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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Big Question Is Raised.

StS SASSSIOh 10 hdlSCUs
Do licensed insurance companies
in Ohio have the legal right
to issue and sell workmen's
compensation policies to employers?
That big question vas raised u
ly in the hearing before the State In
dustrial Commission of a complaint
filed by the Aetna Life Insurance Co.,
of Cleveland, against certain .modifi-
cations of the rules of the commits
sion. The company claims recent
changes moun to a shutOut for it
in soliciting compensation insurance.
The complaint was accompanied by
a request for a cancellation or modi-
fcation of the rule and was argued
before the commission by Charles S.
Gongwer for himself and the Aetna
Company. The compliments claim
they are licensed to sell insurance in
the state and that under a construc-
ton of certain sections of the com
%pensation act they are recognized as
competent to handle compensation
policies. Under that claim they have
been selling that new form of policy
and seeking to induce employers to
drop the state plan and AXE their
policy. The complainants agreed that
an early adjudication of the disputed
question would be advisable.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
THAW FOUND SANE
JUDGE APPROVES DECISION OF
JURY AND SLAYER is RE-
LEASED ON BAIL.
JURY WAS OUT 48 MINUTES
Crowds Outside Courtroom Cheer
Thaw on va. From Building
Wants to Visit Exposition-Appeal
Announced by the Site.

New York, July Hilary X. Thaw
Friday won his nine-year fight for lib
erty. Justice Hendrick of the SUI
preme court approved the verdict OF
the jury finding the slayer Of Stanford
White sane, and released him on $685.
600 bail pending an appeal by the
state.
New York. July 16.-Harry Kendall
Thaw a declared sane on Wednes-
day by a jury which for nearly three
weeks listened to testimony given in
the supreme court here before Justice
Peter Hendrick. Forty-eight minutes
were consumed and two ballots were
taken in reaching a verdict.
Justice Hendrick read the verdict
and handed it back to the clerk.
Gentlemen of the jury" said the
clerk, the question you have been
asked is this: Is Harry K. Thaw sane?
Your answer is yes"
Thaw went TO where his mother was
sitting a few feet away and, throwing
his arms about her neck. Used her.
The verdict recorded. John B.
Stanchfield. chief counsel for Thaw,
made a motion that the commitment
signed by Justice Bowling. following
a verdict of lot guilty on the ground
of insanity, which was returned by the
jury at Thaw's second trial for the
murder of White, be vacated. Deputy
Attorney General Becker in reply re-
quested time in which the state might
prepare al appeal.
AS oon as the jury was dismissed
Thaw crossed to the box and shook
hands warmly with each o. the men
His mother also shook hands with the
jurymen, saying to each: Thank you
so much for all that you have done"
Outside the courthouse a wide flight
of steps had been crowded all after
o The street and the sidewalks
on either side Of it also were con.
gested. When Thaw. 1anked by dep.
uty sheriffs, appeared in the doorway
a great cheer went up and those who
did not cheer applauded with their
hands.
In explaining why two ballots were
taken one of the jurors, Paul j. Marks
said that N the first ballot the vote
was eleven TO one that Thaw was
sane. The vote was unanimous on the
second ballot.
Mr.. Marks also said that he and the
other members of the jury believed
that Thaw was eccentric and, posi-
bly,, mentally weak, but that they die
not believe that he would harm any
one.
Thaw has said nothing so far rs tt
what he will do if freed. The only
thing he has said was that he wa.
first going to Pittsburgh to visit hi
mother and then go to California tt
see the exposition.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
paIrymen Are Found Guilty.

Columbus. = Three officials and
IN agent of the old Capital City
Dairy Co. were found guilty Of de-
frauding the federal government out
of oleomargarine taxes amounting to
$1,000, 600 by a jury in United States
district court here. They are liable
to fines of $4,000 and two years i'm.
prisonment.
The defendants, who have been on
trial since June %, were tried Jointly
on two indictments which contained
10 counts, one charging conspiracy
to defraud and nine charging fraud.
On the conspiracy charges the jury
found the defendants not guilty.
Dennis Kelly, millionaire Columbus
capitalist and president of the old
dairy company, was one of the defend
ants. Others were W. H. Eberst, vice
president and general manager; NJ.
Leo Corbett, secretary, and w. H.
Kelly, the company's Pittsburgh agent.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
w. N. u, FORT WAYNE, NO. 2s-1s15.
WAS TOO POOR TO BE HURT"
Injured Street Sweeper Fatally Hurt,
Struggles to Return to His Work,
but Death Claims Him.

Frederick Birkmer, a street sweeper
of New Rochelle, N. Y, TO poor to
be laid up by an accident, "he said,
was knocked unconscious when struck
in the back in the Pelham road by 8
motorcycle ridden by Frank Purdy OF
Port Chester. Birkmer, still uncon-
scious, was being lifted into an ambu-
lance, when he regained his senses,
struggled to his feet and staggered
toward his broom.
Cant afford to be hurt" he NUT
tered.
Purdy and a hospital surgeon forced
him into the ambulance. At the hos
pital his skull was found fractured. He
was prepared for the operating table.
A moment later he sprang from bed,
tore off the baneages, and, struggling
with an irterne, strove to reach q
doorway.
Il must go back" he faltered.
Then he fell unconscious and died.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
GERMANS TAKE PRZASNYSZ
kaiser's Troops Capture One of Main
Defenses of WarsaW-Other
Gains Are Reported.

Berlin, July 17.-German troops
have captured Przasnysz, northern Po-
land, the war Office announced on
Thursday. This town has been held
by the Russians for several months,
being situated at the extreme north
ern point Of an angle on which the
cars troops had been concentrated
for the defense of Warsaw from an
attack by troops from East Prussia.
In addition to the success of
Przasnysz, where the Germans cap,
tured 2,400 prisoners and eight ma
cline guns. they have also taken the
O1ezanka heights, northwest of Su.
WALK, occupied Kansza, south of Kol.
no and near the Bobr river, and al
so gained positions to the east of
Kansza.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
HES
OFF THE WIRE


Atlanta. Ca, July 16.-Excitement
over the rqmors Of nobs that pur.
pose to lynch Leo M. Frank has com.
pletely died out. There was no sign
OF disorder at Macon or Milledgevills
during the night. and it was said by
some that the authorities had been
hoaxed.
Berlin. July 16.-From Stockholm
comes a report that the Swedish min
lister has protested in London against
the perpetual molestation OF Swedish
commerce." and that Norway and
Denmark sustain the protest.
London, July 14.-The German pro-
tected cruiser Koenigsberg, 3,34S tons,
which late last fall took refuge from
the British feet in the Ruhji river, in
German East Africa, has been de-
stroyed by British river monitors and
bombs dropped from ~aeroplanes, &C
cording to an official announcement by
the admiralty on Monday.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
oRvILLE WRIGHT TO AID U. S.
Noted Inventor Will Be Member of
Civilian Advisory Board
Under Daniels.

Washington, July Is. - Orville
Wright is scheduled to join Thomas
A. Edison among the members of the
civilian advisory board of inventors
Secretary Daniels is organizing, it was
understood in navy circles here.
Edison will devote himself especial
ly to submarine development, it was
said, Wright naturally to problems OF
flight.
With Edison as the navy's expert
on undersea craft and Wright as its
authority on vessels of the air, it was
agreed the department will have the
greatest combination in the world.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
BERLIN WILL PAY.
GERMANY ADMITS U. S. SHIP NE.
5RAskAN WAS ToRPEDoED
BY A SUBMARINE.
TO SETTLE FOR ALL DAMAGES
'Governmeht at Washington Assured
the Attack "Was Not Meant for the
v. s. Flag, But Is to Be Considered
an Unfortunate Accident"

Washington, July 1.-THE state de-
partment announced on Thursday that
the German government a~pologized
for the attack on the Hawaiian-Ameri-
can steamer Nebraskan, ~torpedoed by
a German submarine on the night OF
May rs on her way to Delaware Break.
water from Liverpool.
Full compensation will be made for
the damage sustained by American
citizens in the injury to the vessel.
Ambassador Gerard has telegraphed
the department that he has received
the following memorandum from the
German foreign Office admitting re-
sponsibility for the mysterious acct.
dent to the vessel which has been uns
der investigation for the past seven
weeks.
The German government received
from newspaper reports the intelli-
gence that the American vessel Ne
braskan had been damaged by a mine
or torpedo on the southeast coast Of
Ireland. That. therefore. started a
thorough investigation of the case
without delay. and from the result of
the Investigation 1t has become con-
WINGED that the damage to the Ne
braskan was caused by an attack by a
submarine.
"On the evening of May % last, the
submarine met a steamer bound vest
ward without a flag and with no neu-
trail markings on her f~reeboard. In
the twilight. which had already set in,
the name OF the steamer was not Wis
tble from the submarine.
-Since the commander of the sub
marine was obliged to assume from
his wide experience In the area OF
maritime wal that only English steam
ers. and no neutral steamers. tray.
ersed this wal area without flag and
markings, be attacked the vessel with
a torpedo In the conviction that he
had an enemy vessel before him.
Some time after the shot the com
mander saw that the vessel had in the
meantime hoisted the American flag
AS a consequence he, of course, re-
Trained from any further attack.
1T results from this without a doubt
that the attack on the steamer Ne
braskan was not meant for the Ameri-
a flag, nor is it traceable to any
fault on the part of the commander OF
the German submarine. but it is to
be c~onsidoved an unfortunate acct.
dent The German government ex-
presses its regret at the occurrence
TO the government of the United
States of America and declares it's
readiness to make compensation for
the damage thereby sustained by
American citizens"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Money Is Available.

The state board of control. in spe-
cial session, gave $4,000 to the board
Of administration which will be used
in transferring the criminally insane
persons from the six different state
hospitals for the insane to the new
hospital at Lima. The proclamation
of Governor Willis, transferring the
new 100000 institution from the
building committee to the administers
ton board on October 1, has been COM
pleted and will be issued soon. After
the proclamation is issued the manag-
ing officers of the six institutions for
the insane will be called to Columbus
to confer with the administration
board. They will be asked to select
25 Of their most dangerous patients for
transfer to Lima. These will COM
prise the first list of patients who will
occupy the new hospital. After they
have been taken care of, and further
cells are finished, additional patients
will be from time to time transferred
to Lima.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
No Right to Pay.

State Budget Commissioner Fulling-
ton insisted the state board of admin
istration has no right to dip into it's
fund for minor Offices and employees"
to get $4,000 for the new position of
executive officer, which it created and
to which it appointed William E. Has
well, of Bucyrus. The place Of secre-
flied since the board was created, was
abolished by the legislature. Fulling-
ton said the fund sought to be used
had been appropriated for employees
Of state institutions which are under
the board and not for employees of the
board. Haswell's salary may be held
up until the question is determined.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
No More MILEAGE.

In an opinion from Attorney Cen
eral Turner received by County Au-
ditor Staley, clerks of boards of cleo.
ton can not receive compensation
and mileage in making their settle
ments as ~treasurers of the boards.
The school treasurers were abolished
and the duty developed on the clerks,
who must make their settlements be-
tween September 1 and 10. Hereto
fore the treasurers have been paid 81
each and 5 cents per mile for such
settlements, but now they can not
draw anything.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
ENFORCING Old Law.

To date upward Of $4,000 mas been
collected by the State Insurance De-
partment from firms and companies
which carried the so-called reciprocal
insurance. The collection is under a
law enacted in 1910, but allowed to
fall into disuse, which provides for a
tax of 5 per cent of the amount of the
annual premium of fire insurance paid
to companies not authorized to do
business in Ohio. The regular au-
thorized companies have been back
of the department in furnishing infor-
nation concerning the unauthorized
insurance carried in Ohio.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Name State Road.


Tentative plans for holding public
meetings in counties through which
the special Sandusky-Portsmouth
State highway will run were made
by the General Committee of the
Ohio Federation of Good Roads at it's
meeting here. Mrs. Edward Orion,
Jr., of Columbus, representing the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton, asked that the road be named
Harrison Trail in emo of Will
liam Henry Harrison, early President
of the United States. The other name
proposed for the road is "Scioto
Trail" Action on Mrs. Orton's sug-
gestion was deferred. The meetings
In each county will be arranged for
the purpose of arousing public inter-
est in the highway.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
First Check Received,

Chillicothe, and with 1t Ross coun
ty, has the distinction of making the
first contribution to the Ohio Sunday
school Associations proposed sustain
ing fund of $780, 600. Rev. Titus Lee
man, of the First Evangelical Sunday
school, June %, sent a check to E. l.
Barrett, state treasurer, in the hope
that it would be the first contribution
received. In this his anticipation
proved correct. The money wa;
promptly placed to the Sunday
schools credit and an acknowledge
ment sent.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Veterans

Members of the Soldiers Memorial
Commission, which will orange for
the erection of a monument or me-
mortal on the battlefield of Lookout
Mountain, Tennessee, to commemor-
ate the bravery of Ohio troops who
participated in the battle of Lookout
Mountain were appointed by the Gov
ernor. They are Samuel H. Bolton, of
McComb; Charles W. Wheeler, of
R~ossburg; Charles H. Grosvenor, of
Athens; Alfred E. May, of Oberlin;
Moses Hill, of Morrow. All are Civil
Wal veterans. The legislature ap-
proprited $4,000 for the purchase of
a site and the erection of the me-
mortal. Members of the commission
will 10 receive any salary, but their
travelling expenses will be paid from
the appropriation.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23

80 poorly that my folks thought I was
going into consumption. One day l
found a piece of paper blowing around
the yard and I picked it up and read it.
1t said Saved from the Grave and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
ele Compound has done for women. I
showed it to my husband and he said,
why don't you try it?' So / did, and
after l had taken two bottles | felt
better and Isaid to my husband, Tdon't
need any more and he said You had
better take it a little longer anyway
So took it for three months and got
well and strong. Mrs. ALoNzo E.
BAKER, 9 Tecumseh St., Adrian, Mich.
Not Well Enough to Work.
In these words is hidden the tragedy
OF many a woman, housekeeper or wage
Garner who supports herself and is often
helping to support a family, on meagre
wages. Whether in house, Office, fac
tory, shop, store or kitchen, woman
should remember that there is one tried
and true remedy for the ills to which all
women are prone, and that is Lydia E. .
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. 9 It
promotes that vigor which makes WORK
easy. The Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Secretary On Trip.

Arrangements were made for C. W.
Shinn, former general secretary of
the Ohio Sunday School association,
to accompany the second trade ex.
tension tour of the Columbus Cham
Der of Commerce, which visited many
towns north and northwest of Colum.
bus. Mr.. Shinn's object was to ex'
plain to large numbers of Sunday
school people in each of the towns
visited the object and workings OF
the present plan of the Sunday school
association to raise a sustaining fund
of 500, 900 in thirty days.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
NEGRO KILLED BY POSSE
ofhesrs and Citizens Of Georgia Dyna-
mits Home Of Triple slayer-shot
q Three White Men.

Macon. Ca. July 16-A posse of citi-
Eens and county officers on wednes-
day shot and killed Peter Jackson, a
negro. accused Of killing three white
men near Cochran, Ga. The negro had
barricaded himself in his home and
dsned the posse, who. according to re-
ports received here. blew up the house
with dynamite. Jackson was shot
down.
Jackson's work. according to re-
ports. was criticized by Lynn Sanders.
farm supervisor. Later. 1t is alleged,
Jackson accosted Sanders and killed
him. Later w. S. Hogg, marshal, and
Oscar Lawson were also killed by the
negro.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
impression He Makes,

How true it is that the child is ia
Their of the man! Whenever a man
comes in here, for instance, and be-
gins to boast how powerful and i'm.
portant he is In the community, If not
the state, the nation and the world at
large, our memory goes back to the
days Of our innocent childhood when
we boys used to assure one another
that we spat nickels and maybe an
occasional dime, though really we
didn't at aIL-Columbus (Ohio) Jour
aal
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
LAWSON DENIED NEW TRIAL
Labor Leader, Convicted Of Murder
During Colorado Strike Disorders,
Sentenced 10 Life In Prison.

Trinidad. Colo, July 14.-John R.
Lawson. labor leader convicted Of
murder in connection with strike dis
orders, was denied a new trial by
Judge CRANKY Hillyer in district court
here on Monday. Lawson was sem
fenced to spend the remainder of his
life at hard labor In the state peniten-
tiary. Lawson maintained his inno-
ence.c charged that he had been made
the victim of a corporation-controlled
prosecution and alleged that the trial
through which he passed had been a
'travesty on Justice
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Money Not Due.

Illegally, the city of Columbus in
1913 took $2,432.75 which belongs to
the county, according to the report to
the state accounting bureau by State
Examiner A. H. Foster IN city depart
ments for hat year The mistake was
caused by the city taking police court
fines in all liquor cases, though it is
entitled only to the fines in local OPP
ton cases.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Appeal To State Board.

The Union Gas & Electric Co., of
Cincinnati, represented by lawyers,
engineers and real estate experts, be-
gan an attempt before the State Utili-
ties Commission to show that the
commissions physical valuation of
$S,451,579 on the electric property of
the company is nearly SO, 000,0 600 too
small. The appeal was taken to the
state board from the ordinance fixing
the Cincinnati electric light rate at
S1a cents. The company want the
present rate to stand. Civic bodies in
Cincinnati contend for a scent rate.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
State Loss at Hospital.

DR.. E. A. Baber, superintendent of
the Dayton state hospital, has filed
with the state board of administration
a report of the damage wrought to
crops, stock and property of the
state hospital farm by storm. The
damage is estimated at several hun
dred dollars. Besides the damage
sustained by crops washed out and
broken down by rain, the flood gates
were washed out and 20 hogs were
drowned.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
OcuIists Are Warned,

The State Medical Board announced
that it will prosecute oculists who
diagnose diseases of the eye or who
prescribe glasses. if they fail to take
out license. This practically will con-
strue the new Platt-Ellis law so as to
include optometrists. Whether the
optometrists will resist has not yet
been decided.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
cigars and Punch" Bill Probed.

Because they purchased punch and
cigars for a banquet, Miami Univer-
sity officials were raped to State Au-
ditor Donabey by a state examiner.
scarcely seems proper, in view of the
fact that the board of trustees has
stipulated no student who uses tobac-
co or intoxicants shall be eligible to
participate in the income of the fund
donated to aid needy students.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Into the State House.

State Auditor Donahey discovered
one of the officers of his department
occupied by Chief Examiner John A
Bliss was entered by burglars who
pryed open the window. The prowl-
ers mussed up the records and re-
ports on county officers made by ex-
aminers to Bliss and evidently were
searching for some particular docu-
ment.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Three Held in Murder

Cincinnati. Three men are I'M
der arrest in connection with the
murder of John Collins, 25, in the bar.
room Of the Great Western hotel.
They are Meyer Ostrov, or Ostrovsky,
10; John Lowry, or Lorriman, 20, and
Matthew Pendergast, 20.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
ohioans\ Are Appointed.

Ohioans Are Appointed.
The tax commission has made the
following appointments as members
of boards of complaints: Erie coun-
ty, Bruce M. Winters, of Castalia, to
succeed Cyrus B. Winters, resigned,
two years. Franklin county, William
C. Bale, to succeed Francis M. Ranck,
one year. Crawford county, G. w.
Nickels, of Gallon, to succeed D. C..
Boyd, resigned, n year. Henry coun-
ty, A. F. Hayman, of Deshler, to sue
coed Cyrus o. Frease, resigned, two
years.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23

Sesser, ILL.,, July 15.-Robert Hill,
chief OF police. died from injuries In
ficted by an Italian named Campbello
when he attempted to get ON a wagon
loaded with beer he was delivering In
Sesser, which is a dry town.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23

washington. July 17.-Secretary OF
State Lansing aatly denied the pub
lished report that Ambassador Marye.
accredited from the United States to
the imperial court at Petrograd. had
resigned.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Eour-Year Term.

First steps initiating at. the fall
election a constitutional amendment
which would extend from two to four
year the terms of all county officials,
were taken here at a meeting of coun-
ty officials from various parts of
Ohio. A committee of five was
named to report plans for the circula-
ton of petitions to get the proposed
amendment on the November ballot.
To insure the submission of the pro-
posal, 10000 signatures, it was point
ed out must be obtained before Au-
gust 1.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Closed Banks Head Rich.

Uniontown, Pa. July 14.-Josiah v.
Thompson, whose affairs were placed
in the hands Of receivers when the
First National bank Of Uniontown was
closed, owned coal lands valued at
see 267.7 s5.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-23
Two in Jitney Bus Killed.

Springfield. H. A. Wise, aged 81,
driver of jitney bus, and Mrs. Belle
Hamilton, 49, a passenger, were in
stantly killed at the Bow1usville cross
ing of the Big Four railroad by a work
rain.