and his extra pair of shoes
is getting on his nerves. 1t sounds
too much like the Hun method OF
taking tribute from Belgian city.
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TAXES

There was time when the Ameri-
can people had to be taxed indirectly.
They were not willing to pay direct
taxes in amounts suited to govern.
mental needs. Tax the citizen out in
plain sight, and he howled. Conceal
the necessary revenues in his grocery
bill, his house rent, his cocktail and
he would never even know what hap
pened. He would vote cheerfully for
people who would tax him Indirectly,
and clamor loudly against anyone
who wanted to chip right in like u
good sport for his share.
Then along came Henry George,
maintaining that the source of all
wealth was land and land alone, and
land alone, therefore, should be tax
ed. There was much soundness in
his doctrine, particularly In his point
OF view toward the "unoarncd incre.
ment" which comes to downtown
corner owned by John Smith simply
because all the Joes's and Robinsons
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THE RUSSIAN SITUATION

That the eastern front can be con-
structed on any such basis as the
western one is beyond the dreams
of the most optimistic. But that Rus
sia Is slowly recovering conscious
ness after her period of delirium
seems to be u fact.
Wherever IL Czech or Slovalt family
or two had settled in IA Russian vii
lage. they kept with them that sense
Of nationality. that faith that they
were entitled to independence, which
was their ancient tradition. They,
like the Russians, kept their dreams
of education for their children, of civ
ilization with national self.respect.
What wonder that when the band OF
C2echO Slovak prisoners of war took
their place on the Trans Siberian rail.
slowly. for news travels slowly In that
country and new ideas are even slow
er to develop, but they came In stead
lily growing numbers and are still
coming from all over the land
And as these scattered represents
tives Of IA liberty-loving race spread
the tale among their Russian fellows,
what wunuer tnat II kindled them with
new hope?
Sman uanus these are. as armies
go, but strong ones, The spiritual
fires within them have been Burning
more than thousand years. One
band has held the stores at Vladivo-
stok, and has spread thinly along the
railway for 5000 miles. Now II Is
reinforced by the Japanese and Brit
ish. Americans will soon be march
Ing with them, and perhaps Chinese,
holding the ports and maintaining
transportation from the Japan Sea.
Five hundred miles from Moscow
another band is fighting It's way grim
iy through the discredited Red Guard.
It's numbers are being increased by
Russians who weary of Bolshevikism
The days OF It's taking of Moscow are
numbered.
The British and the Portuguese are
coming In at the north. The British
joined by the Don Cossacks. are com
Ing In against the Turks at Baku or
the Caspian.
II is all these little armies that ar,
spreading over vast Russia, preparing
once more to build up an eastern
front against the Hun. The nucleu.
OF the forming organism Is thu
Czecho- Slovak army, whose ultimat,
aim is to form democracy of what Il
now Bohemia and country adjoining.
Italy. France and England have OF
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ONE NoN.EssENrIAL INDUSTRY

1t seems long way back to the
day when people sat about and dis.
cussed the war situation as a great
game of chance. If the allies did this
and the Germans did that on one
front, and off on another they did
something else the war would be won
this year or ten years from now, and
SO on. Everybody remembers that
Kind of talk. And with it went good
deal of futile discussion as to what
was possible and what impossible in
war moves.
How Is it now? There is no longer
any talk of a dubious victory. We
know that victory is assured and have
ceased to exercise ourselves so might
lily about its exact date or the spot at
which the final blow must be dealt.
We are more concerned about doing
our part in the program that Is to
achieve 1t. We know the Germans
cannot win, but it isn't because of
any of those chances we formerly ar.
Ngued over while smoking friendly
cigar. IL Is because the allies are
going to do the winning themselves.
When 1t comes to a transatlantic
fight, an allied amy on the easter,
front, Chinese shipbuilding pro
gram, etc, nobody wastes any time in
doubling. Talking about things that
cant be done" has become q non
essential industry.
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Leo Higgins
Miller-Riley McDevitt and Robert
Baxter.
Monroe-Elmer Davis and Chester
Pealer
Morgan-Arthur Black and Edward
Hayes.
Morris-Charles e. Cassell and l..
B. Evans.
Pike-Paul ~ Grossman and A. j.
Kunkel.
Pleasant A-Russell Crouch and
Philip Creyeling.
Pleasant B-Harry Mcfarland and
H. f. Payne.
Union-Harley j. Workman and
Thomas b. Durbin
Buckeye City M. Weirick and
ID. s. Workman.
Danville-Wade Watson and Oar
win Loney
Gann-lioyal Fehndrick and e. "
Hagelbarger.
Wayne-Gail Daniels and Walter
NJ. Dill.
Fredericktown-M. r. Beck ant
Roscoe Gregg.
Mt. Vernon
First Al. A. Long and G.. II. Dye.
First B-PauL G.. Woolison ant
Robert S. Porter.
Second A-William Banning ant
Lester If. Drye.
Second B-Austin Rine and L. w
Jones.
Third William II. Clarke ant
Glenn Drouhardt.
Third B-Arthur Shellenbarger ant
William Porter
Fourth A-Charles Kcigley and +
/ Il. Kirby.
Fourth B-Paul ID. Cranmer ant
Carl Wertz
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MILFORD

MILFORD, Aug. 21-Miss Minnie
Bishop visited in Columbus last week.
$. II. Boner of Shreve spent Sun
day in the home of Grover Moreland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Clark and
Mr.. aud Mrs. Harold Heron and
daughters, Harriet and Miriam, were
the guests of Mr.. and Ms. l.. M. Bot
teniield last Sunday.
Mrs. John Mitchell spent several
days in Columbus last week visiting
her sister, Mrs. b. r. Schlesinger.
Marcella Chapman, who has beer
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-23
seriously i'll. is improving.

seriously i'll, is improving.
C. Morey and Alonzo Chapman left
last Tuesday for Oregon where they
will attend the national encampment
of the G. A. r. sa{{
Miss Beulah Wells, Miss Margaret
Mitchell, DR.. Robert Warren, DIR. B. j
Rea and Roland Wood, all of Cleve
land, spent Saturday at the home oi
Terrence Mitchell On Sunday, they
motored to Chillicothe to visit with
Hugh Wells.
c. j. Rose will speak at the FRS
Milford church next Sunday after
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-23
OHIO To FURNISH
10000 AUG, 23-SEPT. 6
Calls Will Completely Ex.
haust Class | Men In
Knox County

The local draft board has received
formal notification from the adjutant
generals office that Ohio will induct
$4,000 men into the service during
the two weeks period of August %
to Sept. 6. According to the local
board, these calls will completely eX-
haust the men now in Glass 1 in Knox
county.
Indications point to heavy calls the
latter part of September, SO with
Glass | depleted by Sept. 6, IL is
probable that those registering on
Aug. "a will be inducted the latter
part of next month
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21st day of September, 1918

ZISG uhy VI 0epIellUoI, ASAo
between the hours of D. m and p. IN:
of said day. the following described real
Situated in the County of Knox, in the
State of Ohio. and in the Township of
Miller and bounded and described as fol-
in the Third 90 Quarter, Fifth (5) Town,
ship and Thirteenth, 13) Range, United
States Military Lands in said Knox Coun-
ty, estimated to contain One Hundred
uO0) Acres
Save and except the following described
premises being part of lot number nine
teen. in the Third Quarter. Firth Town
ship. and Thirteenth Range. u. S. Mil.
tary Lands, and bounded and described
as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of
the above described tract and running
thence West along. the South line there
of 100 feet; thence North parallel with
the. East line of said tract 272 feet and 8
inches; thence East parallel with the
South line of said tract 100 feet to the
East line of said land: thence South along
the East line of said tract 272 feet and 3
inches to the place of beginning, estimat-
ed to contain one ID acre.
The premises hereby conveyed contain
ing nnety-nine taD acres more or less.
The premises above described being the
ct al, conveyed to Nelson r. Davidson by
their deed dated Dec. Is. 1872 recorded In
Vol. 1870, page 1854, Knox County Deed
Records reference to which Is had for
greater certainty of description. this con-
veyance also includes premises by virtue
of her being one of the heirs at law of
Lewis II. Thompson. deceased. the said
Dora Il. Davidson not being one of the
siSners of the deed above referred to.
The above described real estate was ap-
praised by three dsnterested freelOlders
and residents of the County of Knox and
the State of Ohio, the same being. ap-
praised at $6,ii5.00.
The above described real estate ap-
praised subject to the Mortgage of So 900
given to Nelson r. Davidson.
The above described tract of land Is To-
Gated about miles south of the Johnson
Corners or about l mile north of the
Licking County line.
,Appraisement less Mortgage of 5000 Is
SO. 3.il5.00.
TERMS or SALE: CASH
WALTER b. MOSHOLDER
Sheriff Knox County. Ohio.
j. B. Graham. Attorney for Plaintiff.
SIG, $50: 9-6,13S
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-23

Neb. ~ had been all
ing for some time with
chronic constipation.
stomach trouble and
a terrible misery after
eating, when l was
taken sick with ab.
scess of the bowels.
We had some of the
bestdoctOrs in Lincoln
in attendance, and
they all said / would
have tobe operated on
right away. l had
h card of Chamber
lain's Tablets, and we
got % bottle of them.
l began to take them
and in three days / was
able to be up and got
better right along. J.
am the proudest girl
in Lincoln TO find such
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+ /. + i. + !. 4. I. + + + + !
+ BIRTHS !
{. i. 4. i. r. /. i. T. I. I. + i. 4

A son was born Sunday to Corporal
and Mrs. w. w. Masteller at the
home of Mrs Masteller's parents,
near Sidney Corporal Masteller, who
has been in France for two months,
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Mas.
teller of North Sanduslty street.
A daughter was born Tuesday night
to Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis b. Earnest
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ATTEND REUNION OF o. v. l..

John M. Ewalt, Henry BOstwick,
Warner Armstrong, Wilmot Sperry,
w. S. Mckinley and Henry Hildreth
went to Bellefontaine Wednesday to
attend the reunion of the 96th Regi.
ment O v. l.
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please, and that they can make their
blows felt
The moral effect of such battles as
those Of Picardy and the second
Marne Is greater than their tactical
or strategic influence. And, with
every day, the number of Americans
in France increases.
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Stomach and Liver
Tablets would do for
Them" writes H. M.
Youngpeters, editor of
the Sun, Lake View,
Ohio. zone bottle of
the tablets would end
the trouble for most of
them. I suffered in.
tensely after eating
and never felt well,
and no treatment or
medicine / trild ever
seemed to do me any
good until reading an
vertisement for
Chamberlain 'sTablets
in my own paper, |
tried a bottle. The first
few doses gave me sur
prising relief, and the
second bottle seemed
to give mo q new stom-
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-23

ficially recognized the Czecho-Slovaks
as a nation. The United States will
not long delay this just and neces-
sary measure.
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Happiest. Girl
In Lincoln

II am only too glad to testify to the
good qualities of Chamberlain Tablets"
writes Miss Nora q. HagertY, of Lincoln.
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Gave Him
A New Stomach

"There are thousands of sufferers from
stomach and liver troubles whom wish
| could meet and tell what G Chamberlain g
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-23

o good medi cine as these tablets are. l
can hardly believe myself that l am
strong and healthy now. They saved
me from n serious surgical operation"
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who reside near this city.

A son was born Monday afternoon
to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Easterday Of
West Chestnut street.
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SHERIFF's SALE

l.. Denney. Guard.
VS..
Howard NJ Rine. ct al
Knox Common Pleas
BY virtue of Orde, of Sale issued out of
the Court of Common Pleas of Knox
County. Ohio and to, me directed. ! Will
offer for sale at the door of the Court
House, In Mt. Vernon, Knox County.
21st day of September, 1918
between the hours of / p. m. and 8 pm.
of said day, the following described lands
and tenenents. to-wit:
Situate In the Township of Jackson,
County of Knox and State of Ohio. and
more particularly bounded and described
as follows, to-wit: Being the Northwest
Quarter of Section 90 seventeen. Town
ship Five. Range Nine. United States
Military Lands. except portion thereof
heretofore conveyed to George Mckee
and Amos Green. said tract contained
about eighty-one acres more or less. The
above described real-estate Is located on
the Bladcnsburg and Mt. Zion Road about
two miles southeast of Bladensburg mile
from the Mt. Zion Church in Jackson
Township.
Appraised at s4.4oo.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH.
WALTER II. MOSHOLDER.
Sheriff Knox County. Ohio.
Harry w. Rooms, Attorney for Plaintiff.
S-16,23,3O 9-6lSS
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',ch and perfect good health, srf didn't t
thinks anything would give me such a
complete cure. They are wonderful"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-23
SHERIFF'S SALE
Edward +. Luteman,

Edward Il. Luteman,
vs..
James [. Mccullough. et al
Knox Common Pleas
BY virtue of Vendi. EXppnas issued out
of the Court of Common Pleas of Knox
County. Ohio and to Inc directed, / will
offer for sale at the door of the Court
House, in Mount Vernon. Knox County
on the