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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
What ID Means to Farme rs.

The beauties of free trade are well
illustrated by the present meat sup
ply and prices.s During the ten
months preceding May the imports
of meat and dairy products into the
United States were three times as
great as in like period two years
ago. This means that the America1
farmer has been deprived Of his homo
market to the extent of more than
s25,000,000, and the consumer has paid
not cent less than he would have
paid if the American farmershad been
allowed to supply his home product.
It means also that the clothing manu-.
facturer, the furniture man and other
business men have been deprived Of
the farm trade to practically the ex-
tent of this s25. 900: for had the
farmer received the money he would
have spent it at home. It all means
simply that Argentine farmers and
manufacturers are using this 25,000.-
900 that otherwise we should have
been enjoying in the United States.
The farmer is surely. not the man who
is benefited by free trade. Dover
(Del) Sentinel
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
HaIf.century Between Visits.

After exactly half century's alb
sence, W. j. Ham, of Rio Grande, o..
civil war soldier, visited the state
house recently. His preceding visit
was when lad of IA and a recruit
in the army he stopped off in Column
bus on his way to the front" Il had
just enlisted in Company F, Second
Ohio regiment of heavy artillery and
they sent us. through Columbus" said
Mr.. Ham. 'They let me in because
told them was Is years old. was
tall for my age, being 5 feet inches,
so got by, you see" The old vet
eran said that he saw practically no
change in the looks of the. state house
building, aside from the change in the
color of the exterior, weather having
made it darker
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
HARRY THAW SEEKS DIVORCE
New York Press Agent Is Named il
Suit Filed at Pittsburgh-Deser-
tion Also Charged.

Pittsburgh. Pa. Sept 3,-Harry K,
Thaw on Wednesday instituted an ac
ton before Judge A. B. Reid in the AL
legheny county court for divorce from
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. In the action
Thaw names John ("Jack'') Francis
a free-lance newspaper man and the
atrical press agent of New York city,
Thaw, who is now in San Francisco
attending the Panama-Pacific exposi.
ton, is represented by the law firm
of Stone & Stone, and they refuse to
divulge any facts other than contained
in the brief preliminary papers.
The bill of particulars names Fran.
els as the "other party" in December,
1909 and January, 1910, at 81 West
Thirty-frst street. New York city. and
at other places at other times
1t also alleges that Mrs. Thaw de.
serted her husband on July l, 1909. at
which time he was in Matteawan.
The ''Thaw baby" is not mentioned
in the bill.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10

Washington, Sept. 4.-Cardinal Glib
hons. dean Of the College of Cardinals.
on Thursday presented to President
Wilson a confidential communication
from Pope Benedict inviting and urg-
ing this government to cooperate with
the Vatican and neutral nations to
bring about peace in Europe.
A conference on the same subject
was held later at the state department
between Cardinal Gibbons and Secre-
tary OF State lansing.
After his visits and confidential talk
TO and with the president. Cardinal
Gibbons said:
Il think the prospects of peace are
Frightening"
Cardinal Gibbons. the secretary of
state and the president declined to re-
veal the details OF the pope's sugges-
tion. II was stated at the White
House. in fact, that the president
would not discuss the subject at all.
Cardinal Gibbonr said:
Il only can tell you that conveyed
TO the president a message from the
holy father and that the message re-
lated to the subject Of peace. The
message cannot be made public yet; II
4 receive authority | shall be glad to
snake II public. The authority must
come from Rome and we will have to
confer about that.
Il regard the settlement of the con-
troversy between the United States
Ind Germany as affording an excep-
tional opportunity for peace proposals
and as having placed the United
States In a most advantageous posi-
tion to act In this direction.
MY interview with the president
was most gratifying. It would. OF
course be improper for me to speak
IN SEail regarding the conference
w.th the president, but may say the
conference was of a very genial and
happy character. In general way
Mexico was also discussed"
The cardinal said the peace pro-
posals he conveyed to the president
ed States. Whether the message from
the Vatican viii be submitted to other
neutral governments the cardinal
would not say.
From two sources It was gathered
that neither Germany nor Austria
would entertain any peace proposals
which did not include the re-erection
Of Poland into free kingdom. Again.
n IL known that the German terms of
peace must include a definite interna.
tional agreement at the peace con-
gress for the freedom o. the seas to
which President Wilson Is committed.
State department officials appear
certain that President Wilson will
Immediately make any mediatory sug-
gestions to the allies on the subject OF
peace.
The bullet-riddled bodies OF two
Americans who were kidnapped by
Mexican bandits about ~ miles
north of Brownsville were found IN
the bed OF a dried lake.
the situation is admitted to be more
serious than at any time since the
Mexican raids started. Fired with a
spirit OF revenge for the killing oi
Gen Pascual Orozco.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR

Mt Vernon, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-Asa Fer
gerson, farmer residing west of Mt.
Vernon, committed suicide by taking
an ounce of carbolic acid Worry over
crop losses by water is believed to
have been cause
Pinole, Cal, Sept. 1.-Three work
men were killed when two trans load
ed with eight tons of high explosives
exploded in the Hercules Powder COM
pany's plant here.
New York, Sept. 1.-The bottom
dropped out of the foreign exchange
market Tuesday. The pound sterling
dropped to 4.5715, a new low level.
Washington, Sept. 3.-Rear Admiral
William F. Fullam, superintendent of
the United States Naval academy at
Annapolis, has been transferred to the
command of the navy yard at Puget
Sound, Wash. Capt. Edward w.
Eberle, commandant of the Washing
ton navy yard. is to succeed Fullam as
superintendent of the Naval academy.
Rear Admiral Charles F. Pond. is trans
ferred to Portsmouth, N. H.. navy yard
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
1900 Fight to Keep Ohio Jobs.

Sixteen hundred state civil service
employees automatically lost their jobs
when the new Barnes-Moore civil serv-
ice ripper" law went into effect.
However, they remain temporarily,
because former Attorney General T. S.
Hogan, their attorney, in Common
Pleas Court sought Injunction against
the State Civil Service Commission
enforcing the new law. Gov. Willis,
declining to admit any legal flaws in
the law, appointed Rev. q. B. Camp
bell, Republican, Ada, and S. D. Webb,
Democrat, Albany, Athens county, to
the new commission. They, with
Charles German, Republican, Fostoria,
formed the old commission German
was dropped because the new law pro-
vides only two commissioners. Ap-
pointing officers have ten days in
which to do one of two things: Reap
point present employees Professionally
pending preparations of eligible lists
by competitive civil service tests" or
throw them out and appoint whom
they please, pending competitive ex-
aminations
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
To Buy Five other Concerns.

Acquisition by the. Northwestern
Ohio Light Co. of five electric light
companies was given official sanction
by the public utilities commission.
The aggregate price to be paid is
$80O,Oo0. To raise this amount the
Northwestern Co. was authorized to
issue and sell 100000 common stock
and 100000 five per cent first mort
gage or first and refunding mort
cages, 40-year bonds. The companies
to be acquired by the Northwestern
are the Urbana Light Co.. Liepsic
Electric Light plant, Deshler Light
and Power plant, Vanwert Public Serv-
ice Co., and the Delphos Electric
Light and Power Co.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Man Is Seriously Burned.

Steubenville. Harry Montgomery,
30, while in the storage plant
house of the West Penn Electric
Co., pointed his finger at, some cleo
trical apparatus. A binding flash fol
lowed the movement and current from
the batteries, which we're four feet
away, passed through his body.
Most of the clothing which Mont
gomery wore was burned from his
body and his shoes were charred al
most to POWDER Not only was his
entire body scared with the current,
but the flesh of the hand which he
pointed at the electrical apparatus
was stripped from the bones. En-
ployes extinguished his blazing cloth
ing and saved his life for the time be-
ing. Physicians, however, say he has
no chance for recovery.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Questions Fer conaress. !.

The great questions which Congress
must answer very promptly are these :.
How can the laws be changed SO as
to place the federal government upon
an even keel? Where can the huge
sums demanded fer ma 1nal defense
be obtained? Evidently the next sess
sion is to be NJ time for cheap clap.
trap or stump speech oratory at Wash
ington. Congressman must reality
that their duty to the country is d
more Importance than making cam.
paign literature Ter themselves.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
SPEED PUT
BEHIND MOVE
TO REACH FINAL VERDICT ON
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW
OF OHIO.
EMPLOYEES ARE DROPPED
Ohio Public Business Almost Entirely
Suspended While the Tests of the
Matter Are Under Way.
JOB SEEKERS PEEvED.

Columbus, O.-At Springfield he
second round of the agreed pre-
liminaries" in the Civil Service
case was heard. Arrangements
were perfected for the Franklin
County Court of Appeals to ap-
prove the entry put on by the
Franklin County Common Pleas
Court and paving the way for en-
rance into the Supreme Court.
There was brief joy at the State
Civil Service Commission offices
when the news came that the Com
mon Pleas Court here refused to
issue an injunction against the new
law. but faces of patronage hunt
ers heightened when they dlscov-
cred that it was agreed upon in ad-
vance. Near all the departments,
apparently acting by agreement,
failed to remove emp Dyes. This
was upon the theory that If the
new Civil Service law is knocked
out the discharged men must be
reinstated.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
FIX BLAME FOR FATAL
B. 80. WRECK IN OHIO
inspectors Of Utilities Commission Held
Operating Department of Railway
Responsible for Seven Deaths.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Columbus.-Direct blame for the
wreck at Orient on Aug. II, when
seven lives were lost, was placed on
the operating department of the Balti-
more Ohio Southwestern railway
and on the crew of the passenger and
freight trains that were in collision,
by the inspectors of the state utilities
commission, in a report just filed with
the commission.
There were not enough night tele-
graph offices open on the line to make
operation of heavy passenger trains
safe, the inspectors declared.
The. passenger crew did not OBJ
serve the standing rules for safety and
neither did the freight crew, it was
claimed
The passenger coach that was
wrecked was built 80 years ago, the
records of the road showed. the in
spectors declared They said that il
H,odern steel coaches had been used
the loss of life would have been much
smaller.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
GRANT u. S. DEMANDS
COUNT Won eERNsToRFF TELLS
GERMANY'S STAND IN SU5sEA
WAR CONTROVERSY.
KAISER YIELDS TO WILSON
Ambassador Calls on Secretary Of
State Lansing and Promises Subma-
rines VIII Warn All Passenger Ships

Washington, Sept 3.-Germany has
accepted in principle America inter
probation of the rules under which her
submarines may operate. Count von
Bernstorff. the German ambassador. Sc
informed Secretary of State Lansing
on Wednesday,
Germanys action is accepted as tn !
greatest diplomatic victory of the war
On leaving the state department Count
Won Bcrnstorff stated that he consul
cred the submarine issue. as raised III
the cases OF the Gulfiight. Lusitania
and Arabic. closed incident
The ambassador said tnat he had
been directed by his government to
notify the United States that hereafter
no merchant vessels will be attacked
by German submarines without frs
being warned. visited and searched
and opportunity afforded for their pas
sengers and crew to escape. He said
that he had not taken up details al
this time. The question of payment
for the Lusitania and Arabic victims
and of formal disavowal would be dis
cussed by him later with Secretary
Lansing
Ambassador Won Bernstorff filed the
following official memorandum witt
Secretary Lansing:
Dear Mr. Secretary: With refer
ence to our conversation of this morn
ing ! beg to inform you that my il
structions concerning our answer tc
your last Lusitania note contains the
following passage:
Liners will not be sunk by ou'
| submarines without warning and with
ont SAFETY of lives of noncombatants
! provided that the liners do not try Il
escape or offer resistance.
Although | know that you do no
wish to discuss the Lusitania question
until the Arabic incident has been def
nitely and satisfactorily settled. ] de
sire to inform you of the above be
cause this policy of my government
was decided on before the Arabic in
cident occurred
Il have no objection to your making
any use you may please of the abov'
information
Il remain. my dear Mr. Lansing,
Very sincerely yours.
(Signed - BERNSTORFF."
Secretary Lansing commented a
follows on the statement:
in view of the clearness of the fore
going statement it seems needless t
make any comment in regard to
other than to say that it appears to N
recognition of the fundamental prir
ciples for which we have contended.
With the German situation serene
the administration. it was authorits
lively stated, will now press hard fo
redress from England for her inteI
ference with American trade
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Tariff in Politics.

So long as public opinion is deeply
and widely divided on the issue Of
protection, so long that issue must be
in politics. Men who believe a low
tariff is ruinous to the country are
not going to elect Congressman who.
will enact that sort of tariff. Men
who believe the tariff is tax on cor.
sumption several times as large as the
revenue secured by the government.
and ought in the interest of the whole
country to be as low as revenue con-
siderations permit, cannot be expected
to vote for such candidates for Com
gress as the American Economist
would approve.
And so the tariff is IN politics. and
1t is likely to remain in politics. ES-
change.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
TAKE LUTSK FORTRESS
ATTACK ON eRopNo BEGUN BY
KAIsER's ARMIES.
Austro-cerman Forces Capture 1,1oo.-
900 Slavs Since May-Petrograd
In Early Stages Evacuation.

Berlin, Sept. 2.-The Russian for
tress of Lutsk, one of the triangle of
Notifications which remained in Rus
sian hands after the Austro-German
drive northwest through the Vistula
provinces. has been captured by the
Teuton armies. . it was officially an
nounced by the Austrian war Office.
simultaneously with the fall of this
important position the German war
office announced that the German
troops have arrived before the west
ern front of Grodno. the largest po-
sition remaining in the Russian sec
ond line. and are preparing to attack
the fortress.
Petrograd is reported to be in the
early stages of evacuation. as the Ger
man advance threatens Riga. II the
latter city is captured panic will seize
the Russian capital. An official re-
view of the eastern campaign given
out by the Overseas News Agency.
says:
General army headquarters pub
fishes a review of the results of Of
fensive movements in Poland and Rus
STA since May 2. beginning with the
battle at Gorlice. Army headquarters
estimates the strength of the Rus
sian troops which we're then directly
engaged in that region was about L.
400, 900.
I'm the fighting since May 2, 1,100,
900 have been captured and mini
mum Of 100000 wounded and killed.
THE Russians we're driven out oi
Galicia, Poland. Courland and Lithu
ania. They were rolled backward in
two separate groups. Twelve for
tresses. among them four large and
modern ones, which formed the Rus
sian outer and inner lines of defense
are in the hands of the Germans ant
Austrians. This is the result of 6
campaign of less than four months.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Teachers Paid Too Much.

Seventy-seven teachers in the Find
lay public schools were ordered by
State Examiner Hoegner to refund
$2,765.55 drawn in excess salary last
year. Hoegner made special exami-
nation of the finances upon applica-
ton of taxpayers of the city and dis
covered these teachers were paid for
nine months services although they
taught only eight and a half months.
State Auditor Donehay backed up
of school board who voted to allow the
excess compensation must make good
the money if it is not recovered from
the teachers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Farmer Dies in Fire.

Portsmouth.-Death by suffocation
befell William Killen, So, farmer, re-
siding one mile below Beattyville,
Greenup county, KY, near here. His
body was found by his hired man.
An yerturned coal oil lamp and a
room destroyed by fire told the story.
The furniture and furnishings of the
room were burned to a crisp. Even
the wallpaper was burned off the walls.
The blaze did not spread to any
other part of the house.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Governor Lauds labor.

Columbus.-In setting apart Sept
6 as Labor day, Gov. Willis issued
a proclamation, in part as follows:
mo hand should receive heartiel
clasp than the one calloused with
toll; the figure bowed with labor and
even stained by hard days work
should be the object of special re
spect, for without labor there is only
stagnation and death. The exercises
on Labor day should be such as tt
impress the youth of our land with
the value and dignity of labor, the
foundation of our national life
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
About Opening Mines.

President John Moore, of the Ohio
United Mine Workers, declared that
the proposal to open additional mines
in the Hooking Valley district, through
the granting of concessions by the
miners relative to working conditions.
has not been brought to the attention
of the organization. He said the state
executive board will convene here.
So far as he knew he said this pro-
posal will not be discussed by the
board
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Prisoners Break Jail

chased two men arrested for bur-
glary who broke jail here. The pris-
oners escaped. The men broke the
locks on their cells by hammering
them with an iron bracket taken from
a cot The door of the Jail corridor
was forced and, eluding the janitor,
the men escaped the Jail by way of
the council chamber
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Woman. pitcbed Out of Auto. Dies

Marysville.- Charles Hagen.
locher, 40, was instantly killed one
mile east of here in an automobile
accident. She was returning home.
two miles south, of Ostrander, from
this place, with her husband and two.
other persons.
Mrs Hagenlocher was riding in the
front seat When she stood up to put
on her coat the door of the machine
opened and she pitched out of the au.
tomobile upon her head, breaking he,
neck.
Death was instantaneous.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Bow Pounds Dynamite. Hurt.

Ashtabula.-As the result of an
explosion of dynamite, with which
he was playing, Martin Langheid,
eight, lost one eye and may die
from burns about the face and chest.
The lad was playing about the barn
and found the explosive left there by
his father. He placed it on a hammer
and struck it with another hammer
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Course of Study.

A brand-new course of study has
been completed for the village and
rural schools of the state by the Ohio
department of public instruction, oi
which Frank w. Miller, of Dayton,
is the head. This course was drawn
by A. G. Yawberg, county superintend
ent of Cuyahoga county; ]. w. Heck
ert, professor of education in Miami
county; Clark Fullerton, principal Of
Portsmouth high school, and c. j,
Biery, county superintendent of Full
ton county. The chief purpose of the
new course is to unity the work in
the schools by furnishing the basis
for closer and effective direction
and supervision. Teachers are not
bound to follow the course to the let,
ter, but, on the contrary, are urged
to add or change any suggestion in
ways that may bring better results
The individuality of the teachers is in
no way circumscribed.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
nummy-cratic scribes.

A large number of Democratic edit
ors in the industrial centers are out
for a protective tariff law. A still
larger number are contending that the
European war will, by checking i'm
ports. stimulate American industries.
all unwittingly perhaps. but saying.
lust what the Republicans have all
ways said, that when imports are
checked American industries, mills
shops and factories are stimulated
and prosperous. We pity such Demo.
cratic scribes.-Marion ua.) Register.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
AVIATOR PEGoUD IS KILLED
Famous Frenchman Was First to
"Loop the Loop"-Won Medal of
Honor for Bravery in Air Battles.

Paris, Sept 2.-Adolphe Pegoud,
the famous "loop-the-loop" aviator,
was killed on Tuesday. All France is
mourning his loss. Long before the
war Pegoud was acclaimed as the
premier aviator of the world. He was
the first flyer to execute the famous
'loop-the-loop."
When the war started Pegoud i'm
mediately offered his services to
France. To sight an enemy aeroplane
was a signal for combat Only last
March he was decorated with the mil
itary medal for valor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Train Kills Mother and Son.

Cleveland to dodge under
a freight car, a mother and her
little son were ground to pieces be-
meath the wheels when the train to
which the car was attached started
suddenly. Another small son. third
member of the party scrambled from
beneath the car in time to escape. The
woman was taking lunch to her hus.
band, employed in a mill
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Old Match ON Aliens.

Medieval England kept a sharp
watch over aliens, even those belong
ing to nations with which it was at
peace. According to the Saxon la" Oh
frank-pledge, which remained IN force
until 1870, no hosteler might entertain
a. foreigner for more than a day ana a
night, unless he undertook to answer
for his guests behavior No foreign
ers we're allowed to keep hostels IN
London, and many became naturallzeo
in order to qualify for this privilege
Even so. they were not suffered tc
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
reaohers can,t keep Extra Paw,

Columbus.-The teachers of Find
lay think they have one of the finest
school boards in, the country. Just
before the close of school this sum
mer the board gave each teacher
two weeks extra pay, the total
amounting to $2,765. This act was re
sented by a number of taxpayers. who
asked Auditor of State Donahey to
send an examiner to investigate the
regularity of the transaction. Exam,
iner John Hoegner reported the
boards action was illegal and ordered
the money paid back by the teachers
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-09-10
Eour Arc prowned n Lake.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Sept 2.-Three
members of the editorial staff of the
Grand Rapids Press and an employee
of the street railway company were
drowned at Reeds lake here on Tues
day when a high-speed motor boat
turned turtle. The dead are Paris C..
Jameson. Arthur G. Hunter, Paul w.
Weston and ]. Harvey Smith.