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Volume 21, Number 46
Carlin & Carlin, Publishers
Celina, Ohio, February 23, 1917
THE CELI
LONGEST
Forward Step Taken for Prohi
bition in Country's History
When National Bonio, by a Vctt
of More Than 4 to 1, Made
Vat Area "Bone Dry."
MASS MFWINU OF TF.MPF.IUNCK
foim i:h, MARCH 2
There will be a mass meeting of
Ik? temperance forces of the country
at the City Hall, In this city, at 1:30
o'clock, Friday, March 2. At that
time tho nominating committee will
make its report. A large attendance
Ib much desired.
ML
Might As Well Pull Up Stakes
and Move Out
Washington, Feb. 21. Absolute
prohibition legislation took its long
est forwaid stop in the nation's his
tory today when the House, after two
hours of uproarious debate, approved
bv a four to one majority a Senate
measure which would raise an iron
clad barrier against the importation
ol liquor Into prohibition States. It
is expected to receive the approval of
President Wilson within a week, add
ing immediately to the "bone dry"
territory about one-third of contlnen
tal United States.
The vole, as officially announced
was 321 to 72, but a recheck of the
roll changed it to 319 to 72. Party
lines were completely broken down,
and numerous lepresentatives from
prohibition States were recored In the
negative.
FIVE AND COSTS
For Scotching- IjmI Who Would Rath
er Take Him Medicine Than
Return to Home
HI M), Till; WOULD IK) MOVE
Albany, N. V., Feb. 20 The As
sembly voted today, 124 to 14, to
pass the proposed amendment to the
constitution granting equal franchise
to the women.
Divorcing of Old Pond from St.
Marys and Restoration to
Maiden Name Awful.
a first-class Wihskf.y pof.m
Taylor Jeffries, of Franklin town
ship, was fined $5 and Costs by May
or Scranton. acting us Justice of the
Peace, last Saturday morning, for se
vere tn-atnient of his adopted son,
Fmmet Gratton. a twelve year old
lad, taken by Jefferles from a Cin
ciunatl orphans' home several years
a m." The an est was made by Hu
mane Oilicer Ellis.
Jefieii.is ch.liiied he only gave th
bov a severe whipping for continual
lv telling falsehoods, which seems to
h the case. When it was suggested
that hs be fwmt back to the Home, he
begged to be permitted to stay with
Mr. Jeffries; An oilicer irom in
Home anived here tht, first of the
v.vek. howevtr. and took the boy
brick to Cincinnati, asserting, they
iiwavs found it the best policy where
there was trouble of any kind to.take
tho child back to ths Home.
C. E. NOTES
The Presbyterian Endeavorers
held another splendid meeting Sun
diiv evenintr. Irene Wngner was
lailpr for. the meeting. The attend
ance and participation was good
Mvrtle Crockett chairman of the in
formation committee gave some items
oi interest. A number or new mem
hers were voted into the society
which will taken in the first Sun
day in March. The members are
still working for more to be added
to this list.
PERSONAL
Mrs. M. K. Hemphill was the guest
of friends at Findlay the first of the
week.
Rev. and Mrs. Alonzo Shafer are
home from a visit at Buffalo and New
York City.
Mrs. Henry Lennartz is home from
a two weeks' visit with relatives at
Dayton and Piqua.
Miss Florence Hughes, of Lima, Is
the guest this week of Miss Blanche
Meyer, East Market street.
Mrs. William Daugherty, of New'
ark, came Tuesday to visit her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Casteel, S
Mill street.
Misses Emma Ott and Mary Wesk
er are home from Dayton and Cleve
land, where they attended the spring
millinery openings.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baucher, of
Detroit, Mich., are guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Dysert, In Center town
hsip.
Miss Mary Meier, of Dayton, has
accepted a position as head trimmer
at the Ott & Wesker Millinery store
the coining season.
Ralph Heffner and his bride of a
couple of weeks, are home from a
honeymoon trip to Palm Beach, Fla.,
and other Southern points.
Ben Nickel and J. Z. Riley, of the
Riley & Nickel Hardware company,
and Jim McGee and 'Wife are at Day
ton this week attending the Ohio
Hardwaie convention.
Miss Minnie Jannlngs, of Dayton,
was the guest last Friday of Joseph
Gross vnd family. North Walnut str.,
while enroute to St. Anthony for a
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Fred Janning.
Mrs. James Byer is home from a
visit with her sister, Mrs. B. L. Slos
eer at Fostorta. Her daughter, Miss
Bernette Byer,-who has been a guest
at the iSlosser home for several weeks
returned with her mother.
Mrs. Emma Cordier and daughter,
Wilma, who for several years past
lias conducted a boarding house on
South Walnut street, has moved to
Lima, where she will join her daugh
ter, Mrs. Anna Beutels,pacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leiser left on
yesterday afternoon for Lake City,
Florida, where they will make an ex
tended visit with their daughter, Mrs.
O. Fisher and family. They will also
visit other Southern points of Inter
est betore returning home.
Mrs. Henry Goslee, of Wapakone
ta, is the guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. W. Deltsch, East Living
ston street. While here she is acting
as book-keeper at the Celina Furni
ture company's store, during the ill
ness of MIbs Lucille Belersdorfer,
who took the place upon, Mrs. Goa
lee's niarrlge.
IN THE NAME
OF PATRIOTISM
The Jingo newspapers are constant
ly giving reasons why we should go
to war, but they denounce as unpa
triotic anyone who dares to present
reasons for not going to war. And,
whye advocating war, they pretend
to be supporting tno President, who
is hoping t rvold war. They wis-
represent tin President's position and
try to put h'lii In the attitude deslr
lug to entei this war. They libel
the President, too, vhen t,hey ivssuiie
that he wants to take from congress
the constitutl mal right to cleclar
w&r a right wri'e', belongs exclusive
ly to congress: and they ibel con
crcpp also v ti" i they assur e thai
congress objects to anti-war pet!
tlons from the people or evi to I
"inendum vofe by the peo 1.0 on
audi an Important question. An.1
the jingo papers do all this in the
name of patriotism. W. J. BRYAN.
A Columbus special to the Cincln-
natl EiHjdJrer. under date of Febr
uary 21, says:
Senator George Holl, of Auglaize
cou'ay, caused the undoing of one of
the works that was the pride of for
mer Senator Daniel F. Mooney, now
America;: minister to Paraguay.
"The senate. In .passing the Wdlder-
Miuth house b'll, making Lake Lora-
mie a public park, like Buckeye lake,
and others, revived an old quarrel be
tween St. Ma; j s and Celina. They
have been at odds lot years over the
proper name :'or tho lake which first
was called Mccer lake and then Ce-
to Grand Reservoir, booting both St.
changed by Moony to Lake St.
Marys.
'Today Hoh had the name changed
to Grand eRsi rvoir, booting both St.
Marys, which is only two miles from
the lake, and Celina, which Is on the
lake front. Holl believes he will win
the gratitude nf the antl-milkarist el
ement in both towns."
The suloon is sometimes called
Bar that Is true
A BAR to Heaven, a door to hell;
Whoever named It named It well.
A HA It to Manliness and wealth ;i
A door to want and broken heallh.
A HAH to honor, pride and fame;
A door to grief and sin and shame.
A BAR to home, a BAR to prayer;
A door to darkness and despair.
A BAR to honored, useful life;
A door to brawling, senseless strife.
A BAR to all that's true and brave
A door to every patron's grave.
A BAR to joys that home Imparts;
A door to tears and aching hearts.
A BAR to Heaven, a door to hell,
Whoever named It named It well.
The author of the above lines
only one of the many thousands in
the great penitentiaries of our coun
try serving long sentences for of
fenses committed In the great major
Ity of cases when under the influence
of liquor. Guardian of Liberty.
AVIATOR BROCK
And His Pupils Source of Interest
Home Folk and Strangers, "Who
Flock Grand' Lake Field
GRAJDLAKE
So Mote It Be, and Right at
Our Front Door
And Poor Old St. Marys Mourns
for Child She Never Had Dry
Yer Tears and Come Over
St. Marys Argus.
Senator George W. Holl, of this
county and district, has yielded to the
clamor of Celina citizens and con
sented to change the name of "Lake
St. Marys" back to that of "Grand
Reservoir, as St was formerly known
Ever since Senator Dan Mooney had
our big pond christened "Lake St.
Marys" the p'.ople .and newspapers
over at Celina have been beside them
selves wifh astonishment and wr.v.h.
The fact that Senator Holl has yield
ed deference to their wishes will, no
doubt, be hailed with exultant de
light over on the western shore of
the "unsalted sea."
It's Grand Luke Now
Later A telephone message to the
Evening Leader from Senator Holl, at
Columbus, this afternoon, announces
that he has secured an amendment to
the reservoir hill, and it will now be
called "Grand Lake," instead of
"Grand Reservoir". A. B. Kohler, of
the Western Fish and Game Commis
sion,, assured Senator Holl that
"Grand Lake" would be satisfactory.
Aviator Billy Brock has his hands
full now. Fiom morning 'till night
he has had the big aeroplane sailing
and circleing above the city and out
over the big pond.
The pounding, singing, hum-drum
of the big mr-tor, consistently draws
big crowds of home-folks and strang
ers to the west bank of the ice cov
ered lake, which, during the colder
days has been used as the aviation
field.
Many heads are turned skyward
during the day, when the big bird's
defiant spurts announces its presence
over-head. And with every dip and
turn, with every swerving and up
ward climbing of the air-boat the
many spectators know that Billy
Brock, the skillful aviator at the
helm is teaching some new feat to
the student at his side, how to handle
the big craft and meet with any un
rdinary currents that may be in the
path.
Eugeno Purcel, one among the first
of the pupils under the instruction of
Billy Brock has completed his
course, but will remain here until the
THE GRIM REAPER
James Dague
James Dague, aged 78 years, died
Jitft before twelve o'clock last Sun
day night at the county Infirmary as
the result of a stroke of paralysis
sustained Sunday morning.
He is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Andy' Bishop of Dayton, who
v.as here to attend the funeral ser
vices held Tuesday afternoon.
Dague was admitted to the institu
tion in September 1915. .Last sum
mer his daughter took him to Day
ton, but after a short visit he asked
to be taken back to the Infirmary,
where ho preferred to stay:
Wm. Ellsworth Wolfe
Sick two days, William Elsworth
Wolfe, aged 19 years, four monthB
and eighteen Cays, died at 4:15 a. m.
Friday, February 16th, 1917, at the
residence of his parents, North
Wayne street, St. Marys, Ohio. - Wil
liam Elsworth Wplfe is survived by
his parents and by the following
named brothers and sisters: Freder
ick Wolfe, Isaac Wolfe, David Wolfe,
Mrs. Joseph Hammond, Mercer coun
ty; Joseph Wolfe, Huron county, O.;
Mrs. L. A. Flisher, Auglaize county.
The' subject of these lines was a
native of Mercer county. He there
spent his early childhood and attend
ed school. During the month of Oct
ober, 1916, he removed with his par
ents to St. Marys, residing here the
few remaining months of his life.
Employed at ttbe St. Marys Wheel
and Spoke Works, he was at work
when stricken with the sudden, fatal
visitation. St. Marys Leader.
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SCHOOLS
Of Montezuma and Franklin Town
ship to Have Community Fair
March 3 at Montezuma
I Ed win G. Knepper, Dist. Supt.
The schools of Montezuma and
Franklin township will hold their
Community Fair and display of school
work at Montezuma on Saturday,
March 3. This is to be an event of
interest to every person in the com
munity. ,The entire day will be de
voted to tne work of the schools.
The forenoon will be used for arrang
ing and Judging the display. At noon
the display will be open to visitors
and may be examined any time dur
ing the afternoon.
At two p. m. the school children
will give a program. In the evening
at 7:30 there will be an address by
Mr. J. R. Clarke, Director of the
Junior Corn Growing Contests. The
Montezuma urcnestra will rurnisn
music at this session.
This is to be a gala day in the
schools and it is to be hoped that
all patrons of the schools will avail
themselves of this opportunity to see
the work of the schools.
The articles to be displayed are
made entirely by pupils under direc
tion of the teachers. They consist of
sewing of various kinds, manual
work, compositions, writing, map
rawing, art, etc. Competent Judges
will rate each piece of work and the
prizes will be awarded for the best.
cnool prizes in each grade for the
best display by grades. Teachers
and pupils alike have worked hard
nd a splendid list of entries is cer
tain. ThoBe who miss this event will
havo cause to regret. The afternoon
program also has been carefully pre
pared. Mr. Clarke, won addresses
the evening meeting is a speaker with
message for the community. He is
school man with a wide experience
and a keen sense of humor. There
ill not be a dull moment in his ad
dress. This Is a real opportunity to
take pa t In a forward-looking move
ment. The public is Invited to at
tend all sessions. No charges for ad
mission made.
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George Hooper
George Hooper, aged 84 years, died
last Friday afternoon at his home on
TouVelle street, following a lingering
illness of a complication of troubles
Deceased was born in Clermont
county) this utate. He came to Mer
cer county abour35 years ago. His
third wife, 3 children and two step
children survive. The children are
Hiram and Ed Hooper, of Aurora,
Ind., and Wiiibur Hooper, of Lima
The step children arc Mrs. Frank
Betz and Wiiliam Mcllroy of this ci
ty. Funeral services were held from
the Hooper home last Sunday afler
nccn, with Lev. Waller Martin, of
ihe Free Methodist church in charge.
IVITHOUT
Ceremony Governor Cox Sips
Presidential Suffrage Bill
Giving Ohio Women Right to Vote
-And Yet the Old World Still
Continues to Revolve.
Columbus, O., Feb. 21. Without
ceremony and without a nroment s
resltation Governor Cox signed the
Reynolds bill .passed by both
ancnes of tno General Assembly,
I ranting Presidential suffrage to wq-
n en, late today, when It was present
ed to him hy Representative James
Reynolds of Cleveland, author of the
bill.
The Ohio Association of Wpmen
Opposed to Suffrage have announced
it will start a referendum to repeal
the measure. The members have
ninety days in which to petition for
referendum on the bill. Governor
Cox gave Reynolds the pen with
which he signed the bill. Reynolds
announced he would present It to his
fourteen-yeur-old daughter, Nina
Reynolds.
1 1 i iii.i: miii i ( ini.i)iti:
In a recent speech Judge Scully of
Chicago said there ure 2800 feeble
minded children in the Imbecile home
it Lincoln, III., who are paying for
the sins of their fathers. The Judge
says there are two sources for all
this misery alcohol and social dis
ease, conditions for which t he fath
ers are responsible. But the bur
dens of all this woe are distributed
throughout the community. Vice
and drunkenness put a burden on ev
ery shoulder. Every week a hundred
of these melancholy patients, the vic
tims of a low morality, come to that
institution. They come from the re
gion of bad habits, wnere education
Is a method and religion Is a joke.
and yet the men who are devoting
their lives to making that region saf
er and truer are set down as cranks.
Hut that will pass by, and the duty
of men to make their fellows hap
pier and truer will be recognized as
the greatest of all duties. Ohio
State Journal.
BUDGET
Presented by Governor Cox
Establishes Precedent
No Longer Will State's Fiscal Af
fairs Be Done by Cuoas Fav
orable Balance Expected.
BAD WRECK AVERTED
BY AN OHIO CITY BOY
FATHER
Victim of Young Son's Viiulictiveness
Is Claim Made by Albert
Shelter's Friends
BILLY BROCK
(Ace of the Air)
Above is a good likeness of Avlutor Billy
Brock, Head Instructor of B. Ward
Beam's Aviation School, located in
this city.
summer season, when a machine of
his own, now nder construction, will
be completed.
W. It. Wilkins, another student,
who a short time ago arrived here
from the South, is progressing very
fast and has done credit to both him
self and Mr. Brock. Mr. Wilkins has
accompanied Aviator Brock, so far,
on only sixteen flights, and has pro
gressed so rapidly that outside of the
starting and landing has, with the
instructor by bis side driven the big
plane himself, and on next Monday
will make his trial flight alone.
Miss Miriam Kremer, the young
lady, who gave up a musical career
and left the conservatory of music at
Cincinnati to enroll as a student in
the school here, arrived the first of
the wek, and has made numerous
trips to the lieavens with Aviator
Brock, and is progressing, nicely.
An aviation field has been secured
about a mile and a half north of the
city and with the beginning of the
warm days the field will be pressed
into B'Tvice.
At present thee new machines are
under way ol construction in the
school's factory here and, B. Ward
Beam promoter of the school, is at
present in Chicago, where he will en
roll a number of new students and
probably confer with a number of ar
my ofiicors, preparatory to their en
rollment as students.
Clements Barenbrngge
Clements Barenbrngge, aged 71
years, died last Sunday morning at
his home on North Mill street. He
hid been in failing health for more
than a year past and had been con
lined to the house'siace last Septem
ber. Deceased was a native of Germany
mid a atone n ason by trade. He has
been a resident of this city for about
85 years. lie is survived by his
-ife and four children Henry, of
Siindusky; Frank, of Ft. Recovery;
Mrs. Glen Keudig, of Detroit, Mich.
and Mrs. Josephine Donoho, of Hay
ton.
Funeral strvices were held at the
Catholic church in this city Wednes
day morning.
Jennie Monroe
Miss Jennie Monroe, the fifteen
year old daughter of Mr. ana airs, j
F. Monroe, of Montezuma, died last
Tuesday evening, following a linger
ing illneiio.
Beside.! her narents she is surviv
ed by two brothers Otis and Dallas,
both of Montezuma i nd three sisters
Mrs. Ida Bennett, of Oakwood,
end Mrs. Ethel Harrison and Miss
Stella Mor roe ,of Montezuma.
Funeral servces will be held at the
Montezuma M. E. church this morn
i'ic, with Rev. Richardson In charge.
Prominent Ft. Itecovery friends of
Albert Sheffer, of Gibson township,
were in town the first of the week
to deny the published reports that he
was drunk and had abused his wife,
as appeared in The Democrat and
other public prints last week. They
alleged that all of Mr. Shelter's troub-
ler were cauued by his son, a boy
bout 14 years of age, who sought to
even up matters with his father for
hreatenlng to chastise him for a very
serious offense and one that suggest
ed that he needed it and needed it
badly. The mother however object
ed and the lad went unpunished. It
seems the lad had circulated the
story printed, knowing the conditions
nder which his father was paroled
om thu penitentiary, and it soon
fained credcace.
The friends of Mr. Sheffer, who
say he is trying to make good, ask
that simple justice be done him. This
all should accord him, and a boost
instead of a knock be his portion.
COURT MATTERS
Common Pleas Judge Miller last
week designated Probate Judge
Younger as Judge of the Juvenile
court.
Tim Putman, son of Alick Putman,
of near Ohio City, deserves a Car-
nagie medal and then some. Early
Monday morning as Mr. Putmpn was
going to his work on the Almanding-
er Oil lease, he discovered a broken
rail on the Clover Iveaf railroad. The
rail wa broken completely off at the
end 20 Inches or more In length.
After waiting almost two hours in
the bitter cold, the thermometer that
morning ranging about 15 degrees
below zero, he was able to flag an east
hound passenger train. The train
was late and was running about 60
miles an hour. Had it hit the brok
en rail the train would have been
wrecked and probably many lives
lost.
REASON
Of Young Washington Township Man
Detnroned While Pondering
Over Gate Patent
Bert Brigner, aged 38 years, of
Washington township, was adjudged
Insane by Drs. Hattery and Ayers at
a hearing before Probate Judge
lounger last J.onday morning.
Mr. .urigner s loss or mina came
very suddenly, and is supposed to
have come from over study to unrav
el a small defect in a patent farm
gate he was expecting to place upon
the market, coupled with a religious
craze.
tie Decame very violent ana was
brought to town about one o'clock
last Sunday morning by Sheriff Pum
phrey and lodged in a cell. He be
came so violent that Sheriff Pumph'
rey found it necessary to strap his
hands and feet to prevent him doing
injury to himself. He is the father
of five childien ,the oldest but nine
years of age.
W. T
rey, O.
f'led an
Barney Otting, aged 60 years, died
at his home at Dayton Wednesday.
He had been ill for several months
with a complication of troubles.
Deceased was a former resident of
this county and well known here. He
is survived by his wife and several
children. Funeral services will be
held at Dayton to-morrow.
TEACUP
And Xortli Star, Original Route for
Highway, Will Be Followed in
Spite of Petition
Greenville Advocate
The intercounty highway between
Greenville and Celina will not be
changed as was asked for by several
farmers living in the vicinity of this
road.
The opinion was received at Coun
ty Auditor Garrison's office, Friday
morning. The petition as presented
to State Highway Commissioner Cow
en asked that the route of the road
be changed so that instead of going
half a mile west of Brock and then
into North Star, it would be located
so that it would follow the route of
the St. Marys pike into Teacup and
then west into North Star.
In ruling on this matter. Commis
sioner Cowen stated That after a due
consideration of the matter before
him he thought that for the best in
terests of the State and Darke coun
ty the route of the road be left as it
ia at present.
Andrews, through his attor
Raudabaugh, last Saturday,
action against Alcy Cannon
et al praying for Judgment in the
sui t of $19&0, with interest on a
promissory note, and for foreclosure
of mortgage on the following proper
ty, given to secure the note:
The northeast quarter of the north
east (inciter of Section 36, Butler
township; alsr 10 2-3 acres, undivid
ed interest of said defendant Alcy
Cannon, in tht northwest quarter of
the, southeast quarter of Section 10,
Granville township.
Going suddenly insane, the result
brooding over an invention by
which he proposed to open and close
a gate without getting out of his rig,
Pert BrigJer, a farmer residing west
r f Celina, near a little village known
as Wabash, was taken from Celina to
the Toledo hu:i;ital for the insane on
Monday morning. He was taken
through Lima securely bound to a
steel cot, sleeping under the Influence
ot an opiate. Sheriff William Pum-
phiey of Mercer county and his dep
uty, Clyde Miyer, were in charge of
the sleeping man, and they stated
that he was the most violent insane
person tney have ever had in their
leepini;. Lima Times-Democrat.
Columbus, Feb. 22 Wholesome
precedent was set when Gov. Jamei
M. Cox presented the budget for the
next two years to the Ohio General
Assembly. The business of Ohio is
now approaehtu In business like man
ner. Not as a dictator but as the
business manager of the biggest bus
iness In the state the governor went
before the members of the House of
Representatives and the Senate to
consult them as sharers in responsi
bility. The Kpirit of helpfulness and
co-operation prevailed and partisan
chip vanished. This augurs well for
the state and its people.
In the first executive budget ever
presented in the United States it was
fcliown Just what a budget means.
The budget is in reality the states
purse. Governor Cox had gone into
every r.eed personally and made rec
ommendations with full explanation,
showing reductions here by force of
necessity, and increases elsewhere
where pressing requirements had to
be met.
If the executive budget is followed
the appropriations for the next two
years will be $42,660,841. which is
three millions less than the state in
come as estimated bv State Auditor
Donahoy, who places the receipts for
the period at $45,179,321.21. This
is astonintiinc in view of the fact
that the preceding administration for
the first time in history made no ap
propriation for the general assembly
which began work at the adminis
tration close, and in view of the fur
ther fact that the population of the
state nas greatly increased, and costs
cf operation have more than propor
tionately increased by reason of con
ditions over w hich the state has no
ocntrol. It is estimated that lapses
from appropriations will be more
than one million dollars so that the
f.tate will be more than safely with
it its income. In the last two year
period, for the first time since the
Civil War, the state expenses exceed
ed the state income.
In the budget presented by Gover
nor Cox every need is anticipated.
Emergency appropriations are recom
mended of $250,000 for state Insti
tutions because of rising costs of
food, $250,000 for the national guard
in case of need. These will lapse it
unused, and the Governor recom
mended that it require a four-fifth
vote of the Board of Control to re
lease them. Other extraordinary ex-
(Contlnued on Eighth Pag)
BIG LOSS
Sustained by Cincinnati Northern In
Wreck Xear Ansonia, When Six
teen Ca' s AVero Derailed
DIDN'T
D. H. Miller, throguh his attorney,
John Kramer, Wednesday filed suit
against W. M. Nolan, Ira E. Wagner
et al., prayint for judgment on a
promissory note of $365, with inter-
e:-t, and sale of chattel property mort
gaged to secure said note. '
Frank H. Warrick through his at
torney E. L. Bryson, Wednesday filed
suit against Abraham Lingfelter et
8i., praying for quieting o ftitle to the
following property: Being the south
east quarter of the northeast quarter
of Section 4, Hopewell township, con
taining 40 acres of land ;also the
west half of the northeast quarter of
Section 4. Hopewell township, less
ten acres off 'he entire west side of
the south west quarter of the north
east quarter of Bald section, leaving
0 acres, remaning Kfter said excep
tion.
Frank Boinholt, through his attor
ney, J. M. Sctilosser, last saturaay,
filed suit, against Barney and Frank
Dabbelt praying for judgment in the
sim of $ii?3, with Interest on a cog
novit onte. Judge Miller ordered
judgment.
Williii'n C. Marker, through his at
torney. J. D. Johnson, last Monday
filed suit against Hiram Green, of Ft.
Recovery, praying for judgment
against defendant for $200, with interest.
Plaintiff claims he procured a pur
chaser for the St. Clair Hotel at Ft.
Recovery, then owned by Green, and
was to receive 2u0 if tne sale was
:iade. The sale was made, so he al
leges, to his prospect, L. C. Blnkley,
but Gr?cn has so far failed to come
across.
OFF FOIt PACIFIC COAST
Our old friend, John Stillbarger,
the well known horseman, living
west of town left Tuesday morning
for San Francisco, Calif., to visit a
sister he has not seen for over fifty
years. He has heard little of her in
that time, and then only through an
other sister in Boston. Last week
he was able to locate her in a tele
gram to the oast. He left In fine
spirits and beaming eyes and expects
to remain until the last of March.
The Democrat will keep him posted
on homo doings while in the west.
Know It's Crjuuisli Ways, and Mech
anic I'.roun Was Surprised
At Actum of Old Auto
Wm. Brown, head mechanic at the
Celina Auto Co., was painfully injur
ed this morning in a peculiar manner.
Precious to overhauling an old car
that belonged to the company, Bill
cranked the r-.achine, and it being in
reverse gear started at a goodly
speed bacitwarcl toward the big doors
the rear. In order to save tearing
the doors down Mr. Brown leaped in
the machine to turn off the power,
hut was too late. The machine
crashed into the big doors tearing
them to pieces. One of the doors
fell on top of Bill and his arm was
badly cut by glass which formed the
upper portion of the door.
He hurried to the office of Dr. Mil
ler where it was found necessary to
take sevoral Witches to close a three
inch gash in his left arm. Mr. Brown
considers himself lucky in escaping
with the few cuts on his arm.
It is estimated that a freight wreck
which occurred on the Cincinnati
Northern railroad, two miles north of
Ansonia, will cost that road In the
l oighborhoou of fifty thousand dol-'
lars. Sixteen cars, mostly empties.
v ere derailed by a broken axle of one
of the coal goadolas. Fortunately no
one was Injured. The wreck was at
the second bridge north of Ansonia
and one of the other two cars of the
sixteen toppled over the bridge into
the water below. Hay, which was in
the car, filled the river bed. The
other filk-d with soda ash fell to the
same side smashing the car and scat
tering the ash over the embankment.
uailway officials say that possibly six
of the sixteen cars will be worth re
pairing, leaving them a total loss.
The company sent its trains from Ce
lina to Versailles, thence via Big
Four to Ansonia and from there
south on their own lines while a
wreck crew was busy clearing the
track.
A number of horses and cattle in
transit from Coldwater to Columbia
City, Indiana, were held here last
mght cn account of having been in
jured by the kicking of a sick ani
mal. The injured stock was placed
in the hands of Dr. F. F. Sheets for
surgical attention and treatment.
Van Wert Bulletin.
GET-TOGETHER
Meeting at Maple Center Wednesday
Night Will Have lie Along
With Entertainment
A get-to-gother meeting will be
held at Maple Center school house
on Wednesday evening, February 28.
An entertaining February program
will be rendered and a pie social en
joyed. A' most cordial invitation is
extended to all. Ladies bring pies.
Gentlemen bring cash. We wish to
emphasize this invitation to patrons
of the entire school district. Re
served seats for members of school
board and their families, county and
district superintendents. Come and
bring a good time with you. Yours
most cordially,
ALICE NEWCOMB
F. M. Lee, of Geneva, who was a
guest i. this city with his father-in-law,
J. i. Lor., at thn home of Thos.
Hutson and family. West Water St.,
went to Celina, Ohio, Tuesday for a
visit witli his mother. Mr. Lee ex
pects to leave Geneva in March, re
turning to Montana, where he will
continue as an oil driller for a yea;
oi so. Portland. Ind. Sun.
CELINA BOY
Tenders Resignation When His Chief
Quits Service in Bureau of
Vital Statistics
Mercer County Observer
B. H. Gilberg of Celina, Assistant
Statistician in the Bureau of Vital
Statistics, tendered his resignation to
Secretary of State W. D. Fulton, on
Wednesday, to take effect March 8,
1917.
The Celina boy called upon the Se
cretary of Stare Feb. 3 aitd expressed
his desire to step down and out at
the same time his chief. State Regis
trar, Dr. M. W. Bland retires, which
is March 8.
Dr. Bland was re-appointed for 4
years last fall and because of his fed
eral connections could have served
his term, unmolested but he chose to
retire in favor of Dr. Monger of
Greenville, and to resume the prac-.
tice of his profession. Gilberg ac
cordingly, would be the only Repub
lican in the Bureau and to prevent
unpleasantness chose to retire.
The December birth certificates re
ceived during January were 1000
more than were received in any one
month and the head of the bureau
attributed this record almost wholly
to the work of Mr. Gilberg.