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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
FROM
THE WIRE

San Francisco, June ga height
of 28,900 feet was reported reached by
Edward Unger in the balloon Jewel
City. This is believed to constitute an
American record.
Ell Paso, Tex, June ga rumor
reached here from Chihuahua, Mexico,
that a large number of wounded sol.
diers had been burned to death when
a hospital there was destroyed by fire.
The rumor thus far lacks confirmation.
st. Louis, June 23.-At a meeting of
the board of directors of the Wabash
railroad here today, Edward F. Kear-
ney, who was ~co-receiver of the old
organization, was elected president of
the new company.
London, June 25.-An Italian feet
has sailed from laramie for Tenedos
to Join the Anglo-French squadron in
the operations against the Dardanelles,
according to the Exchange Tele-
graphs Copenhagen correspondent.
Valparaiso, Ind, June 25.-Mrs. Dru.
silla Carr was given title to 143 acres
of land just east of Gary, worth per.
haps ST. 900, 900. She sQuatted there
40 years ago. The case has been in
courts over five years.
Washington, June 25.-That the
Mexican population of 10000 persons
at Guerrero practically is starving was
reported to the American Red Cross
here on Wednesday with an earnest
appeal for relief.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Fixed Charges Are Abolished.

Meeting the most important oh.
lection that has been raised to
the manual of rates originally issued
by the state industrial commission for
premiums on workmen's
ton Insurance, the new order of the
commission was made public, to be
effective July 1. In a number of what
are termed fundamental notifications
III the system of rating, the w most
important are abolition of the $500
individual fixed charge against the en-
ployer for the occurrence of a death,
and the abolition of the $1,040 indi-
V1dual fixed charge against the en-
ployer for occurrence of a permanent
total disability injury, The new order
VIII provide that in no period of six
months shall the rate of an employer
be increased more than "A per cent,
irrespective of the number of deaths
or nonfatal accidents, including per-
manent total disability accidents. If
his rate is 81 the maximum under the
modification car only be $1.24.
ut is the belief OF the commission"
said Chairman Wallace D. Yaple, that
this revised system will not only Sc
cure the result of stimulating accident
prevention as effectively as the pres
ent system, but also will be more sat
lsfactory to the employers of the
state"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Ohio RAILROADS
FILE REPORTS
ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND Elk.
PENSES DURING LAST SEES
SION OF LEGISLATURE.
LOBBY REGISTRATION ACT
Campaign Furnished Number of Men
Good Jobs While the Fight
Was On.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
failed to secure the authorization of
an increase in passenger fare rates
from two cents to two and a half cents
d mile, their campaign furnished good
things for a number of men during the
recent session of the general assem-
bly,. AS mucn is shown by the state
ment filed with the secretar~ Of state
under the lobby registration act of
1913. Reported by the Executive
Committee of the Ohio Railways"
their receipts were s7,337.53 for use il
connection with the legislative SEES
sion. W. H. Fisher, of tbs Hooking
Valley, was in charge and files the
report.
The expenses we're borne by the rail
ways according to their mileage. D..
c. Pemberton drew $500 from the COM
mittee. AS publicity agent T. T.
Frankenberg drew $500; C. E. Ditmer,
$275; H. A. Fisher got S98O.16; Mar
vim & Blair, 1914, and H. A. McKen-
zie, 500. The total of the personal
service was in excess of $4,000. Bet
ter returns were received by the rail-
ways from their investments in "the
Special Committee on the Relation of
Railway Operation to Legislation in
Ohio" The amount raised among the
railways was s6,495.86, while amount
expended was just S. more. The two
legislative representatives, George S.
Long and Dwight L. Matchette, re.
ceived a large part of this sum as com.
pensation. while D. c. Pemberton also
came in for a share.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA
SCORE OF PERSONS KILLED WHEN
IMPERIAL VALLEY SHAKEN.
Loss Of Property Will Reach More
Than $1,000, ooo-5uiIdi1gs in
si. Many Towns Wrecked.

Ell Centre, Cal, June 23.-Late re-
ports indicate that Imperial valley was
rocked from end to end by a series of
earthquake shocks. More than a score
of persons are reported dead. Build.
ings in every city in the valley have
been damaged. Calexico suffered Sc
verely from fire. Damage in the
earthquake district is estimated at
more than S 100000.
Telephone and telegraphic communi'
cation is interrupted and information
from the stricken district is meager.
The greatest damage was at Calexi-
CO.: on the Mexican border, where the
loss of life occurred.
Many buildings in Calexico were
shaken down. Operators in the tele.
phone building fed after the first
shock. which occurred at 1920 p. m.
and was followed by two others al
$40 D. m. and 800 p. m. These were
felt in the district surrounding e.
Centre and Calexico.
Two shocks were reported from
Yuma at the same time. Two Sigh;
shocks were felt at San Bernardino
several miles north of the Mexican
line, at nine o'clock.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
New SUFFRAGE SLOGAN.

Columbus. = Without any blare
Of trumpets the Ohio Woman Suf-
frage association is pursuing a cam
paign of membership among wom-
en- in all parts of the state, to the end
that in the next election at which a
suffrage amendment is submitted the
pressure upon the voters by their own
home women will be irresistible.
The organization is by congressional
districts, and the state chairman of
the organization committee, Miss Eliz-
abeth ]. Hauser, who is in the field
most of the time, is having the assist
ance of Miss Harriet B. Dilla, pro,
fessor of economics and sociology at
Lake Erie college, Painesville; Miss
Alice Standish, post graduate OF. Ober-
lin college, and Miss Lillian Frost of
Cleveland, all of whom are giving
their summer vacations to the crusade.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
ONE NATIONAL ISSUE
Only Question in the Election
Next Year.
Voters Who Have Felt the Pinch of
IN Unwise Tariff Will Demand
a Return to Sanity
and Prosperity.

The European war may still be I'M
der way when the rival political clans
in the United States begin their cam
paign for the presidency a year from
now, but the chances that the strug-
gle will have been finished by that
time are infinitely better.
However, it is very unlikely that the
war will play much part in determin-
ing the presidency. It is a maxim
that the public is unlikely to change
horses in the middle of the stream,
but there have been SO few war presi-
dents that the proverb has had
a very thorough test. If war should
continue, the Republicans doubtless
would nominate a maj whose dt
plomacy and conservatism is known
throughout the Countrywide kind OF
statesman who would be certain to
preserve peace SO long al it could be
done without impairing the honor or
dignity of the United States.
But the probability is that the war
will be over by the time the two po-
litical parties line up for battle. There
Will then be but one national issue
prosperity. No other questions will
be permitted to obscure that central
issue. The millions of men who have
felt the pinch of a tariff that does not
protect American industries are wait
ing for a chance to express them
selves on that issue. The thousands
of business men who have beer
harassed for 30 long a time are wait
ing for their innings at the polls.
1t is significant of the clear-headed
character of American citizens that
they do not confuse issues. or permit,
partisan feelings to interfere with
their patriotism. No matter what any
citizen may think of the failure of the
tariff to protect labor and industry OF
to raise the revenue necessary for the
government, he is certain to be found
loyalty supporting the administration
In any foreign crisis in which the
government may become involved. In
the same manner, he will separate the
issues at the next election.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
LANSING GIVEN POST
PRESIDENT MAKES HIM SECRE-
TARY OF STATE AT CONFER
ENCE AT WHITE HOUSE.
CONGRATULATIONS COME IN
Garrison and Daniels Go to Office Of
Man Selected and Tumulty Phones
observation-disclosures Accepts High
Position in Wilson's CABINET.

Washington, June So President
Wilson offered Robert Lansing the
post of permanent secretary of ssate
at a conference held at the White
House on Wednesday.
President Wilson authorized a state
ment relating to the appointment of
Mr.. Lansing. 1t follows: ,
Before leaving for a brief rest 10
New Hampshire the president an
nounced hat he had offered the post
of secretary of state to Mr.. Robert
Lansing, the present counselor of de-
partment of state, and that Mr.. Lam
sing had accepted the appointment"
The news of Mr.. Lansing's appoint
ment spread rapidly. Secretaries Gar
rison and Daniels went 1t once to his
Office. Secretary Tumulty telephoned
congratulations from the White House.
Mr.. Lansrng, who is a son-in-law of
former secretary of State John W.
Foster, became counselor of the state
department on the retirement of John
Bassett Moore, and has been openly re-
garded as President Wilson's mainstay
on questions of international law.
Mr.. Lansing's home is in Water
town, N. Y, and he is just past fifty
years old. Since 1889 he has practiced
law and began his first diplomatic
work for the United States in 1892,
when he became counsel for the
United States in the Boring sea arbi-
tration.
Soon afterward he became counsel
for the United States Bering sea
claims commission and following that
was solicitor for the Alaskan boundary
tribunal. In 1909 he became counsel
in the North Atlantic coast fisheries at
The Hague.
His last work before becoming
counsel for. the state department was
as agent for the United States in the
Anglo-American claims arbitration.
While the notes to Great Britain and
Germany have admittedly been the
work of President Wilson, and former
Secretary Bryan was consulted from
time to time during the course of their
preparation. it was NO secret that the
president was in almost constant com
m~unication with Mr.. Lansing on the
many intricate points of international
law, upon which Mr.. Lansing was al
ways able to advise his chief without
any hesitation. Recently the presiden.
invited him to sit at the cabinet table
while the notes to Germany on the
Lusitania were being discussed and
put into final form. Secretary Bryan
was also present at these meetings
and so far as is knoEn MI. Lansing!
presence was a precedent.
Notes to be sent to Germany on tn,
sinking of the sailing ship William P
Frye and to Great Britain on interior
ence with American commerce, tn
troubled situation in Haiti and othe
foreign questions were discussed b,
President Wilson with Secretary Ian
sing.
The Frye note is practically read,
and may go forward at any time.
will reiterate the previous objection o
the United States to sending the cas-
to a prize court.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Not ROCKING the Boat.

One of the most significant things
said by Mr.. Gary in his admirable ad.
dress to the American Iron and Steel
institute in New York, was that it was
not the American business man who
was rocking the national boat"
This should not be overlooked at a
time when superserviceable defenders
of all the Wilson policies try to put
the stigma of unpatriotic conduct on
those who differ with any of the sacro-
sanct ideas that are set out in Wash.
ington. In other words, they apply
the term rocking the boat" not only
to rash and Incorporate utterances
which all decry. but to the thoughtful
and serious objections of the most con.
sentative elements in the country to
ill-~considered legislation of an anti.
social character that is now coming
home to plague its creators
The business man is exercising his
rights as an American to ask for re
dress and to set out his position is
not rocking the boat" The people
who. rocked the boat" we're the lead
ers who committed the president to
the trade policies which upset the
country.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
U. S. WARNED BY MEXICO
Secretary Daniels Puts Action In Son
ora Up to Discretion of Ad-
miraI Howard.

Washington, June 24.-The Mexican
authorities in the state of Sonora,
where Americans are threatened with
determination by the Yaqui Indians.
have served a practical ultimatum on
Admiral Howard, who has gone to the
rescue, that he must not land his
forces on Mexican soil. Secretary
Daniels said after receiving this in.
formation on Tuesday that he would
not send Admiral Howard any further
instructions. The state and navy de.
partments have thus put squarely up
to the discretion of Admiral Howard
whether or not he shall land and take
the consequences of his act.
Ell Paso, Tex, June 23.-General
Villa and his troops have captured
San Luis Potosi, one of the most i'm
portant cities in northern Mexico, &C
cording to Villa agents.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
OHIO S. S. WORKERS
MEET IN GAINESVILLE
Many Delegates From All Parts of State
Attend Fifty-sixth Annual Convention
of Buckeye Association.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Zanesville.-The seth annual con-
vention of the Ohio State Sunday
School association opened here Tues
day, and its sessions closed Thursday.
The main sessions were held at
Memorial hall, which has a seating
capacity of almost 1000. Boys con-
gress vas held at Central Metho-
dist church and the girls congress at
Trinity Methodist church. The ele-
mentary workers lunch was held at
Conference Memorial church, the sec.
ondary workers lunch at Pilgrim
Evangelical church, and the joint
friendship supper of the boys con-
gress at Grace Methodist church.
On Wednesday evening there was
q parade of mems Bible classes. Rev.
George Shurtz of this city was chair.
man.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
WIFI Drop latter.

No further action will be taken by
the State Tax Commission to compel
companies to give detailed information
concerning their operation as provided
on tax return blanks, 1t was said at
the offices of the commission, follow
ing receipt of an opinion from Atty.
Gen. Turner that taxing authorities
may require this information. The
Ohio Manufacturers association,
which protested against the tax form,
is advising its members not to give
the information desired, however, and
most companies are acting on this ad-
vice. Consequently a suit to determine
the validity of the conflicting conten-
tons of the state authorities and the
Manufacturers association seemed
probable.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Good Ex-President

Not often has the nation had a
wiser ~ex-president than William H.
Taft. In every complication that the
present administration has faced
and it surely has had more than its
share of complications-Mr. Taft has
advised the people to stand steadfast-
ly by the administration. In the pres
ent crisis he has refused to say any.
thing that might embarrass the presi.
dent, but has, on the contrary, told
the people that he was in every way
worthy of their support and conf
dence. In nothing has MI. Taft done
so much to deserve the respect and at
lection of the country as in the pol.
icy that he has uniformly observed in
his retirement. He has shown him
self to be-what every n knew
that he was-a true patriot.-Indian-
apolis News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Sugar Beet Industry.


Sugar beets worth $1,084,000 to
farmers of Northwestern Ohio coun-
ties were grown in 1914, and one and
one-half times that amount of beets
already has been contracted for this
year, according to a report made to
the agricultural commission by J.. A.
Brock, field secretary of a domestic
sugar producers association. The ag-
ricultural department has been con
sidering making a special investiga-
ton of beet-sugar growing in Ohio,
with the intention of conducting an
educational campaign to encourage
farmers to plant more ground in beets.
Last year there we're 2,712 beet grow
ers in the state, and they harvested
10000 acres, or 219, 900 tons of sugar
beets. This year the number of grow
ers has been increased to 3,795, with
80 1000 acres planted, according to the
report. The returns to farmers were
about $55 an acre. A total of q, 900
tons of sugar was produced from the
O~hio-grown beets, largely by the three
factories in the state. These were
closed temporarily by the new tariff
They employed nearly 1000 men, paid
/ 1890, 900 in wages, $102, 600 to railroads
for hauling beets, and $4,000 for sup
plies.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Bond Issues Authorized.

The C%ircleville Light & Power Co,
was authorized by the Utilities Com
mission to issue and sell $75, 900 bonds
The Delta Electric Light Co. sought
permission from the same commission
to sell it's property for $4,000 to the
Ohio Gas Light & Coke Co, of Toledo
The Massillon Electric and Gas Co
was authorized to issue and sell $115,.
600 bonds at 80 and 1925 0e of it's pre-
ferred stock at 81. The B. F. Goodrich
Co. and a dozen other manufacturing
concerns in Akron filed complaint with
the Utilities Commission against all
the railroads entering Akron because
of a recent effort to advance switching
rates five cents per ton.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Fatally Shoots Wife, Kills Self.

Cleveland. = Six strange words,
the meaning of which no one
seem to know-words jumbled in a
weird Hungarian death curse-will
last through life in the child brain of
Otto Kader. The words of the death
curse which will follow the fve-year-
old boy until he dies were implanted
in his mind in a house at 4427 Wo-
burn-av S. W, when Fred Kader, the
boys father by adoption, shot himself
dead after fatally wounding his wife,
the woman whom Otto has known only
as mother since his real mother died
two years ago.
They had separated, the boys adopt
ed parents, and the woman had started
divorce proceedings.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
acquisitions Are Issued.

The governors office issued a requi-
sition on the governor of Pennsylva-
MIA for the return of Irwin B. Miller,
wanted in Dayton on a charge of en-
bezzlement and on the governor of
Kentucky for Matthew C. Dehart,
wanted in Cincinnati On a kidnapping
charge. Miller is under arrest at AL
lentown, Pa, and Dehart is being held
at Gentry's Mills, KY. A warrant was
sworn out May % by Maggie Dehart,
of 343 Ellen street, charging Matthew
c. Dehart with child stealing. It is
alleged that he went to his home and
enticed their young child away and
left the state.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
TEUTONS DEFEATED BY RUSS
Austro-German Forces Lose Six-Day
Battle on Dnlester River Front,
Says P~etrograd.

P%etrograd, June 25,-An important
Russian victory over the right wing of
the Austro-German forces in Galicia
was announced on Wednesday in the
official statement from the war office.
This statement says that the Teu-
tonic troops have been defeated in a
six-day battle on the Dniester river
front, the Russians taking more than
five thousand prisoners.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
TITANIC VICTIMS DECEIVED
Witness swears One Of Ships Design
ers Told Him Vessel Would Sink
In Two Hours.

New York, June 25.-Although the
1000 passengers who lost their lives
on the Titanic supposed there was
little danger of her sinking, several
we're told by Mr.. Andrews, one of
the designers of the ship, that she
would not stay afloat more than two
hours, was the testimony in the action
to limit the lines liability to $4,000.
John b. Thayer of Haverford, Pa,
whose father. a vice-president of the
Pennsylvania railroad, was n of
those who persisted. testified to this
effect.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
ARMS WORKS FIRED BY BOMBS
ZeppeIins Wreck British Navy Yard
in Dead Of Nightly Killed,
40 Wounded.

Berlin, June 25.-The Overseas
agency on Wednesday gave out the
following:
"A message from Christiania says
that the steamer Iotum, which has ar
rived at Stavanger. reports that sew.
eral Zeppelins on the night between
Tuesday and Wednesday (probably
June 1919 dropped many bombs on
the Armstrong works at South Shields,
England, which destroyed the navy
yard and arsenal. Several buildings
burned all night. The damage was
enormous. Seventeen persons were
killed and forty injured.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Death Causes Mystery.

Orrville. = Was the man whose
body was found in a little stream
west of Orrville murdered? Did
he commit suicide or was he the
victim of an accident? Authorities
here are ~endeavoring to answer these
questions. Walking along the road,
David King, a farmer, saw the body
Of a man in the stream, which is only
one foot deep. A bruise was on the
corpse's forehead. Although the man,
apparently so, was well dressed and
looked prosperous, no money was
found in his pockets.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Further Modifies Quarantine.

Another order further modifying the
existing foot and mouth quarantine
was issued by the department of agri-
culture and is now effective. The only
effect it has on the Ohio quarantine
Is to add the counties of Montgomery,
Paulding and Summit to the free area.
In Kentucky the counties of Bullitt,
Jefferson and Oldham are removed
from the modified area and put in the
restricted area, which means that
stock may be shipped out for any pur-
pose to any point east of the Missis-
sippi and north of the Tennessee.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Go On With Their Plan.

No o n had he heard that the
classified service employees of the state
intended to go ahead with their plan
of organization, with the possibility If
participating in the proposed refer
endum on the Barnes-Moore civil
service measure, than Mayo Fesler, of
Cleveland, who has assumed the post
ton of unofficial guardian on civil
service matters, appeared in Columbus,
FesIer insists that the employees dare
lot lake part in a referendum, while
they are equally jasistent that thsy
can If they SO desire.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Turner Nav Decide,

Insisting upon their right to organ
ize for any legitimate nonpartisan pur-
pose, classified service employees have
begun the task of fortifying them
selves against attack on the charge
of violation of the civil service law.
A ruling may be asked from Atty. Gen.
Edward c. Turner before anything is
done toward getting behind the refer
endum movement on the Barnes-Moore
bill. The fear of the classified en-
ployes is that if another commission
is placed in power the rules will be so
changed as to make it a violation of
law to take part in the referendum if
one is to be called.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02
Certificates Awarded.

Only II teachers took the examina-
ton for high school life certificates,
but the Ohio State Board of Examiners
was kept busy until a late hour in
passing upon some 400 applications for
high school life certificates under the
provisions of the new school code of
1914. The requirement is a degree
from a recognized college and so
months practical experience.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-02

the bally-hoo go, SOM" he demanded
of a small boy. I'll show you" re-
sponded the lad. For three blocks
the clown ran painting after the young.
ster with an ever-increasing army of
kids at his heels. Where is it," de-
manded the exhausted clown. lila,
hal" laughed the youth. "I gave you
a run for your money, didn't II" The
clown might have spanked the youth.
but he couldn't catch him. lie com.
promised by hiring an express wagon
to convey him back to the Hippodreme
to escape the mob of small hcys.