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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
APPLE GROWING TEST
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Competition in Buckeye State This Year
Gives Promise of Surprising in Pop
uIarity All of Its Predecessors.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Columbus. = The apple growing
contest promoted by the state ag-
r1cultural commission for this year
gives promise of surprising in popu-
larlty all its predecessors. There
were three times as many entries last
year as in the year before, and from
present indications the number this
year will exceed the total for both
the preceding years.
The rules and regulations for this
contest have been formulated by the
commission and are being sent to
prospective contestants. While the
contest is for boys, girls are not
barred, and there is always a number
Of them in each contest. To be eligi-
BILE to enter the contestant must not
be more than 20 years old.
Those who entered the contest last
year are not eligible to enter any
local 1915 contest, but may enter the
statewide contest if they select trees
other than those used in 1914. There
are two kinds of contests, one for
farm orchards and another for COM
mercial orchards. The contests will
be conducted independently.
To insure a county contest there
must be at least five contestants in
the county. If there are less than
this number, each contestant must
compete with all the others in all
counties with less than five contest
ants. The test shall consist of 10
trees of fall or winter varieties. The
trees should be at least Is years old.
All pruning, actual application of
spraying material, thinning, f~ertiliz-
Ing, mulching or cultivation must be
performed by the contestant. He may
employ help for the operation of the
spray pump and in removing brush
from the orchard. Helpful informa-
ton for the contest can be secured
from bulletins issued free by the ag-
ricultural commission, the agricultural
college of Ohio State university, Co.
lumbus, and the Wooster experiment
station.
The winners of the contests will be
given free trips to Washington. No
boy who smokes cigarets will be al
lowed to enter. The boy who cannot
forego this vice is invited to stay out.
Applications must be filed by not later
than May 1. Application blanks can
be obtained from the state agricul-
tural commission at Columbus.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
IMPORTANT NEWS
ITEMS

Philadelphia, April 28.-The nation
wide unity of men, and plans for a
campaign for an interdenominational
federation were among the questions
discussed by representatives Of the
chapters throughout the eastern Sec
ton of the United States and Canada
and Jamaica, who are attending the
eleventh international convention of
the Brotherhood Of Andrew and Philip.
in session here.
Deal. England, April 2s (via Lon
don).-The steamer Noordam, bear
ing delegates to the woman's peace
congress at The Hague, sailed for Rot
terdam after detention off the Eng
lish coast for many hours, ostensibly
because of the embargo or North sea
traffic.
Washington, April 2s.-Collector of
Customs Hamilton at Newport News,
Va, telephoned Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury Peters on Monday that
Captain Thierfelder of the German
cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm had de-
cided to intern. Assistant Secretary
Of the Navy Roosevelt later announced
that the German raider was interned
at Newport News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
MEANING IS CLEAR
Recent Elections Foreshadow
Democratic Defeat.
Leave No Doubt That the People Are
Awake to the Disastrous Effects
of the Policies of the Party
in Power.

NO one who is fair-minded and can
see things as they really are can help
leeilng that the elections in Chicago
and st. Louis foreshadow the oncom,
ing tide that will sweep the Demo
cratic party out of power which it
now holds by default-only by de
fault.
But. given the chance, it has mad,
good its record of disaster. Il
has paralyzed our industries; it has
oankrupted the treasury; it has not
passed a single economic measure that
ought to have been passed. The
underwood tariff law has not done
anything its sponsors said it would dc
and has done precisely what it's oppo
ent prophesied it would do. The
federal reserve act would be the most
~stupendous. economic calamity evel
VISITED upon this country if it were
allowed to remain on the statute
DOCKS. 1t was born of a foreign con
cept1on and bears no relation what
ever to u peculiar conditions and
particular needs. 1t is a matter Of
mathematical demonstration that if
allowed to go into complete operation
1t viii cost this country 500, 900, 900
every year o than a right banking
system would.
The leaders of the administration
may try to deceive themselves into
the belief that. the recent elections
nave no significance, but had the re-
suit been reversed and the Democrats
a won by the same tremendous ma
Jor1ty that was given the Republican
ticket in Chicago, the administration
eader would have lost no.. time in
prociaiming that the outcome was a
v~lndlcation of Democratic policies.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
ROOSEVELT ENDS TESTIMONY
Colonel Talked for Forty-Nine Hours
Name Of Gov. Charles S.
Whitman Mentioned.

Syracuse, N. Y, April 3o.-The name
of Gov. Charles S. Whitman was
brought into the Barnes-Roosevelt
s5e,oe0 libel suit just before Colonel
Roosevelt completed his talking mar.
athon of approximately forty-nine
hours.
Whitman, while district attorney OK
New York county OF February 10, 1914,
wrote a letter to Charles H. Duell, Jr..
formerly of Syracuse, declaring In ef.
feet that there should be a reuniting
of Progressives and Progressive Re-
publieans and all good citizens to rid
the state of boss rule.
When Colonel Roosevelt finished his
record breaking testimony he had
been on the stand court days
and part of two other days. making
a total Of almost fifty hours.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
TURKS CLAIM BIG VICTORY
Berlin Hears Ottoman Troops Cap
tured Twelve Thousand Prisoners
Near D~ardaneIIes Forts.

Berlin, April 30.-Halil Bey, former
president Of the Turkish parliament,
who is now in Berlin. received a tele-
gram from Constantinople on Wednes.
day stating that 5000 French and Brit
ish soldiers had been driven to the sea
and that IL, 600 had been captured by
the Turks as a result Of the attempt of
the allies to land forces to attack the
Dardanelles Notifications.
A British admiralty announcement
issued at London states that the allied
troops have established themselves
across the Gallipoli peninsula. They
have beaten of all attacks and are
steadily advancing.
Constantinople, April 80 (via Am
sterdam).-The war minister has
sem the following report to the sui
tan:
General Limon Won Sanders tele-
graphs that the center and right wing
of the enemy's army has been COM
pletely defeated. He hopes the left
wing will undergo the same fate"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
WILL REMAIN NEUTRAL
ITALY TO KEEP OUT OF THE
GREAT CONFLICT.
Important Dispatches Sent Home by
Teuton Ambassadors After Con-
ference at Rome,
BY BRlXTON AlLAIRE.

International News Service Correspondent
Rome, April 28.-"Italy will not par
ticipate in the war. By remaining
neutral she will win a greater victory
than would be possible we're, she to
enter either n of the hostile camps
This statement was made to the In
ternational News Service staff CORE
spondent by an official of the Italian
government. For obvious reasons he
requested that his name should not be
used.
A Kaleidoscope change in the stu
alton has developed during the last
"a hours. No stronger evidence of
this act than the foregoing statement.
1t came from an official who is in
close touch with Italian and foreign
diplomatists.
important code dispatches were sent
to Berlin and Vienna by the German
and Austrian ambassadors. These are
believed to have IN important bear
ing upon Italy's foreign relations. as
their transmission followed a confer
ence between Foreign Minister Son.
hAiO ohd AllASC NOu Du6tOW, luO NCI
man ambassador. This meeting took
place at the foreign office, and at it's
conclusion Prince Won Buelow hurried
to the Austrian embassy where Baron
Won Macchia, the Austrian envoy, was
awaiting him.
The official who stated that Italy
would not enter the war said
that a full statement of the interna-
tional situation as it involved Italy
would be made by Signor Sonnino to
parliament when it convened on
May IL.
This statement is expected to
prove most satisfactory to Italy," he
added. I'm view of what is now known
it is almost impossible to conceive of
parliament taking any stand in op-
position to that which will be recon-
ended nv the government"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
ITALY CALLS ENJOYS TO MEET
Big War Conference to Be Held at
Rome-Important Decision
Is Expected.

Rome, Italy (via Paris), April 20
The Italian ambassadors at Paris, Lon
don, Vienna and Berlin have been
summoned to Rome to confer with
Foreign Minister Sonnino. In Rome
this action is regarded as preliminary
to the announcement of a grave and
important decision on the part of the
Italian government. Signor Tittoni,
the ambassador to France, reached
Rome. He left this city only a fort
night ago for Paris. Marchesi Carlotti,
ambassador to Petrograd, will not
come back because of the distance
and the difficulties of travel, but a
messenger has been sent him.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Salary Loan Measure Passes.

With only n member of either
branch Of the legislature recorded in
opposition, the Lloyd loan bill. which
passed the house, will go to the gov
ernor for signature after senate CON
currence in house amendments. Under
this prospective law salary loan agents
and companies will be subjected to
regulation by the state superintendent
of banks, will be limited to a charge
of 8 per cent a month plus an inspec-
ton fee of 81. Bank loans were spe-
cifcally exempted by the house COM
mittee, and on the floor pawnbrokers
were taken out of the bill; require
ment was made that both husband and
wife must sign an assignment of
wages and the inspection fee was re-
duced from 81 to 81.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
/ DEAD, so INJURED IN CRASH
Cars on Electric Road Collide Near
Fremont, o-coaches Set Afire
y After Accident.

Fremont. o., May 1.-Two cars on
Ghe Lake Shore Electric railway col
7ided on a single track four miles east
n this city On Thursday, killing a WON
mn and injuring 50 persons, 15 serious
". A woman about eighty years old,
whose identity has not been estab-
alshed. died at a private residence in
clyde from q fractured skull. f. r.
Baldwin. Toledo. was hurt probably
Hataiiy. Mrs. N. Belknap. Bay City,
Mich. hurt internally.
Both cart were set afire in the col
xhssOn. The badly wounded passengers
were dragged out by those who es
Emped serious injury.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
span Gives WAY. Many Hurt.

Newark. "A swinging bridge 25
feet above the north fork of the Lick
ing river, gave way with % people on
it and all were precipitated into the
creek, The water was low.
All were young people out for a
stroll. Edward West suffered a broken
leg; Elsie Smith, 16, was cut across
the chin and her back sprained; VIII.
liam Mathews arm was d~islocated
and a half dozen others were slightly
injured. All ambulances in the city
were called and the injured were
taken to hospitals.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Good Argument for Peace.

The congress that recently adjourned
is he first since 1895 in which the
Democrats have had a majority in
both houses. In that of 20 years ago the.
appropriations reached 1917, 0o9, 600. In
hat of today they have mounted to
3 2.237, 600, 900. 1t looks like a big jump
n two score years. It is well we are
,ble to maintain the middle road OF
neutrality, for if it costs US two billion
and a quarter to get along in times of
peace, it is staggering to think what
our bill would be if we were to go to
uar
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
578 PERISH ON SHIP
FRENCH CRUISER ToRPEDoED BY
AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE IN
THE ADRIATIC.
e
REAR ADMIRAL IS MISSING
Leon Gambetta Sunk in Ten Minute
One Hundred and T~hirty-Six Res
cued by italian Vessels-Many Sur
viVors in Dying Condition.

vivors in Dying Condition.
Paris, April 30.-The French cruiser
Leon Gambetta was sunk by an Aus
trian submarine, with the loss OF 5fS
of her crew of TIA, in the Strait of
Otranto, near the entrance OF the
Adriatic sea, which was officially an
nounced by the ministry of marine on
Wednesday.
The Official announcement of the
sinking follows:
THE Leon Gambetta was sui
while cruising off the entrance of the
Otranto canal She went down IN
ten minutes. All the high officers
died at their posts. One hundred and
thirty-six sailors and petty officers
were saved by Italian boats.
The Leon Gambetta had on board a
crew numbering TIA men, including
twenty-five officers. A majority of the
men were asleep at the time the cruls-
er was struck. Those saved were v1r-
tually without clothing.
They were taken from the water IN
a pitiful condition. Some were wound
ed and others were almost uncon-
scious. while all suffered from ex-
posture.
The Gambetta parted company
with the French cruiser Jules Ferry
Tuesday night to cross the Strait OF
Otranto. with a view to cooperating
with other French ships in an attempt
to block the Austrian fleet If it should
seek to leave the Adriatic.
The submarine US launched two
%torpedoes against the Gambetta, 10Th
of which we're effective.
The Austrian submarine Us which
sunk the Leon Gambetta was COM
manded by Lieutenant George Ritter
o Trap.
Lamenting the loss of the Leon
Gambetta, the Temps says:
The cruiser was a valuable unit of
the French navy"
The Leon Gambetta was engaged
with other French cruisers in guard
ing the strait to. prevent the passage
of Austrian submarines to attack the
allied fleet at the D~ardanelles. The
cruiser displaced 12.416 tons.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
MRS. AsToR ENGAGED, REPORT
G r. Maekay Pays Marked Attention.
% Widow-WiH Lose $25o,0o0 a
. Year u She Marrles Again.

Washington. May 1.-Rumor Of a
Hnxsibis engagement between Clar-
uu.ce n. Mackay. president of the
asestal Telegraph company. and Mrs.
1shn Jacob Astor. which were start
% In New York city, have been re-
inewed by the visit here of Colonel
aAstor's widow with Mrs. ]. q. Wild
sner Of Philadelphia. Mackay and a
group Of friends.
Colonel Astor. who was one Of the
victims Of the Titanic disaster, pro-
Biaea in his will that II his widow
amarried again she should lose the in
csme from s5.ees,soe. or $25e.00e a
gear. left In trust for her.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Readx for Another shnt2

The administration has insisted that
prosperity is returning and that the
business depression was only psyche
logical, but the elections appear to
have made a deep impression on the
secretary of state-a psychological
impression just as did the peoples re-
pudiation of the Wilson-Gorman tariff
law, the free silver propaganda, and
the paramount issue of imperialism.
Is he getting ready for another shift
of issues, and have $50 Democratic
party try some new panacea for peace
and prosperity?
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Sues After Benin Jailed.

Canton. Mayor William P. Bar
mum and Chief of Police France,
both of Alliance, were made defend
ants in a $4,000 damage suit filed here
by Orlando D. Friend, who alleges he
was locked in the jail at Alliance on a
false charge of forgery. He declares
Mayor Barnum and Chief France "con-
nived" with H. L. Friend to have him
thrown into jail. He says he was in
duced to go to Alliance on a statement
the mayor wanted to see him, that he
was placed in jail and held there until
9 in the evening, when he was told he
could go.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
IN DEATH PACT; LOSES NERVE
Youth Admits Sight of Sweetheart in
Commissions Caused Him to Break
Agreement.

Lincoln, ILL.,, April 28.-A pact of
death by the terms of which both
lovers we're to die was revealed by
nineteen-year-old Daniel Hurley. farm
hand, who is formally charged with
the murder of his seventeen-yearold
sweetheart, Katherine Roller.
The girl died Saturday night in con-
vulsions. The sight of her sufferings
broke the lads nerve, and he failed
to carry out his part of the agreement.
His confession came after a sleep
less night in solitary confinement in
Jail, followed by a sever grilling from
States Attorney c. E. Smith of Lo-
gan county.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
JOHN BUNNY, ACTOR, DIES
WeILKnown Movie" Star Succumbs
Following Collapse From
OverWork.

New York. April 2s.-John Bunny,
whose antics on the screen have made
millions laugh, cied on Monday at his
Brooklyn home. He had been ill for
three weeks. Overwork Is said to ave
brought on a nervous breakdown
which caused his death. Bunny was
ffty-two years old and was born in
New York. He was educated to be
a priest. HIS first professional en-
gagement was in Strangers of Paris"
a Belasco production, in 1888. He en-
tered tie moving picture field about
eight years ago and at his death was
reputed to be the highest salaried
actor in the business.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Matter of "comino Back.

E~x-President Taft declareu a few
days ago that the Republican party
will come back. There were indica-
tons at the Republican dinner in Mil
waukee of a belief that ex-President.
Taft will come back. Under any cir
cumstances there is ample reason for
doubt that the Democratic party will
come back in 1915 unless it cancels
during the period intervening some Of
the bad impressions it has made since
it vaulted int the saddle two years
ago.-Exchange.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
DYNAMITER OUT ON PAROLE
Attorney General Orders Release of
Henry w. Legleitner, Convicted at
indianapolis in 1912.

Washington, April 29.-Henry W.
Legleitner, one of the ~dynamiters con-
victed at Indianapolis in 1912 in the
ironworkers' conspiracy case, was pa
rolled on Tuesday by Attorney General
Gregory. He was serving a three
year term at L~eavenworth ~peniten-
tiary. The warden was t~elegraphed to
release him Immediately.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
II
Aftornev lie Indicted.

Lancaster. - The grand jury re-
ported Monday and found 26 IN
dictments against George Moss, at
torney for the Eureka Building &
Loan Co., which recently went into the
hands of a receiver. Moss has been
away from the city since just before
the receiver was appointed. Twenty
one of the indictments charged for
gerry, amounting to $17,5o0, and five
indictments charged embezzlement of
Sc, se1.3 81.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
DIVORCE LEADS TO SHOOTING
Arkansan Kills Four Members of His
Wife's Family and Makes
His Escape. f,

Morrillton. Ark, April 2S.-Sam
Bell. a young cattle buyer, shot and
killed four members of his wife's
family and escaped. The dead are
Richard Fryer. fifty-four years old;
his seventeen-year-old son, Amos
Fryer; his daughter, Mrs. card Bear
den, and her husband. Bells wife had
divorced him and gone to live with
Fryer, her father.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Rough Road Ahead.

The impassioned d~enunciation of
President Wilson by Representative
Fitzgerald of New York over the ques-
ton of patronage indicates hew wide
the rift is becoming in the Demo-
cratic lutte. When the next congress
comes it is easy to see how hard the
shedding win be for the administration.
when 1t tries I'd force through the
legal mill some of its measures dan
gerous to the well-befng of the coun-
try.-New Haven Register.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Banker Accidentally Killed.

Morrow. Frank Hicks, aged 60,
president of the Morrow National
bank and liquor license commissioner,
was accidentally shot and killed here.
MI. Hicks, in passing through the
barn, noticed a shotgun which had
been left in a buggy. In removing the
gun, the hammer was caught on an
obstruction and discharged, the con-
tents entering his left breast.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Willis Names Delegates.

Governor Willis has appointed the
following delegates to the nineteenth
annual conference on the welfare of
the child under the auspices of the
National Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teachers' associations, to be
held in Portland, Ore, May II to 16:
Mrs. j. L. Zimmerman, MrsSF. M. Ha-
gan, Mrs. Asa Bushnell, Mrs. Worden
Bowman and Mrs. Winifred Spangler
Holyon, of Springfield; Mrs. Thomas
Winters, of Ironton; Mrs. ]. W. Free
land, of Marion; Mrs. Dora Sandoe
Bachman, of Columbus; Miss Mabel
Hartzell, Of Alliance; Mrs. A. W. Cope
land, of Mendon; Miss F. Moore, of
Ironton; Mrs. John L. Zimmerman, of
Springfield; Mrs. Lynn B. Kaufman,
of Columbus; Mrs. Frank Tallmadge,
of Columbus; Mrs. Judge Hagans, of
Springfield; Mrs. C. B. Churchill, Mrs.
Max Leonard and Mrs. Reid w. South
ard, of Bellefontaine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Tax Levy for University Assured.

Arthur Spiegel, trustee of the Uni
versity Of Cincinnati, has received as
surances that an amendment will be
made to the Jackson bill so that the
University of Cincinnati can continue
to make a special levy outside the 10
mills limitation of the Smith one per
cent law, as provided in the Gregory
act, passed two years ago.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
A New Home for Children.

Following a conference with
the finance and appropriations
committee of the house and members
of the board of administration here
State Budget Commissioner Fulling-
ton announced he would recommend
an appropriation of $225,O00 for the
construction in Columbus of a build
ing to serve the purpose of a detention
home for delinquent and defective
children and a laboratory for the ex-
animation and observation of these
unfortunates.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Would Change Law.

clared that the liquor license law
should be changed to make the IL
censes good during good behavior of
the holder, and administration of the
law should be in the hands OF the
county treasurer and county auditor.
Predictions are being made that the
Andrews liquor decentralizer can not
pass the senate.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
rronns for Canal Zone.

! Galveston, Tex. April 30.-United
States army transport Buford sailed
for Cristobal with 413 officers and SOL
a1ers to strengthen the canal garrison.
she also carried 2S3 horses. Captain
Francis II. Lomax is in command.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Many Uses for Cotton.

One hundred and eighty million
yards of cotton cloth carry cement
yearly to build the great office build
ings, and the electrical industry Of
the country yearly consumes four
hundred thousand pounds Of cotton
in the insulation processes.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Important Insurance Decision.

The 155, 900 policy holders Of the
Union Central Life Insurance Co. of
Cincinnati are interested in the SUI
preme court decision remanding to the
Cuyahoga county common pleas court
for a trial on it's merits the suit of
James G. Bell, a policy holder, to pre-
vent the distribution of $500, 600 among
the stockholders.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
Huerta BUYS Real Estate.

New York. May 1.-victoriano HUI
erta evidently has greater faith in
New York real estate than in that of
his own country, for the former chief
of Mexico has invested 100000, Mex
lean money, in Harlem apartments.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-07
All Graft Cases Dismissed

Detroit, Mich, April 29.-Prosecut-
ing Attorney Charles H. Jasnowski
moved that the cases against II mem
bers of the Detroit city council, in
dicted on charges of briber-, be dis
missed.