The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-23
BUCKEYE NOTES
News From All Sections Of
the State

be presented to Josephus Daniels,
secretary of the navy, by Congress
man William Gordon. Councilman j..
]. McGinty received a letter from
Congressman Gordon promising to
place the matter before Secretary
Daniels at this time, and later before
the special committee Of congress
that is to consider the matter of sites.
Columbus. - The state industrial
commission has Just granted awards
in two death claims to dependents OF
deceased workmen. The maximum
award of $3,744 was granted Mrs. Au-
gusta Dryer and two children, living
at 1856 East 18th street, Cleveland, for
the death of Frederick K. Dryer. On
account of the death Of John W.
Burns, Jr, 1902 Julia avenue, Cleve-
land, an award of $1,296.32 was grant
ed his parents, brothers and sisters.
CIeveland.-Cleveland' new $4,000,
900 city hall will be the shrine of mas
terpieces by Cleveland artists. Hen
ry G. Keller, noted Cleveland painter
will be awarded the contract to paint
mural for the new city council
chamber He is to receive $25,0OC for
his work Regarded as one, the
mural, it is said, will be the largest
painting in the world. Its length will
be 70 feet and it will be 95 feet wide.
and-Announcement has been
made that negotiations were closed
| whereby eastern banking houses
have purchased an interest in the
White Co. of Cleveland, one of the
oldest and best known automobile
makers in the country. A $l6,OOO,OOO
corporation will be formed to control
the Cleveland company, which will
continue the same policies and con-
duct of the business as heretofore.
Columbus Federal Judge Safer
sentenced Warren c. Norris, aged
43, a school teacher of Bladens-
burg, Knox county, to seven months
in the Delaware county Jail and fined
him $50 and costs for misusing the
mails. He used funds of customers
in attempting to develop an extensive
chicken hatchery in Belmount county.
Cincinnati.-Gabriel Sullivan, who
confessed to having fired the shots
that killed James Shall, non-union
painter, here pleaded guilty to Sec
ond degree murder in court Thursday
and the judge announced he would
sentence Sullivan to life imprison-
ment in the penitentiary.
Bowling Green.-Justice of Peace
B. A. Twining and Postmaster
l.. A. Challen appeared voluntarily
before Mayor E. R. Brown Of Haskins
and pleaded guilty to the charge of
illegally selling liquor at their drug
store. The two town officials were
fined 5000 and costs.
NeWark.-Miss Grace McClelland
of Granville, graduate Of Deni-
son university, has sailed for
France to serve in Paris with the
American ambulance corps. She re-
Gently studied medicine at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
GaIIipoIis.-George M. Crockett Of
Toledo has been appointed re-
ceiver of the Indian Guayan Coal
Co., operating mines in Gallia county,
near this city. The court has ordered
property sold Dec. %. Toledo capital
lists own the mines.
ToIedo.-The Pennsylvania railway
paint and boiler shops, one mile
| pletely destroyed by fire. Help from
the Toledo fire department saved the
car shops. The cause of the fire is
unknown.
CoIumbus.-State Budget Commits
sioEer E. NJ. Fullington went to Wash
ington to spend several days with
those boosting the presidential can
didacy of Theodore E. Burton of
| Cleveland.
FindIay-Julius Gardner, aged %,
shot himself in the breast and died
In a short time because he worried
over seeing his sweetheart in a pic
ture show with another fellow.
GaIIipois.- Bert Gilmore, Gallia
county farmer, committed suicide by
blowing out his brains while de-
spondent, in Leith, N. D., according
to a message received by relatives.
Lima.-Confirmatio has been Civ
en- of the sale of the gas plants in 16
Ohio and Indiana cities to a New
York syndicate in which c. H. Geist
is active.
Cincinnati.-Jeptha Garrard, briga-
dier general by brevet, Ohio vol
unteer infantry, during the Civil war,
died here. He was so years old.
Martins Ferry.-Employes Of the
Beans foundry here we're given an
increase in wages of so cents day,
making their wages 81 per day.
Fremont.-Ill with typhoid fever
several weeks, Walter Martin, aged 5,
went blind. No hopes are enter
tanned for his recovery.
CIeveIand.-John N. WHY'S, presi-
dent Of the Willys-Overland Co., de-
MED his company is about to merge
with the General Electric Co., the
Peerless Truck & Motor corporation,
or either.
Cincinnati from the
bench that he is aware that
some of the plaintiffs in divorce
cases have married second time, be-
lieving they have been divorced, Insol-
vency Court Judge Jelly has begun
setting aside divorce DEGREES which
had been granted, but in which the
fees had not Deen paid.
CoIumbus.-Ohio gets an annual
revenue of from $4,000 to $4,000
from the sale of ice which is cut from
its canals and lakes Frank r. Fauver,
superintendent of public works, has
fixed 10 cents per ton as the price to
be charged for the ice
ZanesviIIe.-Hon. H. c. Van voor-
his, former congressman, has an
nounced his candidacy for delegate
to the Republican national convention.