The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-03
Buckeye Notes

the past 30 days. Two Of the in
jured will probably die. All others
suffered serious injuries. The list in
cludes:
William Peters, broken collarbone;
Mrs. William Peters, internally In
jured, will die; William Peters, Jr.,
cut and bruised; Mrs. Anne Dowty,
Bridgeport, ILL.,, cut about head;
Beatrice Dowty, daughter, broken col
larbone; Claude Dowty, twisted arm;
George McKoppin and William Kin
caid, officials of a Lima mercantile
firm, backs wrenched, cut and
bruised; Clinton Birge, veterinary
surgeon of Ottawa, two broken ribs,
fractured shoulder blade, internal in
1uries, will probably die.
East Liverpool. - Rudolph Gaert.
ner, a wealthy importer of pot.
terp supplies, who left here early
in June for tour of the present Euro
pean war zone, Is detained at Delo-
mites in the Tyrol mountains, Austria.
Hungary, according to a cable just re-
ceived by friends here. He was en-
route to visit his mother at Carlsbad.
Mr.. Gaertner will be unable to leave
Austria until his United States citi-
Zenship papers and his honorary dis
charge from service in the Austrian
army reach him. TEey have been for.
warded by mail.
Oberlin. - The seventy-sixth meet
ing of the Lorain Baptist associa-
alton has just, closed two-day session
here. The association is composed of
Baptist churches of Lorain, Ashland
and Medina counties. Rev. F. A. Agar
of New York city and c. w. Chamber.
lain, president of Denison university,
delivered the principal addresses. C.
A. Metcalf of Elyria was moderator;
A. 2. Tillotson of Oberlin was clerk.
Butler. - So depleted is the vii
lage treasury here that it has
been found necessary to raise by pop
ular subscription the funds necessary
to defray the cost of holding a vote on
a proposed bond issue of $4,000 to buy
new gas engine for the muny light
plant.
GAINESVILLE. "A heavily laden boat
containing five men and a boy was
rocked by an occupant in the Mus
kingum river at Brush Creek bridge,
five miles below here, and Ambrose
Embody, 20, Summit Hill, Pa, was
drowned. J. A. Casey was sinking
when rescued by Fl. Benway..
The men were bridge workers and
had boarded the rowboat to get to
shore to escape shower. Embody's s
body was recovered in 20 minutes, but
he could not he resuscitated.
Mt. misunderstanding to the ap-
peal to help alleviate the suffering
Of the mothers and children in
Europe who are affected by the war,
the members of the Ohio conference of
the Seventh Day Adventists attending
the annual encampment here sub,
scribed $11,17O toward the emergency
fund.
Upper Sandusky.-Mr. and Mrs. j.
Rawlins, their little grandson, Miss
Catherine Retterer and girl friend,
all of Marion, o.; Mrs. F. Brown
of Urbana, o., and Mrs. Gibson
of Indiana were all badly cut and
bruised when an auto in which they
were coming to this city turned over
in ditch after tire burst.
Sandusky.-The Pennsylvania Rail
way Co. has abandoned a yard ex
tension project designed to facilitate
the handling Of coal from south
ern Ohio and northern West Vir
ginia mines through Sandusky, be-
cause, according to an official state
ment, the price at which the needed
right of way is held is unreasonable
Nearly $50 men engaged in yard en-
largement work were laid off.
Lima.-Attracted by cries, police
entered the home of George Seibert
43 years of age, and found both
Seibert and his wife violently insane
The officers removed Seibert to hos
pital, and his wife was cared for by
neighbors. Seibert is said to be in 9
critical condition. Physicians have
been unable to determine what caused
both husband and wife to become de
mented at the same time.
Marysville.-Mrs. Emma Bruerd, 2;
years of age, wife of Frank Bruerd
agent for the American Express Co
at Middleport, committed suicide al
the home of her sister, Mrs. c. Haver
in Raymond, this county, by swallow
ing poison.
Cincinnati.-T Two persons we're Sc
riously injured and several Others
slightly hurt when an automo
bile driven by Charles Lohstros o.
2915 Highland-av crashed into an auto
mobile driven by Leo Henkel, 139 Uni
versity-av, at 9th and Main-sts here.
In the Henkel machine were Mr.
and Mrs Henkel and their child ant
Mr.. and Mrs. Schriner, ST., 3439 Dury
av., and their child. The two womeI
were removed to the city hospital
where it is said that both are suffer
ing from fracture of the skull. TIL,
Henkel machine was overturned ant
all of the occupants were badl!
bruised.
Marietta.-Five hundred people ar,
homeless as result of the burning
of Gillespie. construction camp a
dam II on the Ohio river. six mile
above Marietta. The fire starte'
from defective plumbing in a hote]
Many occupants Of the buildings wer
forced to jump from second-story win
dows. One Hungarian was fatal,
burned. The loss is $4,000.