The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-04-27
BUCKEYE NOTES
NswS From All Section Of
the state


town Iron & Steel Co. not working
under an Amalgamated Association
H4ge scale, to take effect May /, was
announced here today by John o.
Pew, president Of that corporation.
The company employs about 2.000
men. Every iron and steel concern
now operating in and about the city
has announced a wage advance OF 10
per cent. or greater to be effective
May 1. About 10000 men are affected,
and the advance will toual $2,500,O0O
in a year.
canton.-The Phillips Bible insti-
tute, established here three years ago
through the generosity of the late
Thomas Phillips of Newcastle, Pa,
will be moved to Valparaiso, Ind. De-
cision to consolidate the local insti.
tute, which is under the supervision
of the Christian church, with the uni
versity of Valparaiso, was made at
meeting of the trustees Of that institu-
sion and the trustees Of the Canton
school. 1t will be moved after the com-
lnencement exercises, June Is. -
ToIedo.-Farmers in northwestern
Ohio are in great need of men
for work on farms, according
to Superintendent George F. Reiser of
the state free employment bureau. A
large number of applications for farm
hands is on file, he said. many of
them exceedingly attractive, which
cannot be filed. Shortage is due to
big inducements offered farmer lads
by city industries, Reiser said.
Warren.-The city hall here is in
ruins as the result Of fire,
due supposedly to electric wiring
which had been condemned by the
state fire marshal. The walls still
stand, but the building will probably
be razed. The records of the city were
saved by firemen, who were handi-
capped at the start by the failure Of
the. pump on the motor fire engine.
The loss is $4,000.
YoungstoWn.-A 10 per cent wage
advance for employees Of the
Youngstown Iron & Steel Co. not work
ing under an Amalgamated association
wage scale, to take effect May 1, is
announced here by John o. Pew, pres
ident of that corporation. The COM
pany employs about 1000 men.
Fremont. William Schwartz, of
this city, attended the opening
baseball game in Toledo and
when he went to board an interurban
car for home found it so crowded he
could not enter. So Schwartz bought
limousine on the spot and drove It
home.
MarysViIle. - During an electrical
storm lightning destroyed William
Codys large stock barn and
contents, including hay, grain, farming
implements, chicken houses, 100 chick
ems, hogs, etc. The horses and cows
were rescued. Loss $4,000.
Toledo Brooding over the death
of his son, which took place two
years ago, Edgar C. Colburn, carpen-
ter went to the boys grave and drank
a quantity of poison He is in a serious
condition.
Younestown.-Mayor Carroll Thorn
ton has issued a proclamation calling
on all citizens to cooperate with the
Woman Clubs League in celebrating
the tercentennial of the death of Will
liam Shakespeare April %.
Cincinnati.-By a vote of forty-two
to twenty-nine the Cincinnati Presby-
terry passed an overture petitioning the
general assembly of the church to cut
off the Presbytery of New York from
membership because of long-contin-
ued disloyalty."
MarysViIle. - While Roy c. Bates.
twenty-nine, a wealthy Leesburg town.
ship farmer, was trying to remove his
tractor from shed, he was crushed to
death when the machine started back
wards, jamming him against a corn
crib.
Akron.-'It is up to the big rubber
companies of Akron to provide houses
for the men their advertisements are
bringing here" said Mayor Laub as a
suggestion of first aid in the congested
housing situation.
CircleVilIe.--Anita Louise Kendall,
aged one year, was instantly killed by
her father, Henry Kendall, at New
Holland, by shot from a revolver
which he was cleaning and did not
know was loaded.
CleVeland.-Fire Chief George A.
Wallace estimated the loss in the fire
at the Wiltshire building at $4,000,
including damage by water. He could
assign no cause nor find traces of
incendiarism.
Observation-Disclosures of the Peo-
Sple's Elevator Co., composed of sew.
eral hundred farms in and near Ere.
mont have decided to build another
large elevator adjacent to the present
plant.
Bowling Green. Two hundred
teachers attended the annual meet
ing of the Northwestern Ohio SUI
perintendents and Principals Round
Table at the State Normal college.
Training school and college classes, in
session, were inspected by the visitors.
Acknowledgements reporters are
barred from Marion board Of educa-
tion meetings. Board members main
tain they have right to transact pub
lie business In executive session. De-
flying the newspapers, they awarded
$1,000 hardware contract for the
new high school behind closed doors.
clevelands-Leon L. Bosquet, aged
2L attached to the government
submarine base at the United States
navy yard Nt New London, Conn, was
instantly killed at Groton, Conn, when
he attempted to jump from freight
train on which he was riding to the
navy yard from New London.
Newark. - Mrs. Bell Good, aged
seventy, was killed in the railroad