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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
Sporting

Max Flack, by muffing a line drive
in the third inning, gave Boston a ? TO
1 victory in the deciding game Of the
worlds series of 1918. Boston Ameri-
cans win the title from Chicago Ma
tiOnalS, four to two.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

600 sheep and 100000 cattle made last
year, when it was recognized that the
countrys need for beef, mutton, wool
and hides called for the fullest possi-
BILE use of the national forest ranges.
Through conservative handling of
these ranges for more than ten years
their productiveness has beeHsteadily
rising,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
EXPLAINED.

Mrs. Flatbush-And in telegraphing
n message can they dot the is, do you
suppose?
Mr.. Flatbush-Why, my dear, in
telegraphy the is are all dots.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
Good Money for DAYS Work.

1t is said that boat with five fisher
men went out seining from Orr's island,
Me-, for herring recently and received
$500 for their days work, sharing 500
each.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
When II Crew

"Our children and the nriShbo-s'
children had quarrel yesterday
"Did II amount to mUchf"
"Not until we parents bGtied into
IL"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
Domestic

The war industries board announces
that war relief organizations will con
tiHue to receive their supply of knit
ting yarn to be made into woolen gar
ments for American soldiers and sail
OrS.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

The British government has decided
to offer prize of $4,000 for proc
ess of making a mixture of dehydrated
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
Foreign

| reliable information had reached there
/ that Pctrograd was burning in II diff.
fercnt places, and that there was in
discriminate massacre of people in the
streets.
Julio Acosta, Il general with villa at
the time of the Columbus (N. NJ raid,
was executed by the home guards com
mand at Las Ceuvas, chihuahua, McXi-
60. according to an official statement.
News received in Paris from Tehe-
ran. Persia, confirms reports of the
murder of Christians by the Turks.
Among the victims were Father Son
tag, a French LarariSt priest, and sew
eral other clcrgymen.
A new treaty signed in Berlin be-
tween boISheviki-controlled. Russia
and Germany provides that if the Rus
slams fight against the allies in the
north, Germany will guarantee no at
tack against Russia by Finland. The
holsheyiH promise to pay to Germany
about S1,0OO,OO0.0OO
Consul General Poole, at Moscow, in
Il dispatch received at the state de-
partment, says he sent his staff and
American civilians there out of Russia
because feeling is strong in bolshevik
controlled territory against Americans.
According to an official announce
ment made at Petrograd and received
at Amsterdam, up to the present 512
alleged cOunter-revolutionar have
been shot as reprisal for the killing
of Moses Uritzky. chairman of the Pc
trograd commission for the suppress
sion Of counter-revOlution.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

] II II
- engineering difficulties over
kS ~ come in construction, which
G--.J links the Great Lakes with the
Atlantic ocean was formally celebrated
recently. The completion Of this great
inland waterway. which required 13
! years to build and involved the eX-
( pcndture of approximately S15O,OOO-
/ 600, will he wonderful boon TO war
| time transportation. 1t will relieve
| the railroads of tremendous guam
/ tity of nonperiShable freight. Its ca
/ pacity is estimated at ten million tons
annually, which is the equivalent Of
half million carloads.
The canal is made up of four different
channels all of which have the same
general dimensions, the depth being
about II feet and width varying from
~ feet in earth sections of "land line"
to minimum of 200 feet in the beds
of canaliZed rivers and lakes. These
channels are: The Erie canal, or main
line, between Buffalo and Troy; the
OSweg0. running from Syracuse to
Lake tllaflOs lne NudIllpldlHi tAiIllu-
ing from Troy up the Hudson to Lake
Champlan, and the Cayuga-Seneca,
connecting the S0-called Finger
Lakes" with the main channel. BY
means of the Hudson river, New York
city and the municipalities and vii
lagos south of Albany are brought into
touch with the system.
This new channel was constructed in
accordance with principles radically
different from those which governed on
old canals. On these old channels the
idea was to keep the hillside above the
rivers and streams and to use animal
power for towing purposes. In the
present work, however, the practice in
vogue on the Continent where the low
water routes available in natural
streams are used, has been followed
wherever practicable. In fact, the
larger part of the new system consists
of the canaIiZation of the rivers and
lakes
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Thirly-Gvc persons. principally mem.
bcrS of the 6reroom crew Of the U. s.
S. Mnuui Vernon formerly the Ger.
man liner EronpringesSin Cecilie, were
Ei,r' whom the ship was struck by
q t"~'... Thursday last
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
Guard Against Accident.

In the land line" guard gates have
been provided which are located about
ten miles apart. These are steel struc-
lures, suspended from towers and may
be lowered TO hold the water, in case
of emergency, such as might exist if an
embankment became weakened or any
similar accident made ii desirable to
unwater any section of the channel
Numerous culverts and Spillways
which keep the water from overflow
ing the banks bqve been provided and
hundred million yards of earth and
rock have beel removed, while three
million yards Of concrete have been
placed.
While the actual construction period
has been about Is years, this. consider
ing the magnitude and qualifications of
the work. is a very short time. The
many structures and the nature of the
territory through which the different
channels run has made this one of the
really important engineering undertake
ings of the age. and the construction
NtlullS nave bttl illC lllONl CAltllSlNCt
the plans alone being some of the most
elaborate and complete ever drawn up
for any large construction work.
The cost of handling freight on the
railroads, before recent increases went
into effect, varied from two to seven
mills per ton per mile the average be-
ing between three and six mills per
ton mile. 1t is now estimated that this
figure will be reduced more than one
half on the new canal system, owing to
the larger barges and the thoroughly
up-to-date facilities. The method of
used is by power boats
driven either by steam, electricity or
the. internal combustion engine, and it
has already been determined from
trial trips that the speed which may be
throughout the system is
in excess of that main !
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Sixteen miners. employed by the
Western Fuel company at NanaimO b.
c.. We're instantly killed when the steel
cable attached to the cage in which
they were being lowered down Protec-
tion island shaft broke.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
Washington

Figures ON the production and con.
sumption Of gasoline, forwarded by
the fuel administration To the senntA
show there Is Il large deficit aud that
orders further curtuilIng It's use may
be expected.
To enable the government 20 float
the forthcoming fourth Liberty loan
successfully without raising the inter
est rate, and otherwise 10 facilitate
the financing Of the war, Secretary Of
the Treasury McAdOO asks congress
for immediate legislation. In brief,
| Mr.. McAdo0's proposals are; That
, interest on fourth Liberty bonds, not
to exceed $4,000 principal held by any
one owner shall he exempt from in.
come surtaNes and excess profits and
war profits taxes
President Wilson, In announcing
that ne had abandoned definite plans
for Il tranScuntnental tour for the
fourth Liberty loan, said he was con
vinccd that II was not right for him
to he absent from Washington for
more than II day or two mt Il time
while the war continues.
An amendment 10 the espionage act
designed 10 reach draft slackcrS and
10 punish diSloyal talk was passed by
the senate. II fixes a maximum pen
ally Of 20 years Imprisonment or
fine Of $4,000 or both.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Two men were killed in a collision
of Girplanes near Mather field. William
G.. Wilson, a cadet of Berkeley, Cal,
was killed instantly.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

/ ting yarn to be made into wo0len gar
ments for American soldiers and sail,
orS.
/ western Fuel company at Nanalmo, B.
c., We're instantly Killed when the steel
cable attached to the cage in which
they were beng lowered down Protec-
tioh island shaft broke.
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st,,,1- I,,. ,,.,,.l- t,.af,, l,.,,, IL.
,,.o,+ af ,ninnn, vab II ,.,s - Laad
80, ooIi.ior
1io,+s p cto,bons,, &c pr;.+o,
Conn md W G IIoaIfne, - Dairas
fell north Of Fort Worth, Tex. Both
were known as daring flyers.
Newton u. Baker, the American sec
retary of war, had a conference in
Paris with Premier Clemenceau and
Andre T9r6ipU tho French lipb com.
missioner to America, and Ambassa-
dor Sharpe.
Production of m0torcars by the Ford
Motor company of Detroit has been
SrSupndpd entirely II WINS announced
company to devote its entire facilities
to government work.
w
omono rho n.ssepoars on tha Ar,ori.
cor tron,nort ,To,,nt yorra, III 20
,,.har, ,,.ora sarod is s,eo,.i,r fnov,
y ohin rasuIt,na fro,, avnosnne ,,.l,iIo
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

A record price for hogs was estab-
lished for Chicago district when the
porkers brought $20,5O hundred
pounds at the stock yards.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Twelve people We're killed and in
jured when a Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy west-bound passenger train
was struck by work train seven miles
west of Alliance, Neb. 1t was Il head
on collision.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Between $4,000 and GOOOO laborers
We're recruited for war work at essen
tial plants last month by the employ,
ment service of the department of
labor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Edward Gardner and his mechanic
Edward Raddle, carrying mail by air
plane from Chicago to New York,
fell with their machine at Hickville,
l.. /. Both men We're injured and
taken To hospital at Mineola.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
Great Barge Canal
Of New York, Marvel
Of Engineering, Aids
WaT Transportation
BY ROBERT H. MoULToN.

q HE opening for through traf-
IHN lic of the Barge canal of New
York, remarkable both for its
picturesqueness and for the
- engineering difficulties over
kS ~ come in construction, which
G---J links the Great Lakes with the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20
z0~ o<naaE cAnAz SONS AkAHme 0OcrMaa

: flood period, It allows the river 10 flow
on uninterrupted, while during tn,
navigation season il serves its full
purpose rs Il dam and may he so Op
Grated as to pass n large or small
! quantity of water, thus keeping each
pool at its proper level.
Highest Lift Locks.
There are 3G locks on the Erie
canal, all of which are massive con
crete structures, having inside rec,
iangular dimensions of 300 by 44.4l
feet and lifting capacity varying
from few feet up to 401a feet. At
Waterford the locks are So constructed
that a series of five serves 10 lift the
barges from the Hudson river 20 the
canalized Mohawl; river, 1G9 feet above
the level of the government lock at the
Troy dam. These structures have
been called the worlds greatest series
Of high-lift locks and their lift is dou-
bic that Of the locks in the Panama
canal from sen level to summit.
One of the highest lift locks in the
world is located at Little Falls, where
the difference in pool elevation is 401s
feet. This massive structure has con
crete walls, which stand so feet high
and are 30 feet wide at the base. The
lower cate is Of the lift type and is
raised and lowered, instead of being
swung open and shut as are the gates
on other locks.
In the operation of all locks the wa
ter is admitted to ana drawn from the
chamber by means of culverts run
ming through the side walls, and the
openings have been so designed that
the filling and emptying Of the cham
Der is only Il matter of Il few minutes.
The locks are all electrically OPP
Grated and the chambers are filled or
emptied while the gates and valves
are opened or closed by simply turn
ing Il lever. Safety devices are also
arranged so that errors in operation or
navigation are practically eliminated.
The Erie canal is Spanned by 232
bridges, of which 30 are railroad cross
ings. The clearance under these struc-
lures must be at least 15% feet.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Production of motorcars by the Ford
Motor company of Detroit has been
suspended entirely, it was announced
officially. The move will enable the
company to devote its entire facilities
to government work.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Two hundred American army officers
who have seen service on the battle
front iu France .rrfved at an Atlantic
port and will be assigned to various
army camps to train newly drafted
men. The steamship on which the Of
ficers came also brought 200 sick or
wounded soldiers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Under new policy of reporting cas-
ualtieS in the American eXpeditionary
forces adopted by the war department,
the names of the men wounded will be
sent to the United States by courier
twice week, and only the names Of
the dead and missing will he cabled
by General Pershing when the system
is fully in effect. General Pershing re-
ported 10000 slightly wounded Amer
icans up to August 20.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

The American steamship Dora, for.
merly under the Austrian flag. was tor
pedoed and sunk on September 4. an
proXimately 100 miles off France. as
the result Of an attack on cargo
convoy, says dispatch from London.
The crew was saved.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

LICuts. A. b. Stephenson of Bristol,
Conn. and W. S. Keeling of Dallas,
Tex, were killed when their airplane
fell north of Fort Worth, Tex. Both
were known as daring flyers.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

American troops have landed at
Archangel tn assist the other allied
forces there in their campaign for the
re-establishment Of order in northern
Russia. This announcement was au-
thorized by General March. chief of
staff.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-20

Newton u. Baker, the American sec
ret9ry of war, had conference in
Paris with Premier Clemenceau and
Andre Tardieu, the French high com,
missioner to America, and Ambassa-
dor Sharpe.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
n Prison Szv0m Somq

ent prison publication, that we have relin-
quished the editorial yen. Previously ths
retirement was dictated by more pressing
duties. This time, we are happy to ststs,
we are almost due to sing our swan song
and seek employment in the larger sphere
OF outside activity. In other words, our
bit will soon be done-our debt to 10.
ciety paid-and we make room for our sue.
cessor, who has been chosen and is at our
elbow now.
"To the State Prison Department, which
means our Superintendent of State Prisons
Hon. James M. Carter, and to the Deputy
superintendent, Hon. George w. Franklin,
and our own Warden Meyer, who have al
helped with advice, cooperation and strons
support to make The Star-Bulletin' what Il
is to-day, we owe many deep obligatioas
and we cheerfully tender our sincere thanh
and deep appreciation. 1t has been heIp
such as this that has made the job so really
worth while and has assured the SUCCESS
that is The Star-Eulletin's' to-day. =.
ITO Mr.. John j. Molloy, confidential clerk
to Warden Meyer and trustee of the Mutual
Welfare League, more than to any other
official of Sing Sing besides Warden Moyes,
we desire to express publicly our manifold
obligations for wise, judicious counsel when
voted interest that always was ready 10
hand when perplexing problem arose o.
when, under the weight of many duties, our
soul was tried the most Many a kindly
thought, multitudes Of valuable texts and
wealth Of kindly help has emanated from
the omnipresent gentleman who presdss
over the outer sanctum of Warden Moyefb
office. They have been fraught with inspi-
ration for ye editor, and he but voices bis
deep gratitude therefor as an act Of jus.
tice and proof of his own deep appreciation.
"Mr. Frank o. Olson, Superintendent ot
Industries, has ever been a tower d
strength to US in all our daily labors, alwsyl
helping in those essentials that make tow
ard the prompt and efficient getting out of
our paper, never worried or offended 40
matter how often we have pestered him
over details of labor, material. stock and
what not-and assuredly the personihcatoa
OF courtesy, good will and unselfish effort
over and above his duties as the guider Of
industrial destinies here. We cannot and
Will not pass up this opportunity to thank
him, and we here record unlimited appreciar
tion.
10 our inmate constituency-that large
interested, intensely human aggregation Of
fellow inmates with whom our lot is cast
and Tor whom we have endeavcred to bring
rescue and assistance to fight lifes handi'
capped battle where a voice in the wilder
ness would be Of at least some little help
we extend our thanks for their consistent
performance that has borne out our predie.
tions Of their worth, and that interest and
cooperation that has never waned.
For our successor. No. 685S6, maa o.
mature experience, of Leen intellect and =
ardent champion Of your hopes and anbt
tions as we ever dared to be, we bespsas
the same spirit of fair play, the exact tzest.
ment in thought, and deed, and word thai
you have all accorded Van throughout hh
endeavors to be of some slight service y
God, his country and his fellow msA
Adieu,"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
"pick Out Eight Men
1 for Cooks

"Pretty soon the door opened again. and
Mallen gave me his monocle and ran into
the furthermost corner of the bunkers he-
cause he thought it was Badewitz come to
shoot at US again, and he was afraid he
would lose his eyeglass. But it was only
German sentry. He threw down a note. It
was written in English, and read: Pick out
eight men for cooks So we picked out
eight men from the various vessels, and
they went on deck and rugged up q galley
aft.
"But we did not receive any knives.
forks, spoons or plates. The first meal we
got was nothing but macaroni, piled up on
pieces of cardboard boxes. Then we ap-
pointed four men to serve the macaroni,
and they got four pieces of wood, the clean
est we could find, which was not very clean
at that, andsthey dug around in the maca-
roni and divided it up ana put in our hands.
We had to eat it after that from our grimy
fingers. Those who were helped first
had to 60 furthest back on the Goa, 20
eat it, and those who wsrs helped last got
1esss because the dividezs got moro careful
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
M ore Men Going Mad
AvA Every Minute

Five of the men were buried at sea that
day. More men were going mad every min
ute, and 1t was terrible place-pitch
dark, grimy, Loose coal underfoot, coal-dust
air to breathe, body-filth everywhere. Some
OF the crazy men howled like dogs But we
were not as much afraid of these as we
were of the others who kept still, but
silpped around in the dark with Jumps of
coal In their hands. We got SO we would
not go near each other, for fear we were
running into a crazy man. Those of us
who were sane collected as near the fddley
as we could, and we would not let the
others get near us, but showed them back
or SHE'D Jumps Of coal at them. And every
once in while some one Of us would begin
to act queer. Maybe he would let out q
howl suddenly, without any warning Or
he would just quit talking and begin to
sneak around. Or he would squat down
and begin to humble. We could not tell
just when man had begun to lose his
mind. He would seem just like the rest
OF us, because none Of us was much bet
ter than beast.
"We could not take turns sleeping and
standing watch against the crazy men. be-
cadse when we talked about II we agreed
that none Of us could tell whether or not
the sentries would 60 crazy while on watch
and have the rest of US at their mercy. r.
was awful to talk about going crazy in this
way, and to figure that you yourself might
be the next, and that it was almost sure to
happen if you did not get some sleep soon.
But it was worse to fnd a man near you
going, and have to boot him out with the
other insane men.
Il began talking with Mallcn about what
would happen if there were more lunatics
than sane men, and he said then the sane
men would be the crazy ones, because he
said the only thing that makes one man
sane Is that there are more like him than
there are insane men. He said whicheve
kind was id the majority was the normal
or. sane kind; did not make any difference
which. It began to get too deep for me, 80
! quit arguing. But Mallen kept it up until
told him 1t looked like he was going. TOO.
and then he shut up. think It was not
good for US to talk or think much about. or
we would have gone, too.
"That night two of the garbies got ont
OF the fiddley, somehow, into No. hold.
and brought back some bologna and Leaf
tobacco. got hold of quite q bit Of the
leaves, rolled them. dampened the roll.
corded 1t and let It dry. Two days later
had q hne twist, hard as bullet. That n
trick had picked up from the Limevs.
Il the Germans knew we had cot hold ~
this stuff they would have strung M nm.
am suge.s ~
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
4 Nest Amid the
a Ammunition

Il sneaked up to where the rest Of the
Fellows were, and the guards drilled us
into No. hold. There was nothing but
ammunition in It They battened the
matches down on us, which. made the hold
waterproof. And Is that made it practically
air tight, the only air the $50 Of us got
was through the ventilators.
'The next day some of the men had rot
cigarettes somewhere. Lord knows how
they did It, but Mallen had quite q lot
OF them, and he passed them around. Some
OF the men would not take any Of his be-
cause they said they had some Of their
swns and sure enough. In few ninutss
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

After policing up the grounds we fell in
by the literal Interpretation Of the word,
and with blare of bugles again started off
sans enthusiasm, sans singing and sans
sang froid.
Right away the ambulance started to do
business. The lads who boasted that they
had frequently walked from Forty first
Street to Forty-second Street plenty Of
times regretted that they had ever despsed
q motorcycle, nor did they wonder at the
wonderful sale of footease.
The formation looked like cross between
a square set and a free-for-all fight.
On the way back we passed the Highlands
at attention, but we could hardly pay atten-
tion to anything. I doubt if show at the
Hippodrome would create even trivial in
terest to the boys.
When we finally reached Fort Hancock we
looked like the retreat Of Coxeys army.
About this time we were met by the regi-
mental band and their military strains re-
vived our waning spirits. KENNING.