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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
One U.BOAT CAPTAIN
IS REALLY HUMAN
Submarine Commander Did Aid
Wounded, So Survivors Of
British Ship Say.

One instance in which an enemy sub.
marine commander, after sinking a
British vessel, amazed the survivors
by giving them bandages and llniment
for their wounds, stands out In sharp
contrast with the brutality or indifcer-
ence to suffering practiced by the Ger.
man sea pirates. Nevertheless, the
survivors tell story of extreme hard.
ship endured in small boats for six
days and nights. Seventeen are miss.
ing of the ships company of 95.
Five hundred miles from the Irish
coast large British steamer, outward
bound In ballast, got torpedo death
blow. No time was lost by the ships
company in getting away from the
sinking vessel.
Many of the crew had been wound.
ed, especially among the engine room
force. With difficulty the injured were
placed in the boats.
The submarine suddenly appeared
near by and the commander came on
deck. He noticed the wounded, and
calling the boats alongside his craft,
he went inside, returning with band
ages and llniment, which he handed to
the surprised officers in charge of the
boat. This act of kindness saved sew
eral lives.
A steamers smoke was seen on the
horizon and the U-bOat made off rap
idly. The small boats shaped course
toward land, but the wind was light
and unfavorable.
Only a small store Of biscuits was
carried. There was water enough for
very limited ration and In the days
that followed the suns heat was al.
most intolerable. Wounded succumbed
one after another and were consigned
to the sea.
Torture reached its limits. Previous
ly the officers had resOrted to physical
force to prevent the Lascars from
drinking the salt water. Now moth.
ing could restrain them and they
eagerly drank the brine. Soon after
ward two died of their suiferings.
Hope had almost died when late
that evening vessel sighted and
picked them up. They were landed In
Ireland.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
BREAKING GERMAN MORALE

"Thc Marne defeat has produced
unspeakable scenes of despair In Bcr-
lin," says the Berlin Tageblatt, such
outbreaks OF utter disbursement
and Observation-Disclosures never before
were witnessed"
Germany today Is torn by Wild ru.
mors OF all sorts of trouble and dis.
aster. The Frankische Tagepost takes
pains To rebuke the people for believ
ing and repeating rumors that Hin
denburg and the kaiser have been as
sassinated. that Hindenburg has been
killed by the crown prince In duel
and other yarns equally sensational
The government finds II necessary to
threaten severe penalties for AT
spread Of such tales.
A letter written to his wife by {
captured German prisoner says
"The war is hopeless for us, now tina
we are opposed to these ferocioui
Americans. who cannot be defeated.
The leaven is working. The Ger
man people can endure hunger, dis
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
REMAINING MEN

The physical and mental recon
struction of disabled soldiers has
been one of the foremost problems OF
the war, Surgeon General Gorgas re.
Gently announced the completion Of
plans for this work In the United
States, The reconstruction begins In
the hospitals. where the marvels OF
modern medicine and surgery restore
large number of the men to physical
fitness Tor return to full military
duty, Others leave the hospitals able
to perform limited military service.
Still others are discharged from fur.
ther service.
or this last group, however, a sur.
prisingly large number are fully able
to return to their former occupations,
The minority need further training to
Mt them for earning their living
The federal board of vocational
training and special war depart
ment committee on education are In
charge of this occupational training
Tor the wounded soldier, Physical re.
construction will so just as far as
possible, backed by thorough mental
training. The maximum physical and
mental functional restoration is aim
ed at, The mental treatment includes
education along occupational and
technical lines as we'll as the no less
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13

Mrs. b. M. McManis and daughter
went to Columbus Saturday.
DIR. l.. w. Armentrout made bust.
ness trip to Cincinnati Saturday.
Miss Mabel Fleming of Cleveland
is home for short visit. |.
Lieut. w. S. Dooley left for Racine,
Wis, Friday on military business.
Miss Grace Fry went to Cleveland
Saturday for short visit.
Mrs. M. Haga of Hunts spent Sat
urday in Mt Vernon. 81.
Mrs. Frank Dewey of Pennsboro,
w. Va, is visiting in this city.
Miss Bertha owen went to Utica
Saturday to visit Mrs. r. M. Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Wren went
to Newark Saturday to spend the
week. ~,
Paul Galleher of Superior. Wis,
who has been visiting Mrs, M. J. Gal.
leher, went to Marietta Saturday.
Abby Fleming of the U. S. aviation
school at Ithaca. N. Y. is spending
several days here with his mother.
Miss Gertrude Fleming of Pitts
burgh. Pa, is home for a two weeks
vacation.
Mrs. A. j. Wort returned home Sat.
urday after a two weeks visit In
Coudersport, Pa. @, 10
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel l.. Chase ana
son, returned to their home. in Troy
Saturday after visiting Mr.. and Mrs
o. G. Chase of the Sychar road;
Mrs. Charles Parnell left for DE
troit, Mich, Saturday where she will
spend week. l..
l.. II. Fleming and son of Sisters
vile, w. Va, are visiting relatives
here.
Miss Elizabeth Cole of East Vine
street. who has been visiting in Cali
fornia. returned to this city Saturday
Miss Carman Pacot and Miss Amel
la Brigode left for Charleston w
Va, Saturday after visiting in" this
city.
Walter Rails. who has been spend
ing the summer in Greenvilles has re
turned to his home in Academia.
The Misses Alice and Marie Mil
returned to their home In GAINESVILLE
Friday after spending few days
here with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. POpham return
ed to Fredericktown Saturday aftel
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. William Bee
man. H'
Miss Grace Getz of Lo1dOnville re
turned home Saturday after visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Rawlinson of Eliz
abeth street.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
Of France
DOMEN's WORKNV
FIELDS HAMILTON
Colored Engineer Writes
From Overseas; Likes
Tricolor Republic

A letter has been received here
from Charles Hamilton, who Is over.
seas with G Co., 3lth Engineers, by
relatives of Hamilton. The letter fol-
lows in part:
This is the most beautiful coun.
try ever saw and am just wild
about 1t. II were able to talk this
language I would be very glad. II is
very difficult, or at least II seems SO
to me.
1--WE have good place to sleep,
and eat very well. did not get sea
sick while crossing, but some Of the
fellows were miserable nearly all Of
the way. We did not see any subs
and the ocean did not seem very
rough to me. 1t was nothing like
expected 1t to be. '-.
II don't know how far we are from
the front, but know we will not be
there for several weeks.
"These women over here surely
work hard in the fields. They rake
hay and ride in on the load and do ali
kinds of meu's work. ..,.s
CHARLES HAMILTON,
&C Co.. 2l7th Eng. /,
"A. P. 0. 1907
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
nun VENGEANCE

The Huns, enraged by their bitter
defeat on the Marne and Ourcq have
struck back-and In typically Hun.
nish way. They have sunk another
hospital ship,
The torpedoing Of the Australian
ambulance transport Warilda Is one
OF the most shameful incidents in the
endless list OF German atrocities. In
this case. as usual there was no pos
sibiilty of misunderstanding, ine
ship was registered for the hospital
service. Her name and emblem were
conspicuous, II was broad daylight
She was carrying wounded men from
France to England. The sea assass
ms struck her without warning, kill
Ing l23 persons, including many o
the wounded and half a dozen nurses
Thus Schrecklichkeit. as usual
d. makes amends for military failure
But to what emu. Every one OF thos'
British nurses slain means anothe
thousand bayonets pointed at Ger
many's heart Every wounded maj
who went to his grave with thu
wounded mercy ship Will have hi
place taken by scores OF Briton
thirsting for revenge. The singh
American victim OF that brutal -ioS
will soon be another army corps
Staying Germans without pity, In oi
der that pity and decency may be RI
stored to the world,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
VICTORY FROM THE EiRs1

Napoleon used to say that II he won
the first battle of campaign. he was
sure of winning the campaign. 1t
was not mere superstition, either. To
beat the enemy in the first clash of
arms is "a good omen" largely be.
cause the initial success inspires con-
fidence. It makes the commander
more sure of himself and his troops,
and It gives the troops themselves
the spirit that breeds victories.
II there is anything In this theory,
the outlook for the American army Is
certainly bright. Our first skirmish
with the Germans was neat little
victory. Our first real battle was a
notable triumph. From the moment
when our army may be said to have
actually entered the war, in the mid.
die Of July, there has been nothing
but one continuous series Of Ameri.
can victories. Our troops, hitting at
the apex OF the German salient at the
Marne, stopped the Hun drive at It's
point Of greatest menace, nearest
Paris, and in two weeks fighting
drove that apex back 25 miles,, They
never failed to stop a German attack.
They never failed to take any object.
i've they started for. Their batting
average is 1000. o.
The Americans did not do II alone,
of course. We recognize that the
French, who outnumbered our men
more than two to one I'm the great
drive, deserve credit proportional to
their numbers. That big advance In
the center would have been impos,
sible without the pressure OF our al.
lies on the side OF the salient. but
there is no argument over the credit
of the achievment, where all fought
as equals. The point Is that the
American army has acquired, from
the start-off, precedent and tradl
tion of victory that is an invaluable
military asset. TO the natural fight
Ing ability. of the Yankees is now
added morale never surpassed In
our history, and perhaps unequaliet
In Europe today.
"We licked 'em first crack!" cry
Pershing's men exultingly. Fritz II
easier than we thought Nothing car
stop us now" And just because they
think SO. nothing can stop them.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
MEN FOR THE ARMY

The draft problem now before con.
gress is simple. More men are need.
ed for the army. When the present
selective service law was enacted, II
was thought that 1000 or 5000, 900
would suffice for our share of the al.
lied military burden. On that basis,
the law was adequate.
We already have nearly 100000
men under arms, at home and abroad,
but that is not enough. Our govern
ment is now planning. quite properly,
for an army of 100000 men.
IL may be necessary to raise more
than that We cannot get any such
number from Class of the selective
lists as constituted at present, cover
ing ages from II to 81. 1t Is evident
that, unless we are to take men from
the other classes. we must extend the
service age limits.
To draft men from any but the frs.
and most eligible class of recruits
would mean to take the heads of fam
lilies, fathers and brothers and sons
OF persons dependent on them for
support or personal care. II would
mean also the taking of skilled men
employed I'm essential industries, and
OF men below the desired standard OF
physique or mentality. We do not
want to do any of these things. 1t Is
clearly better to incorporate more eli
gibles in Glass /, by admitting young
er and Older men. 80
The age limits recommended by the
war department, Is to As. may ap
pear extreme. AT their extremities
they are little more than nominal. II
is not likely that we. shall send oul
1S-yearolds to- the firing line, al
though England I Harder pressed, has
used boys of 1879 to repei this years
German offensive. AS for boys of 1!
and 30, military experts are practical
ly unanimous I'm regarding them al
the very best of army material. More
over, Luey can IHOSL edSlIy De BpaTet
from their families and communities
II should not be forgotten. In this con
nection, that our northern armies II
the Civil war were made up almos
entirely of boys under 81.
A considerable number of eligible
could be obtained In the older class
es up to 80. The war department II
practice Will hardly want to go be
yond that limit for army material, ex
cept In special cases.
II will be valuable, however, to Civ
the government military authorit
over all our men of middle life up l.
as, because Il will facilitate our ecC
nomic war organization. Our entir
able bodied and able,mlnded mar
hood, up to that limit, can then be pu
on a war basis, and any man VIII
happens now to be misplaced In tn
general scheme can be put where hi
particular ability will count most fo
his country and himself.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
BIG WARPLANES

Gianni Caproni, inventor of the Ca
proni airplanes, says that within
three years there will Oe developed
planes equipped with engines equal
in power to those of mediumsized
steamships, capable OF carrying 1OC
men.
Coming from scientific engineer
Of Caproni's accomplishments, and
viewed In the light of present devel
opments, this does not sound vision
ary. When the war began the largest
bombing plane was of 100 horsepow
er. Now there are bombers of 900
horsepower. The power can be mul
tiplied almost indefinitely, and the
size and carrying power of the craft
Increase with the power and number
OF the engines Several Liberty mo-
tors may be used I'm one plane.
Aerial warfare Is becoming ever
more important. The airplanes of the
allies are now carrying the war into
Germany with vengeance, bombing
railroads. bridges. supply depots, etc
back Of the lines and terrifying the
population OF the whole Rhine valley
With larger planes and more of them
carrying greater cargoes of bombs
they can make themselves a powerful
offensive arm, conceivably able itself
to penetrate to Berlin ana force Ger
many into submission long before the
pl0dding armies can attain their goal
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
FINDS VOLUNTEER WHEAT
Farmer Declares II Was Growing In
Crop Of Alfalfa.

William Krnna farmer near JET
fersOnvllle, Ind, has seven acres of
alfalfa and on 16 acres he Is grazing
with 1t, but In the same field there Is
growing fine stand of volunteer
wheat. It Is better in condition and
appearance than many fields Of wheat
which We're sown last year. but failed
to produce good crops. Mr.. Kranz
says he would have two good crops II
he could separate them. Near by,
James b. Green has "a acres In alfalfa
and on 16 acres he Is grazing 230
hogs which are unable to keep down
the growth. He has cut two tons of
hay from this field as well.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
DR.. EASTMAN GETS
COPY OF AMERICAN ID
EXPED. FORCE PAPER

DIR. N, r. Eastman has received a
copy OF THE Stars and Stripes" the
newspaper printed by the soldiers
and for the soldiers Of the American
Expeditionary Forces. from ID. b.
Kirk, who is now In France with the
engineer corps.
Although the paper contains army
news of interest to the soldiers, the
actual war news is somewhat limited
The paper is printed every Friday
and the proceeds from It's sale go for
various things for the soldiers.
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ease, bereavement, but they cannot
endure defeat added to their other
miseries. The army still fights well,
though less effectively than before;
the civil population, as the bad news
filters through, is reduced to despair.
We have done more than defeat a
large part of the German army. We
have dealt German morale the worst
blow IL ever received.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
NEW GERMAN ATROCITY
Woman Says Huns Cut OF Right Arms
Of Bows

Germans are amputnting the right
arms Of every youth over ten years
Of nge who falls into their hands. ac-
cording to Mrs, Eugenie Guenier OF
Besancon, France.
AS result Of war conditions she
has lost ~ of her immediate relatives
She said that In Besancon there is not
a youth over ten years of age who has
not his right arm Off at the elbow.
Her grandmother, eighty-nine years
old, was found dend with seven bayo'
net wounds, and two girl cousins, Six
teen and eighteen years old, were at
tackled by the Huns. she said.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
SHORT LOCALS

Mr.. and Mrs. John Drummer d. Ev.
anston. ILL.,, are the guests of the
Misses Beam of North Mulberry
street.
Miss Susanna. Spearman ofSiSun
bury returned to her home Friday af
ter visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry M. Patterson. : ~
Mrs. Thomas Fredricks and son
Connect, have returned after a, week s
visit at the home of W. A. Grub
who lives west of Fredericktown.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
Chamber OF Commerce
NeWSllemS

r The floral decorations for the We'd
nesday noon meeting were furnished
by Mrs. A. ID. Bum and Mrs. Frank
Beam.
Owing to the extreme hot weather
and vacation period, the various coma.
mittees have not been very active and
few meetings have been held during
the past two weeks.
Plans ar being outlined for the en-
largement Of the Knox county food ad-
ministratiOn committee. It Is the in
tention to have the county thoroughly
organized by having representatives
in each township. -
DIR. G. d. Arndt Of the membership
division reported one new member
ship received during the week. The
membership committee since its or
ganization Is doing excellent work In
securing new members.
There have been no meetings Of the
board Of directors for the past two
weeks owing to the fact that the var
iOus members have been out OF the ci-
ty. However, the regular weekly
meetings will be resumed Friday, Au.
gust 16.
A communication was received this
week from Edward N. Hurley, chair
man United States shipping board,
Washington, In which he urges the
support Of our organization to pro-
mote interest In the using OF the Am
erican merchant fleet for extending
trade to every port in Latin America,
Africa and Australia. He requests al
SO that live committee on merchant
marine be appointed by this organiza-
tiOn.
Miss lila b. Williams has been ap-
pointed county chairman OF the his
torical commission Of Ohio. Miss VIII
liams will collect all the documents
and material which will commemor-
ate the part which the people OF Knox
county have been playing in the war.
Any person having in his possession
records, photographs. posters, printed
- ~
books. newspaper clippings of war SER
mons and patriotic addresses should
endeavor to turn these over to Miss
Williams as soon as possible: These
will be prepared and sent to the his
torical commission at Columbus.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
WAVES EXAMINATIONS;
IS BOUND OVER TO
COMMON PLEAS CRIT,

l.. ID. Caldwell, who was charged
with assault by l.. A. Pearson Of New.
ark. waived examination and was
bound over to the common pleas
court to await the action Of the grand
jury, when arraigned before Mayor
Bair Thursday afternoon. His bond
was left at $500. ..s 80.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13

Mrs. Walter Hess and son, Earl.
went to Newark Saturday.
Miss Audrie Meyers went to Mar
tinsburg Saturday.
Mrs. Ethel Claggett went 10 Colum.
bus Saturday.
Mrs. David McGibney went to Co.
lumbus Saturday.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
Ideals

We must love ideals and struggle
toward them ourselves, but we must
not use them excessively in the meas
urement Of others.-David Swing.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13
Antlsnx Law In Eorce,

Publication of any news of the move
ments of merchantmen Is prohibited in
Spain. This Is the first application
Of the new antlspy law.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-08-13

A millionaire merchant ssJs' my
success Is probably due to the fact that
Mt night store my mind and during
tie day l mind my store"
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4. The primaries for nomina- i
4. tions will be held on Tuesday, i
r August 49,, at the usual voting i
+ places In the several precincts i
4. Of Knox county. Nominations j
4. Of candidates will be made for i
4. all state offices, congressman, /
4. state senator and county Of i
i. fees. A member Of the county i
= central committee will also be i
4. chosen In each precinct. J
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The Ordway new era., 1918-09-13
|. w. WIS AND
"LIBERALS"
By GERTRUDE ATHERTON
OF The Vi9iiarfss

1t Is a matter Of great regret to me.
as to many others, that the leaders
of the Industrial Workers of the
World were not peremptorily court
martialed and the worst of them as
peremptorily shot. The only sort of
lawyers that could be induced to de-
fend such vermin will use every legal
trick to get them off, and it will take
juries of very high intelligence to
remain cool and detached In the face
of appeals for liberty, Justice. the
abominable capitalistic class that is
responsible for this rebellion of the
outraged proletariat. and all the rest
of 1t.
No one will deny that the more ig-
norant and stupid of the working
class have been shamelessly exploited
by the great employers of this coun-
try They have been enticed from
. Europe. or from the Atlantic seaboard,
under false pretenses, herded like cat
tie. forced to live in foul conditions.
and. instead of finding themselves with
the steady job promised them, turned
adrift after four months of more or
less lucrative work. The capitalist
has labored to increase his capital and
that of his stockholders. and looked
upon the ignorant scum of Europe or
the failures among the native-born
Americans as he would look upon so
much machinery to Increase produc-
ton. Not one of the exploited has
ever shown himself capable of rising
In the world on his own merits be-
yond the position of agitator and hater-
in-chief of a class to which he would
give his eyes to belong.
Human Nature ls Short-Siqhted.
Moreover, the manner In which the
immigrant has been treated ut our
ports, even when belonging to the best
of his kind. has long been source Of
modification to every thinking Amer
han. and enough to make anarchists
of every one of these bewildered and
miserable creatures.
But this spirit among the powerful
and the successful toward the masses
is as old as time, and human nature
is proverbially short-sighted. In this
country where the successful never
rest and where success is the goal to-
ward which every able man strives
with all the energy of his being,
haunted by the brevity of life; where
legislation is lenient, and individualism
rampant, this state of affairs has come
about In the most natural manner in
the world. 1t would be astonishing If
IL had not, human nature being what 1t
Is. Barring the Intervention of this
war methods would have grown worse