The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-07-21
State News

mobile salesman who eloped with
Helen Lucille Jacob, daughter of the
Rev. ]. R. Jacob, pastor of the First
NJ. E. church at Massillon, last fall,
pleaded guilty to perjury in court
here and was sentenced to three
years in the Ohio reformatory, his
sentence promptly being suspended.
McIlwain made statement in court,
saying his mind had become clOuded
name in securing the license under
which he was married to Miss Jacob,
this act constituting the offense
which led to the charge of perjury.
McIlwain has a wife in Detroit.
Marietta.-The Ohio grand lodge
of Odd Fellows has just elect
ed these officers: Grand patriarch,
S. w. Courtright, Circleville; grand
high priest, George NJ. Rewell, Clevo.
land; grand senior warden, Alex Nc
Bade, East Liverpool; grand junior
warden, ]. c. L. Pugh, Columbus.
o.; grand scribe, F. c. Garrett, Day
ton; grand treasurer, ]. H. Hart, Gin
cinnati; advisory committee Of the
grand patriarch, E. E. Corn, Ironton;
J. A. Carver, Toledo; E. B. Comfy,
Logan; w. J. Emmons, Sidney;
George NJ. Rewell Cleveland.
Observation-Disclosures Noble, 81 years
old, night engineer for the Stand.
ard Light & Power Co., was electro
cuted at the switchboard. Noble and
a boy, Frank Jones, captured pinch
ing bug and took it to the board, in
tending to electrocute it. A moment
later the boy ran into the boiler room
crying: Charles dead" The engi
neer was on his knees with a broken
wire beside him. He expired almost
Immediately.
Zanesville.-Because of the intens'
ity of the feeling in this city On
the "wet" and dry" situation,
Mayor A. H. Gorrell checked the at
tempt of moving picture concern to
display film showing scenes at the
recent Newark riots.
Wooster.-There has been so much
complaint here of the reckless driv
ing of automobilists going through
the city, and by local parties, that a
number of arrests have been made,
Several drivers have been fined $25
and costs, and others $40 and costs.
Fostoria-Fido, a small pet poodle
belonging to Miss Maude Engstrom
jumped from a second story window
and broke his neck. Earlier in the
day the dog had swallowed poisoned
meat. Antidotes did no good, and q
veterinary was sent for. When the
dog saw the veterinary approaching
witnesses say, he cast himself from
the window.
Cincinnati.-New trials were or
dered by the United States cir
cult court. of appeals here for ]. S
Prettyman, banker, and Abraham anG
Jacob Kapne, merchants, all Of Dres
den, O., who were sentenced to terms
of six years in the Fort Leavenwortt
prison for alleged misappropriation Of
funds of the National Bank of Dres
den in 1906. The cases, which attract
ed much attention at the time, were
tried in the United States distric
court at Columbus. 1t was charged
that the three men had conspiret
wrongfully to loan $4,000 of the
banks funds to an insolvent concern
The reversal of the lower court was
ordered on technicalities relating tt
the evidence produced by the govern
ment at the first trial.
Sandusky. - George Rogers ant
George Carmans, Bowling Green
O., druggists, who we're arrested
and convicted in court for vic
lating the state liquor laws by selling
whisky in dry" territory, were ac
quilted by the Ohio state board O
pharmacy, which is meeting at Cedal
Point in connection with the Ohit
State Pharmaceutical association
Rogers and Carmans were founC
guilty in the lower courts and the
judgment was affirmed by the state
supreme court.
Upper Sandusky.-Capt. ]. F. Riesel
is in serious condition from paraly
sis, with which he has just beer
stricken. He had made all arrange
ments to start for Baden, Germany
his birthplace.
Bellefontaine.-It is believed tha
Ray Rushton, a boy of the town o
Meeker, will be able to talk as the
result of an operation just performed
He was born with peculiar cavity il
the roof of his mouth.
Bridgeport.-Mis Minnie Way. O
this city walked to Barton and theI
to Colerain, IA miles, in payment O.
a bet Oh the Johnson-J effries fight
party of six, who followed her will
a carriage, had dinner at her expense
at Colerain.
Youngstown.-At a conference O
two local manufacturers and thu
Ironmolders union, the molder!
and coremakers were granted al
increase in wages. The men will now
be paid $3.50 per day for nine hours
Mansfeld.-Whi!e at the depot tc
bid his brother goodby as he was
starting on a trip abroad, William
Hoppe, 81, stepped in front of the pas
senger train on which his brother was
to depart and received injuries from
which he died in the hospital foul
| hours later.
Clevela d.-James r. Garfield
secretary of the interior in thu
Roosevelt cabinet, sounded the key
note of the progressive Republican
movement, declared it's platform anC
fired the first gun in his race for thu
governorship. His speech was thu
feature of the Republican banquet a
the Hotel Euclid, attended by 500 pro
gressives and many regular Republi