The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-11-19
Buckeye Notes

attorneys representing the ManOn-
ing County Bar association We'd
nesday filed charges with the COM
mon pleas court charging professional
misconduct against Judge w. P. Bar
mum of this city, himself a member of
the common pleas bench.
Barnum is charged with having
promised immunity to Frank Callahan
Of Youngstown. convicted of conduct
ing disorderly house, providing Cal
lahar would give Barnum a lease to
property Callahan owned. He is also
charged with having attempted to COM
pei Callahan to sign false statement
in a newspaper.
The findings follow an investigation
conducted by the committee at the
instance of the Bar association, to
whom the matter was referred recent
ly by a grand jury which investigated
the affair but declined to return an
indictment against Barnum-
Barnum is a Republican. He was
defeated for appellate judge by 1913
votes by Judge w. H. Spence of Lis
bon in the recent election. He still
has two years to serve as common
pleas judge. The charges Wednesday
were filed with Common Pleas Judge
w. S. Anderson and George Robinson,
Barnum's colleagues on the bench
here
Ottawa. - All the ointment that
could be poured on the worried
council by the recent state ,politi-
cal campaign was applied at Ottowa's
18th biennial crow banquet. Demo
Gratis and Republicans from all sec
tions of Ohio nearly 700 of them, sat
down to the banquet and heard the
friendly gibes and repartee of men OF
both parties. A. P. Sandles Of this
city, head of the state agricultural
commission, father of the crow ban
quet, was POSTMASTER. The affair was
held in the new armory and it was the
biggest event of it's kind northwestern
Ohio ever has seen.
Guests of honor seated near Mr..
Sandles were United States Senator
| Atlee Pomerene, Senator-elect Warren
G. Harding, Gov.Elecet Frank B. Viii
lis and Ex-Gov. James E. Campbell.
Many others we're at the banquet
table. both successful and defeated
candidates in the recent campaign.
Columbus. - Democrats had $52,-
202S4 for the state campaign and
spent all but s3S.52, so the report
by Chairman Finley showed when filed
with the secretary of state. OF this
| Gov. Cox was the large contributor
with $3,6OO OF the expenditure more
than $4,000 went for publicity plate
and advertising in newspapers.
Frank B. Willis, Republican gov
ernor-elect, spent 1919 in his cam
paign, according to his statement.
Among the items of expense were bills
| for telephoning to Harvey C. CARRIER
of Columbus and Charles A. Bond of
Cleveland, former mayor of Columbus.
| OF the amount returned as expense,
| $3.50 was contribution to the Repub-
lican state executive committee.
lumbus.-Complete returns avail
able on the state officers give
Governor-elect Willis 27,779 plurality
over Gov. Cox. The total vote on the
governorship was 1,117.023. Willis
tR.) got 519,7S0, Cox (D.) 491, ,OO1. Gar
field (P.) 58,646, and Wilkins Isl 49,
596. For United States senator Hard
ing defeated Hogan by 10O,1OO The
vote was Harding 524.2S1, Hogan 424,-
1S1, Garford (P.) 62,S31, and Kitchens
(S) 1888.
Ottawa. - Mrs. Mary Catherine En-
gle, 66 years old, of Bluffton. visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. George DeVore.
near Gilboa, prepared dinner and then
hanged herself from a rafter in the
woodshed. She had been i'll for some
time and it is thought her mind was
temporarily unbalanced.
Mansfield. - Unable to obtain work
and fearing idleness would do
him no good and possibly cause
him to violate his parole from
the state reformatory, Clarence Hen
erickson Of Lima returned here and
surrendered himself to reformatory
officials. He will be held until employ
ment is obtained for him.
Akron. Ohio c. Barber. the mil
| lionaire match manufacturer, bank
er and farmer, has served notice that
no more visitors would be permitted
at his Anna Dean farm. Barberton, un-
til the foot and mouth disease epidemic
| is wiped out In one big stable Mr..
Barber has registered cattle valued at
! 100000.
Youngstown. John J. Graney of
this city has been appointed a
member of the advisory committee of
the shop safety and sanitation COM
mittee by the Ohio industrial commits
sion. This committee is composed of
representatives of employers and
workmen. Mr. Graney represents the
latter.
East Liverpool. - Mrs. Henry Da-
Wis. aged 3S, died here as a result
of burns suffered in a fire while she
lay asleep in bed at her home. Her
clothes afire, Mrs. Davis dashed out
Of the house. Neighbors extinguished
her blazing clothing. The fire caused
but $25 damage.
Akron. - John Suits, Prohibition
candidate for county treasurer. made
return Of the smallest expense
account ever recorded by a can
didate for office In Summit county.
Suits says he spent only three cents
for postal cards to notify friends that
| ha vas running for office
Akron.-Two men, both BARRIERS,
died of the same disease at the
/ samo hour in Akron Citv hocnitaI