The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-10-10
Buckeye Notes

Dennison. - Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Rittenhouse and Miss Ethel Fin
ney of Deersville, near here, we're bad
ly injured when their automobile
turned over.
Xenia. j. o. Mccormick, aged Ga,
for 80 years city editor of the Xenia
Gazette, died after a lingering illness
which terminated in pneumonia.
Canton. - Rev. E. B. Townsend,
who has been at the head of the
anti-vice crusade which has been car
ried on here for six months, has re-
ceived several letters which he says
threaten death unless he leaves the
city and stops his activities. He has
been responsible for many arrests OF
gamblers and saloonkeepers. Rev.
Mr.. Townsend says he will continue
his reform work.
Canal Dover. - Two girls and
three men were hurt in a collision
between Canal Dover-Uhrichsville
car and work car near Goshen.
Tippecanoe. Il. T. Sheets, twice
mayor of Tippecanoe City, was
killed in an automobile accident
near Vandalia and his compan-
ion, Miss Ethel Hartman, was serious
ly bruised.
Sandusky. - Neighbors examining
the clothing of Mrs. Mary Kra%ss,
for whose burial at the expense
of the county arrangements were
being made, found certificates of
deposit calling for almost $1,000 sewed
| in the lining of an old skirt. Mrs.
Krauss, 81, dropped dead on the street.
For years she had been living by do
ing washings and scrubbing floors. The
examination was Apstigated by
friend to whom Mr.. Krauss had con-
fided that she had money enough for
A decent funeral, although how much
and where it was hidden she refused
to say.
Columbus. - Memorial hall was
crowded here by an audience
which witnessed Indian dances and
heard Indian songs by delegates in at
tendance at the second annual Indian
conference in this city The tribes
represented in the songs and dances
were Ojibway, Cherokee and Seneca.
Canton. - The filing of deed to
a farm owned by Uriah c. Ward,
prosperous farmer near here,
has resulted in the declaration from
Ward that the deed is forgery. 1t
has also been brought to light that
James Heindman of New Cumberland,
O., had accepted bogus mortgage on
the farm for $4,000. According to
D Ward a man who gave the name Of
Joseph w. Bishop negotiated with
him to buy his farm for $4,000 but
no sale was made. Meantime deed
p for the farm in the name of Bishop
r was left with the Stark county re-
|. corder. A mortgage for $4,000 in ia
! vor of Heindman was filed. Heind-
y man says he loaned mo 3 to Bishop.
q Cincinnati. - The - .ral grand
q jury here returned an indictment
a containing some 20 counts, charging
q misapplcation of funds against Elmer
E. Galbreath, former president Of the
G Second National bank of this city
a United States bank examiners have
v been investigating the affairs of the
). Second National bank ever since its
reorganization recently. George B
q Cox was former member of the boarC
!. of directors. The indictment made
\. four charges against the former bank
er, misapplication of funds, embezzle
ment, false entry and abstraction
The total amount involved was placed
D at $116,54958. Galbreath was arrested
several months ago on a warrant
:. sworn to before United States Com
missioner Adler. He was bound ovel
to the grand jury and released OF
bond.
D. Columbus - Although the editors
r of the GAINESVILLE Times Recorde
n year ago opposed the work
II mems compensation act, theirs is thu
p first newspaper in the state to sub
I scribe to the state employees insurance
fund under it's provisions. A recen
~ ruling holds that editors and reporter
q on a paper so insured may recove
"a from the state for injuries, along witt
other employees.
" Xenia - Joseph Devoe, a prom
"a nent farmer of near Painters
N vile was killed when his automobil
~ turned turtle in a ditch near NeN
Burlington Mr.. and Mrs. Charles [
Bentley and three children also wer
in the automobile and all escaped il
I Jury except one of the children, VIII
- was not seriously injured
Martins Ferry. - William Wood,
10 high school boy. was caught b
crowd of hazers, who rubbed re
peppers all over his face. His eye
may be permanently injured. Th
c, boy is suffering agony.
I'll Dayton. - Riverdale United Brett
n rem church has made the announc
C. ment that automobiles will
OF sent after sleepy head" member
81 and if they are in bed they will |
90 awakened and invited to ride
ne church in the machines.
ed Sandusky. Two men were a
OF cidentally drowned in Sandusky ba
N at about the same time, one
as them because his curiosity We
" aroused by the crowd that gathere
he to watch the attempted rescue of Il
other.
Wooster. - Wooster college cir
in Holden hall locked Miss Hughe
H. the new dean, and Mrs. Rey
ss olds, matron, in their rooms and pr
w. ceeded to raid the pantry. Then thu