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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
SUCCESSFUL FALL OPENING

The fall opening of the Zeigler store
Phoenix block, Wednesday afternoon
and evening, was a very pretentious
and successful affair. During the
past few months this firm acquired
the third story Of the Phoenix block
which for many years was used as a
play house, but which has been idle
for some time, having been condemn
ed by the state as a safe place for a
theater, and remodeled it for a dis
play room for rugs, carpets, linoleum,
etc. The stage and scenery were re-
tanned and were used Wednesday for a
display of ladies' suits, cloaks, hats,
etc, upon living models. The Rego
Harp Orchestra of Akron, a very fine
musical aggregation, played both day
and evening to large crowds. Among
the various innovations of this estab-
lishment is the installment of pas
senger elevator, modern in every res
pect, and which safely carries dozen
or more persons to and from the base
ment to the third floor.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
COURT CASES SETTLED

American Sugar Co. VS.. A. 1. Root
Co., action for money. Case settled,
costs paid; no record.
Lunetta G. Dean VS.. Edward F. Dean
action for divorce. Leave granted the
plaintiff to file petition instanter.
In the case of Adolph Knoll VS.. H.
Garman tried Monday, jury brought
in verdict for plaintiff for $164.96.
The action grew outsof horse trade.
Knoll contended that he had traded
horses with Garman on the basis Of
$50 boot from the latter; also with the
the others horse for couple Of days
to discover any serious defect, If there
should be any. Knoll soon returned
the Garman horse declaring that the
animal was "off in the wind" Knoll
claims that Garman refused to give
up Knoll's horse and Knoll, refusing
the Carr an horse, left it with Gar
man and tn 4 sued him for the price
Of the horse, winning his case, as
stated above. AN
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
BEAuTIFUL FALL OPENING

A prettier scene one would not wish
to gaze upon than that presented at
the Warner -Hemmeter store last ev-
ening at the fall opening of this we'll
known dry goods establishment. The
first thing to greet the visitor about
to enter the store was the striking and
seasonable appearance of the two front
show windows. Hollyhocks and aut-
umn leaves were the decorative bowers
red hollyhocks for one window, yellow
for the other, the autumn leaves en-
twined in trellis work above the
blooms.
Entering the broad aisle one passed
through an arcade bounded on either
side with colonnades at the bases of
which were anchored a generous stalk
of hollyhocks and underneath bower
of autumn leaves, carrying out to a
nicety the flower and color scheme
disclosed in the window display.
Upon an elevation at the end of the
promenade faced the Rego Harp Or
chestra, whose mellow tones blended
with the soft hues of fading flowers
and lent contrast to the bright lights
and beautiful fabrics.
Carnations were distributed by at
tendants and from s o'clock until II
a throng Of people were passing thru
the various aisles of this establish
ment, admiring the splendid stock OF
merchandise and enjoying to the full
est the entertainment provided.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
CHARGED WTTH THEFT

Tuesday John Newcomer swore out
q warrant before Prosecutor Under
wood for the arrest of George Winter
bottom, charged with the theft of a.
rain coat valued at $40 and some 9th
er small articles. Winterbottom prev.
iously had been in the employ Of New
conner.
Soon after the theft had been re-
ported to Sheriff Gehman the latter
was telephoned to by Cleveland de-
tective who had discovered Winterbot-
tom trying to sell a raincoat and sus-
pected that it had been sto'en. The
detectives suspicion was reenforceu
when he searched the pockets Of the
coat and found card with Newcom-
er's name on it and a Medina mer-
chants name on the coat. Winterbot-
tom gave his right name and said
that he was going to Lodi the follow
ing day and was given his freedom.
Sheriff Gehman went to Lodi Tues
day night and learned that Winterbot-
tom had been there and had arranged
to buy a restaurant, but had gone to
Akron, stating that he would return
the following day. He did not return
Wednesday night, however, the sher-
iff received word of Winterbottom's
presence in Lodi and at daybreak on
Thursday arrested him. Before Judge
Kennan Thursday afternoon Winter
bottom plead guilty and was fined $5
and costs and 10 days in Jail, the lat
ter part Of the sentence being suspend
ed. Winterbottom plead drunken
ness as the cause Of his downfall,
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
MISS RUTH HEWITT DEAD

Mrs. c. H. Alberts received word
Tuesday from v. c. Minnelli, of Min
nelli Bros. dramatic company, of the
death Monday of Miss Ruth Hewitt,
at her home in Altoona, Pa, of
typhoid fever It will be remembered
that Miss Hewitt was stricken with
the disease that proved fatal during
the closing days of her engagement
here with Minnelli Bros. about a
month ago, and she was removed to
her home in Altoona directly from Me-
dina. With great effort and against
the advice of friends, Miss Hewitt
fulfilled her Medina engagement,
which closed on Saturday night and
Sunday morning it was necessary to
convey her to a car in an ambulance.
She had many friends here who will
regret to learn Of her death.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
Big Question
Up to Voters

Few voters in Ohio are aware that
they will be called upon to vote Eyes"
or "no" upon "shall county officers be
elected for four year terms" This
question will appear on the November
ballot.
Will we in making up our minds on
the question, think about some individ-
ual who happens to be an officer, or
will we think of what is best for pub
lie service and economy.
Too many questions Of public ma
ture are settled upon our petty likes,
dislikes, and prejudices, rather than
upon facts and sober, candid judge
ment.
Talk to your neighbor. Do not
make up your mind or get settled in
your opinion too soon. Gather infor-
nation. Be a good juror, see the
good and bad on both sides of the
question.
When you mark your ballot on this
question, feel that you are doing the
ect with the same intelligence as you
would vote for verdict in a jury
room, after the evidence has been sub
mitted. There is a good and bad side
which ever way you vote; choose the
best and rest satisfied with your
choice.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
AEAaAunM sasaa@AA 49,
SEKIUUS ILLNESS III
RECORDER BAILEY

While at the B. & 0. station last
Friday evening waiting for the north
bound train, Recorder M. F. Bailey was
stricken with heart failure and for sew
eral hours his death was momentarily
expected. He was removed to the
Miller hotel across the street and by
morning had so far revived as to war
rant his removal to the home Of Chas.
Davis on East Friendship street, where
Mr.. Bailey's daughter had been living
while attending school here. The con-
dition of Mr.. Bailey ever since has
been such as to cause the greatest
alarm to his family and friends. There
have been short periods when he ap-
peared stronger, only to be followed
by like periods of weakness and uncon-
sciousness.
DR.. r. G. Strong, the attending ply
sician, pronounces the cause of Mr..
Bailey's illness as an aneurism of the
aeorta, the chief artery of the heart;
that the aeorta is dilated to many
times its normal size, bursting Of
which must result fatally. Mr.. Bailey
has been in declining health for some
months, experiencing considerable diff
fculty in breathing, which was due, as
is now believed, by the pressure upon
the lungs caused by the excessive di-
lation Of Ghe big artery of the heart.
Mr.. Bailey has been at his office
daily since his term began the first Of
September, though under difficulty. He
was to have moved his family to Me-
dina last Saturday. His sudden ill
ness prevented this until this week,
Recorder Bailey has a host Of friends
in Medina and throughout the county
who deeply regret his misfortune and
who wish for his speedy recovery.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
POmerene Makes
Anti War Speech

"The only war / am in favor Of is
that between the kings themselves
who have caused all this suffering, sor-
row, poverty and destruction declar
ed U. s. Senator Atlee Pomerene in an
address before crowd of 500 people
who attended the Summit county lag-
ricultural society's one-day fair at
Fountain X, Canton Saturday after
noon. III wish that all Of the crowned
heads might be placed inside high
wall and be armed to the,teeth to fight
to their hearts content. And when
they do come together on such foot
ing may God grant them strong arms. /"
Speaking of the plea of England and
Germany that extenuating circum-
stances which developed in the present
war justified departure from the
rules laid down at the Hague tribunal
in changing the status Of cantrabrand
and in sinking vessels without search,
the senator went into considerable de-
tail of discussion and then ended it all
up with the pithy remark: "You can't
change the rules when the games go
ing on"
Some time this war will close"
Senator Pomerene concluded. "And
some crowned head surrounded by his
generals and followed by the rem
nants of his troops who have not died
on. the field Of battle or starved in the
trenches will march grandly through
long lines of widows and orphans with
grief-stained faces uplift to him, to
pass through an arch Of triumph. May
all such triumphs be his. / would
rather live in the lowest. hovel in
America and spend my strength in the
interest Of peace than be the recipient
of any such glory"
"a
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
CRESTON SUFFERS
Big FIRE LOSS

Tueed&y night at II o'clock the
large frame building belonging to
Ezra Conrad, located at Main street
W. &. L. E. railroad crossing and OPP
posite the Stebbins bank at Creston
was entirely destroyed by fire.
The building was occupied by Con-
RAIDS garage down stairs and the
Moose lodge rooms upstairs. Nearly
everything in the building was con-
sumed as we'll as the Ed Carter black
smith shop and contents, which ad-
joined the conrad building. The in
surance was small.
Many windows in the Stebbins
bank building were broken by the in
tense heat, and the; Sonnedeker livery
barn and Bauni's buildings nearby
were badly charred.
Seville's fire department responded
promptly to an appeal for aid from
Creston, but when it arrived with the
engine and hose the fire was under
control and their services not needed.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
STATE OFFICIALS
SCRAP OVER Bee

There's going to be an interesting
sort of rivalry in Ohio pretty soon. 1t.
will be in connection with statewide
spelling bee such as was held last
spring but strange to say the real
competition won't be between the par
ticipants in the match itself. The
competition will be staged between the
state department of agriculture and
the state department of public in
struction for the fact has just devel-
oped that each side will try to put on
a "bee."
1t will be remembered that the
spelling contest Of last spring was
managed by the state board of agri-
culture. 1t brought unexpected sue
cess to the efforts of those having
charge and was itself regular
Ngo." Now enter the state depart
ment of public instruction. Enthused
by the success of the venture but
feeling that the state agricultural
people were stealing glory that be-
longed only in circles purel y educa-
tional, the department of education is
preparing now to grab the next spell
ing show.
1t is sending out letters now to
all the county superintendents
throughout the state telling that it
is more proper that such a contest
be held under its auspices and that
therefore it will conduct such an af-
fair next year.
But in the meantime the Ag. people
aren't going to let go SO readily. If
the predictions Of those connectod
with it count for anything. 81 other
words the department That dlsinated
the contest is going to ingisth feep-
ing it up, even if the others pple do
main. So Ohioans will besgreeted
with the spectacle of two depart
ments trying to put on the same
sort of thing in riotous composition
one with the other.
| 7 1t will be interesting to know mean
time what the school children Of the
. u.
state who may want to participate
lin spelling bee, will think of the
big officials who have SO much to d.
with state affairs quarreling over tn
Iglory Of managing the contest. s
lasarse there are two sides 70 TIKI
iquestion and the educational depart
ment doubtless is not to be blamed
for thinking that it ought to conduc'
the match, but the fact remains tha'
| the young people who will be appeal
ed to for cooperation won't be edifet
by the spectacle of state officials
"scrapping" over the credit that at
taches to the success of the venture.
/ In its letter to the county superin.
tendents, the superintendent Of pub
lie instruction says: "We feel thai
this contest should be under the di.
rection and supervision of the de
partment Of public instruction and fol
that reason this department will con
duct a statewide spelling contest"
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
MEDINA DEFEATS
LORAIN HIGH

With the ball so slippery that for
ward passes were almost an impossi-
bility, Medina high school defeated
Lorain high school Friday afternoon
IL to 0. Medina made her touchdowns
in the second and fourth quarters, a
bad tumble in the first quarter pre-
venting larger score.
Although the score was close, the
teams were not as evenly matched as
the score would indicate.
Lorain was in danger Of being
scored upon during the whole game
while Medina's goal line was never in
serious danger. Both teams resortec
mainly to straight football because Of
the slippery ball, although one or two
passes netted small gains.
Medina tore holes in Lorain's line
which would have let through the
back field abreast, and Longacre anC
y Hsa . e.
Long found the holes for a gain every
time they were called upon. Sargent
Ialso proved to be consistent GROUND
gamer, while LOrain ran into ston,
tyall on most Of her line bucks. Bor
ger succeeded neatly in spilling mos
everything that came his way. Tn,
game as whole was an easy one fol
Medina.
Tomorrow the boys will journey ii
Akron, where stiff game awaits
them and on next week Friday they
will tie up with their old-time rivals
Wooster, which game will be played OF
the school grounds here.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
$4,000 DEFICIT BY
M|SMANAGEMENT

Faced by the stern necessity of being
forced to pay it's obligations the new
state board of agriculture has been
compelled to make sorry confession
that the first state fair conducted un-
der it's auspices was failure.
1t appeared before the state emer-
gency board and admitted there was a
deficit of $4,000 which it asks to be
made up of the unappropriated moneys
in the state treasury, mostly Of the
surplus cash left over by the former
state administration of Gov. Cox. The
plea was made that extraordinary de-
mands came for fair equipment. The
financial statement shows that the re-
ceipts were $4,000 less than in 1914
but the attendance was slightly lar
ger. Analysed this means that there
were 5000 free passes given to the
favored members of the Republican or
ganization for distribution among the
camp followers. The deficit would
have been larger but for the unusual
device of opening the state fair at
night and letting in the Columbus
people at rs cents head. The visit
ing farmers who attended during the
day had to pay so cents apiece.
When Gov. Willis was engaged in
tearing apart the highly efficient state
agricultural commission, which always
made the state fair meet the cost of
it's operation, it was predicted in the
general assembly that there would be
a return to the cd deficit system
which marked the reign of the old
partisan state board.
| With the state flooded with passes
and the fair grounds choked with
machine politicians as policemen, gate
tenders, building attendants and what
not, it is no surprise that the taxpay-
ers will have to dig down in their
jeans and find $4,000 to pay for the
extravaganza.
The state emergency board has or
dered the politicians who created the
deficit to itemize the bills which they
assert they were compelled to contract
before the fairsopened its gates.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
M. E. C. STEWARDS MEET

u . . 4 +
The annual meeting of the district
board Of stewards Of the Methodist
Episcopal church was held in Wooster,
Thursday, Oct. go
After enjoying the hospitality of the
president, DR.. W. B. Slntz, at a
luncheon at a local hotel, the district
board and few invited guests as
sembled in the parlors of the, hotel,
where until two o'clock they transact
ed business matters Of interest to the
board. DR.. Slutz is entering upon the
last year Of his presidency, having
served six yearS as president Of the
board, which is the time limit to serve
as president.
The next annual meeting will be
held one year from date at which
time the new president will be appoint
ed by the bishop.
The stewards were w. j. Wall, Me-
dina y Wisner, Applecreek; r. |.
Knapp Lodi; VI. G. Edwards, Leroy;
A. Calendar, Seville; G. w. Alderfer,
Sharon Center; 0. L. Robinson, Gran
gef; David Koppes, Wadsworth; Geo,
Schaffer, Doylestown; DR.. H M
lYoder, Smithvflle; John South, Cres-
ton; G, W. Kochenderfer, Millersburg;
sC. w. Buchwalter, Dalton; G. W.
Uhl, Keene, and F.I. .Hime, Wooster.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
SCALDED no DEATH

Fatally scalded while operating a
steam shovel on an Erie railroad
bridge at Kent last Thursday after
noon, Joseph Kerstettler, aged 20, Of
West Salem, died Thursday night in
an Akron hospital. Kerstettler was
standing on the platform Of the
shovel when it gave way, upsetting
the shovel and emersing him with
boiling water when the boiler burst.
The young mans body was taken to
the home Of his parents in West
Salem, where funeral services were
held Sunday at ten o'clock.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
NO AUTHORITY no SELL

A meeting Of the creditors Of the
Creston Ladder & Bending company
was held Tuesday before Judge Nc
Sweeney, referee in bankruptcy. The
application filed by Alton E. Etling,
trustee, to sell the property was re-
fused by the court and the priority of
creditors claims was raised without
any final disposition being made.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
DANGEROUS FOR AUToIsTs

AS a result of complaints from mo-
torists who narrowly escaped running
into excavations for new culverts ON
the Ghent- -Richfeld road Sunday
night, the Summit county commission
ers Monday notified the contractor to
erect proper barriers to keep autOmo-
biles off the road.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
FIFTY YEARS TOGETHER

\ The 50th anniversary Of the mar
riage Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Foskett
will occur on October 1S, at which
time they will be pleased to receive
their friends informally either after
noon or evening, at their home $40 s.
Court street.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
DEATH FROM RARE DISEASE

Virgil Flickinger, 20, Of Chippewa
Lake, died at his home Monday night
at 5 o'clock Of acute paralysis, a dis
ease rarely met with, according to
physicians. The deceased had been
i'll about 4 week. He was a nephew
of County Clerk =. ]. Flickinger.
Funeral services were held at the
home Thursday at II o'clock and at
the M. =. church at Seville at 2 81
clock. Burial was made IN Seville.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-10-08
10y certain county official received

"A certain county official received
a communication from the State de-
partment at Columbus yesterday stat
ing that decision from the Attorney
General as to the power Of the Wads-
worth school board to reestablish a
suspended school would be forthcom-
ing within day or two and would CO.
incide with the opinion rendered some
time ago BY Judge McClue, that such
power rested solely with the board Of
education.
The sun., 1915-06-09
NEW WIRETAPPNG ARREST.
O'ReiIIy Picks Ont Man In street
a. Gondorf Aid.

william OReilly. tho Toronto man
who charges Fred Gondorf and others
with swindling him ou, OF $4,000 in a
wire,app,ng game. caused the arrest yes
terday OF another man he says was in
the group.
O'Re!lly, accompanied by Assistant
District Attorney O'Malley and two de-
tectivee. was riding uptown on a Broad
way surface car after a visit to Wall
street bank when he pointed to a man
in the crowd at Murray street and Broad
way and said: There's one OF the men
who was In the gang" The detectives
Immediately arrested this man and
charged him with acting with Gondorf
in the swindle.
The prisoner said he was Charles Hen
derson, 81. a salesman OF 1872 Seventy
second street. Brooklyn.
Another alleged wiretapper. Frank T.
Thompson, was brought to the city yes
t.rday on extradition from New Jersey
charged with acting with Harry Lewis,
now in the Tomhs In swindiing Mil
waukee man. Thompson. accompanied
by his wife OF n few days. who was NJ IS
Catherine Bradley and who put up bail
for him which he jumped a couple of weeks
ago was admitted to $40. 600 bail by
Judge Mulqueen. A minute afterward
he was rearrested on charge OF caus-
ing Bayonne saloon keeper to lose
81 600 in a fake gambling house on the
upper West Side.
The sun., 1915-06-09
SUES ON AFTER DEATH" NOTE.
Asserts lie Was Promised 100000
for saving Batcheller's Life.

H. H. Topakyan, n rug manufacturer
who was formerly Persian Consul-Gen-
eral In New York. has brought suit in
the Supreme Court against the estate
o. George Clinton Batcheller manufac-
turer of womens wearing apparel. who
died on January % last. to recover on
an alleged note for 10000 executed by
Mr.. Batcheller on November last.
Topakyan asserts that the note was
made because he saved Mr.. Batcheller
from being run over by an automobile
In Broadway u year ago.
The note says: Ten days after my
death I promise to pay to the order OF
my friend II. H. Topakyan. who saved
my life. $4,000 at my bank or 1870
Fifth avenue"
Mr. Batcheller's will contained no
reference to the note and the executors
rejected to Topakyans claim when he
asked for $50. .O00. Ex-Judge Alfred +,
W. Seaman, one of the executors, said
yesterday concerning the note:
MIR Batcheller was normal man In
every respect and not Of the kind who
would sit down and make out a note
for $4,000 TO another who might have
claimed TO have dragged him from. in
front OF an automobile"