The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-06-20
Buckeye Notes


election Of these officers: Cyrus
Salzberger, New York, president;
Charles E. Eisenman, Cleveland
Aaron Kohn, Pittsburgh, and Morris
d. Waldman, New York, vice presi-
dents; Barnard Greenfelder, st. Louis,
treasurer. Louis Levine, Baltimore,
was again chosen secretary.
Defiance, o. Judge T. T. Shaw
Of Defiance was nominated for
common pleas Judge of the third sub
division of the Third judicial district,
comprising the counties Of Defiance,
Paulding, Van Vert, Williams and Full
ton at the district delegate Democratic
convention here.
Sandusky, o. MarZaret Zeboll, 3
years old, on her way to school, was
run down and probably fatally injured
by an automobile driven by Chester
Weichel, a grocer's boy. The two
wheels passed over her neck, ruptur-
ing several blood vessels.
Wooster, o. Nancy Brownield,
who died recently, left most Of her
s25,OO0 estate to the Christian church
of FredericlEgburg, near here.
Cincinnati, o. County Prosecutor
Pogue announced here that Attor-
ney General Wickersham had &C.
ceded to his request for an expert
enced federal bank examiner to as
sist in the investigation of the affairs
of the Cincinnati Trust Co. Prosecu.
tor Pogue declared there was nothing
official in the action Of the federal
attorney general insofar as the gov
ernment is concerned, and that the
expert is simply furnished so that he
can give the prosecutor the benefit
OF his experience in deIVing into the
records Of the trust company.
Steubenville, O.-Agner Jarvis and
Perry Norman, judges, and John
e. Burns, a clerk, were indicted
by the grand jury for neglect of duty
at the recent primary. The men left
the Tiltonville polling place for an
hour and stopped the election, saying
nobody was voting. Harry F. West,
Harmon worker, and Earl Jarvis were
indicted for intimidation of election
OUcldIS at llltOuVllIe.
CleveIand-For unlawfuIly pTactte-
ing midwifery, two women were SEN
fenced to pay $50 and costs by Judge
Baer in municipal court. One case was
continued until July 16, and one case
was dismissed.
Marion. - Earl Roberts, years
old, of Prospect, instantly killed his T.
year-old sister Helen while he was
examining a Flobert rife with which
q neighbor had been killing sparrows.
The gun was accidentally discharged
Just as the girl opened the door to
call her brother to dinner. The bull
let took effect between her eyes.
Continental - This village is still
in an upheaval as a result OF
the fire which destroyed the busi-
ness section. The fire consumed II
business houses and six residences.
The total loss on all buildings will
be $4,000, with about three-fourths
covered by insurance. Most Of the
owners of the buildings that burned
reside here and it was stated that new
structures will be erected as soon as
the insurance can be adjusted.
Canton. - After being converted
by Billy Sunday here last Janu-
ary and actively taking up evan
gelistic work, Jack Cardiff, boxing in
structor at the Y. M. G. A. and claim
ant to the welterweight championship,
will abandon his newly chosen field
and return to the roped arena. "A
man must live," says Cardiff, in ex'
Slanation.
Bellefontaine. F. A. Hardy, aged
-, has held public office 109
years. He lives in Miami county. He
has given up the office Of justice Of
the peace and now the only offices he
holds are those of member of the sol
diers' relief commission and notary
public. Hardy accomplished his rec
ord by holding more than one office at
a time and once he held four at the
same time. Here is his record: Jus.
tice Of the peace, rs years; township
clerk, years; city clerk, 10 years;
waterworks clerk, years; board OF
education clerk, 20 years; ward as
SCISSOR, IA years; board of equaliza-
ton, "a years; member tax equaliza'
ton board, 2 years; appraiser of real
estate, 2 years-a total of 1O9 years.
He also served Sc years as volun'
teen fireman and served in the Mexi-
can and Civil wars.
Fostoria - Policeman Carlile saved
Organizer O'Connor of the In
dustrial Workers Of the World
from being roughly handled and pos
sibly from being lynched. The crowd
made no demonstration during O'Con.
nor's tirade against the law or when
he admitted that he would rob a bank
if he could get away with it. But
when he charged that Christ was a
hobo carpenter" and denounced all
ministers and priests and those who
| pay homage to them as dupes OF
worse, there were cries of String him
up!" and a rush was made to seize
the organizer. Policeman Carlisle
rushed O'Connor through the crowd
and up the stairs of nearby building,
holding back the angry throng by
threatening them with his club in the
narrow hallway.
Sandusky. - The postofice at tha
Ohio soldiers and sailors home,
two miles east of this city, was
robbed Of $519 worth of stamps and
$3.50 in cash between midnight and
morning. Postofice Inspector Charles
G. Pfeil and Sheriff Herman Reuter-
believe the job was done by profess
sionals, probably members of the gang
that has been operating in northern
Ohio for several months. Entrance
to the building was gained through q
rear window, ten feet from which is
the guard house in which are quar-.