The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-08
BUCKEYE NOTES

n. GeOTB6s 1edQ OF In6 G0uTCn OF Ine |
Kingdom of God cult Of Alliance, who |
was held in connection with the death |
of Amy Tanner, according to a state |
ment by Prosecutor A. T. Snyder Of |
Stark county. The statement followed |
the report of Coroner Douds. in which |
anemia was given as the cause of the
girls death.
While there was no tangible evil
dence Of criminality," says Douds' re-
port, "the case was so surrounded by
mystery that would recommend that
immediate steps be taken to break up
the organization known as the King
dom of God brotherhood"
RaVenna. Exactly reversing its
majority Of seventy-two against state
wide prohibition last November, Ra-
VIENNA, city Of 5000, voted under the
Beal law against the return Of saloons
by a majority of 72 in total vote Of
1882, the count being 727 dry and 655
wet. A determining factor was the
opposition Of Rev. Charles Gardner,
who succeeded in lining up enough
voters to save the day for the drys.
The town has been dry since 1908,
when 1t gave 1913 dry majority. 1t voted
against home rule last year by %.
Lorain. - The desire Of Q dying
woman was gratifed in the Lorain
common pleas court when Judge
H. G. Redington granted a divorce to
Mrs Rose Spicer Freeman from Eldon
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absence and failure to provide. Mrs.
Freeman could not appear in court
because of her weakened physical con-
dition and it was necessary to take
her deposition. She stated in her story
to the court that she realized she was
dying and that she desired divorce
before the end Of her life came.
Kent. - The drys won the Beal law
election here after a red-hot cam
paign, by a majority of 100.
Bells were rung and whistles were
blown when the outcome of the elec-
tion was made known.
The liquor contest was strenuous
from the start, the vets claiming they
would win by at least 100 majority.
The dry campaign was managed by
committee of business men. They
argued that the town should remai~
dry on account of the location of the
State Normal school here.
Akron. - The generosity of thir-
teen Akron business men In contrib
uting $4,000 to the Y. M. c. A. fund
saved the day in the one-week cam
paign for $4,000. The sum raised by
popular subscription was $6,901.25,
making a grand total for the fund of
$14,901.25. One of the conditions of
the 13 citizens $4,000 gift was that
the donors names should not be made
public
Akron. - Tenements housing doz-
ems of families were saved by
effective work of firemen when
two large barns adjoining were de-
stroyed by flames. Three horses val
ued at $400 each and owned by Philip
Alderfer, coal dealer, refused to quit
their stalls and rescuers we're forced
to leave them to perish.
Athens. - Carl Mclaughlin, aged
35, a railroader, was cut in two by a
Kanawha G Michigan freight train
when he attempted to board 1t at Mill
field. Shortly afterwards the same
train struck William Hogsett, 6S, when
he attempted to drive across the
tracks near Glouster. He was fatally
injured.
Akron. - After FIVE hours delibera.
tion, a jury in the case of Ig
natz Komlenac, charged with second
degree murder, returned a verdict Of
manslaughter. Komlenac was arrest
ed with three other men at Mogadore,
charged with beating to death Waso
Kovocovic last fall.
Fremont. - An hour after phoning
her husband that their son, sick
with scarlet fever, was better,
Mrs. c. ]. Turner of Clyde was
seized with heart trouble The son
got out of bed and summoned his
father, who reached home just as his
wife expired.
st. Marys. - Rev. F. W. H. Kuck-
herman, ninety-three, retired clergy
man and founder of the new Knoxville
Reformed church, Of which he was
pastor more than so years, is dead at
the residence of his grandson, Henry
Kuckherman, in Washington township.
Ashtabula. With the arrest of
eleven men in Conneaut and two
in Ashtabula, Ashtabula county author.
tiles believe they have broken up a
gang of yeggs who, they charge, have
been responsible for many jobs pulled
of in this vicinity the past month
Van Vert. - After three days pre-
liminary hearing before Squire c.
F. Manship, Miss Lulu Wilson
who shot and killed Attorney
Levi X. Jacobs at his home, was bound
over on the charge of manslaughter
bond being fixed at $4,000.
Cincinnati. Joseph Campbell
probably the oldest active news
paper man in this city, died suddenly
here of heart failure. He was 72 anG
had been continually connected with
local newspapers for the last 40 years
Fostoria. Fostoria suffered q
$25, 900 fire loss when the third
floor of the new Foster block, in the
heart of the business district, was par
TALLY destroyed. The Commercial
Bank & Savings Co. and the Mahoney
Munger Hardware Co. suffered bis
losses on account of water. The origi1
is unknown.
Piqua A premature explosion
of a charge of dynamite caused
the instant death of Cornelius
Slower, SIS, retired farmer, while
blasting stumps. Slower stopped t.
take last look. when the charge lei
go. His head was blown off.
Salem. Loss of blood from
: self-infiicted wound in the throa
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