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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

BOT 'Ou map Of Europe today shows
Ira single country in which the flu
ason SOes not hold threat of serious
i not ~eS and only a small part which
Nnt 'apidly approaching the famine
.Ghsi, with the exception of the
avs only those countries which
is,s ma maintained marine commerce
acpsl 'riuclent food supplies to meet
even II eus until next harvest, and
aqst - 'ne Ukraine, with stores accu-
b ass r I. On the farms, there is famine
BeIg,r" age centers of population.
sel a. 4 and northern France, as
asp a. ass Serbia, appear on the hunger
becsns~S ''hct from the rest of Europe
LOO froD, ,u 4 stand in a different rela-
hm ~ the other nations to the peo-
'e forn United States. America has
~ raton osa rs n maintained the small
fsace 1 o of Belgium and northern
a0us - is already making special
ttssth.' 70 care for their increased
Y serhio al needs, which, with those
ha, ara must be included In this
aat har urgent In the extreme and
De ave sse immediate relief.
The b hi, of the Belgian nation
durnp America has extended to
eagest q Inc war constitutes the
.'aa tbera ppeal for us to continue our
ales win The moment the German
Y estsb,,ua from her soil and she
suea ohce more In her own
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TO GET WILSON'S
IDEA ABOUT RUSSIA
MOVEMENT GROWS IN EUROPE
AGAINST INTERVENTION IN
5 SLAV LAND.
By Lowell Mellett

+ a
London, Dec. 26.-President Wilson
arriving here Immediately after
Christmas, will be urged by Liberal
leaders to define his attitude toward
Russia.
Many officials regard the Russian
situation as one of the most import
ant problems now confronting the
world.
The belief is expressed that, mas
much as the president probably will
publicly discuss freedom of the seas.
and the league of nations, he should
also explicitly define another of his
fourteen principles-self-deter
tlon-and its application to Russia.
Such action on his part, it is be-
heved, certainly will clarity the situ-
alton.
The controversy regarding con-
tlnued presence of Allied forces in
Russia is rapidly involving every one
IN the empire with any pretense of
political opinion. It has been given
fresh impetus by rumors that the
British government plans to send a
great expedition to occupy Petrograd,
Moscow and other centers this winter.
Even the liberal newspapers, includ-
ing Premier Lloyd Georges personal
organ, the Chronicle, indicate they
will bitterly oppose any plan contem-
plating further military action against
Russia.
Opinion is divided here as to the
thoroughness of Lord Miners expIa-
nation of the governments attitude
toward Russia-that the Allied armies
must remain to prevent the spread of
"barbarism" throughout the country,
and to protect the Russian people
from the BolsheviH.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27
TIM SHEA ON WAY HOME

County Assessor III. B. Hill has re.
celved letter from Tim Shea. who
used to be deputy assessor in his Of
nee, and who left in the first draft fo1
service in Uncle Sans army, and who
was wounded in battle in France along
In the middle of the summer, to the
effect that he landed in New York
December the 18th, and was about to
leave for Chicago on his way to Mon
tana.
Mr.. Shea has host of friends here
who will be glad to see him back
again.
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ficers, many of whom are well known
in Poplar.
Following the impressive cere-
monies of the constitution, banquet
was served at one of the local GIRLS
and according to the stories the Pop
lar Masons tell it was an event that
would have done credit to a belmont.
cas- or a Sherrys., It was feature
within itself.
There were six courses of the
choicest foods obtainable.
The new lodge which starts out 50
ausplciously hopes to have home of
It's own within short time, hand
some Masonic temple being under con-
sideration right now.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-12-27

ably the most notable Masonic func.
tion to ever occur in Eastern Mon
tana, was that of last Thursday night
When Loyalty Lodge No. 1911 A. F.
q A. NJ" was constituted at Wolf
Point. The affair is of particular in
asmuch as the Grand Lodge which
performed the ceremonies of const;-
tutlng the new lodge were all mem
bers OF the local fraternity. The Pop
lar lodge has been deputized by the
Grand Master to act in his plaza
Mayor FL. NJ. Cosier was M w
Grand Master, and raised the follow
ing members of the new lodge to Of
fee:
S. L. Kleve, w. M.
Geo. Gebhardt, S. w.
Il. A. Schoening, J. w.
S. 7. Cogswell, Treas.
f. w. Black, Sec.
Il. T Smith, Chaplain.
c. P. Swedberg, S. D.
F. E. Rathert, J. D.
]. T. Miller, S. S.
L. A. Kragrud, J. S.
J. L. Champlin, Tyler.
Local Masons declare the new lodge
starts out with an excellent set of of
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FLU ENTERED THRU BOSTON

New York, Dec. 26.-Spanish infu-
enza, which has claimed hundreds of
thousands of victims throughout the
country, invaded the United States
through the port of Boston, DR.. w. c..
Woodward, health commissioner of
that city, admitted in an address here
a few days ago, before the confer
ence board of physicians engaged IN
industrial practice.
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Masonic Lodge
Is Instituted

LOYALTLTY LODGE NO. 121 A. F.
& A. M. is CONSTITUTED AT
WOLF POINT.
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Poplar Standard.-What was prob
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
Rains Cause Drive Pause

LONDON, Sept 12-Eght weeks to the day and for the
first time gread allied offensive of Marshal Foch at
tual pause
True both British and French isolated the
extending from Flanders the of scissors again have
recorded advances yesterday witnessed such progress
strategic obecves past days had brought
them the turned the owlands into impossible
badly worsted rushed large reinforce
ments stop gaps through which the British French and
armies threatening to filter and reck his entire
military system.
During eight weeks that have passed the allied troops
almost it's entirety the territory from
Asne in the great triangle which had Chateau
Therry apex and scissors and Rheims respectively its
anchor points, from scissors Aras, the
Montdider and toward the doorstep of
Amens has all but been oberated Allies standing
of the old Hndenburg defence line and
vstuay remainder of it, while to the north in Elan
saents which threatened the English Channel
ports have the enemy is expelled from the
vantage points which he had expected ultimately to make
gain the seaboard and thus d
the transport service from England to southern
France.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
GERMANS OCCUPY.
THEIR new LINES
Now the Positions Held Before
Last March 81.
RETIREMENT IS AT AN END

Enemy Evidently Expects to Stop the
Allied Advance Along the Old Hin
denburg Front-SpeeuIaton Afoat
as to Plans of Supreme Commander
Foch-Days Immediately Ahead a
Crucial Period.
Washington, Sept. 1O.-Dispatches
received here from the battle fronts
state that the Germans are now
standing substantially in the positions
they occupied before last March 21,
when their greatest offensive was
launched.
The statement in the official Ger
man communique that "our new
lines" had everywhere been occupied
is given only one construction here.
Apparently it was intended to mean
that the. retirement had come to an
end and that the Germans expected
to stop the allied advance along the
old front. In that event, it was said,
the light forces of the French, British
and American armies will soon reach
this defensive position and subsequent
operations quickly show how Marshal
Foch proposes to assail the problem
that baf1ed the French and British
general staffs-the breaking Of this
advanced line of defense set up by
the enemy on Belgian and French
soil.
1t was evident from reports that
the allied forces were still feeling
their way forward carefully through
the rear guard screens of machine
gunners which still cover many por-
tions of the enemy's present fighting
front. Behind this screen the Germans
we're believed to have reoccupied the
old Hindenburg defenses, which prob
ably have been repaired and supple
mented SO that they are again for
midable barrier.
There is a feeling among some Of
fcials that the enemy is very likely
to signalize his intention to stand
fast by striking back hard at the ad-
vancing French and British forces, or
even by an attack at some other
point designed to relieve pressure
rather than to achieve any decisive
result in the way of capturing towns.
On the allied side, it remains to be
seen whether Marshal Foch plans a
flankingf operation on wide front to
turn the enemy out of his new lines
and keep him moving back or will
continue to hit at weak spots all
along the front Opinion here Is that
the larger enterprise is the most
probable, since virtually the entire
American army is available as fresh,
hard-hitting force with which to de-
liver a coup aimed at the breaking
of the German front.
There is no doubt that many Off
GERS here regard the days Immediately
ahead as probably the crucial period
Of the whole battle Of 1918.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
NEVER TARDY IN so YEARS
Connecticut Man Prided Himself That
He Had Never Been Late
at Work,

New Britain, Conn.-Henry Good
rich, aged ninety-four, who died re-
Gently at his home here and who re-
tired ten years. ago after being en-
ployed for so years by the P. & F. Cor.
bin Manufacturing company, prided
himself on the fact that during all the
years Of his employment he had nev.
er been late at his work. When the
recent daylight saving plan resulted
in the pushing of the clock one hour
ahead Mr.. Goodrich refused to COM
ply with the government ruling, saying
that he had lived 81 years with the
clock on the same schedule and saw no
need of changing it.
Decrease In Industrial Accidents.
Columbus, Sept. 9.-That Ohio is
leading all the states in Industrial
accident prevention is the statement
by Victor T. Noonan, safety director
for the state Industrial commission.
In the 12 months ending June 30, 1917,
1S5,223 accidents we're reported to
the commission. The annual report
of Emile Watson, the commissions s
actuary. for the year ending June &c.
1918, shows a total Of 1851 acci-
dents, reduction of 1882 under the
previous vaar.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
WEEKLY REVIEW OF WAR

week by both the French and the
British. The British moved forward
at an accelerated pace below the
Cambrai- Peronne front and on that
front itself they are close to the line.
South of the Somme the French
pressed on beyond Tergnier and
moved up speedily along all the line
opposite the front between La Fere
and st. Quentin.
On the Aisne there was little
change toward the western part of
the front, where the Americans and
French are on the river, facing the
Germans entrenched along the canal
which parallels the stream. Farther
east the Germans are giving up
grudgingly the angle formed by the
line trending off southeastward to-
ward Rheims, Offering particularly
stiff opposition to the Franco-Ameri-
can forces near Roman, between Re-
,villon and Montigny-sur-Vesle.
Since the beginning of the allied
offensive July 1S, more than 125,000
Germans have been made prisoner.
Thousands of guns and vast quanti-
ties of war supplies have been taken
by the allies, who in addition inflict-
ed heavy losses on the enemy in
killed and wounded.
Sept. 1O-The Germans are at last
making a serious stand just short Of
the series of positions commonly
called the Hindenburg line. They
have markedly stiffened their resist
ance against the allied armies from
the region of Arras to Rheims, but
their efforts to ward off further en-
croachments into the territory they
are holding have failed. The British
have dug more deeply into the sector
southwest of Cambrai, capturing i'm.
portant positions on the four mile
front between the Havrincourt wood
and Pieziere, while the French after
sharp fighting are only a short dis
tance west Of st. Quentin and are at
the gates Of La Fere,
Sept. 1.-THE British put down
strong counter attacks and pressed
on little farther toward Cambrai.
The French are now dangerously
near both st. Quentin and La Fere.
Capture by the British Of $4,000 pris.
oners and 750 guns in the last four
weeks was announced by Field Mar.
shall Haig In his order Of the day.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13

Adolph, yonr readers might better un-
derstand what you are driving at if you
were to print side by side the article you
complain of in The Democrat and the
one appearing in the Observer the week
before. TIE difference could then be
noted. Of course it might spoil the eff
feet of your fearful effusion above, but it
would be enlightening. 1t sometimes
happens, also, that evil is to whom evil
thinks.
We are glad to be reminded that no
political party has any monopoly at this
time Oil patriotism and loyalty" " but we
can't quite catch what your 'recolec-
tions may be of the days of the sixties. &"
About the only recollections we have of
the time was going to school from the
old Ellis House when it was across the
street from where The Democrat office is
now located; that there was a lot of fell
lows who thought they could run Old
Abe's war administration better than he
was doing, and that our old dad had oc-
casion a couple times t. come up here
from down in Dixie to look Tor deserters
from the army. Those were stirring
times, Adolph, we are told.
Again to the text. Adolph says, fur
ther and with confidence, President
Wilson is not an issue" AS he seems
to be running the war-the spokesman
and the leading actor-and lot of Re
publican politicians want to take the re-
sponsibility off his hands by giving him
a Congress and Senate less in sympathy
with his handling the war, it looks like
he was considerable of an issue. Why
is it the Republican Publicity Associa-
ton, which is collecting 81, 500, 900 from
th= manufacturers of the country to take
Congress away from the President, if he
not an issue2 The Republicans expect
to reap the vote of every pro-German,
every disgrunted socialist and all the
rest opposed to the President in his con-
duct of the war. And he is not an issue?
Ye gods and little fishes, what is it?
AS to the Democratic organization and
The war savings stamp campaign, it does
seem it was asleep and its partisanship
at low ebb. But we are not run.ing it.
The chances are, however, it will give
the President its support by backing men
for Congress this fall that are for his
policies and his han iling of the war.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
DR.. lance RETIRES
FROM N. E. PULPIT

The announcement of the assignment
OF pastors, as the result of the work of
the West Ohio conference, held at Gin
cinnati last week, was made public last
Monday
DR.. w. w. Lance, who has filed the
pulpit in St. Pauls church in this citv
the past half dozen years, is succeeded
by Kew. q. l.. Motter, who comes here
from Toledo. The people of Celina.
without regard to church afiliatiou. re-
gret to see DR.. Lance go from us. His
retirement from the pulpit does not
mean, we understand, that he expects to
quit the ministry, but desired no regu-
lar assignment. He is neither robust in
health or young in years, and less exact
ing service is necessary if he is to retain
bodily vigor, and a genuine rest is GER
tainly his due.
Rev. {. w. Baltzell will fill the Celina
Circuit duties, succeeding Rev. G. w
Eley, who will fill the pulpit at Mercer
The other appointments for this Himal
district are as follows:
Rev. D. F. Helms, Superintendent
Lima-Trinity, Rev. W.D. Cole: Grace
Rev. o. P. Hoffman; Epworth. Rev. T
w. Holland; Second Street, Rev. A
Thomas.
Allentown-Rev. E. B. Thomas
Cridersville-Rev. S. H. Flory.
Deiphos-Rev. A. S. Bussard.
Elida-Rev. o. E. Smith.
Jackson Center-Rev. W. Waterman
Harrod-Rev. w. E. Wintringham.
Specerville-Rev. J. Baumgardner.
Spencerville Circuit-Rev. G. A. Ed
monds.
West Cairo-Rev. {. E. Rickman.
Wapakoneta-Rev. w. NJ. Motter,
Anna-Rev. R. Pengiily.
Ansonia-Rev L. A. Washburu.
Bradford-Rev. B. S. Nichols.
Ft. Recovery-Rev. NJ. J. Plotts.
Hardin-Rev. A. J. Bryan.
Lockington-Rev. J. w. Richardson.
Mendon-Rev. F. G. Berhoff.
Ohio City-Rev. J. o. Mofit.
Port Jefferson B. L. Bussard.
Rockford-Rev. l.. D. Cooke.
Rossburg-Rev. H. L. Boyd.
St. Johns-Rev. c. B. Frisbie.
St. Marys-Rev. D. N. Kelly.
St. Marys Circuit-Rev. DE. Delaney.
Sidney-Rev. A. E. Monger.
Versailles-Rev. F. M Houser.
Wiltshire w. NJ. George.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
PRESIDENT SEEMS
TO Be AN ISSUE

If the President is not an issue with
the Republicans who are trying to gel
into office, we would like for our friend
| Gilberg of the Observer to'explain the
antics of his party at Columbus recently.
A Columbus CORRESPONDENT of the Gin
cinnatj under date OF Sept. 10, recites a
little incident that is entertaining. He
writes:
From a new source has come a new
light on the reason of the neglect of the
Republican state convention, held here
recently, to place the picture. OF Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson in a position of
honor or to mention his name in the re-
solut on adopted by the party. Both
these COMMISSIONS, which have aroused
unfavorable comment from the Repub-
lican as we'll as from the independent
newspapers, were at first set down as
mere indications of thoughtlessness, but
it now seems the contrary was the case.
Assertion has been made that the
picture was not places before the dele
gates because it was feared they would
become wildly hysterical in their anger
and might smash the picture. The au-
thority for this rather startling statement
on matter that has aroused great deal
of comment is c. c. Philbrick, editor of
a weekly publication here and former
member of ths state board of admin
stration, who is one of the very closest
to former Governor Frank B. Willis.
How close Philbrick is to Willis is
indicated by the fact that his organ con-
Quoted the canvass for Willis in Frank
liu county during the primary, and the
utterances in his journal are accepted
here as rejecting the thoughts of the
Willis organization. Later along when
it became necessary for Willis to send to
tie discard W. E. HALEY, his pre-pri-
mary manages, Philbrick was one of the
first lie consulted, and his word appar-
entity carried a great deal of weight.
This is Philbrick's comment on the
incident:
Pomerene complained that Presi.
dent Wilson'S portrnit was not hung
on the stage in Memorial Hall dur
ing the Republican covention.
Malicious destruction of property
constitutes a penetentiary offence,
and such a crime would have been
provoked by hanging Wilson's pic
ture before the crowd. Wilson'S
effort to control congressional cleo
tions mas engendered bitterness.
How could people of Columbu know
that the President would hot under
take to influence the campaign here
between General Speaks and Gle
ment Brumbaugh, as he already has
in a dozen other sections, trying in
this district to defeat for congress
in wartime brilliant veterans SOL
dier and elect galvanized ham"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13

The succession OF hammer blows
delivered by the allied forces under
Field Marshal Foch along the Ger,
man lines from Rheims to Arras since
July 18 have now well nigh complete
ly fattened out the great bulges Gre
ated by the German ~offensives Of the
spring and early summer. Further
still, the well co-ordinated progress
of the allies attack has brought the
allies to a point where they may well
be able to strike a still more disas-
trous blow to the German defensive
system in the west.
From Laon to Cambrai the linden
burg line stood all last year in the
way Of allied armies seeking to drive
back the enemy from northern France
and Flanders. Little impression was
made in that line except temporarily
in General Byng's drive below Cam
brai last fall Already in this sum-
mers campaign, however, the line
has been pierced on a wide front
along its northerly stretches by the
British and within the past week it
has been penetrated in Its southerly
reaches by the French.
1t appears that Marshal Foch's plan
may prove to involve the turning Of
the line on both its flanks at Cambria
and Laon. In the north the British
have been for several days in posi-
tion to deliver what might easily
prove a vital stroke to the west of
Cambria, where they have halted at
the Canal du Nord and made no move
toward driving home the blow which
the logic of the situation points TO
the inevitable.
On the western outskirts Of the
bastion of st. Gobain, defending
Laon, the French already at Barisis
are in advance of the line they occu-
pied in 1917, and farther south, below
the main bastion, are standing on
ground which had not been in allied
hands since 1914. Farther north they
are before La Fere, whence an east
ward drive would carry them north of
the st. Gobain massif.
The process of closing in toward
the Hindenburg line at the points
where 1t had not yet been reached
was continued rapidly during the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
POOR ADOLPH
STEPS ON HIS
OWN SORE TOE

Listen to this wall from Adolph's Mer
Ger County Observer of last week. Some
thing must be hurting the little man
and his readers are perhaps at sea an,
would like to know what is disturbing
his patriotic soul. He takes himself S,
seriously we almost feel like laughing
out loud. Whether he is coming or go
ing we don't know, but he seems to hav,
goose-stepped on his own bruised toe.
Here is his latest eruption:
THE Celina Democrat in a recent
issue, under the head "Adjourning
Politics, " gave the County Repub-
lican organization. The Democrat
undoubtedly attempted to convey
the impression that an Republican
organization bordered on disloyalty.
I'VE desire to remind the Celina
Democrat that no political party has
any monopoly at this time on patriot
ism and loyalty, no matter what his
recollections may be of the days of
the sixties
There is great work ahead tor
the American people, Republicans
as well as Democrats, and for the
Republican party as an organiza-
tion.
President Wilson is not an issue
this year. The issue is the winning
of the war at any cost, and that cost
at minimum both as to life and
wealth. Only last spring the call
came for party organizations to get
into tie work of selling war savings
stamps. The Republicans of Mercer
county completed their organization
for that purpose, and it was put at
the disposal of Chairman Weis. Can
the Celina Democrat say as much of
the Democratic organization
This is no time for Republicans
to lag; it is the time to be busy as
never before"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-09-13
FOR The
FATHERS TO DO

Council at its meeting last Tuesday
evening accepted in due form the bid OF
Seasongood & Mayer, of Cincinnati, for
the $4,000 refundiDg and park bonds
sold last week.
The report of the Mayor, Board of
Public Affairs and the monthly appro-
priating ordinance we're read and favor
ably considered.
Complaint was made by Gerhart Wen
ming that there was no outlet for the
ditch on the east side of the Ringing
railroad. The matter was passed up to
the street committee.
Interest on village money held by the
First National and Commercial banks
was presented in a report which was read
and accepted. The amount earned at
the former was Sl8737 the latter con-
tributed S221.02.