The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-04-29
BUCKEYE NOTES


nual conference on the welfare OF the
children under auspices OF the Ma
tional Congress OF Mothers and Parent
Teachers associations, to be held IN
Portland, Ore.
Mrs. ]. L. Zimmerman, Mrs. F. NJ.
Hagan, Mrs. Asa Bushnell, Mrs. Wor-
den Bowman, Mrs. Winifred Spangler
Holyon, Springfield; Mrs. Thomas
Winters, Ironton; Mrs. ]. W. Free
land, Marion; Mrs. Dora Sandoe Bach
man, Columbus; Miss Mabel Hartzell.
Alliance; Mrs. A w. Copeland, Men
don; Miss F. Moore, Ironton; Mrs.
John r. Zimmerman, Springfield; Mrs.
Lynn B. Kaufman, Columbus; Mrs.
Frank Tallmadge, Columbus; Mrs. c.
B. Churchill, Mrs. Max Leonard and
Mrs. Reid w. Southard. Bellefontaine.
Steubenville. - One hundred and
fourteen secret indictments against
city officials and others in con-
nection with two weeks investi-
CATION Of municipal graft charges we're
returned by the grand jury which has
been conducting the probe under the
direction of Assistant Attorney Gen.
eral H. S. Ballard. The list of indicted
persons was not made public, the
court instructing that secrecy be
maintained. However, the list Is
known to include at least three city
officials, city contractor and two rel
atives of a city official.
The offenses charged include letting
of contracts illegally, forgery of vouch'
ers, receiving excessive fees, illegally
disposing of city property and other
charges in connection with the receipt
Of fees.
Kenton. j. 8. Livingston, head
of the Wharton schools, was res
cued from death at Forest by
Miss Ella Fink, one of his teachers.
The two were driving across the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks when
the horse stumbled and fell on the
rails. An approaching train whistled
as the professor tried to assist the
horse to its feet. The horse in fall
| ing the second time pinned Living
ston to the tracks. Mrs. Fink man
aged to drag the dazed professor
from beneath the horse just as the
train whizzed by. The horse was
killed.
Findlay. - Markers will be placed
along the length of the his
toric trial made by Gen. Hull in his
disastrous campaign through Hancock
county against the Indians in 1912 on
his way to Detroit. The work will be
done by Findlay chapter. D. A. R. A
committee is at work to secure the
location of the famous trail, il possi-
BILE, through histories and government
records.
Dayton. - With the selection of
Elyria for the next great camp
convention of 1916, reelection of
Great Commander Edward L. Young
of Norwalk and the choosing of
delegates and alternates to the
supreme tent convention to be held in
San Francisco May 18, the great
camp of Ohio Maccabees came to q
close here.
Canton. - Brass band music, po-
| litical fireworks, the marching Of
visiting delegations and unbound
ed enthusiasm for democracy
with both big and little I'd" marked
the launching of United States Sen
ator Atlee Pomerene's boom for sec
ond term here.
Dayton. - George Lupton, 35 years
old, who obtained a patent re-
Gently on an acetylene welding device,
was instantly killed when the ma
chine exploded. Four other men work
ing with him in the rear of his home
were injured.
Van Vert - An indictment charg
ing manslaughter was returned by
the grand jury against Miss Lulu
Wilson, charged with fatally shoot
ing Attorney Levi X. Jacobs at
his home here Miss Wilson was his
housekeeper Miss Wilson, police say,
explained she shot in self-defense
Alliance. - Gotlieb Troxel, aged
so years, Cleveland & Pittsburgh
railroad crossing watchman, is near
death at City hospital with both legs
off. He tried to prevent a man from
crossing ahead of a freight and in
scuffle which followed Troxel was
thrown under the train.
Cleveland. - On no one day since
the oversee conflict burst on the
world has there been announced such
an aggregate of war orders for United
States factories as were made known
Friday. They exceeded $1OO,O00,000.
Columbus. His attempt to spend
one of 25 $1O0 bills which police
believe he stole from guest at hotel
here led to the arrest of Joseph Read,
25, negro a hall man, and that of his
friend, William Polk, 81, negro dish
washer at the same hotel.
Alliance. - At the cost, probably
of his own life, John Snyder, 35,
saved his six-months-old baby from
death in traffic accident here. Sny.
der is said by physicians to be dying
from injuries he sustained when run
over in front of his own home by
motorcycle ridden by Edward Schmidt.
Akron. - 1t cost George E. Leu
ton, Berg avenue, $96 to have a SIS
rug cleaned. Mrs. Leuton employed a
man to beat the rug. He took it into
the yard and Mrs. Leuton soon noticed
that he had disappeared without doing
the work. She understood when her
husband came home and told her he
had secreted $96 in the rug.
Alliance. - John H. Morgan, aged
56, general superintendent of the
Morgan engineering plant, died here
following an illness of two years. He
had held many political positions and
was president of the City Hospital as.
sociation.
Bowling Green. - William Taylor,
aged 35 years, Of this city, finally
succeeded in extricating himself
after being caught in a clutch pulley
of a gas engine on farm near this