The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-09-17
Buckeye Notes


contest was made for quartermaster
general and Gen. N. r. Thompson,
jamestown, N. Y, was elected by ac-
clamation. All other officers were
elected unanimously.
The Ladies' auxiliary elected Mrs.
Mary E. Lindsay, Pittsburgh, national
president; Mrs. Margaret Lawyer, Los
Angeles, senior vice president; Mrs.
Amanda Snodgrass, Steubenville, o,
junior vice president; Mrs. Mary E.
Cupler, Cumberland, Md, chaplain-in-
chief; Mrs. Mary E. McLane, Whining
ton, DEL, treasurer.
The new national commander, o. w.
Aldrich, Columbus, O., has appointed
Col. ]. c. Bishop, Columbus, his ad.
jutant general; Judge John G.. Reeves,
Lancaster, o., his Judge advocate, and
Gen. D. H. Bonesteel, Brooklyn, N. Y,
his chief of stan.
Youngstown.--The temporary stand
occupied by Gov. Cox and Attor.
ney General Hogan and their son,
with about a hundred other persons, at
the Garfield fair, collapsed and pre-
cipitated all to the ground. More than
SO on the stand were badly bruised.
The governor and attorney general
were badly shaken up, but none was
seriously hurt. The two state officials
helped prevent panic, the spectators
disentangled themselves from the de-
lric ond ha y,ooJo ~.
uled address.
Akron.-The explosion of gas in a
kitchen stove caused the death of Mrs.
George Atanesian. H. H. Taylor,
owner of the house where the woman
resided, was painfully burned in his
attempt to carry her to safety.
The force of the explosion badly
shattered the house. Taylor, on see
ing Mrs. Atanesian wrapped in flames,
ran to her rescue.
His clothing caught fire before he
could get the woman outside. Mystery
shrouds the cause of the explosion.
Steubenville. - Oscar Kennedy, 25
years of age of Bellaire, the second
of the quintet who robbed Lows LIQUOR
store in Mingo to die of bullet wounds
inflicted by the police, confessed his
connection with the robbery Just be-
fore he died. He would implicate no
others.
Findlay.-John J. Garland was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for five
years for having burglars tools in
his possession. Garland broke Jail
here several years ago with a SEN
tence Of three years in the peniten-
tiary hanging over him.
Observation-Disclosures a COW owned
by Mrs. Julia Smith caused damage
estimated at So in Mrs. Joseph Yoku-
bitz's garden, friends of Mrs. Yokubitz
wrought summary vengeance. They
tied rope around the cows neck, fas-
tened the rope to a stake and pushed
her over a cliff. The COW strangled to
death. Mrs. Smith has sued to re-
cover value of the COW.
Lima.-Three Lima men, members
of crew of an Ohio Electric railway
express car, were injured and mar
rowly escaped death when the cal
leaped the track on curve near West
Liberty and crashed into house
Columbus. - Various organizations
in the interest of public health
will ask the legislature next win
n iNyidi fI,n
state into health districts with
one or more counties comprising
4 district. The county commissioners
are to act as joint board of control.
The plan calls for the appointment of
4 district health officer by the state
board of health, which official will ap-
pointsnecessary assistants or deputies
in each township or group of town
ships. Cities of 5000 and over will
not be affected.
kenton. - Lawrence Drummond,
aged 10 years, was caught under a cut
of cars in the Hooking Valley railroad
yards at Carey and his left leg cut off.
He was brought to Kenton hospital.
Bellefontaine. - When Bellefon-
taine men attempted to break up
a crap game started by Urbana
men at a negro camp meeting here a
general fight ensued. Edward Berkley
of Bellefontaine was stabbed and
three Urbana men, Lewis Fletcher,
Joshua Goings and Hollis Bowser, are
in Jail here.
Youngstown. At the closing
session of the Ohio Firemen's Pro
tective association here Portsmouth
was chosen as the place for the
convention next year. The following
officers were elected: President, Lavid
Kay, Youngstown; vice presidents, F.
A. Curtis of Lima, T. ]. Purtell of
Cincinnati, w. w. McFadden of Day
ton, and H. ]. Wiubaugh of Toledo;
secretary and treasurer, E. F. Reed,
corresponding secretary,
Joseph A. Kirby, Dayton.
The following trustees were elected:
P. j. Allen, chairman, Cleveland; w.
F. Latimer, Lorain; W.. T. Roberts,
Portsmouth; F. e. Hendricks, Spring.
field; H. E. See, Canton; A. Gartz, To-
ledo; ]. ]. Ferry, Ironton, and W. ].
Larkey, Dayton.
Conneaut. - Francis Work, high
school athlete, was found lying
in pool of blood on the floor
of his room. He had shot himself
through the head with revolver, pre-.
by accident
Ashtabula. The postoffice at
Andover, Ohio, was robbed early
In the morning. The burglars gained
entrance by cutting the light of glass
from the door, in which performance