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

tiss biplane, flying low, struck the
roof of house, turned completely
over and fell 80 feet, a complete
wreck.
Delaware.-Ten minutes before
quitting time Jesse Zimmerman,
35, was instantly killed at G. c..
Dunlap's sawmill by an 18-inch piece
of hickory wood, thrown against his
left breast by small buzz saw.
Toledo.-After enjoying long
period Of immunity from police
interference, proprietors of the many
gambling houses in Toledo, who for
months have been doing flourishing
business in open defiance of the law,
again have been ordered by the po-
lice to close their establishments.
Akron.-Winning S5 on a wager
that he could procure $40 in a
week by begging ON the streets of
Akron, has placed Frederick Young,
who claims Los Angeles as his home,
behind the walls Of the Cleveland
workhouse for 80 days. According to
the story he told Mayor w. T. Sawyer,
Young made wager with A. G. Web
| ster, travelling salesman while the
two were in hotel lobby at Mans
| field, that he would make good liv-
ing by begging on the street. When
picked up, after working his game
| few hours, Young had $3.50.
Marion.-Mourned as dead, Mrs.
Thomas Emery received kilograms
OF congratulations on the fact
that she was still alive. tele-
gram carried the information that she
had died while en- route on train
here from California Instead of Mrs.
Emery dying, her sister, Mrs. Alice
| Noyes, died at Canton, Ill. Local
newspapers published long obituaries.
Toledo.-That the sweet harmo-
nies of pipe organ have the
same magic in drawing rats out OF
their holes as had the music of the
pied piper of Hamelin," has found
| conclusive demonstration at the Gen.
tral Christian church here. Under the
leadership of Rev. G. w. Speer, COM
pany of members inaugurated cam
| paign to exterminate the rodents
which infest the house of worship. For
| some time, the rats have been max
| ing playground out of the inside of
| the pipe organ and quite frequently
have tinkered with tae mechanism,
| with the result that, Sunday morn
ing in the midst of the children's day
services, the organ refused to work.
Rev. Mr.. Speer decided on summary
| action. From his pulpit Sunday even
| ing, he announced there would be
| slaughtering Monday morning and he
| extended an invitation to all the men
! of the congregation to be present.
zanesville.The state supreme
court having decided that the Aiken
tax could be collected in dry
counties, Prosecutor Ribble has COM
menced proceedings for the collection
of back taxes, amounting to $4,000,
from 60 liquor dealers in this city. The
men in arrears had all been. convicted
| of operating speakeasies, but had fail
| ed to pay their Aiken tax. On the
| other hand the city treasury is bank
| rupt. There was a revenue of $50, 900
| from the Dow tax before the county
was voted dry. Since then two fire
| stations have been closed the city
! garbage plant is for sale, 10 policemen
have been laid off and reduction of
the fire department force made on ac-
count of scarcity of fund.-.
Toledo.-while alone in his bed
room, Emil F. Waldo, 3S, car
penter, who had been almost a help
less invalid for six years, ended his
life by shooting himself in the left
breast with his sons fiobert rifle.
Toledo.-Four men were rescued
from the Maumee river by Henry
Billeter, the wrestler, after they
had been given up for dead. Bill.
Letter, accompanied by Charles Foley,
George Muntz, Art Bridge and Joe
| Hanson, started out for a row. In
the middle of the river one of the
| party moved, upsetting the boat. Bill
Letter, who was the only man who could
swim, grasped one of the boys and
! placed him on the upturned boat. BY
| this time the others had disappeared
and Billeter dived several times in
rescuing the others.
Toledo. = Congressman Sherwood
In an interview throws some in
teresting sidelights on the de-
nunciation of Senator Burton by the
Grand Army encampment at Lorain.
Senator Burton was vigorously de-
nounced by several members of the
so-called house of lords and circu-
lars were distributed among the dele
gates holding Burton responsible for
the defeat of the Sulloway pension
BILL" said Sherwood. THE comrades
were mad at the Republican party be-
cause 1t failed to pass any pension
legislation when it had 40 majority in
the house and two-thirds majority in
the senate. Burton was elected as a
scapegoat because he Is the Repub-
lican senator of Ohio. This was done
to shield the president, who, everyone
| in Washington knows, was influential