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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
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rents collected. Fire insurance s spe
cislty. Representing "A old re!iabh
stock companies. Accident Insurance
live stock insurance. Plate glass IL
snrauee. automobile insurance, In 'ae
We can insure any property you MAJ
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
INFANTS DEATH

Word has been received here Of
tho death at Adamstown, w. Va, Of
Ivan Guy, the sevcn-months old son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Smith. Jr.
Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss
Blanche Parrot, of this city. The
remains arrived here Saturday after
noon for intormcnt.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19

Mrs. d. b. Macintosh Of East i.iV'
erpool was here Thursday.
w. b. Wilkinson spent Friday IN
Newark Oh business.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
FRANK o. LEvEEIEo
ATTORNEY AT LAW

ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ali business OF legal nature giVe
prompt atteation and especially II
Lractice In the Probate Court. Om"'
No. East High street. Nj. Verc ~. q
New Phone. oI1ce iO4.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19

Sterl Clements of Bangs was Ill
yhis city on business Friday
r. X. Debolt of CenterDurg was d
bus,ness visitor here Friday.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
sopns. MEET GAMBLER Il. s.

Tho Mt. Vernon high school soph'
omorc basketball team went TO Gam.
bier Saturday to play the Gambler
high school quintet in the afternoon
Tho two teams played here some
tlmo ago, the sophomorcs defeating
the Gambler boys by large score
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
JONES HEIRS
CONTEST WILL
Petition Filed To Have Will
Set Aside
IA HEIRS INTERESTED
Native OF Belgium Would Be
American Citizen;
Court News

Suit has been filed in the common
pleas court TO contest the will OF Hen
~ 6. Jones by Catherine Jane Jones
and nine other heirs at law. Rob
cr1 c. Jones, sole beneficiary under
the will and also executor OF the will,
is named defendant with three 9th
crs
The petition sets up that by reason
of advanced age and prolonged illness
Henry G. Jones was of unsound mind
at the time the paper purportlnS 70
he his will was made and that by rea
son Of his iufrmities he was incap
able of making will. The plaintiffs
seek to have the paper purporting tt
be his will declared illegal. l.. =
/ Stillwell j. attorney for the pialntihs
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
FORMER PRESIDING
OFFICERS NIGHT AT
ELKS ON TUESDAY

Past Exalted Rulers night will be
observed Tuesday, Feb. g. by MI
Vernon lodge No. l40, Il. p. o. Elks.
This was postponed one week.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
Will Filed

Will Filed
his wife, Millic SumtimCr, to be hers
Rriulihavcn has beon filed for admis'
sion TO probate in tho probate court.
Tho will directs that all personal
property be sold and converted into
cash and that all debts be paid out OF
tho money thus secured. The re
maindcr of his property is given to
The will of George Sumtimcr oi
absolutely. The will was made sep
tember "a. 1917. and witnessed by a
+ J.. Workman and Thomas Il. Ncldon,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
PETIT JURY REPORTS
MONDAY foR FEBRUARY
TERM OF COURT

Tho petit jury will report at tho
court house at ~ O'Clock Monday to
begin on the work OF tho February
term Of court, II vas announced
Friday.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
Entry Filed

Entry Filed
Entry has been filed in the common
pleas court in the matter CT f.. F.
liast against the MI Vernon Fruit
Co.. showing that the plaintiff Is CIV
. en- leave to file his petition instantcr.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
Army Players Carry Off Big
End Of So To u Score
On Local Floor
WEIGHT AND SUPERIOR
PASSING WINS GAME
Mounts Unable To Break Up
Team Work OF Scrappy
Opponents

Plttcd against a team much strong
or than themselves and averaging .
nearly 80 pounds heavier, the Mounts
were defeated by the score of 80 TO 22 .
Friday evening at the local gymnas.
ium by the SSrd Division quintet from
Camp Sherman Chillicothc, in one OF
the cloancst games ever seen hero.
Tho Camp Sherman players were
in the lead by several points during
the entire ~ minutes Of play. \ fea
turc OF the game was the shooting by
"Davy" Jones, the crazy left guard
and captain Of the Mounts, who came
in with three baskets.
All of the soldiers, former college
and professional athletes, played
smooth and easy game, caging the
ball time after time through pass
work which wound up with a basket
by Netts, Kagy or Popkcn and long
shots by the Two guards, Rupp and
YounI
The Camp Sherman center, Pop
ken, proved TO be equal TO all his
specifications" sent here by Rccrca-
! ,ional Director Ed S. Connor of Camp
Sherman.
LONG SHOTS USED
The soldiers led at the opening oi
the game, working on long shots and
afterwards ringing in their password
cnabling them to shoot from under
meath the basket, while the Mount;
hung behind with nothing 10 tbeil
credit. Mitchell, Jones and Sapl
came in with several long shots tina
started The ball rolling for the local
and it was o fight to the finish. al
though the S:rd Division was lead
ing all the time.
In the second half, after the hrE
; period had ended % TO . in favor q
i, the visitors, the Mounts. came bac
stronger and more determined '
5 keep the score down as low as pos
> sible.
5 Little password proved success!'
Cor the Moppts the visitors playin
one of the tightcSt guarding game
; seen here. Nevertheless. the ball wa
brought down the floor for goa
Il twice by the Mounts without IN
j. Camp sherman men breaking up I'll
: password.
The Witnesses Of the game wei
amused by the soldiers during the l.
tcrmission between periods by son
concerning the ultimate fate OF II
kaiser at the hands of the S3rd Diyi
ion when they get into action "ov'
there"
Tho summary:
'e Camp Sherman SO Mounts
' Nctts. lf....,,......... j. >auScr'
D. Kagy, r,f..........,.,., MilcheIl'
rOpkcn, C..,.-...,.....'''' 'dPP'
Young, rg......... Cunningham +
ltupp. IL ''.'''''' 'o"S''
I'i,Il Una le-k1ttS 10. pODkpn
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
Account Filed

Account Filed
The first and final account OF l.. W.
Mulhane, executor Of the estate OF
Ellen Boyle has been filed in the pro-
bate court. The account shows 81
32t.50 received and expended.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
Administrator Appointed

Administrator Appointed
W. Lloyd Mclntire has been APP
pointed administrator OF the estate
of Nora w. McIntire by the probate
court. lie furnished lond in the sum
Of $A 1000 with II. V. SmootS and w,
IL. McTntire as surctics. Thomas
Weir. II. p. Sockman and Frank H..
Young have been appointed apprais'
crs.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19
Would Be q Citizen

WcUld Be a CItlzeh-
Joseph Gilbert. 4 native o. Belsluin'
has filed a declaration OF intention
TO become an American citizen with
the clerk of the common pleas court
Gilbert has been in the United
states since 1902 lie is married.
o
Deeds Filed
4. l.. Crooks to F. ~ Thornburg,
parcel in F'redericktowu, 81.
: Il. $. Blinn 10 Idessa Bliln, j'o
acres in Liberty, 81.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-19

Marriage License
William Bedford Evans, Roach
dale. Ind, pharmacist, and Elizabeth
Sarah Trott. Mt. Vernon. Rev. j. y.
Long.
Deeds Filed
Martin l.. Wntcrringcr to H. D.
Wintorringer, 70 acres in Union
$4,000.
James L. Sellers to Arch A. Topp
city property, 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-20
a |
Press Illustrating Servsc.

This was once the Etrelliers
Church. The Hun shelled
until not a stone remained
in place
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
Short Snatches
From Everywhere

The government has requisitiOned
Niagara Falls. Getting ready for ma
tional prohibition dallas News.
After registering alien enemies. il
might be a good idea to get on the
trail OF the enemies that are not
alien--Indianapoli News.
II we don't win this war IL will
make no difference whether a man
calls himself a Democrat or a Repub-
lican.-Charles E. Hughes.
War is full of surprises. Here's Jim
Reed. OF Missouri, standing by the
president on the war cabinet PROPOSE
tion.-Charleston News and Courier.
They say that there are $500 feeble
minded persons in Rochester who need
state care. When we read the election
returns sometimes we fancy that
number too small-Rochester Herald
An unsuitable ship is proposed to
foil Tirpitz's torpedo Such ship
may be devised. but IL she sacrifices
too much carrying capacity, why not
sink the submarines instead?-New
York World.
Count Won Hertling resents the
statement that Germany has been
guilty of all possible crimes. There
is, Of course, no way Of predicting
how far German ingenuity and eff
cheney can go.-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
And now the bitter slogan Of the
war viii be: Remember the Tus-
cania" And we viii remember, Q
Germany, taking ample toll Of you
for every American soldier who went
down in the cruel Waters.-Memphl
Commercial ApDeal
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
School Children Drop Name of Villa Upon His Exit
Play Ball March g. Says Fort Bliss Baseball Booster

AGY writing up the county and city
school census every year, I
\ have noted some curious things
about the names OF Mexican children"
said Mrs. Eileen Lindsey, assistant
county school superintendent Not
only is it often customary for the
girls to take their mothers family
name and. the boys that OF their
father. but the children change their
names at viii. I recall that the year
villa was at the height OF his power
in Mexico, the school census was filled
with children bearing the name Of
the bandit chief. However, the next
year, when villa had met reverses,
most OF his namesalSes had dropped
his name and resumed their old fam
lily names"
"A large amount OF credit for the
increased athletic interest and actiTi-
ty among the soldiers stationed in and
near FL Paso is due H L. Osborn. dis
trict athletic director OF the 7. n. C.
A." said Lieut.. K Coulter. 64th infan-
try. The schedule Of the Fort Bliss
baseball league starts March 3, and
some splendid baseball material has
appeared among the teams which will
make up the league. Spectators have
never gotten more for their money
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
Daily Novelette,
MOVIE HAPPENINGS.

w = HILE sitting on the third
w row OF the Baldheaded Circle
in the Weekrunz Pictur Pal
ace. Chuckston Waldron was much en-
crossed in the 5sth episode Of
Poisoning Her Rival"
The film was nearing its end and
Chuckston was still striving to re-
member how the 3sth connected with
the 39th episode and how the ssth
was going on so he could remember
when he was looking at the 10th
Sitting beside him was 4 middle
aged woman with gray hair and pur-
pie earrings and patent leather belt
She was knitting a sock
It was a wonderful flint One Of
those full-o'-fight things, with sol
diers and trenches and bags Of sand
and kettles Of soup and such.
When the soldiers in blue jeans
were about to go over the top"
Chuckston Waldron forgot where he
was and jumped up in the air and
shouted Three cheers" And every
body murmured, What enthusiasm"
And Chuckson Waldron plunked
down in the seat again. but not in
peace when the film vas at war All,
no. For at the identical moment
Chuchston hit the chair. a shrek rent
the air, and at the same time the
boys on the film went over the top"
For Chuckston had plunged upon the
four needles Of the sock the woman
had been knitting and had lain down
on his chair. I'm bayoneted by the
devilsi" he howled
How realisticr" murmured the au-
dience. admiringly.
How DANCED carelessi' ragged
Chuckston, as he recovered the
needles.
I didn't know that talking movies
had been invented YETI murmured
the middle aged woman. quite uncon-
scious OF anything but the movie and
the sock which she resumed knitting
again
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05

Italian monitors came away IN
scathed after a successful lombard
ment.
It is an interesting phase OF our
own naval development that since the
Spanish-American war little value
has been attached TO low speed crabs
Possibly this attitude grew out OF
the tactical error by which Samp-
about four knots IN order that mont
tors might keep up.
No doubt the type will return. Il
can carry heavier guns and arnlor
than we dare put on battleships. Not
that the big ship couldn't manage
keeping with her speed and her oD-
portunities for inshore work.
A 5000 ton monitor with fmpere-
treble armor viii be slow Her 20
attention and upkeep OF almost con-
slant navy yard repair. Yet critical
siege OF the country's vital seaports
could draw from monitor sQuadrOns
an element OF defence-or offence
that the combined battle fleet could
not give.
Eriesson's Monitor built in 1851
was the first experiment along this
line The inventor had tried 10 in
terest Napoleon in the project ten
years before but had failed. She was
finally built in New York, and fin
ished ready for use IN lis days, q re-
markable record for that time. Her
length was 172 feet, beam Il feet. and
draft ten feet Her displacement was
just under 1000 tons
The Puritan" eliminated our mon
itor design. for a time at least. She
was $50 feet long and displaced over
5000 tons. The British have built
smaller ones more seaWorthy and
speedy. But the idea is still 70 be
developed Perhaps that's what our
dreadnaughts are coming to-WhO
knoWs2
IN the long run the bull dog wins.
providing he has brains Monitors
are our battle fleet bull dogs.
Whether We can give them brain or
not remains to be seen
I think We can. Copyright,
1918. by Edgar A. Guest.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
FACTS ABOUT OUR NAVY
Naval Monitors.
~ LIEUTENANT FITzHUGH GREEN, Z. 5. "


~ ONITORS are land batteries
MI afloat. Monitors look like sea
going pancakes with a batter
COB on top.
technically = monitor consists Of
a heavily armored hull on which
squats a deck house and two gun
coops. The deck house provides quar-
tiers for crew and officers, and can
be completely shot away without ma
terialy reducing the military value Of
the vessel. AS a lodging her utility
would be greatly reduced by any such
disaster.
The gun coops or turrets are dis
tributed fore and aft II two in num-
Der. When there are four the deck
is often considered rectangular and
one IS built at each corner. Gun coops
cannot easily be shot away. They
wouldn't be turrets II they could. Be
cause a turret is an impregnable steel
fortress behind which naval crews
tend their guns. Its steel walls are
always designed to be a mite more
powerful than the latest and largest
Strategicaiy monitors are coastal
units. As gun platforms they roll
too much for deep sea work In and
near harbOrs, bays, sounds, and 9TH
er protected waters, they can achieve
lhat Whlcn mes OUT OF range OF laho
defences. In offensive maneuvers
they have occasionally outdone even
the dreadnaughts.
Official Italian reports describe use
Of monitors against Trieste. the main
objective Of the early Italian often
sive. These hybrid battleships were
able to approach in the night and BY
virtue OF shallow draft 10 get well
within range Of the city On opening
fire there was revealed a naval secret
Of long standing: the newest monitors
mounted heavier guns than had ever
before been used on the sea
Austrian forts replied vigorously.
But not only did the strange craft
present smaller targets: but. as have
explained, their vitals were deeper
and better protected even than a sub
marines. Both the English and the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05

officials. II is ny belief that the
meeting viii not result in an actual
thorough cleanup Of the city, II the
appeal for the cleanup is based on
financial, and not moral grounds. If
II is worth while cleaning up the city
and driving vice from its confines, 1t
is worth while doing it from a purely
moral standpoint, and the fact that
We may please Washington by driv-
ing the prostitutes and the bootleg
gers from the city should have Moth
ing TO do with the matter. should
have been pleased to have seen FL
Paso purify itself purely on its own
initiative. rather than to have IL ap-
pear to outsiders that we are taking
such action because we are forced to
do so by Washington.
FL Paso is one Of the finest cities
in the world" said Richard BoEden.
i have travelled all over the southern
part Of the United States and for a
long time thought New Orleans was
the best city in the country. but after
living here getting acquainted with
the people in this city, I am sure !
like this place better than any ] have
ever seen. The people Of FL Paso
combine all the pleasing qualities of
the southerner with the hearty good
fellowship OF the west. TO the END
that here one really finds a big city
full OF the finest kinds Of men and
women
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
SOLDIERS OVERCHARGED? PROBABLY
NOT: IF THEY ARE, LET'S END 1T

great complaint that they oveTharged was hard
convince them of the truth, which that they SUI
fe1ed no more than civilians Comparisons of prices paid
by soldiers and civilians finally made it plain that the sol
diers getting the worst of it unless it in
buying of the trinets which they wanted to send
home as souvenirs and for which there little civilian
demand
Where It does that military overchargeo
and not through the fault of the local merchants either
is the purchase of strictly military goods. Fifty to
SIS uniform which would guess really ought to
sell from $50 to $50; belts with saber straps at about
SIP and boots at SIS $50 pair; those prices
trey high And yet these prices prevail throughout
the country and the manufacturers pretty generally fix
them So emphatic have been the complaints from army
officers that bill is pending in congress authorizing
sale by quaermasters of the army and navy of clothing
and equipment to officers at cost prices in order to do
away with much of this alleged profteerng by private
firms. This measure is to pass.
Getting hack to local firms and local prices: FL Paso
wants to do the right thing by the soldiers Every
olive drab entitled square deal at the stores The
chances 100 to he getting it. If not president
Coles of the chamber of is anxious to him
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
BAR ASSOCIATION ENDORSES
STEDMAN For SUPREME BENCH

Judge y. a Stedman, OF Austin, was
endorsed by the FL Paso Bar asso-
citation for associate Justice Of the
state supreme court Monday, and a
telegram was sent to governor ". P.
Hobby requesting the appointment Of
judge Stedman to succeed judge J.
n Yantis, who resigned on account
of prolonged illness. A committee
consisting Of John l. Dyer, chairman.
s. P. Weisiger, judge J. NJ. Goggin
and judge J. F. Mckenzie was ap-
pointed 10 send the telegram to the
governor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
Little Intauiews

than has been given on the boxing
cards that have been presented in the
various camps recently. There has
seldom been fewer than ten boxing
bouts on the program for single
night"
Il look for a large turnout at the
cleanup mass meeting to be held at
the chamber of commerce tonight"
said Ben Ostrander. The whole city
is talking OF the revelations of vice
conditions said to exist in FL Paso
which were contained in the letters
from Washington made public at the
Saturday meeting Of chamber Of COM
merce directors and city and county
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
Uncle Walls Denotured Poem.
-Four Years AGO

TOUR the nations smiled; sword had flashed bleed them
n little child
children sailed their boats thought
dreaming
Because his the world
battered rally And they'd laughed
tasted still the manhood of the world thrown
madnen's made
deavor; and their schemes beaten forever
Copyright WALT MASON
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05

iishes readers. frss o.
any and all subjects
resources CT the va
1gress and the many
Three cents IN post
information wanted
J. Haskln plrector.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05
BY CONSTANCE CLARK.

The FL Saso Herald Information Bur,
charge. with accurate and authoritative .
concerning which Information can Be lad
rious federal government departments n
experts and scientists IN the government
age for reply must accompany each inc
and address The e Psso Herald Inform
Washington D. c
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-05

AZ WashlnEton furn
e answers 70 questions on
had from the unparalleled
the great Library Il Col
Mt service At Washington.
inquiry state clearly the
orm2tion Bureau. Frederic
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-23
TO REPLACE
THOUSANDS Of MEN

Seattle industries will be
combed for war workers, and
women put i'm places Of men who
are doing non-essential duties,
while some industries will be
actually suspended to release
employees for Uncle Sans vic
tory program.
A community board" headed by
Ex-Governor Henry Mcbride, has
been assigned by the government
TO check over all Industries, and
decide on necessary adjustments.
This plan of sitting industry for
war workers was put into effect
thruout the United States Monday.
Deliberations here have been delayed
pending arrival of further detailed
instructions
VIII Hit Thousands
This is, in effect, application Of
the work or fight" principle on a
sweeping scale, and will hit thou
sands of 1916 men now employed on
Jobs non essential to the war pro
gram.
Even in war Industries, men will
be replaced by women where pos
sible to release men for more es-
sentiai work.
on the community board with
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-23
Dispatch From Frank
J. Taylor
United Press Correspondent.

WITH THE AMERICANS ON
THE METZ FRONT. Sept. ca
American troops made three success
full raids on this front early yester-
day, taking more than 80 prisoners
and inflicting considerable losses on
the Germans.
The principal raids were made in
the region of Houmont-Les-La-
chaussee five miles north of Thiau-
court.
The American artillery threw a
barrage close about the Village, cut
ting off the enemy communications.
our infantry dashed into the box
thus created. They encountered a
number of boches, killing and wound
ing more than so. They brought
back 20 who surrendered after severe
hand d-to.hand fighting in the streets.
simultaneously another American
unit southeast of Charry -four miles
east of HaumonO raided n German
outpost trench, bringing back six
surprised boches. Earlier in the
morning, east of Haummont, Ameri.
can troops raided enemy trenches,
encountering stiff fighting. Braving
heavy German barrage. they cap
tured five boches and inflicted a
number of casualties.
Huns Digging In
Patrols report that the Germans
are busy digging trenches and build
ing gun emplacements andd ugouts,
especially near Dommartin-Le-Ch Chaus-
see IA mile and a half northeast of
Epary).
Artillery is intermittently active
along the whole Metz front. The
enemy is using gas and incendiary
shells. Despite unfavorable weather,
American aviators have dropped Is
tons of bombs on airdromcs and rail
way functions. observing successful
explosions and fires. Recently the
nights have been exceptionally clear
i'm spite of cloudy days.
A night reconnaissance squadron