The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-09-13
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ate went into a ditch between Oberlin
and Elyria. Preston jumped, while
the companion, who stuck to the
wheel, escaped uniniured.
Newark.-William F. Ross, road
foreman of engines on the Wheeling
division of the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road, was scalded to death in the yards
at Benwood when an engine on which
he was riding collided with another
Tiffin.-Following a sensational trial
continuing over two weeks, the jury
acquitted Gus Peterson, who was
charged with shooting Albert LatOnia
during a strike riot in this city in
May, 1916.
Fremont.-O. E. Johnston, Fremont
merchant, has received a telegram
from somewhere in France" an
nouncing the safe arrival of his son.
Homer Johnston, who is a member OF
the aviation corps which recently
sailed from New York.
Cincinnati-Fire Of undetermined
origin destroyed the one-story sawmilf
and damaged the veneer plant of the
Talbert-Zoller Lumber & Veneer Co.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Hamilton.-'T did not put the laws
upon the statute books of Ohio nor
upon the ordinance books of Hamilton,
but | will enforce them to the letter"
With these words Mayor John A. HOl2-
berger made Hamilton "the tightest
city in Ohio" On Sundays every
thing will be closed except the drug
stores for the filing of prescriptions.
Tiffin.-Lieut. Nj. B. McGoniGle of
Toledo and Lieut.. B. R. Mcclellan of
Xenia met with the Seneca County
Medical society here. These men are
in the United States medical corps and
are gathering data for the war depart
ment. Seneca county will be called
upon to furnish six physicians for
service.
Cincinnati.-James Hobart, Jr., son
of ]. c. Hobart of Cincinnati has been
decorated for his work on French bat
tie fields under the American field
service. A letter received by Mrs. HU-
bart from her son conveyed the news.
The decoration was bestowed Aug s.
Hobart and IL other men enrolled un-
der the American field service were
called before group Of officers, in
Guiding two French and one English
general, and the decorations for excel
lence in service pinned upon them.
Conneaut.-Police and county author
ities are searching this section for two
men believed to be connected with the
murder of Frank Donohue, 45, marine
fireman, who was found with a bullet
through bis chest near the New York
Central tracks.
Acknowledgements carried out 600
pound safe containing about 500 from
an Acme grocery store in Akron. The
safe was found about two miles from
the scene of the burglary. 1t had been
blown open and the money taken. An
other grocery store nearby also was
broken into. but nothingt tstolcn.
Marion.-Rev. S. X. Mason of To-
ledo, formerly Of Delaware, stirred
the fifth annual convention Of the
West Ohio Methodist conference, in
session at Ada, to high pitch of EN-
thusiasm with talk on "The Oppor-
tunity of the Church in War Times"
Warren.-Oficials here are investi-
eating a mysterious case Of alleged
kidnapping, in which a rine-year-old
girl giving the name of Gladys Allie
says she was stolen by two men from
her home at Portland, Ore, in the
spring Of 1915. One of the men was a
Spaniard, she says. The name of the
other man she does not remember
She was taken to New York, Chicago
and Buffalo by the Spaniard and final
ly to Youngstown, where she was
placed in family and kept several
months. From there she was taken to
a family. near Hubbard in Trumbull
county and remained there until
neighbors, becoming suspicious, re-
ported to the authorities. The Span
lard called on her once, but finding
that the police were on his trail, left.
Cleveland.-With a bullet hole in
his temple, his right hand clutching
revolver and typewriter note ex-
planning his suicide lying before him,
Harold J. Withycombe, 3S, East
Cleveland, was found at his desk in
the Office of the Federal Screen Co,
He was part owner of the screen fac
tory. Withycombe had been in Ill
health.
Elyria.--Frank Szalac, 80, and his
12-year-old daughter Irene were
drowned in Black river, near here.
The fathes and daughter had been
fishing and the daughter slipped off a
rock into six feet of water The
father, in attempting to rescue the
girl, also fell in the water and both
were drowned Neither could swim.
Napoleon.-Isaac Fackler, AZ. sec
tion foreman for the Detroit, Toledo
& Ironton railroad, was killed near
here by freight train. Fackler was
walking home from Malinta. His
widow and eight children survive.
London.-The body of Edward
Jones, IS, well-to-do farmer residing
near Ashley, Delaware county, was
found hanging in tree near here.
Jones left his home to attend the
state fair at Columbus, but came to
London instead. He mailed note to
his wife from here, saying that the
family would never see him alive
again. No motive for his suicide can
be assigned by his family.
Port Clinton.-Charles Britton, 19,
died from gunshot wound sustained
in hunting boat at Locust Point
near here, when his gun was acci.