The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-06-25
Buckeye Notes


DR.. W. A. Eudaly, who had held that
office for IA years.
Other officers picked are: W. B. An
derson of Portsmouth, vice president;
E. r. Barrett of Springfield, treasurer,
and E. F. Jarran of Columbus, record
ing secretary.
Toledo. - According to Patrol
man Al Martin, two hold-up men
invited him to assist in robbing a man
whom they pointed out across the
street. Martin arrested the pair, who
gave the names of Iva Dukeshire, 25,
a cook, and John Morrow, 80, waiter.
According to Martin they had pre-
viously been reported as having robbed
John A. Johnson of North Baltimore in
Summit-st restaurant.
Akron. - J. w. Garrigues, aged 81,
lineman for the N. o, T. & L. Co.,
was electrocuted here when he grasped
live wire containing 2,40O volts while
on top of trolley pole. A pulmotor
was used for two hours in vain hope
to save his life.
Conneaut. Two-year-old Alton
Vasbinder of this city met ira
gic death. The little lad was play
ing with his sister when he became
entangled in a rope and was strangled
to death.
Toledo. - Lester Boyce, aged 16,
was struck by a fowl ball while he
was playing with his classmates at
Toledo Beach and died a few minutes
later.
Massillon. - Arson Weldman, aged
46, was instantly killed when he was
struck by train on the w. & L. E.
between Harmon and Run Junction,
south of here.
Newark. The American Bottle
company will employ 800 additional
, men here, according to the plants eX-
ecutive board. The 1900 men now
employed will have their hours of Ia
bor reduced from 10 and IL to at the
same standard of wages.
Ashland - Ashland voters author
lied the new charter, the modified fed
} eral plan, by a vote of 426 to lab.
About one-fourth of the city's vote
/ was cast.
: Bellefontaine. - H. H. McGill, one
:, armed aeronaut, fell from para
J chute at st. Paris and was killed. Nc
}. Gill was formerly editor of Sidney
. daily newspaper.
. Akron. - Fire destroyed the ware
houses of the Robinson Clay Pot
! terry Co., located on South Main-st
. here. Thousands of valuable pieces OF
! the earthenware were stored in the
I building and the loss was estimated
. at $4,000.
: Columbus. The three bandits
who robbed the Schwilk brothers
aged farmers, near Taylors sta
ton, and then terrorized the commu
J. nifty around Centerburg, pleaded guilty
. when arraigned before Judge Rath
t. NELL in criminal court. Arthur Strom
r who was wounded and still carries &
+ bullet in his head, and Ernest Jones
y the older of the Jones brothers, were
e sentenced to the penitentiary. Ear
* Jones was sentenced to the Mansfield
, reformatory.
Athens. - The memory of Ma
nasseh Cutler, member of the OhiC
u company, one of the founders o
. the northwest territory and one of thu
q" men who brought about the establish
u ment of the Ohio university at Athens
" shortly after 1900, was honored Tues
= day by the board of trustees of tina
y institution.
v Lima. - Taking the back doc
= off its hinges, thieves entered th
|: house of Mr.. and Mrs. Duffy, just maj
~ ried, and stole all of the wedding pres
ID ents, valued at several hundred dollars
Mansfield. Mrs. Thomas DuI
70 ban, 81, was burned to death whel
10 fire destroyed her home. Her charre
body was found in the ashes in tn
10 morning. She was in the house alon
r during the evening. Her husban
re works at night and her daughter, Mar
a. Durham, school teacher, was visitin
9. in Cleveland. When the fire starte
70 neighbors thought Mrs. Durham ha
70 left the house in safety.
y Lima. - One man probably wa
fatally injured and two others hui
swhen an auto driven by WilliaI
Winans of Spencerville, containing hi
wife and three other occupants, wa
~ struck by the machine Of Harold Moor
~ of this city three miles west of her
81 and hurled into the ditch.
}" Winans was blinded by the cras
and fears are entertained for his r
10 covery. Moore and his companion
% Eugene McGuff of Wheeling, Nv. Va
OF suffered fractured ribs, while others {
. the party escaped with bruises,
10 Columbus. = Seventy-two fatal a
v cidents occurred ON the steal
~ and electric railways in Ohio durin
on May, according to the records Of th
- state utilities commission.
ne Dayton. - Upon a warrant swoI
ne out by United States Marshal Mars
" Carl Geyer, manufacturers agent an
ne independent salesman, was arreste
ut charged with misuse of the mails.
Toledo. = Falling head foremo
~ from a third-story window in
=. shoe store at Adams and Summit-st
~ William Smith, 20, decorator, shoute
~ warning to two women passing belo
~ and in his path. A second later Smii
M crashed to the sidewalk, just missir
~ the women. Smith suffered broke
" arm, left leg and internal injuries.
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