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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
HASTE MAY PROVE
COSTLY MISTAKE
SkEPTICAL OF LEGALITY OF ACT
WOMEN WOULD AMEND TO
GAIN BALLOT IN OHIO.
BILL TO "GET RID OF THING"
Senate Votes FavorabIy on Coliseum
Proposal, Despite Vigorous Protest
Film Fight Again in LimeIight,
This Time in House.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Columbus.-Because of their haste
to crowd through the presidential suf-
frage bill it may develop that the zeal
GUS supporters of that measure have
committed a serious, and even fatal,
blunder. Accepting seIfshly the bill
Of a member of the majority, Repre-
sentative James A Reynolds, of Cleve-
land, because of the plain politics in
Volved, and rejecting the bill of Rep
resentative George Platt, of Ashtabula,
Republican, the state suffragist man
ayers have created their own doubtful
situation.
The Reynolds bill seeks to secure
the right of suffrage for presidential
electors by amending the present law
which confers upon women the right
to vote for school directors. At the
time school suffrage was conferred
the law was attacked and the case
carried to the Supreme Court. There
were only six judges in that body and
these divided equally. Had it not been
that the lower tribunal, the old Circuit
Court, had sustained the validity of
the statute it would have failed.
There being no adverse majority, the
law stood.
Attorneys always have doubted the
constitutionality of the measure, and
it is not unlikely the entire structure
at rehearing may fall. The Platt
bill, on the other hand, is divorced
entirely from any other existing
| statute.
Pushing tactics, aided by the vigor-
GUS pressure of the Cleveland newspa-
pers, which are carrying on the propa-
ganda for the Reynolds bill in com
! petition with each other, brought it
out of the committee with a favor
able recommendation after a deadlock
had been established and broken
Later, under the ingenious plea that
"every one wished to get rid of the
thing" the exceedingly frank author
had it placed upon the calendar as
a special order, which means it viii
have preference after the workmen'G
compensation act is voted upon
Upon the first vote in the Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections the
Reynolds bill failed to get a recon
mendation for passage, dividing equal
ly. Representative Shinn, of Williams
who was counted for the measure, waI
absent when the roll call was had
When he entered Representative Rey
nols, of Cleveland, author of the bill
moved reconsideration of the vott
wsFareDy it was agreed to report thu
bill back without recommendation, ant
this carried.
Then Representative Baum, of Ak
ron, who had opposed recommends
ton, shifted and went with the major
ity. Representative Smith, of Butler
who also voted against the recon
mendation, had left the room when th
final vote, which was for recommends
ton, was taken, leaving the result
to 3.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
TO GIVE MOTHER FINE FUNERAL
Son, Serving Term for AssauIting
Her, To Pay Expense.

Elyria, O.-Mrs. Mary Comstock,
81, who died at the county, infrmary.
will have the best funeral ever ac-
corded an inmate of the institution
Her son, John Comstock, serving IT,
year term in the Ohio penitentiary for
assaulting his mother, has made the
burial possible. The two cents a day
he received for convict labor will de-
fray the expense. Comstock has been
refused permission to attend the
funeral.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
BANKER FISK CLEARS M'ADoo
EmphatieaIIy Denies He Was in Any
Way Connected With the PresI-
E.. dents Son-in-LaW.

New York. Jan. 31.-Pliny Fisk,
the New York banker whose name has
been connected with that Of Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo in the So
called peace note leak" emphatically
denied on Monday that he was in any
way connected with the presidents
son-ln-law, or that he had advance
knowledge of the peace note.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
To Keep Securities In state.

Domestic mutual fire insurance com
panies, for the protection of THEN
policy holders, may deposit with the
Superintendent of Insurance of Ohio
securities in such sums as shall be
necessary to enable such companies to
transact business in other states un.
der the laws of said states if a bill in.
troduced in the House of Representa-.
tiVes by W. A. Marker, member from
Van Vert county, is made law. Such
companies now doing an insurance
business in other states must deposit
in those states the securities required.
Marker would have these securities
deposited with the Ohio Insurance De-
partment, and would, upon request of
the depositing companies, have the
Ohio Insurance Superintendent certify
under seal of his Office to the insur.
ance departments of other states the
fact of such deposit, and the amount
and description of the securities so de.
posted.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
TRANSPORT SUNK BY DIVER
Berlin Says Craft Was "Crammed"
With Soldiers and Remained
Afloat Ten Minutes.

Berlin, Jan. 31.--The sinking of
transport ship filed with troops in the
Mediterranean by German submarine
on January 25 was announced on Mon
day by the admiralty.
The following announcement was
issued:
"a German submarine on January,
%, about 250 miles east of Malta,
sank with a torpedo an armed hostile
transport steamer, proceeding east
ward, conveyed by a French torpedo
boat. The steamer, which was
crammed with troops, sank within ten
minutes"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Change Tag System.

One of the collateral results of the
present embarrassing lack of license
plates for motor cars, out of which
scandal threatens to grow, was the ap.
pearance of the proposal talked of un-
der the past regime of establishing a
tag works at the Ohio penitentiary or
State reformatory This was offered
by Representative Frank Reighard, of
Fulton, the Republican leader, and
transfers the entire automobile Hcens-
ing jurisdiction from the secretary OF
state to the State Board of Admins
tration. This body is to establish
factor for the tags and to handle them
in the name of the state.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
BRITISH CRUISER IS SUNK
Admiralty Says Laurentic Was Hit by
Mine or Was Torpedoed Off Irish
Coast-121 of Crew Saved.

London, Jan. 30.-The British aux
iliary cruiser Laurentic of 1882 tons
gross has been sunk by submarine
or as result of striking a mine, ac-
cording to an official statement issued
on Sunday by the British admiralty.
Twelve officers and 100 men were
saved.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Rural Districts Disfavor.

Put out as 'feeler'' of public sem
timent, it has been learned the Terrell
bill in it's present form is impossible,
as being by far too radical to suit the
majority views. The provision to
which especial objection is voiced by
the rural sentiment is the proposition
that sinking fund and interest auto
matically is removed from the ten-mill
limitation without a popular vote.
There should be vote on this ques-
ton, the country members believe, so
that low tax rates in many districts
may be retained. There will be pre-
sented very soon the bill which was
drawn by Stewart L. Tatum, of Spring
field, for the Ohio Municipal League.
1t will be less drastic than the Terrell
bill, but will open large vents in the
rigid Smith law limitations. Other
measures may be introduced for the
same purpose.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09

Homing pigeons can travel 20 miles
an hour.
A meteorite weighing about 20 tons
is reported to have fallen recently at
Bezerros, in the state of Pernambuco,
Brazil.
Corn crops in England and Wales
in 1915 totaled 3,4S9,939 acres, 246,o44
more than in 1914, and the largest
acreage since 1898.
Records disclose the fact that for
several centuries an infusion of nut
gals treated with sulphate of iron
composed the only known fax.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
HEADS U. S. SHIPPING BOARD
william Denman Of San Francisco
Unanimously Agreed Upon by
the Body.

Washington, Feb. 2.-The federal
shipping board Mt It's first meeting on
Wednesday unanimously agreed on
William Denman of San Francisco as
chairman. 1t was decided, however,
not to make the election permanent
until n fifth member Is named to sue
ceed Bernard N. Baker Of Baltimore,
who resigned.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
BANK MERGER is EFFECTED
Three Institutions, FortAed Into Com.
bination, Will Place Ohio City's
Financial Standing High.

Cleveland, O.--Formal announce.
ment was just made here of the
merger of three local banks represent
ing total resources of $4,000 900,
linking the Union National bank, the
Bank of Commerce, National Associa-
tion and the Citizens Savings and
Trust Co. The merger gives Cleve-
land banking combination ranging
among the half dozen largest in the
country. The two national banks,
which will operate as separate unit,
have combined deposits of about $780,
100000, while the Citizens, which will
operate separately, has about $780,
100000.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Bill Has Friends.

One of the proposals that is receiv,
ing favorable consideration is the
checking of debt creation powers. The
present tendency to shove obligations
on successors by refunding bonds and
by bonds for various purposes that
really represent current expenses has
indicated a need for a restraint of
different character.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Test Worth Making.

Submarines Notwithstanding, the
dyes used on dress fabrics today are
ANYTHING but reliable. When it comes
TO wooden materials for the winter
suit or dress, which must give months
Of steady service, it is almost impera-
live to make a careful test of the fab
ric chosen before it is finally cut off
and paid for. Before parting with
good money make absolutely sure that
the cloth will clean. Take home a
sample, get on 1t tiny grease spot and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
WORTH KNOWING.

There are at present more than 1900
Esperanto societies in the world.
The longest river in Japan is the
Tone, its main course being ebout 200
miles long.
It is a question as to whether the
kangaroo can cover a given distance
in quicker time than an ostrich.
Vegetable silk, which, like silk cot
ton, is valuable only for stuf1ing, is
made from the seeds of a Brazilian
tree.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09

find out whether that spot can be re-
moved, using the cleaning fluid that
you keep for such a purpose and op
which you depend. If the spot disap-
pears, leaving no trace of altered col
or in the serge or velour, you are safe
in making the purchase, but if your
rubbing results in a faded or very
slightly discolored patch in the navy
blue or dark green or brown fabric
look further for what you require, or
the garment will be but sorry invest
ment for more than the first few
weeks of wearing.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Bankers Seek Change.

State bankers have expressed the
wish that the Blue Sky Bureau be di-
vorced from the State Banking De-
partment and made into a separate
governmental department. This pro-
posal is based upon the fact that the
administration of the important laws
will require much of the time of the
superintendent and thereby take him
from bank examination.
1t is argued by the bankers they are
paying through assessment for the
state department and are entitled to
have it free from incumbrance. The
Investment dealers will pay for the
blue sky department through their
fees. While it is doubted whether the
activities will be separated entirely
the details of administration may be
taken in large part from the bank su-
perintendent leaving him free to give
attention to the banks almost exclu.
sively.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Coliseum Is Favored.

Flippantly dfsregarding the decision
of the supreme court in the Dayton
food conservancy case, in which the
rule was laid down that the General
Assembly can not declare of its own
power and emergency and avoid the
referendum, the senate passed, with
only seven negative votes, the bill by
Senator Lloyd, of Franklin, to appro-
pirate 100000 for coliseum, so that
Columbus may entertain the National
Dairy Show in 1917. The measure
aroused no opposition except to the
emergency clause feature
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09

Cleveland, O.-The Civic League
sent a communication to each mem
ber of the state legislature, asking the
General Assembly to submit a pro-
posed constitutional amendment to a
vote in November enabling the people
of the populous counties to combine
their city and county and other local
governments into one government in
order to obtain greater efficiency and
economy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
After Campbell's Post,

Former Senator Charles c. Cass, of
Henry county, author of the general
highway law bearing his name, is an
nounced as a Republican candidate to
succeed Dr. e. B. Campbell on the
State Civil Service Commission. Mr..
Cass earlier in life was a pedagogue
and believes himself to be qualified to
care for the position. 1t is expected
there will be some action in this mat
ter within the next few days, as DR.
Campbell is desirous of being relieved
shortly.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Curative Tax Bill.

Bearing the Endorsement of Auditor
of State Donahey, who has made
strong representations to Gov Cox on
the subject, Senator H. H. Timby sub
nitted his curative tax bill for 1917,
the plan being to continue the dupli-
Gates of 1916. The present elective
tax assessors are to be given six days
for the work unless the county auditor
deems a longer period is necessary.
Between May 1 and May Is the auditor
is to publish notice that the tax valua-
tons are to remain unless reduced
upon complaint.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Athletes viii Go to War.

Washington, Feb. 1.-Three athletes
of Washington and Jefferson college
announced they would leave their
studies and start for France, where
they had volunteered for service with
the American ambulance.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Ohio Troon Benefits.

Columbus, O.-Adjt. Gen. Wood re-
ceived from Washington confirmation
of the order that Ohio troops return
ing from the border be permitted to
retain 80 head of horses for each troop,
80 head for each battery, and 80 for
each Of the two signal corps.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Sells the Detroit Journal

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 1.-The sale of
the Detroit Journal, an afternoon news
paper, was announced. The new own
ers are N. G. Wright, H. S. Thai
heimer, G. G. Ve-nam and Paul Block.
Announcement was made by E. D. Stair,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
May Abolish Board.

Recommendations that the law au-
thorizing the existence of the state
board of pardons be repealed have
been made to the committee on pris-
ons and prison reform of both houses
of the General Assembly. The rea-
sons are that with the indeterminate
sentence law and the broad powers
of the board of administration there
is. left only little Of Importance for the
board of par6ons to handle. There is
the additional reason that much of the
work of the board in recent years has
not met with popular favor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09

Cleveland, O.-Mayor Harry L. Da-
Wis has announced that he will be a
candidate for reelection as mayor.
He did so in a speech at the Mckinley
day banquet here. In outlining his
policy he delivered an ultimatum to
the street car company for better serv-
ice and three-cent fare or risk mu-
nicipal ownership and loss of fran
chise.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09

Lima, ON expectation of receiv-
ing a suspended sentence, as given
others, Bert Myers, 62, arraigned be-
fore Judge William Klinger, as one of
the rioters Of August 30, pleaded
guilty. The court surprised him by
sentencing him to the penitentiary for
from one to ten years, as one Of the
leaders in the mob.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Financial Stress Considered.

Despite the growing crush of other
legislative matters, many of them
weak and spind1ing, the General AS
Bembly found time for the considera-
ton of the dominating question of
providing financial relief for the cities
and to repair the broken assessment
system. Despite the advance drum
beating and horn-blowing, nothing SEN
sational came of the proposal to create
commission to ascertain the reasons
for the high cost of living. After
Judge Milton Clark, of Lebanon, had
delivered his address favoring it to
the house of representatives, the Dem
ocratic floor leader, Speaker Pro Tenn
W. w. Stokes, of Dayton, indorsed his
remarks, and, moving suspension of
the rules, had the resolution adopted
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
warshlps in Battle.

Rome. Feb. 1.-The Austrian de-
Etroyer Huszar was put out of action
In a naval engagement in the Adrintic,
according to the Tribuna. Two Ital-
ian destrOyers engaged an Austrian
flotilla and the Huszar was hit.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Capt Jack Crawford DYING.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-Capt. Jack Craw-
ford, famous scout and former associ-
ate of Buffalo Bill" is dying at his
New York home. Captain Crawford
was one of General Clusters scouts and
aided in the capture of Sitting Bull.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Harrison to Quit March q.

Washington, Jan. 31.-Resignation of
Francis Burton Harrison of New York
governor general Of the Philippines, is
expected before March A. Martin H.
Glynn, former New York governor, is
slated for the place.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
British Loss in January.

London, Feb. 2.-The total of Brit
lsh casualties, as reported in the pub
lished lists during January, is 800
officers and 81 ,394 men. The total cas-
ualties since the beginning of the
Somme offensive is 552,371.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Woman Holds Un Men.

Toledo, GA lone woman brigand
held up and robbed two men here.
Pointing a revolver at them, she or
dered "hands up" G. W. Allen lost
$38 and A. G. Cooper a small amount
of money and, business papers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
mn eourosnians Killed in wreck

Berlin, Jan. 30.-More than 100 Rou-
manans of high raDb lost their lives
in a train wreck near the station Of
Tshura, according to a dispatch said
by the Overseas News agency to have
been printed in the nussli Slovo.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Waite's Salary Is Attacked.

Dayton, O.-An injunction restrain
ing the city of Dayton from paying
City Manager Waite his annual salary
Of $12,5OO a year was filed by Ira c..
Koehne, an attorney, as a taxpayer.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Briqadier General Long Is Killed

London, Jan. 31.-Brig. Gen. Walter
Long, who was mentioned in dis
patches twice in the present European
war, was killed in action Saturday
Brigadier General Long was born in
1879. He entered the army in 1899.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
1wo KliIed In Wabash Wreck.

DIXON, Ind, Feb. Engineer E. T..
Norman and Fireman II. Yoder, both
of Montpelier, o., were killed and an
unidentified man seriously injured in
the derailing of Wabash passenger
train No. u one mile west of here.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Apple Sells for $50.

Toledo, o., Jan. 30.-An apple, sim
liar to the kind that usually sells at
commission houses for about five cents.
broV hit $50 at auction here. The sale
WAS made in campaign to raise $780,
600 for Il new children's hospital here.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Three Burned to Death

Cleveland, O., Jan. 30.-John Jutura
and two of his children were burned to
dcath and the mother is dying of burns
sustained when their home was burned.
The mother and father were burned
trying to rescue their children.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
OREGON PASSES DRY BILL
Prohibition Measure Wins in the
House by Vote of Fifty-Three
to Seven.

Salem, Ore, Jan. 31.-Oregon's |
''bone-dry" prohibition bill was passed |
by the lower house of the legislature |
on Monday by a vote of SO to z.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Killed In Auto Smash.

PRdueah, KY, Jan. 31.-Earl Ousley,
twenty-four, was killed, Harvey GILL;
more seriously injured and three com
panions slightly hurt when an automo-
bile in which they were riding plunged
on a 4O-foot bank into q pit.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
ereaorian Calendar Adopted.

Amsterdam, Feb. Ia Constanti-
nople dispatch to Reuters on Tuesday
says that the Turkish parliament, on
the recommendation Of the government.
has formally adopted the Gregorian
calendar.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Officer and Outlaw Shot.

Ardmore, Okla, Jan. 30.-An officer
and liquor smuggler were wounded
and two smugglers were captured near
Ringing following q running gun bat
tie which lasted for more than an hour.
Deputy Sheriff Hart was wounded.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
orys to Hlt at Tobacco.

Cincinnati, o., Feb. 2.--That the to-
bacco industry Is preparing to fight
the prohibition movement in self-de-
fense Is the claim put forward here
by the National Wholesale Liquor
Dealers association.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Chicago Safes Are Cracked.

Chicago, Jan. 31.-Safeblowers raid
cd the loop and blew the safe in the
La Sale theater. Between $1,000 and
81 300 was taken. The safe in the of
fee of Henry Delaney & Co., was
blown. About $500 was taken.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Reoesa for sunremn court

Washington, Jan. 3l.--A recess Of
The Supreme court for four weeks,
from February to March ., to pre-
pare opinions, was announced. The
Harvester and Steel cases were reas-
signed for hearing on March G
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
H. & Yacht for Russ Cruiser

San Francisco, Jan. 30.-Col. D. G.
Jackling, the copper magnate, has sold
his yacht Cyprus to the Russian gov
ernment for $650,0O0, and a contract
has been awarded to convert the yacht
into q scout cruiser.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Gives s5oo,ooo to BeIqians.

New York, Feb. 1.-More than $780,
900 has been pledged to the commits
sion for relief in Belgium by men,
bers of the Rocky Mountain club of
New York, it was announced here on
Tuesday.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Kim Has Marrow Escane

Madrid, Jan. 30-An attempt was
made to wreck a train on which King
Alfonso was a passenger. The royal
train was preceded by a freight train,
the engine driver of which saw an OBJ
stacle on the track.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Some Americans Released.

Copenhagen, Feb. 1.-The Ekstra-
Bladet reports the arrival here of &c
Swedish, Norwegian and American sea-
men belonging to the crew Of the
steamer Yarrowdale, which was cap
tured by the German raider.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Convict at Fathers Burial.

Columbus, O.-William (Wiid BilO
Stevenson, Wood county burglar, serv-
ing sentence in the state peniten-
tiary, went under guard to the funeral
of his father in Deshler, O., last Sun
day.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-02-09
Iransnort Sunk: 141 Dead.

Paris, Feb. g. Official announce
ment was made here that the trans
port Admiral Magon, which was taking
$50 soldiers to Saloniki, escorted by
the Destroyer Arc, was torpedoed. OF
those on board 800 were saved.