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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22

Mayme Robb of Centerburg has
been appointed administrators OF the
estate of Frank =. Robb by the pro-
bate court. Bond was furnished, in
the sum of $4,000 with Abraham Ew
ins, Earl Amadon and Charles ID.
Hayden as sureties. Charles ID, Hay
den, Earl, Amadon and John +. Gil
bert were appointed appraisers.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
PAPER PRAISES BAlR
ON RECENT ARRESTS

III q recent issue of The American
Issue, published by the Antl.Saloon
League Of Ohio, there appears an ar.
ticle in which Mayor Bair of this city
is heartily commended for having
bootleggers in this city arrested.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22
LAD BROUGHT HOME

Amos Wymer, 10, was brought back
home Tuesday from Condit by Chief
of Police Parker. The lad had started
for Columbus. but was put off the
train.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22
WidoWer's Election

In the matter of the will OF Honor
Mckinley, w. S. Mckinley has filed
his election to take under the will In
the probate court
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22
Account Filed

The third and final account OF Ed
ward c. Durbin, administrator of the
estate of Raphael Durbin. has been
filed in the probate court, showing
S4,91242 received and expended
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22
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ty each day corps of thirtyve correspondents
write interesting letters. containing happenings in their
community. Our aim is to publish an account OF every
event occurring in Knox county.
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22

G. j. Woods of North Gay street
went to Columbus Wednesday to at
tend the hardware dealers conven.
tion in that city.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22
Case Submitted d.

The case OF Benjamin Hutchinson
against Clyde Turney was submitted
to the jury in the common pleas court
Tuesday afternoon. In this case the
plaintiff is suing for $1,000 damages
for alleged false Imprisonment.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22

able for thcT sar"ncss-have been
time well spent and the results are
certain to show NJ when real action
comes
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22
Want Passports

Nh. and Mrs. Harold Graham of
Academia applied to the common
pleas court Tuesday for passports to
China, where they expect to 60 as
missionaries
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22

Clyde Clery OF Howard spent
Tuesday in this city on business.
Alfred Champion of l. Battery.
Camp Sheridan. VINO has been home
on a furlough, left for Montgomery
at midnight Tuesday.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22
AUSTRIAN REGISTERED
IN CLEVELAND; ALLAYS
suspicious OF POLICE

\ report that an Austrian employ
ed at one OF the local shops had not
registered caused the authorities here
to investigate the case Tuesday af.
ternoOn. patrOlman McElToy called
on the man, but found that he had
registered under the selective service
law in Cleveland
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-02-22

c. A. Bird went TO Columbus We'd.
nesday to attend the convention OF
hardware dealers.
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strate all We have said above.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
VATICAN SEES
 LONG DURATION OF PRESENT WAR

Washington, Jan. 11.-President Wilson's restated war aims, if enforced
 literally, will mean indefinite proIon- gation of the war instead of early peace, according to interpretation of Vatican officials, it was learned through semi-official sources today.
 They feel the Presidents program is one which the allies know Germany cannot and will not accept
 While the Wilson programme has been received with acclaim by all en- tente countries except possibly Greece and the Balkan state, the Central powers will refuse to consider it, high church dignitaries believe.
 'Of the fourteen Wilson provisions five, or at the most six, give oppor- tunity for general agreement an of ficial said. ''The others are impos- sible' at present"
 That the allies are firmly convinced of their ability to crush Germany is the Vatican belief, it is said Further more, it is the intention of the en- tente to prolong the war another sum mer unless Germany sues for peace, the holy father believes. Further peace suggC Stions by the Pontiff are now virtually impossible, it is said. While the pope has stead fastly declined to interfere since his last efforts were ignored, an appeal to ] the belIigerents to lay down their arms before they. became so exhausted they would be unable to enjoy peace bene- fits was contemplated, it was learn ed.
 The success of such an appeal would depend entirely upon the mood of the l beIigerents.
 America has not yet felt the scourge of war. Until she does-until the mounting casualty lists bring home the real significance attitude of humility necessary to bring the bellig- | erents together on a common ground will not manifest itself, the Vatican believes. The holy father and Vatican circles are far from in accord with the Presi- dents views on Italy, it was admitted. Austria, it is known, is the most fa- vored" nation. while Italy occupied | the other extreme-the least favor ed'
 Idealistic solutions of problems of worldly import while commendable and desirable will not bring peace, Vatican officials say. But peace is of more immediate importance than the 1 designation of boundaries. restoration | of devastated territory or economical and political readjustment, they say. These differences ultimately will ad- 1 just themselves and should not be all | lowed to stand in the way of bringing
 the present slaughter to an end, they add.
 Truth and justice will triumph
 eventually, though immediate recogni-
 ton of principles cannot be secured even through force of arms,' church officials insist.
 At least another year of war will
 result from the entente stand, off cials believe. At the end of this per
 iod the warning nations may become
 convinced that a decisive victory is impossible.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
ITALIANS GREET WILSON MESSAGE
 AS EPOCHAL ONE

Rome, Thursday, Jan. 10-Presi- dent Wilson's message is the first courageous step toward peace, says the Messaggero: It says President Will son in his message evidently wanted to meet the Russian people and to help them to complete their resurrec- ton.
 The Tempo recalls that Italy, like the United States freely entered the world war for reasons of principle. She has sustained enormous sacrifices to redeem her provinces still under Austrian rule and to obtain the safe ty of her frontier on land and sea, which alone can allow her Ito live on a footing of equality under conditions of liberty"
 The Popolo Romano praises the gen erous intentions of President Wilson and the American people and govern ment It eulogizes the declaration of the president concerning the soidar- ity of the Allies and says that as soon as Italy and France make similar statements, they will be the answers to the governmental Lenine and Trotzky with which the Entente does not yet have diplomatic relations.
 The Giornale dItalia applauds the message and calls President Wilson "one of the greatest statesmen of our epoch" It expresses hope that the Presidents enlightened mind will see the necessity of solving definitely the Italo-Austrian problem in order to avoid future excuses for conflict.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
NO MORE FROZEN
 EARS AT CAMPI; NEW HATS ARRIVE

Camp Devens, Aver, Mass, Jan Il -There'H be no more frozen ears among New England's national army men. Caps enough to equip every man in the division arrived yesterday. Today men of the 304th Infantry, "Connecticut's Own,' were the first to receive the new part of their equipment.
 The caps are of the new olive drab variety and are to replace the cam paign sombrero during the cold weather. The new cap is fashioned much like a teamster's, with flaps of wool which come down over the ears and head. The issue will obviate all chances of frozen ears in the future while men are out at drill.
 Orders have gone forth that one day each week hereafter nothing but army garrison rations will be served at mess. In this way it is planned to conserve food and at the same time get the men used t9 the plain fare which will be their lot when they get into the field and are fed straight army rations On the designated day all the little extras, sugar, milk, but ter and other "luxuries' of army life which are now served through com pany funds and through the efforts of economical mess sergeants will be strictly barred.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
REFUSES TO GALL LEGISLATURE FOR DRY AMENDMENT

Hartford, Jan. 11-On the grounds that legislative action on the federal prohibition amendment should be talk en only by legislature elected with the knowledge that the question is to be voted upon, Governor Marcus H. HoIcomb has signified his intention to refuse to call a special session of the General Assembly for the considera- tion of the national prohibition amendment or to recommend that prohibition be voted upon at the coming special session which will consider the question of soldier suf- frage.
 The governor recently received a letter from the Connecticut Prohibi- tion committee calling attention to a resolution which it passed on Decem- Der .27 asking that he incorporate in his call for the coming special session a recommendation that the question of State prohibition be voted upon.
 He also received a letter from the Prohibition National committee ask ing that a special session of the leg islature be called immediately to con- sider the ratification of the prohibit ton amendment to the United States Constitution.
 To both letters, the governor replied that he did not approve of the sug- gestions made and said he believed prohibition legislation would not suf- fer 'Eby waiting until the next regular session of the General Assembly when the people can, with knowledge that the matter is coming up. elect representatives with that in view"
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
PREMIER HUGHES
 IS RESTORED TO
 GOVERNMENT JOB

Melbourne, Australia, Jan. H. Several days of political uncertainty have ended with the re-installation in power of the Nationalist government, headed by William Morris Hughes. There has been no change in the makeup of the Hughes government. At one time it was thought that Frank Tudor, the Labor leader, would be commissioned by the governor general to form a Labor government.
 Premier Hughes is criticised by the press and is accused of breach of faith by some politicians because Of the pledge he gave at Bendifo during the recent referendum campaign that the Nationalists would not govern the country if conscription was defeated. ! The Australian voters returned a ma 1ority against conscription in the ref erendum.
 A motion of no confidence has been , introduced in parliament by MT. Tudor.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
BACLEY PRAISES CONDUCT OF MEN
 ON JACOB JONES

Washington, Jan. 11-Secretary Daniels made public today a sum mary of the official report of Lieut.. Commander David W. Bagley on the sinking by a German submarine of the American destroyer Jacob Jones. on Dec. 6, when two officers and 64 men lest their lives Commander Bag ley gives unstinted praise to the be- havior of officers and men and es- pecially comments by name 10 of them.
 The submarine, the report says, was not sighted until Is minutes after the destroyer had gone down. The torpe- do was sighted half mile from the ship and Lieut. S. B. KaIk, officer of the deck, who afterward died from exposure, immediately ordered a maneuver to avoid being struck. The torpedo, however, was too near to all low the destroyer to clear it and it struck fairly with a heavy explosion. The ship quickly settled by the stern and the engine room was soon food ed. The wireless antennae and main mast were carried away.
 Most of the men not killed by the
 
 reached rafts or wreckage. Eight minutes after the torpedo struck at 4:21 D. m., the Jones sank stern first. Efforts were made to collect the sur vivors i1 a motor dory and then the nearest land was headed for to get aid for the remaining survivors on the rafts. After 23 hours the dory sighted a patrol vessel and the com mander of the patrol station reported tc Commander Bagley that the sur vfvors all had been rescued.
 Seaman Philip J. Burger of Lans- ingburg, N. Y, is highly praised in the report for his efforts to clear the vessels motor sailor, which would have saved 20 or 30 lives. He stuck to the job until drawn under water with the boat, being rescued himself later when he. came to the surface.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
FAMILY OF FIVE CAN'T
 SUBSIST ON LESS THAN SLAB

Philadelphia, Jan. 11.-In a state ment supported by statistics Edward L. Kcenan, president of the Central Labor Uaion, tcld the National SnID- building Adjustment Board yesterday that the head of a family of five must make more than $45O day to SUD- port his family.
 The food bill of a family of five un- der prevailing price schedules, Kee- nan said, cannot possibly be figured at less than $12.14 a woek, even though food allowances are -le small est.
 Keenan was chairman of a commit of twelve which made a canvass to determine floor prices and other expenses the industrial workers must meet.
 Including housing, fuel. lighting and other necessary expenses as well as insurance and doctors fees, Keenan's s figures purported to show it would cost a. family of five $1 AZ. so a year to exist.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
BELIEVE 4 ARE
 LOST IN BLAZE
 AT MIDDLETOWN

@nddletown, Jan. 11.-It seemed fsihely today that four patients in the tConnecticut insane asylum lost their lives in the fire yesterday that de- ietroyed one of the large wings. Two Noodles were recovered yesterday af- !! ternoon. One of these was identified, Sand Dr. F, c. Haviland, the superin- 3tendent, had listed three patients as missing with the hope that they would tbe found sheltered by some one in or taround Middletown. The unidentified body was undoubtedly one of these. SEut no word came of them during the night and Dr. Haviland this noon felt that two of the bodies must be under the charred timbens and rub tbish of the hospital wing.
 Workmen were steadily overturning tthe ashes on the fire site this fore knon. but no trace of the bodies was
 found during that time.
 The state board of control came there and looked over the hospital.
 This board will make temporary pro- kvision in the matter of finances
 for the hospital. At the same time
 the board of trustees met to discuss
 future plans which include rebuilding tof the wing.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
BLACKS OBJECT
 TO HEARSE FOR
 HURRY-UP CART

Chicago, Jan. 11.-Commandeering of a black automobile hearse to take two negro prisoners to a police sta tion caused a hard fight for two po- icemen and much excitement in the '1black belt on the South Side last night. No patrol wagon being avail able, policeman hailed a passing hearse. The prisoners pleaded in su- perstitious fear not to be placed in such a conveyance and finally fought to prevent it. It took the combined ef- forts of several policemen and civil ians to force the men into the hearse and to hold them there until the sta tion was reached.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
SEND MEN,. CHURCHILL
 URGES SU. s.
British Minister of Mum itiOns Appeals For Speedy Transport of ! American Soldiers English Must Cut Ra- ton of Food.

London, Jan. II - Winston Spencer Churchill, British min ister of munitions, addressing the American Luncheon Club today, made a powerful appeal for the sending of American soldiers to Europe.
 The reception of Premier yd-George and President Wilson's war aims by the Cen tral powers, the minister de- clared, showed a gulf that no bridge could span.
 We have found a complete agree ment on our war aims" MT. Churchill said, ''so let us concentrate our whole souls on practical measures whereby those aims may be achieved"
 "a Englaud must melt all her resources be continued into war work. Women must draw nearer to the firing lines and do more manual labor to relieve wordngmen for the ranks of the army. Rations, he said, must be cut down.
 "The only way to shorten the suf- fering and torment" the minister as- serted, lis to increase the pace"
 Referring to America's participa- tion in the war" MT. Churchill said:
 "You have accepted an immense responsibility. Never in history has so great a nation undertaken so great g. task. Your aid is needed vii tally in this great struggle and needed soon."
 Walter Hines Page, the American ! ambassador, presided at the luncheon i which was attended by 200 persons Those at the luncheon included Lord Northcliffe, chairman of the London headquarters of the British mission to the United States; Baron Rhondda, food controller; Sir Albert Stanley president of the British board ot trade; Vice Admiral Sims, commander of the American naval forces in European waters; Robert Skinner American consul-general in London; Gen. Bridges of the British general staff; Col E. D. Swinton, one of the < Inventors Of the British tank; Sil I Thomas Lipton, and Sir Gilber l Parker, the novelist.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
NEW UNITED STATES PEACE TERMS TIMELY WARNING TO
 GERMAN COMMERCIAL MEN

Washington. Jan. A Ii. - Another days study of President Wilson's speech brings cut the fact that too little consideration has been given of the meaning of Covenant III., to wit:
 The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establ- ishment of an equality of trade con ditions among all the nations consent ing to the peace and associating them selves for it's maintenance"
 Some members of Congress have jumped to the conclusion that the proper interpretation of this is a lev cling of tariff schedules, and possibly a post-beIIum condition of free trade. They know that Col. House is, in the ory, a free trader.
 Apparently, however, the domestic preferences dd not enter into Presi- dent Wilson's mind when he made the statement, ard there is no evidence that he has consulted any of the avail able tariff experts in his own party in coming to the above conclusion.
 Rety FaF-Reaching
 
 In his December address to Con gress the President said:
 Tt might be impossible in such un- toward circumstances to admit Ger many to the free economic intercourse which must inevitably spring cut of the other partnership of a real peace" "
 Last Saturday Lloyd George said:
 'eEconomc conditions at the end of the war will be in thc hibhest degree difficult owing to the diversion of hu- man effort to warlike pursuits. There must follov world shortage of raw materials, which will increase the longer the war lasts. And it is inevi- table that hose countries which have control of the raw material will de- sire to hdp themselves and their friends fir!t.'
 Tuesdays pronouncement by Presi- dent Wilson was subtle, but goes far, and that Of Lloyd George is blunt and capable of but one meaning. Take the part of his sentence which says Those countries which have control of the raw materials will desire to help themselves and their friends first
 See Definite Policy
 I asked a member of a neutral coun- try mission now in Washington what he thought this phrase implied. His answer was:
 Germany has brought a great deal of copper in the United States for de- livery to her after the war. She has also bought cotton, but resold much at a good profit. When the war ends this country, as part of the allied econom- ic group, will say to Germany, We
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18
DESERTERS HOLD UP RESTAURANTS
 AND RIFLE FILLS

New York, Jan. 11-John Linko, a 19 year old sct5ier of 83 Beechmond street, TorringtOn, Conn.,, was arrest ed here today on a charge of robbing restaurants in the Brownsville sec tion of Brooklyn. He was taken in company with another soldier, Adam Becklfng of Brooklyn, by four de- tectfves, who subdued the two men with drawn revoNers after the SOL diers had drawn their army pistols and threatened the officers.
 The arrest came as a result of com plaints made by several restaurant keepers in the district recently that they had been held up by two soldiers and their tills robbed. At the police station the men admitted robbing res taurants, after they were identified by two of their victims and stolen prop erty had been found on them. Both men said they came from Camp Mer- ritt, N. J., from which they had been deserters for 12 days.
Republican farmer., 1918-01-18

In accordance with recommenda- tons made by the State Council of Defense, the local war bureaus are being linked up as closely as possible with the local governments of their communities The Bridgeport bureau has already asked the city of Bridge port to appropriate $13,O00 for it's work and the Middletown bureau has taken action along a similar line.
 One of the first acts of the Manches- ter war bureau was to hold a public meeting at which the general aims of the bureau were outlined and a care full explanation was given of the methods of aiding and compensating dependent relatives of soldiers and sailors. The explanation included a description of the government plan of insurance and the work of the Amer jean Red Cross along dependency lines.
 | The Waterbury war bureau has started active work and has estaib- lished an office which is to be open daily from g a. m. to p. n- l The Windsor war bureau, one of the pioneers of the State, has already taken up work detailed to it by the food and fuel administration and the war savings committee as well as
 matter brought to it's attention through other channels from the State | Council.
 The war bureau of South Manches-
 ter has called meeting of the gro-
 cers of it's town and has talked over
 with them the sugar situation and
 means by which the situation can be improved.
 The Hartford war bureau has heEd
 several meetings recently and has
 been taking up plans for a war rally
 and such activities as distributing ser vice flags and compiling lists of Hart ford's soldiers and sailors.