Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
Short Stale Items

60, representative of Ottawa county
from 1887 to 1891 and 1905-1910,
died at Toledo. Mr.. Bense, who
resided here, was county clerk from
1878 to 1884.
New Philadelphia.-One of the
biggest financial transactions in
the history of Tuscarawas county
Sandusky.-In a game of water
baseball played in Lake Erie Off
Cedar Point, team representing
the Travelling Mems auxiliary defeated
another composed of members of the
Ohio State Pharmaceutical associa-
tion, by score of eight to five. The
travelling men made 90 hits and 10
errors; the pharmacists, II hits and
26 errors. The teams played in bath.
ing suits and walked, ran or swan
from base to base.
oungstown.-The failure of A.
G.. Taft Laflan, young Rou-
manian aviator of Sharon, to make a
| suited in a riot between Americans
and foreigners when the management
refused to give back the money which
| had been collected at the gates. An
attempt was made to demolish the
machine. No one was seriously in
| iured, although both sides mixed it up
| and fought all over the field with
clubs and stones. Several shots we're
| fired by a foreigner, but the bullets
missed.
Marysville.-A. B. Johnson, Mt.
Gilead, is president of the Uni
ted States Potash G Fertilizer De-
velopment Co., incorporated with a
capital stock of 800, 900. The vice pres
| ident, secretary and treasurer are all
residents of Delaware. The company
has about 1000 acres of land in Mex
| leo, near Amgordo, upon which it has
! deposits of gypsum, soda, borax, and
! potash. In addition, it is to construct
a big plant at Amgordo for the man.
ufacture of fertilizer and cement, the
| products for both being present upon
| it's property in abundant quantities.
| The cement plant which it will soon
have in operation will have a capac.
| ity of 100 tons.
| Girard.-Edward Edelman of the
firm of Knapp G Edelman, prom
! inent merchants, blew his brains
out while worrying over business af-
fairs. He was so years of age and un-
married. Clerks found the body when
the store was opened.
Lorain.-With cash balance
of exactly is cents, the citizens
G. A. r. association, which had
charge of the forty-fifth annual en-
campment of the G. A. r. here during
the week of June 1924. closed up its
books and went out of business. Ex-
penditures for all purposes totaled s3,-
695.92, and receipts, including popular
subscriptions, S3,696.10.
Ravenna.-Diving into Lake Brady,
near Kent, and striking his head
on the bottom, Norman Baldwin,
| Is, president of the Ravenna
High school class of 1912, and promi.
nent in athletic circles, broke his neck
and died almost instantly.
| Akron.-A man who committed
suicide by shooting himself through
the heart in front of the home of
| DR.. J. r. Fisher on E. Market street
| in the afternoon, was later identified
as Antonio Versacchia, the man who
murdered his wife on North Hill in
| the morning. Police had been hunt.
ing for him from Akron to Cleveland.
Akron.-Sheriff Ferguson OF Sum
nit county arrested a man Civ.
ing the name of William Murray, hold.
ing him in connection with the murder
of Frank Price of Cuyahoga Falls at
Hudson. Murray was brought here
from Hudson and for several hours
was questioned by Prosecutor Rock
we'll, Detective lie Deaux and the sher
iff. The body was identified by Will
liam Metcalf of Cuyahoga Falls. The
murder victim was 54. His wife died
at Cuyahoga Falls six weeks ago and
since that time he had been despond
ent, according to Metcalf.
Bellefontaine. = Timothy Mccoy
who was arrested here in April
on charge of having been the
lone bandit who held up the passen
gers in a fast Big Four train, was con
victed at Muncie of the crime. The
penalty is from five to Ia years i'm
prisonment. 1t was largely through
lhC VI lNO SlGNClhilu
travelling men, ]. E. Porter and
Thomas Wey, that Mccoy was con
victed. The Cleveland men were OF
the train when the bandit entered the
car. He wore a mask but it dropped off
Portsmouth.-Judge A. q. Blail
started tongues wagging in Adams
county again when he ordered {
special grand jury. A few days age
it was reported that he would finisf
the famous vote selling campaign o
disfranchisement this week. The spe
cial grand jury drawn is taken t.
mean that he will start a crusade Il
punish the men guilty of buying votes
Sheriff Williams made another arrest
Roby Kerr is under indictment and /
is said that this practically finished
the work of bringing vote sellers Il
justice.
Cincinnati.-An alleged discrep
ancy of from $4,000 to $4,000 il