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been visiting relatives.

been visiting relatives.
Miss Alta Bumpus has returned
home from Columbus where she was
called by the Illness of her sister
Mrs. j. u. Tom.
Wallace Reid in Believe Me Nan
tippe" and seventh installment Of
son of Democracy, "My Native
State" at the Vine tonight x23
Miss Laura Wheaton of Columbus
spent the weekend with Rev. and
Mrs. William Hull OF East Chestnut
street.
Rev. Phillip Hull of Columbus IS
spending few days with his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. William Il. Hull of
East Chestnut stree.
We have the wonderful assortments
Of ladies' coats from Sl6.15 to SO,
of coats at S29.75 that are in a class
by themselves. No other merchant can
duplicate them for less than $40 to
$45. Copland's Style Shop, $50 South
Main. X23
Miss Ruth Fry of Loudon Vile spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. e. c. Fry Of North Sandus
ky street.
Carlton Breeze of Camp Sherman
spent Sunday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. t. ID. Hreece Of North Me
/ Kenzie street.
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PERSONAL NEWS or THE DAY


to $50 is beyond our understanding.
Copland's style Shop, go South
Main. X23
Miss Dorothy Tudor of Washington,
ID. C. is spending few days here.
Dwight Gilmore OF Shelby spent
Sunday here.
Knox County Poultry association
will meet in Room t. Banning Bldg,
Tuesday evening, Sept. "a, at 8
O'Clock. x2l
Miss Brittania Davies of Cleveland
is the guest of Dr.. Isabelle Nixon.
Dr. Louis Mark OF the Ohio State
Sanat0rium entered the Mt. Vernon
hospital Sunday for treatment. DR..
Marks mother, from IrOnwood, Wis
arrived here Monday.
The Greer tract, fronting on Sugar
and Hamtramck streets, for sale on
| Sept 28, 2 p. m. Will make 8 or 10
nice building spots and is very close
in. 9-l8,20,23 3,25, ,27
Sergeant Fred Myser OF Camp
/ Sherman visited relatives here Sun.
! day.
Miss May Grimm spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Miller OF
Bangs,
A few minutes spent here compar
ing our styles and prices will con
vince any woman that she saves from
so to Sl5 ON every garment she buys
here. Copland's Style Shop, 2S(
South Main x2;
Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Spcrry ant
son, Wiimot went to ColumDus Mon
day.
Sunny Sambo and Allies Ollicia
War Pictures at Lyric tomorrow. x2;
NJ. +. Bale, who has been visitini
e Samuel Clarke, returned to his home
in Abilinc, kas, Monday.
Ground grippcrs, the rational shoe
for the human foot, Severns' shot
| store, sole agency. x2
. Charles Fry of Mansfield, formerl.
D a Mt, Vernon barber, was the guest o
I friends in this city Sunday.
\ No more beautiful assortment o
ladies' suits. coats, dresses, skirts
d and waists can be seen anywhor
than at Copland's style shop, %
c South Main. X2
Elder ID. H. Lindsey Of Richwoo
d has accepted Il call to the chaplainc
J. of the Mt. Vernon N. a. $, sanitariun
4 Mrs. Jennie Fleming Of Orryillc n
l. turned home Monday after spcndin
several days with relatives here,
g Sale prices on new fall boots fC
women, $G.S5. Seyerns shoe store,
" X.
3 Miss eleanor Pough returned
+, her home in Pittsburgh Pao aft
Y, visiting relatives here.
N Miss Helen Laleyer left for Pitt
n hurgh, Pa, Monday 10 visit rel
h tives,
The Greer tract, Sugar and Har
N tramck streete, has frontage Of Il
,e feet on each street, by 400 deep, wi
t, sewer, water, gas and paved streets
91S,2o,23,25,
81 Mrs. c. H. Miller of Columbus I
NJ turned home Monday after visitil
y Mrs. Abner Alberts of the Newa
es road
% Corporal G. Z. Allerding of Can
on sherman was the guest Of his p,
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Allerdir
Nj Sunday
m We show only the newest and me
authentic styles in ladies ready
- wear at prices which We guaran,
on to be lower than elsewhere, Coplal
Style Shop, $50 South Main. \
30, Mrs. Nelson Boyle and daught
he Mrs. Charles kilgour, have return
20 home from Toledo where they ha
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deep cuffs of Hudson soal. The coat
is almost three-quarter length and dou'
BILE breasted, with Il wide belt that
fastens at the left side. There ars
pockets at each side camOuilaged sue
cessfully by Il bit of drapery and guard
ed by a company of small buttons set
in precise row before them. This is
something new in the management OF
pockets.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-24
GEORGE CARRIGER DIES

FREDERICKTOWN Sept. 23 Geo.
w. Carrigcr, aged GSl years, died at
his home here at 6:15 o'clock Sunday
evening. Besides his Wife he leaves
two sons, Louis Carrigcr of Mansfield
and Walter Carriger of Camp Mills,
h. l., and one daughter, Mrs. w. b.
Ransom of Gambler.
The funeral at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning at the home. Burial at For
roSl CemeterN.
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TODAY MARKETS
(By Associated Press to The Bannerl
SEPTEMBER 20
PITTSBURGH LIVESTOCK

PITTSBURGH LIVESTOCK
Cattle - Receipts; 300; market
steady heifers 1o@l2.75; cows 90
II. 30.
Hogs = Receipts: : 4,50O market
steady; heavies 2O02O.25 heavy
workers. 2o.25@2O.G0; lights 19.75W
30.
Sheep and lambs Receipts: 1890;
market lower; top sheep 1910; top
lambs 1929
Receipts: 1000; steady;
top -.
CLEVELAND LIVESTOCK
Cattle Receipts 2COO; market 15c
to 25c lower.
Calves - Receipts: 9oO market
steady; good to choice veal calves Is
@19.
Sheep and lambs-Reccipts 1000;
market steady
s-Receipts: 1000; market 25c
to 35c lower; yorkers, heavies and
mediums 1915; roughs 1725; pigs
1928; stays 1880.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
Gu. S. Bureau of Market3)
Hogs - Receipts 23,00O; market
steady; butcher hogs l9S5M20.25;
packing hogs lS.75@l9.lo; selected
light hogs l9.75@2O.40; selected
roughs lSGDiS65; pigs 1S.oUN19.
Cattle-Receipts 36,U0v; market
low and steady.
Sheep Receipts $4,000; market
slow TO 2jc lower.
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ANNUAL MEETING

GAMBLER, Sept. 23-Thc local
branch of the Red Cross will hold its
annual meeting in the Knights of
Pythias hall here at 8 o'clock We'd
nesday evening Every member of
the Gambler branch should be pres
ent to hear an outline of what has
been accomplished during the year
and to help in the election of officers
for mex, year.
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TO ORGANIZE KNOX
COUNTY WAR BOARD

A meeting OF the chairmen of all
the county war activities will be held
in the Chamber of Commerce rooms
at 7;3O o'clock Monday evening to
adopt bylaws and effect the organiza-
ton of the proposed Knox county war
board Officers will also be elected
at this time.
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Skirt Of Navy Blue Satin.

A smart separate skirt recently seen
is of navy blue satin, having II wide
grdle of the satin outlined with rcd
worsted embroidery stitches. This
combination of color and material Is
very smart and effective.
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& THURSDAY, September 2G
4 The Ladies' Aid society of
X the Church of Christ will
a meet at the church at 2 O'Clock.
\ n y u q = = Il y II n
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-24
CALENDAR
TUESDAY. Snnlnmher PA

TUESDAY, September "a
The Sons of Veterans AuXil-
iary meets at 1880 O'Clock.
The women of the Presby-
terian church viii hold an all
day sewing at the church, be-
ginning at . O'Clock.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-24
SCHOOLS OPEN

llarcourt Place school and BcXley
Theological seminary will open to-
morrow.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-24

II. w. Hancock spent the week.
end with relatives here.
Miss Katherine Colley spent Sun
day In Columbus.
The Womans Relief Corps will
give u sclf.scrvc supper In the G. A..
Il. hall Saturday, Sept 2S, from 4:3O
to I o'clock. MWF x27
Mrs c. d. Conard was operated ON
at the Mt. Vernon hospital Monday.
Miss Mcllalc went to Cleveland
Monday on business
lc. J. Evcrly and Frank j. Meade
were Columbus visitors Sunday.
Fatty Arbuckle IN "Moonshine" and
"rhc Secret Game" at the Vine to-
morrow. X2t
Mr. and Mrs. o. X. I'ikc spent Mon.
day in MI. Vernon.
Miss liallic Beamcr and Claude
Green visited In Newark Sunday.
Educator shoes for children Sev
ems shoe store, sole agents x2a
Mrs Ethel Cocanour and daughter
Marjorie. visited In Gambler Sunday
Mrs, +. S. Turner, who has been
taking treatments at the NJ. a. $. san
itarium, returned to her home IN Rich
land Monday,
The Greer tract OF land, between
Sugar and Hamtramck street, will bt
again offered for sale Saturday, Sept
28, at the court house.
9.lS,2O,23,25,2
Joseph Conroy OF Denison spen
Sunday with his family In this city
William Desmond ard Charlie
Chaplin at Lyric today. ~
Jacob II. Brewer went To Dayto
Monday to make his future home,
Highest prices paid foi wool A
kinds Of farm products at old McCoI
nell warehouse. Leyering Bros.
Miss Icthelynde Studor of ilebro
spent Sunday here.
Why any woman should pay 50
$40 or $4J for suit or coat when sh
can buy the same thing here for -
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WEDNESDAY, September %
Iilmwood Auxiliary. A. II. G.,
holds an all.day work meeting
at the home oI Mrs. T.. V. Hag-
ems, Newark road.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-24
MEETINGS
LODGE AND OTHERWISE

"|"Thc National Prayer Battalion
will hold prayer services at the NJ. =.
church every day this week except
Saturday between the hours of and
3 o'clock An invitation is extended
TO all persons Interested in the sol
diers and sailors.
o
H*%KnoX County Pomona grange
will meet with Fairview grange Sat
urday, Sept. %, morning session be
ginning at 10 o'clock. Bring lunch.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-24
ENTERTAINs DISTRICT LODGE

The Lyman Rebekah lodge will en-
tertain the lodge of the 42nd district
Friday evening. This comprises ten
lodges, among them being Newark,
Granville, Hebron and Mt Vernon.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-24
COUNTY BRIEFS

HOMER, Sept. 23-The Misses Lu-
ellie Smith and Bessie Christman
went to Kent Monday TO enter Kent
normal school.
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Country Club
Activities

Tho last Of the subscription dances
will be given at the country club on
Columbus will furnish the music.
The committee of which Mrs. l.. -.
iiouck Is chairman will serve tea at
the club at 4 o'clock Thursday after
noon. On this day, the women of the
club will sew ON the layettcs for the
French and Belgian babies. A good
attendance viii mean that all of the
work which has been undertaken will
be completed.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-24

BRANDON, Sept % Mrs. Ella
Preston of Wooster returned home
today after spending several days
here.
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-09-24
Local. PRODUCE

The following are prices paid By II.
at his warehouses:
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Miscellaneous

All kinds of piece dress goods including
white goods and silks, sale price IA to
l-3 off regular price.
Blankets and Comforts, sale price, 20
per cent to 33 1-3 per cent off.
All silk hosiery, sale price 20 per cent off
All other hosiery, sale price rs to 33 l-3
per cent off.
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Miscellaneous

All underwear, sale price % per cent off
regular price.
All Mems Ties, sale price % per cent Off
All suit cases, bags and trunks 20 per
cent off.
All Ladies Ready-to-W Wear, Suits, Coats,
Skirts. Dresses, 20 to 80 per cent off.
All Ladies Waists except Welworth and
Wirthmore, sale price % to 33 l-3 per
cent off.
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Mems and Boys OverCOats,
Mackinaws, Clothing

All mems wooden and dress shirts sale
price % per cent off.
All Stetson hats sale price 20 per cent off
All other brands, % per cent off
All mems and boys caps sale price, 25
to 33 1-3 per cent off.
All knit goods, including ladies and
mems sweaters, sale price 20 to 80 1-3
per cent off.
All mems and boys suits, overcoats,
mackinaws and rain coats, sale price 20
to 33 1-3 per cent off.
All mems and boys work and dress trous-
ers and overalls, sale price 10 to % per
cent off regular price.
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FOOTWEAR FOR MEN WOMEN
AND CHILDREN

NETTLETON the best dress shoe for
men, sale price 20 per cent off regular
price
All STAR BRAND and H. and NJ. Shoes
sale price 20 per cent off.
Al other brands, including overshoes
and rubber boots, 20 to 33 l-3 off.
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BINGHAM, PERCALES, OUTINGS,
CANVAS, DOMESTIC

35c Red Seal Bingham, sale price Csc
soc, Gingham sale price - Zoe
soc Percale, 36-in. wide sale price Zoe
35c Dark Outing, sale price --- Csc
33c Light Outing, sale price -- 23c
l5c Alamo LII Canvas sale price 12c
Ali Domestic Sheets and sheeting % per
cent to 33 1-3 per cent off regular price.
35c Canton Flannel, sale price $500 Zoe
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-13
Stomach Misery
Get Rid OF That Sourncss, Gas
and Indigestion.

When your stomach is out of order or
run down. your food doesn't digest. |,
fcrments in your stomach ana forms
gas which causes sOurness. heartburn.
ioui breath. pain at plt Of stomach and
many other miserable symptoms
Ii-o-nh stomach tablets Will give
joyful relief in five minutes; IL tak.n
rcguI arly for two weeks they Will turn
your nahby. sour. tired out stomach
INTO a sweet, energetic, perfect workia.
one
You can't 30 very strong and .ylcor-
Gus II your food only half digrsts
Your auppetite Will go and nausea.
aizziness, biiiousncss. nervousness, sick
hchdachn and constipation Will follow
Ml-o-ha stomach tablets are small
and easy TO swallow and are euarau-
tced 10 Danish indigestion and any or
all OF the above symptoms or money
BACK. For sale by Tragic Drug CO.
ana all leading drugEistS.-Ady
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schools. particularly for tho foreign
born. Secretary Lane said:
Our war experience has taught us.
among many things. the value or Il
str0ng national spirit. the Vital i'm
portancc OF national ideals. the i'm
n3et enc, or isnrranee. tho dependence
OF th,s modern world upon skilled men
ana organizing ability, the need for
and the possibilities that lie in the ex-
tension OF cooperative effort OF all
There can be neither national unity
IN idcals or In purpose unless there is
some common method of communca-
tion through which may be conveyed
inc thought Of the nation. All Amcri-
cans must be taught to read and write
ana think in one languages; this is q
primary condition to that growth which
al nations expect OF us and which we
demand of ourselves"
the educational problem extends be-
yond the State to the Federal govern
ment: Mr.. Lane said, adding that if
me Federal government would make
the same Kind OF an offer to the States
Tor the education OF their illitcratcs
that IL makes for the construction OF
ROADS, I'm i've years there would be
rev IL any who could not read and
"ritc In this country"
IN concluding his report on the sub
Jcct OF ouucalion. Mr.. Lane said:
Il should Hike To see the day when
every child learned 4 trade while at
school, trained his mind and his hand
together lifted labor into art by the
Application OF thought"
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TELLS STORY OF GERMAN
CRUELTY IN AFRICA
I I3y Aaaoc alou Ffesa. 7

Lon DON. DO, emher 12.-German
cruelty toward tho natives of her for
incr colonies is outlined in the state
mcnts OF native chiefs in the samoan
Islands. the RarNerans. Togoland.
Southwest Africa aud East Africa in
white hook published by tho Co
loniai office, The statements show that
tho natives everywhere hope 10 re-
main under British inle.
\ contrast between the feelings Of
the natives toward the British and to-
ward the Germans is shown by the
fnct THAI British OFFICIALS are able to go
unesnorttT through regions which the
Germans, owing 20 their cruelty, had
been unable to enter unless supported
by an armed force.
The horrors or German rule in South
west Africa, the white book says, al
ready cie too we'll known to require
repetition. but the same system OF ty-
niles iE a greater or less degree.
In German East Africa In every dis
#trict the frs; reason given 10y the ma
t!yes fer their preference for british
rule is tina, they are no longer at the
mercy OF the German police, from
whom they suffered cNtortion and NAL
treatment without any possibility OF
obtaintns redress.
Witnesses frequently were tortured.
and prisoners were SO ill-usri that they
aied. The German authorities. how
over, made no inquiry into tho matter.
The burden running through all the
statements ~ the natives of roSOland
and the Kameruns is ''hoEgirg. Hog
cling, logging" especially in connec-
ton with forced labor or plantations.
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Major Dirk Bruins, ST. Petersburg.
Licutcnants Jamcs '
BRITISH VOTERS WILL GO
TO THE POLLS SATURDAY
Six Hundred Contested seats, VIII, n
Total Of Isis Tnndfdute.
Seeking Them.

LONDON. December I2.-Britlsh
voter" VIII 60 10 the polls Saturday
~ the parliamentary elect ions under
circumstances wholly novel III the his
TORY or the country. All the haiIoting
VIII pc done III one day instead OF
thctc beihS elections III different dis
trlc'S spread over weeks with long.
uraWh out excitement ana suspense
Hhother novel proceeding Will take:
placc When the contests close This
VIII he due TO the fact that the rotcs
VIII not he counted tor a fortnight in
order that the ballots OF soldiers
with The others
There are Coo contested seats, with
= totai OF l.5lS candidates running for
them. In 5l3 of these districts each
mas Il candidate pledged To support
Lloyd Georges government through
thick or thin. If elected They are
known as the official coalition candi.
dates or them 35S are Conservatives
II" Liberals and forty-two others of
various parties.
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LET WILSON EXPLAIN.
SAYS VISCOUNT GREY
Former British Foreign Minister Asks Public to With
hold Judgment "Freedonl-o the Seas" Situa-
ton Until President Has Chance to Explain

LONDON. December 12.--"The United
States in this war has taken, as we all
know-as we all most gratefully recog
niae---a part in the last two years CO
war without which we could not have
had the success which the allies have
now won. You cannot emphasize that
100 much or express too much orprc-
Viscount Edward Grey, who was
great Bcitain's Foreign Minister when
Great Rritain's Foreign Minister when
to-day. in which ho linked the freedom
Of the seas" with the league of ma
tons as two inseparable issues. 1t
tive utterancc any leading Briton has
made on either problem since Presi-
dent Wilson'S intention to solve both
ut the peace conference became known.
In effect Viscount Grey told his audi
encc:
and iNsinuating quit tr SiDP n tn ing
terpre, President Wilson'S ideas. Give
him chance to speak for himself.
1T is unthinkable that no should
more than any other single factor, won
the war: the right of blockade"
SEA FREE TO EVERY ONE
WHO OBSERVES COVENANT
His own idea OF President Wilson's
plan was. Niscount Grey said. that
hereafter the freedom Of the seas shall
he secured 10 any nation which OBJ
serves s,Ie the covenant , %, of the league Of
IdllohS anu snOulu De uCnleu TO any
nation which breaks that covenant OF
the league of nations"
IF that be So added tho speaker.
then League of nations is the solu
ticn of tho whole question"
Upon such basis. Niscount Grey de-
clared. he could visualize the hrmcst
friendship and cooperation between
Britain and America.
Let us be frank was the Keynote
of he former Foreign Minister'S
speech and he proceeded to practice his
preaching
Britain, hc said had been more COM
p!ctely for tho freedom of tho seas in
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titudea it will adopt at the peace con-
ference regarding the freedom of the
seas, according ito the Daily Express
to-day. The newspaper refers to tho
American naval program as set forth
by secretary Daniels. and says:
Official circles in London are com
pletely satisfied with this and With
the grateful tributes to the British
navy by former President Roosevelt.
Admiral Sims and other Americans. The
British government is ready TO concedc
Ia tho United States the frccst OF
all free hands in naval development,
and it welcomes the idea of the eXtcn-
sion OF American sea power as one OF
the best guarantees of the peace OF
the world and of real freedom of the
seas.
"All we ask for the empire Is what
We will willingly concede to the
United Statcs--fre edom Of action"
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ESTHONIAN FRONT Still.
HOLDS, BUT AID Is NEEDED

STOCKHOLM. December l2.-Th.
delegation from the Russian Baltic
provinces, which has its headquarters
ncre, received a telegram yesterday re-
porting that the Esthonian front was
still holding against the attack
launched upon il by the Russian Boil
sheriki. although the situation was
grave because Of a shortage Of arms
and ammunition. Russian ships lave
hombarded the coast from Narva TO
Asaerlcn, but attempts by the Boil
Shcviki 10 land on the E;sthOnian shore
were frustrated In the south the HoI-
SheNiki nave captured NeuhauSen, west
OF pskov.
me delegation represents the stu
alton as such as TO make urgent tre
hectSsitA OF sending help TO the at
tackled front.
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Mrs. Annie NJ. Mills Archbold, widow
John ID. Archbold, president or ~
standard OH Company Of New Jcr.cc
=, .he, time OF his death. to Charles "
Ohio Court OF Appeals. They vii, !,
hurried Tomorrow. WI "
WASHINGTON. December 10
South American countries have no.
its suggestion to Chile and Peru ~! y
the interests Of Pan-American MIA
demand an amicable settlement or lily
and Tncna. VI Aric'
LONDON, December IL (via gr,,.,
wireless .--"Icnemy mischief ma Isl Is.
,empts TO make mischief between En "a;
leading article In the Times tod OF
says: This war is not compI@,'o 81 !
won Tor our common cause unless 4 I
relntio M.n Of 'ne e esia6lishment of close
America" us ans
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Helpless Prisoners
Killed by Germans


eve were halted fn the m,nin
street and mnde to stnnd with our
bncISs to the houses. and two rows
OF German soldiers, with their bny-
oncta touching our ntomnchH. guard
Ing I'm. Two hours Inter u Hun un-
der officer Rrfcked u French officer
with his buyOnct. The Frenchmnn
Ernspcd the hnyOnct to protect him.
self, whcrcupon the n. &. u.
shrickcd. 'ihe prisoners resist!
Fire About ten or eleven French
men were Killed md about ten &C
rIOusly wounded! The poor French
officer dropped, rIddlcd with bull
let's. and after he was ON the ground
dead the Huns near him again md
again plunged their bnyOncts Into
hH corpse TIL he was entirely dis
emboOclcd."
This account of Hun brutality to
helpless prisoners In by nm officer
In the British army, quoted In m
article on the subject appearing on
another pnEe.
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OFFER PLAN TO PLACE y
ARMY UNDER NEW STAFF
however. General Military Policy VIII
not he Announced unEl After
Pence Conference.
LHy Associated Prcss.l

ASlilNGTON. December l2.-Dcn-
ME plans for reorganization of the
war Department and the general staff
embodying the experience gained dur
ing me war, soon will be ready for
VIII not include. however. any promo
sal OF general military policy for
me country. rs that question will be
held IN allegiance until after the peace
conference at Paris.
General STAFF officials are giving at
itAiion 10 the preparation Of Il biz
Tor the permanent reorganization or
me stan itself. 1T is understood that
Strong recommendations soon will be
lald before Secretary Baker for IN.
abolishing OF the old bureau system
and FOR the centraliZing of both au-
ihority and responsibility for the en-
TIRE military cStablishmcntsn the gem
er:ll staff,