The Tribune from Hicksville, Ohio • Page 3

THE LIEUT IN THE CHARING- A TALE OF THE NORTH COUNTRY IN THE TIME OF SILAS WIGHT IRVING BACHELLERw Aimtot of UEN HOLDfN. I II AND BAKtEL Of THE tSLEV. REEPINO Ur YITH IttllE, ETC, ETC BARTON RUNS AWAY, AND MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF SILAS WRIGHT, JR. Synopsis. Ihirton Itnynrs, an ori1uni.

goes lo live with uncle, Peahody llaynes. nm) his Aunt IVel im a farm on Kattlcroad. In a neighborhood called l.lckltysplit, tiboitt the year 1S.1I. He meets Sally Dtiukclhorg, nliout lils own age. Iiut socially of a class above the Ituynesvs, nml Is fascinated by her pretty face and fine clothes.

Pnrtn also meet liming Kate, known in the neighborhood as the "Silent Woman." Amos Grimshnw, ynnnie son of (he richest nmn In the township. Is a visitor at the llaynes home and lioving Kate tells the boys' for'unes, predicting a bright future for 1 tart on niul ileath on the pillows for Amos. CHAPTER II Continued. "We'll draw Mm tip on It It won't hurt hi 1 any," lie protool. I hskeil nt Min In silence.

My heart smote me, but 1 hadn't t-otirtigc ti lake Issue Willi the owner of a MUi-r vnteh. When the dug began to "'iifile I threw my ami nliout him I. Aunt IVel happened to Mir eaiiie nnil saw Amos nt the rope nml me Irvine to right down ofl'n that mow luiV iniiiilie." so id she. Winn we nml come down and Ihe lb? fli'd followed, pulling the rope after Min. Aunt Deel was pale with anger.

"(mi ught mme right home," said slip to Amos. "Mr. llaynes said that he would take me up with the horses," said Amos. "Ye can use shanks' horses ayes! they're good enough for ynj," Aunt IVel Insisted, rnd fit the boy went away in disgrace. "Where are jour pennies?" Aunt Ieel said to me.

I f'-lt In my pockets but couldn't flml them. "Where did ye have 'em lust?" my aunt ili-manileil. "(in the haymow." "Come an' show me." We went to the mow and searched for the pennies, but not one of thm cotilil we And. 1 remembered that when I saw them last A in. is had them ill bis hand.

bel" said Aunt Deel. "I'm 'fruffl Uoviu' Kate was right nboiH h.ua 11 yes "What did she say?" I ftnkcd. "Tlrnt be was jmn' lo lie U.r.g nyes: Yon ciiii'l piny with linn no 1 1 I ran Iuln the des. rted ntiil Willi He- aid of a chair climbed 10 the til-l slielf nnd then tn the iiet nnd iuln the pun and drew nut a niMili of honey, inn) with no il. iav what' ver it Weill to my moiilh.

Suddenly 'I sis'ined to me that I had been (til by lightning. It was the Ming of a Iwe. I felt myself going and made a ild grai. and caught the edge of the pan ami down wo ciiine to the HiMir the pan and I with givnt crash. I discovered that I was In dosver-ale pain and trouble and I got to my feet and ran.

I didn't know where I was going, it seemed to Ine that any other place would lie better than that. My feet took me toward the barn and I crawled under It and hid there. My lip began to feel lietter, pfW When the Oog Began to Struggle, I Threw My Arms About Him and Cried. by and by, but big and queer. It stuck nut so Hint I could see IL I beurd my uurle comln; with Ihe hor.

I concluded that I would tay where I was. but the dog came and sniffed and lurked at the hole through which I hnd crnnled as If nytrx "Here he Is!" My o-1tlon wts octensbls. I came out Shep bi-csD trying to clean my clothes with bis lor.ro. Undo I'cnboOy stood near wltb th horses, lie looked at me. II Muck bis Soger Into the honey on my coat and smelt It "Well, by" stoppvd and came thiaor and tsked "What's tsppenedr Tm mac me," I answered.

"My Lord:" Aunt IVel exclaimed. over 1 tell ye I cau't stan' It." "Say. noy, Is there anything on this place that ye ain't tippul over?" Undo reabody asked in sorrowful tone. "Wouldn't ye lilt to tip the house over?" I was near Li-Muiiug down in this answer: I19 was keeping down his anger. His I mice trcmbleil as he said "Hoy, I guess you'll have to I'liele I'cihoily stopped.

lie had been driven lo the lust dll' but he more Hoys rhat lake don't i had not stepped over It. However, I heliing to 'em which I ho; he didn't knew what lie hud started to say nml uy I luipe it aw fnl are upt to i sat down mi the steps in great de-be hung by their, nocks until iliey Jectii.n. Sl.e(i followed, winking at ari- d. 'ail-Jest as he was goin' to inal ith bis tongue. hung ol' Shell ayes! they are I think the sight of me must have' I'ealiody s.s'ined to fn very touched the heart of Aunt Deel.

bnil when he learned how Amos had 'Tcjiliiuly Hiiyues, we nmstn't be 011'. cruel," said she in a softer lone, and 1 "1'in'l -ay a word about it," said then brought a rag and began In; he. "MiMic you lust the I assht ship In the process of clean-, pun''. 1 i ml "em." lug uv mat. "Hood land lie's gut tn Sin 11 after that, ulie nl'lornon, sta.

here ayes! he nin'l gut no Aunt Piel came down In the Held place lo go 10." wIi.t.i we were dragging. While i-hc i Jtm you cim'i stall' it," said L'u-e ns tall.iiig with I'ncle reabody nil i cle I'enlnMly. ciin-ed In me. and the dog nnd i u. can't i li'ii rm- the houe.

There wa a vo S(, put h. iic on the top of the I11X(, I prj ih re ever I id slnee I hid seen It sn-ret de- Mint Peel put Hie to bed although wes only live As 1 lay tag hit sorrow and keeping as still I could with It, until, wearied by the drain. 1 fell asleep. What befell me that night while I dreamed of pluylng with the sweet-faced girl I have wondered often. Some time In the night Dug Draper hail reached the village of Canton anil got r'i.

roe. He had probably put me out at the water trough. Kind hnndx had picked me up and carried me to a little veranda that fronted tl-e door of a law office. There I slept peacefully until daylight, when I felt hand on my face and awoke suddenly. I remember that I felt cold.

A kluUly faced una was leaning over me. "Hello, boyr said ha. "Where did you conic froiuT" 1 was frightened and confused, but his gcu.le voice reassured me. "Vncle reabody!" I called, as 1 arose and about me and be gan to cry. The man lifted me In his arms and held me close to his breast and tried to comfort uie.

I remember seeing the Silent Woman pass while I was In bis arms. "Tell me what's your name" he urged. "Itarton Paynes," I said as soon, as I could spenk. Where do you live?" "In M.liltysplit." "How did you get hero?" "Pug Draper brought me. Do you know where Sally Dtiiikelhvrg lives?" "Is she the daughter of Horace Dlinkelherg?" "Mr.

and Mrs. Horuce Dmikolherg," "Where did ye liml so mu.1i honey 1 lmt ye could go swlmu.in' he 1 i asked 1 friend of mine. ll get some break- I Lean: .1. 1 tast Middi lily ami the voli-o of Amu Ii.h.1 Tcnhody; lYuhoily. come here quick." she called.

Uncle IVnhtnty rim I stayed out with dog. Through the oen d.M.r 1 heard Aunt Pool Miyliig; "I longer nml won't nut another duv ayes, I can't stun' It. That Imy Is a reg'lar nest." They came out 011 the veranda. Un-tie Pcnhody said nothing, but I could see that he couldn't stand it cither. My hniln was working fast.

"Come here, sir." Cn.le IVah.Kly called. I knew It was Kfrimts fur in, He curried me through iV "pert iloor of his and set cif down nt his desk. The col.l air of the night had cliill.il me ktid I wan shivering. "You nit there and I'll have a lire going In a iiilmir. and get you warmed up." He wrapped me in his coat and went I1U1 the back room mid built a lire In a small stove and brought me In nml set me down beside II.

lie made some porridge In a kettle while I nut holding my little hands over the Move to warm them, nml a sense of comfort grew in me. He dipped some porridge into bowls never called me "sir" l.ef.ire I ll, MJ slowlv to the steps. 1 ''J'0" wnlehed him with growing Interest nnd I got to the table about "Look nt that Up nml the honev all ns him ayes I him ayes: I went ico the hut'rT and that pa" 111 Iuln pan jiiinpcC on to me." I Hilt. von lllo IlllllOV?" Tin awful 'fraid for him ayes 1 I won't a chair nnd seized a spoon. "One moment.

Hart," said my host. "Hy Jingo! We've forgotten to wash and you're face looks like the dry bed of a river. Come here min- 1 0." lie led me nut of the back door, vhere there were wash-stand and a pall and tin basin and a dish of soft lmrrel nml tilleil tne imsin, ami 1 wushed myself and waited not upon 1 "No." I drew In tuv breath and the laHo and shook my liewa to "Liar, 'ton!" Nal.l Aunt Deel. "I "'I' ''-vill fa(' reabody whs sorely tried, but I in a iiimme ne came mm sai iiown to his owti porridge ami bread and butter. When he had finished eating he set aside the dishes and I asked "Now could 1 go nnd see Sally Dun- I kelherir?" I "Wluit In the world do you want of Sally Dlinkelherg?" he asked.

"Oh. Just to play with her," I said as I iihiiwed him how I could sit on my hands nml rais. myself from the chair bottom. "Haven't you any one to play with at home!" 'Only my I'ncle l'enhody." "Pon't you like to play with him?" "Oh. some, but he can't stand me any longer.

He's all tired out, nnd my Aunt Peel. too. I've tipped over every single thing on that place. I tipped over the honey yesterday-spilt It all over everything und ronetiil my clothes. I'm a reg'ler pest.

So I want lo play with Sally Punkcl-bei-g. I want to play with her a little while Just a wee little while." "Forward, march!" said he and away we started for the home of the looking up lit the shingles 11 singular punkelhergs. The village Interested came to inc. Ii wus imrn 1 my uging for the companionship my kind and of my resentment. I I would go and live Willi the Punkcl-1 bergs.

I would go the way they bad g'Uie and Unci them. I knew It was ten miles nway. but of course every-! me Immensely, twice before. 1 had seen it only body knew where liie Punkelhergs nf the Punkelbergs large for that lived nnd any one would show tne. village, nml hud a big iloorynru with I would run and get there before trees in It.

As we caine near the gate dark and tell them thut I wanted to Knw Sally Punkelberg playing with live with them and every day i would tbcr children among the trees. Sud- play with Sally Duukelhcrg. Uncle denly I wns afmld and began to bang I'eulHidy was not half ns nice to play back. I looked down tit my bare feet with as she was. I beard I'ncle I'eabody drive away.

Istull VV'j) V' lurm-d and l.s.kH up at P-a. lwy iH ''if tier. In a single buggy, dr.nsej In bis wnl, move, ob-erves a writer suit. York Herald. ilvffV "Is It much further to hr 11, A striking example of this self- f'iUUS'sk f'urikelbergs liver I asked.

1 sirptlon bus b'-cn shown recently iVKr! XL I I I swned to me ery strange that VV. A h- 1 Al 'oo. 1 KNOW I III- IMHIKCIIHTg. 2 AS DunkellKTg live tj--VVjB klU mid snore and suld: es. (died "(lit In here, boy.

I'll take ye I got Into the buggy, and lie struck his horse with the whip and went galloping away In the dusk. ISy and by we pnssed Kate. I could Just discern her rugged form by the roadside and culled to bcr. He struck bis horse and gave me rude shake and bade shut ep. It was dark and I felt very cold and bernn to wish myself home In bed.

"Ain't we most to the Dunkel-bergs' I asked. "No not yet," be answered. I hnrst into tears and he shook ne roughly and shaved ue down on the buggy floor nnf said "You Iny there and keep still; do yon hearT "Yes," I sobbed. I lay shaking with fear Ud fight- and aiy clothes, both of which were dirty. Sally and her friends had I watched him through the ipen win-.

stopiied their play and were standing dow. I could hear Aunt Deel wash-1 in a group looking at us. I neard Ing the dishes tn the kitchen. I got' Sally whisper: out of bed very slyly nnd put on my I "It's that llaynes boy. Don't he Sunday clothes.

I went to the open look window The sun had Just gone over I stopped nnd withdrew my hand the top of the woods. I would have to hurry to get to the Punkelhergs' In-fore dark. I crept out on the ton of the shed and descended the ladder that leaned against It. I stood a moment listening. The dooryurd was covered with shadows and very still.

The dog must have gone with Uncle reabody. I ran through the garden to the road and down It as fast as my bnre feet could carry me. In that direction the nearest honse was utmost a mile away. I remember I was out of hreulh, and the light was growing dim before I got to It. I went 011.

It seemed to tne that I had gone nearly far enough to reach my destination when I beard a buggy coming behind me. "Hello!" a voice called. from Hint of my guide. "Come on. Hart," he said.

I shook my heud nnd stood looking over at thut little, hostile tribe near inc. "Go nnd piny with them while I step Into the house," he urged. REACH LIMIT IN ABSORPTION Small Things Like the Turmoil of a Great War Cannot Oisturb Chess Devotees. To Its devotees chess Is the most absorbing of nil mental activities, the game that above all others In! igs complete forge! fulness of Ihe world THE niCKSYILLT! IlICKSVILLE. OHIO Again I shook mv he.l.

"Well, then, yon watt her- a I meM," wild my new-found rrtead. He left me and I sat down upon the ground, thoughtful and silent. In a moment my friend raine out with Mrs. Duiikelbcrg, who kissed me, and iisk.il me to tell how I happened to he there. "I Just thought I would come." I said as I twisted a button on my coat, and would say no more to her.

"Mr. Wright, you're going to take hlra home, are you 7 Mrs. asked. "Ves. I'll etnrt off with hlio In on hoJkr or so." said my friend.

"I im Interested In this hay und I want see his aunt and uncle." "Well, Sally, you jro down to the of. flee and stuy with Unit until they go. "You'd like that, wouldn't you?" tun man asked of me. "I don't know," I said. "That meat" yes," said the ma.

Sally and another little girl came with us and passing a t-tore I held back to look at many beautiful things iu a big window. "Is there anything you'd like there. BnrtJ" the man asked. "I wisht I hail a pair o' them shiny shoes with buttons on." I answered ho In nti- In the rooms of a local chess club when distinguished experts struggled for supremacy In the mimic Held heedless of the stiiM-ndnus four-year struggle thut was fast drawing to a close on E11-roH''s shell-lorn, blood-miukcd board. What was Ihe reckless slaughter of thousands German soldiers In comparison llii the sacrifice of a single Ivory pawn standing guard before Its queen? Which one of those who moved the pieces or of Ihe greater number who watched tln-in with furrowed brr.ws and fast -heating hearts thought of the kaiser's peace offer while the queen's gambit was passing before their eyes? The pope may lift his voice In words of solemn counsel, but they heed him not.

The only ee. ctcslnstlcal power tbnt they recognize Is that of the mitred bishop sweeping Imo the heart of the enemy's country and smiting the rock as It stands. To rend the printed accounts of this tournament Is to recall the old Puck picture of two chess players carried In their chair from a burning build-log with the board between them. Nor JfffTl lifer A Kindly raced Man Was Leaniu Over Me. in a low, ronfhietitinl tone, afraid in express, openly, a wish so rxtrnva-gitnt.

"Come right In," he snld, and I re member that when we entered ths slore I could hear my heart heating. He bought a pair shoes for mo and I would have them on nt once, and iimde It necessary for lit tit buy a pair of socks also. After the shoes were buttoned on nv? feet I saw little of Sully Duukelhcrg or tho other people of the village, my eyes being on my feet most of Ihe time. The mini look us into his ulhce nnd told us to sit down until he could write a letter. Sarton goes to town and again sees Sally Dunkelberg, but his experience on this occasion Is not so pleasant as at their first meeting.

His frienil-ship with the great Silas WrlghV; however, progresses more IT.J HI-: CO.NTIM'KU.) WROTE MESSAGES WITH DYE Material for Invisible Writing Used by German Spy Was Obtained From Silk Hosiery. A cleverly designed method of ling the government ofliclnls and furnishing Information to the enemy was revealed In the enrly days of the war by the arrest of man in l'ater-son. N. .1., by naval Intelligence otli- CITS. The man.

held ns nn alleged spy In toil In lv-n la K.alfl til have were moving from UMHnlX to about In the streets, line thing I ilhl not fall lo notice. Every man we met toileheil Ills hat as he greeted my friend. It wus a square, frame bouse that employed In a silk ilyclnj establish ment in I'aterson. I'is unique method of sending messages to (lerniany culled for the use of silk hosiery of a peculiar dye. It Is said that he had received a dozen pairs of these socks from German agents In Holland ind that bis method was to souk them In water and use the coloring matter which they gave forth ns a writing fluid.

As this drier! It became Invisible until brought out by a special process, which, however, Ibc federal ngents are said to have worked nut. They, in turn, in learning the secret, opened his letters and changed the contents and forwarded the letters. The Information thus received by the (lermans proved of little use to them. But for a long lime, It Is said, there wns not enough evidence on which to convict tills man, until one liny through carelessness he left one of Ihe socks where a naval Intelligence olllcer'found It When confronted with this the nmn Is said to have confessed to the entire project. do we wonder nt the fact that It only while absorbed In hi dally game Unit the exiled NnMileon could forget Sir Hudson Lowe.

New Textile Material. Tcxtlllt. said to be used in 23 of Ihe largest German factories. Is a substitute iiieterlul that is predicted to outlast the war as a addition to the texllle industry. It consists of paper thread and a flber thread twisted together and.

though the percentage of long lll-er Is very small, It Is claimed to have yielded products that the uninitiated carmot distinguish from Hie former linen nnd Jute fabrics. The Ober gives a Pro-ness that paper fabrics do not The material Is made Into weav ing and sewing yarns and webs of ell kinds. 1 When Meat Was Cheap. The proprietor of "Sweets." an' jld Xev; York Kivershle restaurant that has gone Into bnnkmptcy. says: "When I enme here, after the Civil war, tn help out my father, we uved to cook and serve the finest steaks lb the world for 6 cents nnd mukc money 00 thwq, too." i Back to First Principles.

Every once In a while, when humanity gets scared. It abides hy the sensible laws of cleanliness physical care laid down when the first tree bloomed. Newark Hews. Cigar Soxes. Cigar boxes are chiefly mad from red which Is frowa.

la central America. Mexico tad tfc Weot India STATE SIFTItlGS Unsmploysd soldier at Sandusky war offered vacant seats oa Ue Erie county giand Jury. Dr. WlUUm Ballinger. aged the oldest resident of Plain City, dead.

P. Frank Fair, aged 58. postmaster at Clark, Holmes county, ta dead atvor a short illness. A big victory arch will be erected tn the public square at Canton in honor of relurnlug soldiers. Henry H.

Stnmbaugh. 5S. millionaire and chairmau of the Brier Hill 8teel company, Youngstown. died at New Orleans. Grand jury session at Napoleon was postponed till further notice because of the Influent situation in Henry county.

Coshocton city firemen and policemen, are working without pay for several weeks as a result of strained financial conditions revealed by City Solicitor Klein. A plea for physical education i made by Frank B. Pearson, state superintendent of public instruction, in a statement which will be sent to school officials throughout the state. Owing lo an increase of influenza ta Napoleon and vicinity the local board of health Is considering drastic action to prevent a further spread ing: of he disease. Percy R.

Retd of Ielaware, private of the medical corps. Rainbow division, Is to be one of the members of the stall of Governor Cox when he enters his third term. Chiton Wahlroh, Jeweler, was shot by a bold highwayman at Pnyton and Is In a critical condition' with a bullet wound In tho stomach. Wahlroh Is 67 and his chances of recovery are slim. Joseph C.

Spcssten. a taxlcah driver at Canton, In recovering from serious Injuries received at the hands of three bnndlis. who robbed him of his machine and while they were pasrenger In his auto. Democratic executive committee of Darke county has Indorsed George Y. Matinlx, an attorney of Grcenviilo, to fill the position of common picas Judge of Darke county owing to the resignation of Judge n.

W. Bowman. Dr. II. 11.

(iodilurd. director of the bureau of Juvenile research, recommends four more institutions for the feeble-nilmled in Ohio, located near population centers, one of them to be provided by the present legislature. Misa ('urrto Hickle, daughter of Lyman Hlcklo of Marcy, near Lancaster, committed suicl.le by taking poison. Grief over the death of a brother. Private Ralph llickle, killed In action in France, prompted the act.

Mrs. Fred Clover, 28. of Delaware, who was found dead in a hotel at Marion several weeks ago aud in connection with which foul play had been suspected, died suicide, according to Acting Coroner Hulier-man's verdict. A crest stage of feet, or one-eighth of a foot above the flood line, wus roached by the Ohio river at Cincinnati, nnd further danger of a disastrous flood at this time bus passed, according to the weather observer. Police (inspect Black Handera of having been responsible for tho murder of Frank Diboiso, 35, at Canton.

r'Dlbolse Is a well-to-do Italian and Mas shot to death in the street, when two men opened tire on him with revolvers. The murderers escaped. By a vote of 58 to 46 the Ohio house defeated a Joint resolution hy Representative J. A. Reynolds increasing mileage of members from 2 to 3 rents, although Reynolds said State Auditor Donnhey had told him he would recognize the legality of such a measure.

Warden Thomas of the Ohio penitentiary proposes an enlarged penitentiary brick plant operated exclusively by aulo thieves. At present tho state brickyard has a capacity of 25.0U0 brick daily. The new brick plant, which has the upproval of Uov- ernor Cox, would have a capacity of daily. W. G.

McAdoo, director general of railroads, was. awarded a verdict of 5 cents In his damage suit acainst the city of Cleveland. In the suit claimed the police department held as evidence against a hex car thief a tl.tiOO roll of leather be Ing shipped by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to Cincinnati. The leather was restored to the railrocd. Secretary of Stata Fulton Is contesting the election of Probate Judge Harvey C.

Smith of Zanesvllle to the office of secretary of state. An ap peal to restiuin Smith from taking office was filed in the Ohio supreme court by Judson Harmon, counsel for Fulton. Fulton says the law states that the votes cast, for Smith are void because he was a member of the Judi clary at the time of election for an other office. In the election Smith received 471 .228 votes to 4:12.442 for Fulton. Sixtieth wedding anniversary of Judge and Mrs.

David R. Ritchie was celebrated at the home of their son. George McHltchle, west of Port Clinton. Judge McKitehie. who is 83 years old.

was bom In Scotland. J. Kent Hamilton, aged HO. tklce mayor of Toledo and once state senator. Is dead.

Cleveland welcomed home Brigadier General Charles X. Zimmerman, commander of the Seventy-third Brlg-ide. Thirty-seventh division. General Zimmerman hurried to Cleveland after his arrival from Europe to be wilb his wife, who is ill. Marriages decreased and divorces Increased In Ottawa county during the year Just closed, according to the records, which show 132 licenses for 1SI8 against 164 for 1917, while the lumber of divorces asked for during the last year was 31, against 24 for 1M7.

With Iwo tl.lrds of Cleveland's 11' fn ihe stations In their -iffort lo (ha eight-hour day Ire broke out In the four story K11 clid bnlldlv. iith the arrival of 50 Iremen who were off duty the fire was put under control. The building was entirely destroyed. 1-oti $100,000, At Canton, J. I.

Cramer and M. Mar tin vere bound over to the grand Jury on charges of violating the Ohio blue sky law. It Is alleged that Cra nier sold lots near Ardmore. Okla. and with each lot gave a share of stock In an Oklahoma drilling com pany.

Officers claim that In only one case was a deed furnished. Ten thousand dollars was paid to the estate of Arthur Sargent and wife at BellefonUlne by the Big Pour Rail way company for the benefit of their 10 minor children. Mr. and Mrs. Sar gent were killed when a train (truck their automobile a month ago.

CRr ef Newark haa adopted eastern standard time. Peter Sella, 74, former aheruT of Marlon eouaty. died at alarloa. Mr. D.

T. Wogan, Marion, waa killed by a train, while returning home from Sunday school. Fire at Lorain destroyed the wholesale grocery of O. F. Hagenian and Odd Fellows' haU.

Loss 135,000. Mrs. Peter Sachs, 54, Newark, was burned, perhaps fatally, when a gas stove exploded at her home. William Covey, CO, Marysvllle. was killed accidentally while working with a bridge gang at Dayton.

Mrs. Mary Cassill, aged 85, waa burned to death at her home In Richland township. Vinton county. Presbyterian church at Bowling Green was destroyed by fire. Loee Is estimated at $15,000.

William Griffith, wealthy farmer, was found dead in a barn on his form near Johnstown, Licking county. Mrs. Anthony Psdden. 86, ljincas-ter, was struck and killed by a streetcar. A young woman was killed and 41 other passengers were injured In a collision between two streetcara at Cincinnati.

Because of a lack of orders, due to the state's going dry, the American Bottle company, Newark, reduced Its force from l.loO to 450. Marsh science hall, the oldest build ing on the campus of Denison university at Granville, was totally destroyed hy fire, with a loss of $20,000. At Columbus, I.eroy 8cott. S2, was shot to denth hy Policeman George E. Jackson during a strugglo for a revolver which Scott bad flashed.

H. A. Manchester, Justice of the peace In Canfleld township, Mahoning county, tendered his resignation after holding office for 50 years. Frank Diivenerk, Internationally re nowned artist, died at Cincinnati of a complication of diseases after a six montlin' illness. He was 71 years old Mrs.

Morton Johns, mother of four children. Is In Jail at Bellefontnlne, charged with ths slashing of her husband with Intent lo kill. At Toledo, firemen carried three men and three women down ladders from the third floor of the burning Oaklund flat. Fifteen other tenants fled in their night clothes. Fred Herman, 41, Newark, died of burns suffered when ho thrust his feet into tho hlnzt of a gas stove.

He had been suffering from nervous trouble, hospital attaches stilted. Clemm Eatberlore. 57, Findlay, and Frank linns, 59, Detroit, wi re found asphyxiated In a rooming house at Toledo. A gas stove In the room was defective. Eighty-third general assembly con-ened at Columbus and Its organiza tion was effected.

All the caucus nominees were confirmed and installed. Noah llelman. P.0, a fanner, living near Sidney, was killed when his bead was crushed between a tractor and a barn door through which he was endeavoring to draw the tractor with a team of horses. Roy Putnam, 16, of Worthington, Franklin county, wis given a year in the industrial school at 1-anoapter when he pleaded guilty to holding up Willis Ayleshlre. aged 12, In that Purchase of tho residence of Charles 11.

I.indenlerg, 1234 East Broad street, Columbus, as a gov ernor's mansion, instead of erecting new one. Is proposed In a bill drawn up by Senator Jones. More than 1,000 complaints of prof iteering by Cleveland and other Ohio physicians during the recent influ enza epidemic are under investiga tion by Dr. H. M.

Platter, secretary of the state medical board. Total' value of 13 crops In Ohio, em bracing all the crops raised on tho farm for 1018. was $465,604,000. In 1017 the aggregate for these crops was $470.5115,000. The five-year average total for 101216 waB $215,580,000.

Federal dry amendment was rati fied by both houses of the general assembly. The house adopted Sena tor l.lggitt's ratification resolution by a vote of 84 to 29 and the senate by 20 to 12. Ohio Is the seventeenth state to ratify the itatlonal prohibi tion amendment. Athens county officers left for Cab in Creek, W. to secure Warren Itoush, who a month ago shot and killed his uncle, Charles Honsh, wide ly known racing driver and trainer.

West Virginia officers will be paid $3,000 reward for tlw crpture of the young slayer. nat is ueiieveo to be a new world's airplane speej record was set in a flight from Dayton to Cleveland by Pilot Eric 8prlnger and Merhant clan Ernest Longchanp In a Martin bombing plane. The 215 miles was covered in 75 minula. an average speed of 172 miles an hour. With the rapid growth ef 80-odd county farm bureaus of the state, with .14.000 members, a statewide or ganization of the president snd officers of these associations is being soi, ghl.

During farmers' week. Jan. 27 to 31, at Columbus, they will com plete an organization, to be known as the Ohio Farm Bureau association Barton Russell. 90, who claimed his right as the oldest Odd Fellow In central Ohio, is dead. He was member of the Mt.

Gilead Odd Fel lows lodge for aft years. Mrs. Kalhryn Shaffer. 72, pioneer reildent of Portsmouth, was run down and Instantly killed hy a taxi. When police entered the home of Albert Hauser at Cincinnati they found that his wife.

Mrs. Ullle Hau ser, 29, had been murdered, her head having been crushed with batchet and her throat cut. Hauser also was found with his throat slashed. He may die. Chester Tia.ts, recently convicted of manslaughter at Canton for causing the death of Joe Oprlon by striking him with his fist during an argument.

was given a suspended sentence In the Mansfield reformatory. Ten thonpand pasons of all ages und occupations hsve enrolled In cor respondence courses In agrlculturs and home economics offered by the college of agriculture of Ohio State university In the past four years. E. C. Landon, 24, Marlon, walked In front of an Erie train, receiving Injuries from which he died.

After searching seven towns for Marian Lee, 14-yearoliP Tiffin girl, who has been utilising from her home police found her at Lorain. The girl disappeared from Tiffin as she was returning from church with her mother. James B. Walker, $7, one of the well known oil men In northwestern Ohio, died at Findlay of pneumonia. He was a civil var veteran and a former mayor of llndlay.

During the period of his llf he gained the eobrl quet of Jim." owing to a remarkable rcj he had tor dande lion wia. 5 5IDELIGAT5 Thirteen Has No Terrors for Woodrow Wilson WASHINGTON. Thirteen has no terrors for Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America. On the contrary thirteen is his lucky number, be has been known to say. The fact that the president arrived at Brest on December 13 recalls the president's trip frm New Tork to Sea Girt, September 18, 1012, when he was muk-.

Ing his sHaklng tour. Just bis election as president. He sat In chair No, IS In the parlor car. Mr. Wilson said: "Thirteen Is my lucky number.

I usually get sent 13 or room 13 wherever I go. The number 13 has run through my life constantly. When 1 was In my thirteenth year as a profes sor at rrlnceton I was elected the thir teenth president of the university. There are Just thtixeeB Jotters In mj name. I nm not afraid of No, IS." Thirteen played prominent part In the Inaugural plans In 1013.

Thirteen governors were In line, militia of thirteen states were represented, iibmg with thirteen educational Institutions. The Princeton students traveled to the ceremony In two trains of thirteen enr each. When Miss jessle Wilson and Frances It. Sayre were married nt the White House it was the thirteenth wedding In the historic building, and the names the bride and bridegroom contain thirteen letters each. The thirteen suiierstltlon Is perhaps ns widespread as any of popular notions of this kind.

These nre many and apparently (hey are Just as In favor as ever. The name of those who regard Friday as an unlucky day it legion. Many people think It Is a sign of coming bad luck to see the new moon over the left shoulder. A horseshoe over the door brings good luck, as everylsiily knows. A child born with a caul Is sun- to be lucky, nccordhis to inldwlves.

Certain crops must be planted at certain stnges of Ihe tiiooti, farmers aver. That Ihe actions nml condition of animals In the fall fore'cll Ihe winter weather, the Indians und some white men believe. There Is potency in the divinations of Halloween, the young people are sure. To sea a full-grown man pick up a pin because lis point is toward lilm Is not unusual. Of course Ihe president Is an unusual mnn.

Official Statement of the American Red Cross THR following statement is authorized by the war council of tho American Bed Cross: It costs the American Ued Cross only two cents of each dollar of the millions appropriated to operate the administrative bureniis III the United Slates which took a vital part In the tnaimgeineiit of the grout- VV 'S est relief program the world has ever vijc known. For each dollar contributed Vr(7'' 1 by the American people for war relief work more than $1.01 Is expended fur 3SijZ that purpose, the extra cent being pro- "sf Ayji vliled by Interest on the funds. These "--v, f' nre. two of the striking statements In the annua! financial report of the Red Cross covering the fiscal year endct June SO, 1018. All the expenses of operating the national and divisional hea.liiuarters of the organization whose sheltering nrra has embraced a large part of the earth In the IS months come from fund provided by membership dues, the war fund not being drawn upon for any but relief expenditures.

The total management expense of the organization for tho fiscal your wns During the year which ended June .10 the lied Cross appropriated to carry on its work abroad nnd nt home. Of this amount. went for relief in foreign countries, $7,088,8.10 for work In the United States. for relief work In various countries on work specltled by contribu tors, was set aside for working capital, and the balance went for other activities of tho This wide distribution of relief was made possible because In less than 11 months the- American people gave more thnn $300,000,000 to the American) Red Cross, by far the greatest sum over contributed by any nation for humanitarian work. This total represents the proceeds of the two Ilcd Cross war funds and one membership drive.

New Method of Drying Meats Promises Marvels NNOUNCEMENT Is made of a new process by which meats nnd fish can be kept Indefinitely without preservatives nnd then restored to full built and unimpaired by the' application of water. Flesh prepared by till meals In vacuum even nt.a low temperature. method only fills about 8 per cent ot tho space it fills when fresh. Tbl would multiply eightfold the facilities fi shipping meat, without adding tonnage. This discovery grows out of researches begun a year ago In the liar-rliiinn laboratories at Roosevelt ho pltnl hy Drs.

K. G. Fnlk and E. M. Frnnkel when the laboratory was taken over by the division of nutrition and food of the medical department of the V'nlted States army, nt the instance of Lieut.

Col. U. Murlln. The final steps of the test were worked out nt Columbia university In the department of chemical engineering under the direction of Prof. Frank H.

McKee, who made the announcement. Owing to certain legal reasons not nil the steps of the process can be published nt this lime, but In the main It consists of drying the prepared It Is possible to cut a sirloin or porterhouse steak according to the stand ard restaurant dimensions, dry it by this recent method, and then wet It before cooking and serve It hot, even passably rare, without anybody's know ing that It did not come direclly from the butcher's block around the corner. It is estimnted that the cost of the new process will he nhout tho Runic ns the expense of keeping meats In refrigeration. The effect, however, nhoulil be to bring down the prices of meats through savings In freight on land and sea. American Protective League and Its Patriotism THE mnn who keeps np with the news notes the American Protective league Is active In the Berger trial, In the Inquiry Into high prices nnd In other things of Importance In various parts of the country.

Some dny the history of the A. P. L. will be written and It will he interesting reading. Just now the average citizen knows little shout it.

The Immense number of pro-Ger mans working In this country called the A. P. L. Into being. For every investigator In government employ in March, 1017, a hundred were needed lo meet the crisis.

It seemed Impossible to get nn appropriation for them. Yet their need wns vital. How was the problem to be solved? The American Protective league rose as the answer. Under Ihe direction of the attorney general nnd A. It.

Kllnskl, chief ot the bureau of investigation, a Chicago business man set about working nut a remnrknble idea. It was nothing more and nothing less than the enlistment of as nearly as possible the best brains of every Indusfry, business nnd profession in the United States as an auxiliary to the department of Justice. Today there arc approximately three hundred thousand members of the American Protective league. They cover the United States from ocean to ocean and from Canada to the Gulf. Not one of the members of the A.

P. L. receives one cent of pay, ond they pay their own expenses nnd the league expenses. Furthermore, there Is no glory, no uniform, not even private praise at home. For no man Is permitted to divulge even to bis best friend his membership In the league or disclose the Identity of any of Its members.

Uncle Sam Is Not So Very Decrepit After Ail THEBK Is no evidence, according to the physician of one of the big life Insurance companies, that the American people are deteriorating physically. He analyzes the figures of the draft rejection and find them quite the reverse of alarming. According to the of General Crowder on the first draft (June 5, of those examined 2.510.700 7.KI.7.-.I1. or 29.11 per cent, were rejected by the draft boards nnd 5. per cent of (hose accepted were rejected uHm ixiimlnnllon hy medical boards working nt the cantonments.

These figures don't show we are deteriorating physically. Of llne rejected nearly one-fourth, 2I.CS cent, were thrown out becausy of de fective sight. Defective tenth wu the next highest Item. Defects of hearing were responsible for 5.04 per cent of Ihe rejections. These three Items eyes, teeth and cars combined were t-tfKKisihle for 30.12 per cent of all rejections.

Hernia was responsible for 7.47 per cent of the rejections. Heart disease was responsible for S7 pur cent ind tuberculosis for 6.37 per cent The rejections for nlcoholltu: iid tfrug aublts was .77 of 1 per cent Doctor Hoffman says: "A careful examination of the raitw 0 rejectloa is far as analysed proves conclusively that probably one-half. If trot more, tvere not of a nffldpntly serious nature to Justify tho rejectiota the registrant or conscript a unfit for military service, An analysts of the figure convinces him, furthermore, that fte frttCi tujorlty of those rejected would be. accepted ai good Insurant risk.