The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-05-13
BUCKEYE NOTES

Columbus.-National Guard organi-
cations are affected by q new set of
rules and regulations for the govern
ment Of armories Just adopted by the
state armory board.
Each armory is to be put under the
care Of a board Of control, composed
OF officers and troops occupying the
armory and the senior officer will be
chairman.
Armories must not be used for such
"unholy" purposes as places for hold
ing prize fights, boxing matches or
gambling, and this inhibition will bar
friendly bouts with gloves by militia
men, whose custom 1t has been In the
past to indulge in such sport occasion
ally for the general amusement of the
members as they might gather at the
armory for social purposes.
They are also warned against turn
ing armories into thirst emporiums.
The use of, sale of or storage of
liquor in an armory building is abso-
lutely prohibited, and any National
Guardsman violating the rule will be
promptly court-martialed. A civilian
who might transgress in this respect
will be turned'over to the civil author
tiles for punishment.
The armory, or rather the drill hall
and other parts except those contain
ing equipment, store rooms and squad
rooms, may be rented or leased for
entertainments, dances, ETC., providing
such use does not interfere with the
military usages of the armory. The
revenue derived in this way shall be
placed in the company treasury for its
use.
Toledo. - Barber Darah and Her
bert Hubshe, proprietors Of a pool
room, were fleeced out of $500 by
two strangers in a downtown hotel.
The strangers had previously appeared
at the pool room and declared they
were friends of an employe of United
States mint, who had stolen uncut
bank notes to the value of $4,000. They
offered to sell these supposed notes
for $500.
The pool room men "bit" They
opened the envelope and found it con-
tanned timetables.
Columbus.-There will be a good
wheat crop in Ohio this fall, so
the May crop report Of the state agrl-
cultural commission shows. The con-
dition of the wheat, compared with
the standard average, is 81 per cent,
which is regarded as favorable. The
crop, however, will not approach what
is termed bumper one. Two per cent
Of the crop has been damaged by the
Hessian fly and per cent by other in
sects. Oats are showing up we'll. 1t
is estimated that total Of 1884, ,O49
acres of oats were sown for this years
crop.
Akron. - Walking into st. Jo-
seph's Catholic church in Cuyahoga
Falls an unidentified young man with
bowed head passed devoutly down the
aisle to the altar where he kneeled.
A moment later other worshipers bow
ing at the further end of the altar
were startled by crash and the sound
of running footsteps. The young man
had burst open the shrine of the altar,
holding money deposited by church
members. Selling $40, he ran from
the church.
Hillsboro. - A. E. Hough, post
master of Hillsboro and editor and
publisher of the Hillsboro Gazette,
died suddenly here from hemorrhage
Of the throat For more than 80 years
Mr.. Hough was editor of the Gazette
and prominent figure in political
circles here. In 1908 he was one of
the Democratic nominees for presiden-
tial elector He had served one year
as postmaster.
Marysville. - A trolley line to
parallel the Rocking Valley railroad
from Toledo to Columbus, passing
through Fostoria, Upper Sandusky and
Redwood has been proposed by G. T.
Wiswell of Chicago. Wiswell's plan
proposes electrification of portion of
the Ohio Northern, a steam road run
ming through Wyandot county.
Marion. = Henry Mckee of Johns
vile, Morrow county school teach
er, died at Mt Gilead as result
Of being struck by batted baseball in
game between Mt. Gilead and Johns
vile.
Toledo. - Eugene O'Neil, widely
known Toledo policeman, died sud
denly of heart disease at his home
here. He recently had charge of Mayor
Keller's municipal flop" house.
Newark. - Mrs. Mary Ayers, aged
65 years, died at City hospital as the
result of having both legs severed
while crossing railway trestle. She
saw train approaching and stepped
on another track, where a train from
the opposite direction struck her.
Toledo. - A general shake-up in
the detective and police depart.
ments was made by Safety Director
Groenewald "for the good of the serv-
ice," as he termed it. Eight detectives
who were promoted from the police
force one year ago by former Safety
Director Knapp have been relegated to
the ranks. In their places were re.
turned eight men who were denoted Is
months ago.
Toledo. - With his wedding gar
ments laid out in his room and
all preparations completed for his mar
riage to Miss Irma Rockford, well
known society girl, Walter G. Hanna,
q, metallurgist, was found dead in
bed. Hanna had committed suicide by
drinking poison.
Youngstown. - Because of the
protests of numerous auto owners.
members of city council will be taken
on an auto ride over the city and made
to bump the bumps" on the holes in
the street pavements. 1t is proposed
to jar them into realization of the
need of repairs.
GAINESVILLE. - Former Councilman
w. A. NAPLES was arrested on
an indictment charging gambling
Il