The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-07-30
Buckeye Notes

Canadian provinces and threatening
the whole middle west.
Columbus. a Ex-State School Com
missioner John w. Zeller, we'll
known in educational circles through
out the state, has been elected
county superintendent of schools in
Lucas county. He will also act as
secretary of the county board and re-
ceive a total compensation of $2,400.
When at the head of the state school
department Mr.. Zeller did much to ad-
vance the cause of rural school GEN.
tralization.
Cleveland. - Side by side on
bench in the Erie railroad station
with telephone directories, lead pen
ellis and initiative petitions on a pro-
posed tax amendment to the state con-
stitution in their hands, three men
we're arrested by detectives on charges
of forgery in violation of the election
laws.
Sandusky. = Using a barrel as a
resuscitator because they believed
it would take too long to get a
pulmotor from the police station, work
men at the Big Four docks brought
Conrad Rising, 35, back to life after he
had, to all appearances, drowned.
Kenton.- Andrew Dutton, 20 years
old, son of w. w. Durbin of Ken
ton, Democratic state politician, was
seriously injured when an auto he was
driving skidded and went into the
ditch. Durbin was pinned under the
machine and was badly cut about the
head and internally injured. His con-
dition is critical.
Springfield. - Being unsuccessful in
committing suicide by drinking
iodine and slashing his neck
with a razor, Otto Stevenson, SO,
hanged himself near his house. His
body was found by his 17-year-old son.
Ill health is said to have been the
cause.
Bellefontaine. A stick, thrown by
his sister at a cat, struck For.
est Stewart, 12, Shelby county, in.
fiicting wound on the forehead from
which lockjaw developed. The boy
died
Warren-John Truco, laborer, was
buried in a cave-in here several min
utes. He was rescued and is in a
serious condition.
Alliance.-Albert Belts, % years
old, broke his neck and died instantly
when he fell 40 feet with a drilling
pole of a gas drilling machine.
Wooster.-Jacob Harzler, a farmer,
near Smithville, fell from a load of
hay in field. His neck was broken
and he died.
Akron.-Arthur Fuse and Francisco
Linaren of Kent were seriously
injured at Barberton when the
automobile in which they were riding
was struck by c., A. & c. passenger
train. The machine was wrecked and
its two occupants hurled 25 feet.
Painesville. - John M. Cahill, aged
36, a B. & o. railroad employe,
was instantly killed when he fell from
the pilot of an engine and was crushed
by the wheels.
Columbus. - Resources of the $50
state banks of Ohio show the
enormous increase of more than $685.
100000 during the last three months in
their report to the state superintend-
ent as of June 80.
Massillon. - Clyde Mitchell, aged
"a, of Huntsville, Ala, was instantly
killed and Floyd Duncan was Sc
riously hurt when the two stepped in
front of fast train while unloading a
carnival here. Mitchell was literally
knocked out Of his shoes, which were
left on either side of the track while
his body was thrown many feet.
Marietta. - One man was killed
and twenty persons injured, five of
them seriously, when passenger car
and pay car on the Parkersburg &
Marietta Interurban line collided near
Lowell, o.
Chris Noe, 35, motormar of the pas.
senger car, died on the way to the
nOSpltal at Marietta.
The accident, according to officials
Of the railway, was caused by over.
apping orders given by the dispatcher.
Tifin. - w. Leland Pennell, SO,
Tiftin business man, ended his life
with a pistol. His sister found his
body in bed, a bullet in his heart.
Pennell had been despondent since the
ieath of his wife.
Newark. - When Mrs. Maude Han
1um struck match in the base
nent of the Magic Compound Soap
'actory there was an explosion which
wrecked the two-story building. The
woman was blown across the room.
Her hands, face and hair were burned.
Ashtabula. L. B. Silberman.
PRESIDENT of the Boston Store Co..
lied unexpectedly in the hospital.
One of Silberman's fingers was
rushed in an auto accident. Ampu.
alton was necessary and he was
'ushed to the hospital. He recovered
rom the anesthetic, but died later.
Death is ascribed to lung affection.
Akron. - After having been on
rial for his life twice and hay-
ng been convicted twice for man.
laughter and sentenced to serve five
ears each time in the penitentiary,
Charles Ross, former Akron saloon
nan, is free without having served a
lay of his time. The charge of killing
Harry Hannah in saloon brawl was
lolled by Judge Rogers.
Youngstown. - For the shooting
# Mike Geanganeas in October,