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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-06-21
For Sheriff

BETZ-We are authorizedto announce
the name of George NJ, Betz, of Jetter-
son township, as a candidate for Sheriff
Of Mercer County, subject to the decis-
ion of the Democratic voters at the coun-
ty primary, Tuesday, August IS, 1918.
FISCHER-We are authorized to an
nounce the name of Herman J. Fischer,
OF Jefferson township, as a candidate for
Sheriff of Mercer County, subject to the
decision of the Democratic voters at the
county primary, Tuesday, Aug IS, 1918,
SNIDER-We are authorized to an
nounce the name of Ezra Snider, OF
Butler township as a candidate for
Sheriff, subject to the decision of the
Democratic voters of Mercer county, at
the county primary, Tuesday, August
IA 1913
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-06-21
For County Treasurer

BAKER-We are authorized to an
nounce the name of Perry Baker, Of
Jefferson township, as a candidate for
County Treasurer of Mercer County lsec'
ond term) subject to the decision of the
Democratic voters at the county primary,
Tuesday, August 13, 1918.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
fBv The Associated Press

Again the Australians have made successful forward plunge in the Somme sector northeast of Amen where with American help they carried out their brilliant operation of last week.
 The latest drive by the rangy from the andpodes, launched last night resulted in what described by the Brit sh official statement slight advance
 The aggregate of the ground gained recently in this has been considerable however and the progress made apparently has effected considerable improvement in the British position along front of we'll toward miles both sides of the river Somme.
 While the British thus forying themselves against the expected renewal of the German offensive of the sectors where is regarded quite likely be launched the French finding themselves somewhat actively engaged in arerey duel the westerly side of the Marne salient
 With the help of the Americans, northwest of Chateau Thierry the Allied line whole this front already has been strengthened and improved in anticipation of another enemy offensive. ..
 The French replying spiritedy to the bombardment which is marked in the sector of Vlers Cottere forest
 Other arlerey actions reported southward along the front to the Marne but these not to have affected the American sector notably, the dispatches from the American front report comparatively quiet night and similar easy conditions this morning.
 There is tension all along the front however, in expeca ton of the Germans breaking loose at any moment with their drive and the air scouts the American side ngy busy efforts to spot important enemy movements
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
COAL OUTLOOK VERY GOOD SAYS
 ADMINISTRATOR
Arrival of 32,OOO Tons in City Last Week Shows
 Promises Are Being Kept

Householders ought to heave a sigh of relief at the statement issued today by the local Fuel Board to the effect that during the first week in July, 32,O00 tons of coal came into this city. This was equally divided, 16,000 being anthracite and 16,000 biz luminous coal. These shipments are in keeping with the statements made by officials in Washington to the effect that they would surely take care of Bridgeport.
 "The coal outlook is very good," said T. J. Pardy, chairman of the local fuel board this morning. "The arrival of this coal being right in line with the promises made to us, and if it keeps on coming at this rate there need be no uneasiness concerning the coal supply for next winter as we will have the two-thirds supply that was promised before the first of Decem- Der.
 ''The board, however, is not losing any time in keeping the situation continually before the proper authori- ties and they feel rather confident of the result. Now that the coal has be- gun to come in the coal dealers will start to deliver it as fast as they re- ceive it and will send it out to the houses, filling the orders in exactly the same order as they were placed on file in their offices.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
BREAK RELATIONS WITH BOLSHEvIK
 BERLIN ENVOYS
Action Taken at Command of Kaiser After Killing of
 Won Mirbach.
FEAR POPULACE
 WILL ATTACK HOUSE
Strong Guard Has Been Placed Before Residence
 of Russian Ambassador,

london, July 8.---As soon as Elm peror William heard of the assassin ation of Count von Minbach, the Ger man ambassador to Russia, according to an Exchange Telegraph Co., dis patch from Amsterdam, he ordered Foreign Secretary Won Kuehlmann to 'oreak off negotiations with Russian delegates in Berlin.
 A strong guard has been placed be- fore the house of the Bolshevik am- bassador in Berlin, as it is feared that the populace of the capital will start anti-Russian demonstrations
 All the German newspapers declare the murder of Count von Mirbach must inevitably have great influence on so-German relations.
 Nikolai Genine, the Bolshevik pre- mier, is trying to 'placate the Ger mans by appointing an extraordinary commission of investigation" to probe the death of Count won Mirbach. The commission is headed by Comrade Peters,"
 Meanwhile Berlin is doing it's ut most to make capital out of the von Mirbach affair. A German official ac- count of the assassination concludes:
 "The result of a preliminary inquiry permits the assumption that agents in the service of the Entente are i'm plicated in the affair."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
WOMAN LEARNS
 IDENTITY AFTER
 32-YEAR PERIOD
Mrs. Hayward, of Long Hill, Was Kidnapped Outside
 State.

Trenton, N. J., July S-Thirty. two years after being Kidnapped while playing mead her parents home in Mount Kisco, N Y, Mrs. Ida Din- gee Hayward of Long Hill, Conn. learned of her identity and today communicated with her brother, Lieut.. George Dingee, U. S. A., sta toned at Tullytown, Pa, near Tren- ton.
 Mrs. Hayward, wife of A A. Hay ward, was Ida May Dingee. When two years old she was stolen and subsequently was adopted by a fam fly named Hebbard It was not un- til the death of her foster parents that she learned who she was She traced many Dingee families in varl- ous parts of the country and located her brother through the war depart mert
 Lieut.. Dingee said today that he planned to have the bodies of the fos. ter parents exhumed in order to ex. amiue legal documents which were buried with them and which he thought might disclose circumstances regarding the kidnapping.
 Friends are congratulating Mrs. A. A. Hayward today on the discovery that she has made. She is we'll known here, being the wife of A. A. Hayward of the firm of Hayward Brothers, on South avenue. They reside in Long Hill.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
WHIPPING POST
 SUGGESTED FOR 2

Danielson, Conn, July - The whipping post was suggested as g means of merited punishment by Judge W. F. Woodward in the town court today when he sentenced MT. and Mrs. William Lane each to 1s0 days in jail for cruelty to their adopt ed son, Frank Edward Horner, 26 months old. The couple were charg- ed with keeping the child in an un- furnished room at their home in Alta waugan, the room windows being nailed down. Thee hild slept on mattress which was full of vermin and often went Is hours without food or water. The couple pleaded guilty to the charge.
 Judge Woodward said he gave the maximum sentence under the statute. He regretted that he could not give more. He said that if the whipping post were in use he not only would have liked to sentence them to a whipping, but to assist in infiicting the punishment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08

The prohibition issue came up in the senate with the $11 .o0O,O0 emer- gency agricultural appropriation bill Leaders expected bitter fight.
 The house planned to dispose of the water power bill during the day with a view to three day and week end recesses while awaiting completion of the new war revenue bill by the house committee on ways and means Having completed hearings, the com mittee began today drafting the leg islation.
 Hearings before the senate inter state commerce committee on the house resolution authorizing the president to take over and operate during the war, telegraph, telephone cable and wireless systems were not expected to begin before next week Postponement of the strike of West. ern Union telegraph operatods called for today was not expected. to cause delay il senate action on the resolu- tuition.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
BOL LSHEvIK| AND REvOLUTIONAR|ES
 FIGHT IN MOSCOW
Battling in Streets Is of / Severe Character London
 Report Says.

London, July 8.---A serious counter revolution has broken out in Moscow, according to a semi official Wolff bu- reau telegram dated Sunday from Moscow and transmitted to London by the Exchange Telegraph Co. cor respondent in Copenhagen.
 Fighting of great severity is taking place in the streets between the Bol. sheviki and Social Revolutionaries
 A message received in London to- day from the Russian wireless service dated Sunday evening at Moscow says that a counter revolution was started in the Russian capital, but that 1t has been suppressed.
 Washington, July S.---Fighting took place in Moscow between Bolshevik forces and revolutionary Socialists following the assassination of Count won Mirbach, the German amibassa- dor, according to an official dispatch today from Switzerland.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
WOMAN KILLED
 BY TROLLEY CAR

Greenwich, July s.---Afrs. John Smith, 50 died at the Greenwich hos pital today from injuries received last midnight through being struck by trolley car east of Chickahominy switch between this town and Port Chester. Mrs. Smith had bene at a local hotel with her husband and daughter.
 Seidel and his conductor, Fred Mill fer were charged with manslaughter in the borough court today and pend ing a report from Coroner Phelan they were held in $500 bond each. The po- lice made an inquiry into the death because it seemed singular to them that Mrs. Smith should be at that re- mote place at such an hour with the additional fact that the regular stop ping place for the car had she wanted to take it, was only 300 feet away.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08

John L. Brown. Mrs. CornelTs son. in-law, was the first to recover from the shock of the detonation and rushing from the house he saw what he at first thought was another bomb, but which upon closer. inves- tigation proved to be the. remains of the internal machine which caused the first blast. For a considerable radius pieces of the bomb continued to blaze fiercely and it was sometime before Brown thought it safe to approach, but seeing there was little danger O. other explosions occurring he pro- ceeded to stamp out the flameJ which already had threatened to set the house on fire.
 In the meanwhile the inmates of the house had rushed to the open carrying with them as much cloth ing and valuables as 1t was possible to snatch up in a hurry Neighbors had also been attracted by the sound of the heavy explosion and arrived on the scene to render what aid they could.
 When the flames had finally been extinguished by Brown, he collected the parts of the bomb which were scattered about the yard. Upon ex. animation he round that the machine was of an incendiary nature. The affair was crude as far as those raa. chimes go, but was ccutrived in such
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08

manner that it was only by the sheerest good fortune the house was not burned about the inmates as they slept.
 Early this morning Brown brought the remnants of the internal machine to police headquarters, Bridgeport, and it was examined by Captain Ed ward o. Cronan, chief of the detec- tive bureau, who pronounced it one of the most deadly incendiary bombs he had ever seen.
 The mechanism was simple and consisted of a heavy iron pipe about one inch and half in diameter and about eight inches long tied to the inside of a cardboard carton which had contained breakfast food. This apparently had been filed with an explosive which was ignited by wax taper. The balance of the box was packed with cotton waste soaked in kerosene and held in place with two blocks of wood which were also oil- soaked.
 The above description of course is only problematical and is based upon the fragments which were collected by Brown after the explosion.
 No motive can be assigned for the outrage, but the police officials are positive that 1t was the result of spite on the part of neighbors or some dis gruntled party who had dealings with the members of the Cornell family.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08

OO EAN'
 Secretary Daniels, after reading the cabled extracts from Admiral von Capelle's speech. remarked that he preferred to take Admiral Sims view of the situation.
 Admiral Sims always is sure of his facts before speaking" MT. Dan iels said. You have noticed that he makes very few statements"
 Won Capelle's statement that an average of five big steamers" day is destroyed was branded as a gross exaggeration. Taking 5000 tons as the average per ship, low figure. this would mean that the German submarines are accounting for 450,- 900 tons a month. Some officers sug- gested that the German minister of marine evidently is forcing himself to believe submarines failing to report over an extensive period have simply been delayed in their return. In the course of time, however, the failure of individual members of their crews to return home would force an ad- mission of the loss af the boats.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
TO FIX BLAME
 FOR RIVER WRECK

Peoria, H., July S-With federal and state officials already at work and strong probability that the Tazewell county May grand jury will be reconvened, every effort is made to fix the responsibility for the dis aster to the excursion steamer Co. lumbia which sank in the Illinois riv- CT Friday night. The exact death toll still is unknown. It is more than 100 and probably close to 15O.
 Attempts by divers to recover the bodies still in the wreckage were re- stunned today.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
APPROVES BILL
 TO STOP MAKING OF WINE AND BEER


 Washington, July 8.---Legislation to prohibit the sale of distilled liquors. wine and beer after Jan. 1, 1919, and to prohibit the manufacture of wine and beer after Nov. 1 next was agreed on today by the senate agriculture committee.
 Provision for the ,exportation of H. quors already produced was oonsId- cred by the committee and probably vii be reported in some form before the senate acts on the amendment
 The legislation is proposed as substitute for the pending Norris amendment to the emergency agricul- tural appropriation bill, which would stop the, sale of distilled liquor and wine on June 30, 1919, and prohibit the manufacture of beer three months after the bill became law.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
REPORTS CZECHS
 BEATEN IN SERBIA

Amsterdam, July S-The position of the Czecho-Slovak forces operat- ing in Serbia has become more seri- ous for them, says a Vienna dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt. They al- ready have suffered several defeats, the message declares. &
 Austro-H Hungarian prisoners of war in Siberia are taking a prominent part in the fighting against the Czecho -Slovaks, the Tageblatt adds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
CHARLES MALLORY DIES.

Greenwich, July 8-Charles Ma1- lory, former vice president Of the Mallory Steamship Co.,, died of heart trouble at his home in Clifton. By ram shore. today. His age was 7S years. He retired from the com pany in 1906.
 MT. Mallory was born in Mystic. Conn. His wife and two brothers, Henry and Robert, survive. He was member of many clubs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
UKRAINIAN HEADS OUT.

Amsterdam July S-The Ukrain- ian government has resigned and M. Markievitch, a Socialist Federalist, has been charged with the formation of a new cabinet, according to 2 Lemberg dispatch to the Vienna Neue Freie Presse.
 The present foreign minister and the minister of war, Gen. Rogoss, however, are expected to retain their offices.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
STONINGTON MAN
 DROWNS HIMSELF

stonington, July 8 - Ferdinand schellhaas. for many years a resident of this borough, committed suicide, presumably last Tuesday, by drown ing. as a result of despondency. His body was found Sunday morning near Pine Point ridge. It Is thought that his act. was caused by criticism of persons who accused him of pro- German tendencies.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08

Secretary Wilson asked the head of the telegraphers' union not to allow Interference with the transmission of messages "of vital consequence in the prosecution of the war;" and MT. Konankamp announced that the strike had been indefinitely post poned.
 ''The strike scheduled for today will not take place for the present." said INT. Konenkamp. "It is deferred and I hope it will never be called. We be- beve we shall obtain justice through the agency of the government and in this belief, not wishing to embarrass tthe government in the war, we are willing to wait a reasonable time for an adjustment
 The strike call was issued after the Western Union declined to accept de- cAsions of the national war labor board of complaints of employees of the company that they had been dis charged because of their aff1liation with the union.
 New York, July S-President New comb Carlton of the Western Union, gave out the following statement this morning:
 The cold facts are these: On Sunday afternoon strike, meetings were called by the Commercial Tele- graphers' Union in all the principal cities. In many cities there were so few present that the meetings were abandoned. Out of our 10000 odd operating employees exactly 56 attended and joined the union for the purpose of a strike. This ds the ono and only reason why the proposed strike was called off"
 Washington, July S-Thirty-two union telegraph operators left their keys at the local Western Union of fees today before orders were re- ceived cancelling the strike call.
 H. c. Worthen, general superin- tendent of the Western Union, said that elsewhere in the district south of the Ohio river and east of the Mississippi. conditions were normal except in New Orleans. Union op. orators in New Orleans were not per mitted by the company to go tc work.
 Atlanta, Ga, July S-Members oi the Commercial Telegraphers' unior of America, who reported for work al the local offices of the Western Unior Telegraph Co.,, this morning were told that the company had no furthei need for their services. Each oper. ator as he reported was asked whether he was a member of the union, 1t was said, and all replying in the affirmative w>re turned away More than 80 men who had been re fused admittance to the Wester1 Union offices were gathered at uniol Headquarters for a special meeting of the local this morning and uniol officials said that according to thei reports less than dozen non-uniol operators were at work.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
BARRED FROM ENLISTMENT.

The draft boards today were noti- fled that if registrant's number has been passed over because of engage 1nent in agriculture. they should not issue permit releasing such regis trants to the Emergency Fleet Mer- chant marine, navy, or marine corps
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
CONGRESS AT WORK ON
 WARTIME PROHIBITION
With Hopes of Extended Vacation Gone House and Senate Are to Discuss This, and Water
 Power Legislation

Washington, July 8-Nationwide prohibition emergency and water legislation by administration before congress when
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
GROUND RECOVERED IN THIS TERRITORY IS OF CONSIDERABLE EXTENT.

Progress Made Has Resulted In Improvement in Position of British Along Front of Two Miles, on Both Sides of River-French Are Engaged In Artillery Duel With Germans on West Side of Salient on Marne- Other Big Gun Actions Reported SOuthward.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
MAKE FORWARD DRIVE
 ON S0NME FRONT, N. E. OF AM|ENS
!TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE
 IS OFF FOR PRESENT
President Konenkamp Revokes Order to Commercial Union After Telephone Conversation With secre-
 tary of Labor Wilson in Washington.

Chicago July 8The strike of telegraphers employed by the Western Union Telegraph Co., set for o'clock this ing did not take place. the order for strike having been voked by S. J. Konenkamp president of the Commercial Tele graphes Union after long distance telephone conference with Secretary of Labor Wilson in Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
HUN u-BOAT REPORTS
 BRANDED FALSEH0ODS
Washington Naval Officials Consider Fetched State ments of Sinkings Placed Before Reichstag
 By German Head of Marine.

Washington, July 8Optmistc statements regarding sub marine accomplishments made by Admiral Won Gapele Ger minister of marine before the Rechsag Saturday described today by naval officials here typical of the msn formation that is given to the German people.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
TO MURDER
 MADE AT LONG HILL
Incendiary Bomb Exploded Under Home of Mrs. Frank A. Cornell Near Long Hill Railroad Station
 No Clue to Perpetrators.

Shortly before o'clock this morning the inmates of Mrs Frank A. Corne home the railroad station at Long H almost thrown from their beds the house rocked by bomb exploding under the the rail- road
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
i. 900 PRISONERS TAKEN
 BY ALLIES IN ALBANIA
Italians and French Begin Operation Between Coast and Tomarico Valley, ADVANCE STILL
 IN FULL SWING Australian Troops Push Ahead on Somme Front
 of 5000 Yards.

Rome, July 8 = Italian and French troops in Albania on July 6 began an operation be- tween the coast and the Tom orica valley, the Italian war of flee announced today. The op- eration still is in full and satis- factory development, the state ment adds. More than 1000 prisoners so far have been taken by the Entente allied forces.
 London, July 8-Australian troops last night advanced their line astride the Somme slightly on a front of 5000 yards, sa.ss the official report from Field Marshal Haig today. Sew eral prisoners were taken.
 The German artillery displayed &C., tivity in the Somme region during the night. It was similarly active north of Albert, in the vicinity of Btaumont Hamel, and on the Fland- CTS front in the neighborhood of Bethune.
 With the American Army in France, July 8-(By the Associated Press)-Although the entire front
 continues in a state of tension in ex- pectation of a renewal of the German drive, the enemy effort has not yet developed. Comparative quiet pre- night and this morning.
 There has been in increase, how ever, in the aerial activity, chiefly in the patrolling and scouting branches Paris, July 8-There was some &C., tivity last night by the artillery on l the western side of the Marne sa- lient, between the forest of Villers I Cotterets and the river Marne, to- days war office statement says. No i infantry enga gements took place. Rome, July S-Italian troops yes- terday advanced their front line in 1 the region of Col La Prible, the Ital- Han war office announced today. In | the Monte Grappa region the Italians l gained further ground northward of
 Massik on Saturday. Eight enemy aeroplanes were destroyed yesterday l in air battles.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
The Weather Report

For Bridgeport and vii cinity: Fair tonight; Tues day partly cloudy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-08
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