The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-03-04
BUCKEYE NOTES


| CleVelanQ. - BEFORE 4UU RAILROAD,
traffic and industrial men, many
Of them prominent in national busi-
ness, who gathered in Hotel Statler
ball room at the annual dinner of the
Traffic club of Cleveland, Gov. Frank
B. Willis attacked an overdose of gov
ernmental regulation of business. To
a superabundance Of regulation he laid
the blame for a condition that has
made necessary, he said. the change
Of the slogan, Let the people rule"
to Let the people eat"
Theories Of government and
psychologists Of living all fall" he said,
"if mills are idle, business stagnant
and workmen unemployed. Legitimate
business has been too long the help
less victim of unscientific tinkering
and selfish demagoguery. It should be
fostered and encouraged, not ham
pered, restricted and annoyed. The
man with the hoe, the hammer and the
shovel, the builder, the merchant, the
sturdy son behind the plow, the finan-
cier, the professional man and the in
dustrial manager, these one and all
unite" continued Gov. Willis, "in the
belief that legitimate business in its
valiant struggle again to come into
the fullness Of its own, requires less
tinkering, less doctoring, less hamper
ing and more ordinary common sense.
We cannot thoroughly review condi-
tions of today without reaching the BE-
lief that there is justification in the
cry now growing in volume, to give
business a chance to breathe"
Geneva. - Vincent Stroud OF this
village argues he owns the old
est cat in the state, if not in the
United States. Tifin's best offering
few days ago was a cat 18 years old
and she's dead now.
Mrs. A. w. Ferry Of Jefferson, o.,
asserted her cat is 23 years old and
still catching rats. Stroud says his
cat will be "a in July. The exact age
of the pet is indelibly fixed, he says.
Twenty-three years ago when his cat
was kitten and Stroud was old
enough to know better he pierced its
ears and decorated it with his
mothers earrings. The cat still bears
the marks of this escapade. And so
does Stroud.
Bucyrus. Daniel Kreiter, for
mer county treasurer; Samuel Neff,
Charles Bonebrake and Solomon Man
beck, all of this city, had a mar
row escape from death when horses
attached to cab in funeral process
sion ran away. The men, who were
pallbearers, were bruised and their
clothing ruined when they were
thrown to the pavement. The horses
were stopped after they had run IA
blocks.
oomdale-Masked robbers broke
into the residence of Postmaster
J. w. Simon early in the morn
ing and at the point of revolvers forced
the postmaster to give them his
satchel containing about $1,000. A
part of the loot belonged to the elec-
trio light company, for which the post
master is collector The balance was
in money, stamps and money orders.
The robbers escaped.
Akron. - Fire destroyed the gar
age of R. E. McChesney and, E.
E. Jobe, East Akron, and three au.
tomobiles. Gasoline in a tank ex-
ploded when lobe struck match to
relight a lamp on one of the autos
He was slightly burned. The loss is
estimated at $4,000. McChesney and
Jobe purchased the machines recently
for the purpose of opening jitney bus
lines
Cleveland. - Unknown to family
or friends, G. F. Emery, aged so,
vice president Of the Cleveland Rail
way Co., eloped Feb. 9 with Mrs Maria
A. Bodenlos, AZ. widow, Lakewood, to
Windsor, Canada. His marriage was
announced Feb. % by Mr.. Emery. The
elopement had all the features of the
escape of lovers from those who would
hinder them in their object.
Norwalk. - AS the body of his
wife, who expired suddenly, was
being carried from the home in Mon.
roeville to be taken to the Catholic
church for funeral services, Blasius
Simon, 81, fell dead of heart disease.
While mass was being celebrated for
Mrs. Simon an undertaken was pre-
pairing the body of her husband for
burial
Bellefontaine. - Fred Bishop is
the most eligible man in Belle.
fontaine. He has passed the civil
service test for appointment as patrol
man, engine fireman and janitor in
Bellefontaine and also is on the eli.
gible list for appointment as a patrol.
man in Indianapolis.
Cincinnati. - Miss Doris Meeks,
aged 1S, was instantly killed and an.
other young woman and three men
were more or less seriously injured
when the automobile in which they
were riding was struck by street car
and almost totally demolished on the
8th-st viaduct.
Ashtabula. - Wallace H. Bullard.
aged SO, of Richmond Center, was
kicked to death by bull. The animal
became frightened when Bullard went
into the barn and attacked Bullard.
Sandusky. - John F. Pickering,
railroad and glass worker, died
at his home hero. AS he had
been i'll more than year, Pickering's
friends among the members of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and
the National Glass Workers associa.
tion made arrangements for benefit
ball. The receipts, which will exceed
$500, will be given to his widow and
two children.
Bellefontaine. The third disas.
trous fire in two months occurred
at Lakeview, burning three shops and
the residence of J. P. Lutz. The state
fire marshal has been notified.