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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16

1t is believed that, to an enor-
nous extent, the bed of the ocean is
covered with lava and pumice-stone.
The Encouragement of England's coal
traffic has been the means of saving
7OO,O00,000 ton miles.
During 1916 there were $50 appli-
cations for patents in New Zealand.
This shows about eight applications
per thousand population, as compared
with 81 for Great Britain, "A for Aus
tralia, and 81 for the United States.
Applications for improved milking ma
/ chinery took the lead.
The pearl is growing in popular IA
vOr more rapidly than the diamond
according to the foreign trade DEPART
ment of the National City bank of New
York
The Swiss government. plans to re-
QUESTION all turf fields in that country
with a view to the exploitation of this
fuel by modern methods as a substi.
tute for coal.
A world war course" consisting OF
series of informative lectures de
signed to throw light on various phases
and problems of the war, is being Civ
en- at the University of Wisconsin.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Stone Houses of ATeppo.

The stone houses of Aleppo are i'm
posing and not without beauty. They
are well preserved and tended, in cons
trast to the buildings of most eastern
towns. The bazaars, and the khans,
or wholesale establishments, are
housed in stone buildings strong as
forts. These are relics of older times,
for Aleppo has been city of traders
for 20 centuries. The great iron stud
ded doors have resisted the gatherings
of many a mob eager for the rich
wares within. Some of the shops
fronting these narrow streets house a
stock of goods drawn from every cor
ner of the earth. Steamer, railroad,
wagon train, pack horse, caravan-the
local merchant packs his goods for
any form or settlement known to man.
The shops are mean and insignificant
looking enough from the outside, the
| traders have never heard of the Alep-
pO practice Of making as window dis
play in narrow frontage on the street,
door where he may squat and smoke,
and behind him long rooms and gal
leries packed with rich wares; such Is
| the usual arrangement for trade in
Aleppo. And yet the city has been a
commercial center since the days when
! Europe was wilderness.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
KEEPS RECORD OF MEN
Army of Clerks for Files in
War Department.
United States Profits by British Diff
cuIties in Checking Up Casualty
Reports.

Washington. small army of
clerks, operating files covering 10000
square feet of floor space, soon will be
employed by the statistical division Of
the war department to keep the indi-
vidual record Of every man wearing
Uncle Sans uniform.
The main purpose of the statistics
IS to provide an accurate means of
! checking casualty reports. Incidental
ally, however, the complete army his
tory of the men will be recorded.
Maj. ]. J. Jones has charge of the
central office in Washington. Another
will be established in Europe. Weekly
| reports will be made to central offices
by divisional bureaus, which in turn
will receive information from three
members of each regiment, specially
detailed to the work.
Two filing systems will be main
tanned. One, containing in alphabet
ical order the names of every man in
the service, will serve as check in
referring to the regimental files.
The record of each man will contain
! the name and address of his nearest
relative, to serve as an aid to prompt
transmission of cabled reports of
deaths and serious illness. The war
department also will undertake to give
relatives reports of military funerals
location of burial places and informa'
ton concerning Americans held in enc
my prison camps.
Until the Red Cross came to its aid
the British government experienced
GREAT difficulty in handling casualty re
ports, and by the establishment of this
system the war department intends tt
avoid similar confusion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Gen. Grosvenor Dies.

Athens.-Gen. Charles H. Grosve-
nor, "a, former representative from
the eleventh Ohio district, died at
his home here after long illness.
Gen. Grosvenor, many years a
noted figure in Republican politics in
Ohio and for 20 years a member of
congress, had been failing in health
several years, and with the exception
Of an occasional appearance in court
in the practice of his professional law
duties, had rarely left his home.
He had not taken an active part in
political affairs in Ohio since 1906.
Gen. Grosvenor was native of Con-
necticut, born at Pomfret, Sept. %,
1888, of Revolutionary stock. His
father moved in 1888 to Athens coun-
ty, Ohio. He began the study of law.
and in-1S57 was admitted to the bar.
Before entering political life he dis
tinguished himself as one of the ablest
lawyers in his section of the state, and
never abandoned his law Office from
the day he was admitted to the bar to
the day of his death.
In 1874 he was elected to the Ohio
house of representatives and on re-
election was chosen speaker OF that
body. He entered national politics as
a member of the forty-ninth congress
in 1885, and served three terms. He
was again elected in 1893 and served
continually from the f1fty-third to the
fifty-ninth congress inclusive.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Former College Head Hangs Self.

Dsf1ance.-Dr. c. I. Brown, formerly
a member of the state civil service
commission, at one time president OF
Findlay college and recently ordained
to the Baptist ministry, hanged him
self in the woodshed at his home here.
Telegrams and letters to friends
had been written and posted shortly
before the death of the doctor A
note which he left is evidence that
dependency was the cause of his IN
timely end. The note read:
81 have not been myself for more
than a year, have been very lonely
since Mrs. Brown went home. MY
children have been the best, but
could do nothing for them. l would
only be burden to them in the days
to come, so / decide to relieve them OF
the burden. Have tried to deal
squarely with my fellows all along the
way.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
NEWS GATHERED
ALL OVER STATE
Woman Prays in court.

Cincinnati. : Everybody in the
United States district court room
wept when the mother of Stanley
Meerfield, insurance agent of Nor
wood, charged with using the mails to
defraud, dropped on her knees in
prayer when Judge Hollister, in pass
ing sentence, said that he would not
commit her son to the penitentiary.
Il knew that my prayers would be
answered." she said.
The business of the court stopped
until the woman had completed her
prayer Of thanks Meerfeld, with
Prentice Tiller of Louisville, KY,
pleaded guilty to the charge of con-
cocting a scheme to defraud the West
ern & Southern Life Insurance Co. by
collecting false death claims. Each
man was sentenced to serve a year in
Jail.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
THINGS WORTH KNOWING

An automobile tire pump has been
invented that is slipped over the crank
shaft of a car and operated by it's en-
gine.
Pressing a lever with the foot locks
the ignition in a new automobile thief
defer and a. a.special key is required to
unlock it.
To permit loads to be carried the
full length of an automobile running
board a folding carrier of the lazy
tongs type has been invented.
Among the German prisoners of war
at Tula, Russia, were found copies
of a psalm book" Examination
proved it to be a "Spies' Guide" in
code.
There are now 100000 women en-
ployed on munitions work in England,
as against 100000 in 1915. The num-
Der of men employed shows an in
crease of 66.6 per cent.
Charles II. Cleaves of Saco, Me-, has
wooden canteen carried by a SacC
soldier in 1776. 1t is circular in shape
and is in perfect condition. There is
not a crack in the wood. Not a mai
/ was used in it's construction.
A battery invented by a French elec
trician. is claimed to give six times tn
usual current by heating it's content
to the boiling point.
The phrase "a cock and bull story
is corruption of the words, "a con
cocted and bully story" the latte
term being derived from the Danisl
word bullen, exaggerated"
The Celtic race, by a consensus o
learned opinion, is supposed to hav
originated in that part of central Eu
rope fed by the waters of the Danube
and thence to have spread over an
conquered tbA territory toward tn
North sea.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Soldier smotbered to Death.

Akron.-Trapped in their cells at
the Kenmore jail when a torn mat
tress in the corner of the prison
burned, Hugh Pierce, 25, private at
Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala,
was smothered to death and William
Board, %, and Grant Artley, both Of
Kenmore, were overcome. Board and
Artley are in the hospital in a serious
condition, and Artley may not recover.
Pierce was smothered when the small
fireproof, almost alright Jail, filled
with smoke when the fire started from
a match, which Marshal Bissel says
Pierce threw into the mattress in an
attempt to fire the jail
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16

annual budget, submitted to the board
of estimate, asked for a special appro-
priation to defray the expenses of en-
ploying such woman police, but it was
struck out Organizations of women,
however, appealed to the mayor and
the board of estimate and hearings on
the petitions have been granted. Ray
mond B. Fosdick, chairman of the COM
mission on training camp activities, is
said to be in favor of the plan. Mr..
Fosdick is credited with saying:
1--WE have felt so keenly the neces-
sity for woman protective officers In
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
shrapnel wounds on the head, suffered

shrapnel wounds on the head, suffered
when he fought with the Canadians.
1t was not until the marines had
sailed that it was known the youth
had been with the Canadians. He ad-
mitted having served in a foreign army
and being discharged as unfit by the
Canadian medical authorities. The
record Of his case showed that his
heart was seriously affected by gassing
and that his skull had been cracked
by a shell fragment. After the ma
rines came into camp here the boy
| became demented.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Calls Men Imposters.


Reports have reached the
United States food administra-
ton that men claiming to be Its
representatives have attempteS
to buy the home-canned prod
ucts put up by housewives in
various parts of the country.
claiming that they did this by
order of the food administra-
tors. These men are imposters.
the food administration never
having sanctioned their policy
or activities. Former rumors
that the government contemplate
ed the Communicating Of home
canned goods also have been Of
fcially denied.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Seo. .ooo chUrcb Dedicated

Ravenna.-The new Methodist Epis-
copal church, built at cost of $50, ,000s
was thrown open to the public Nov 4
for the first service. Bishop Joseph
F. Berry of Philadelphia preached the
morning and evening sermons and
made an address at the afternoon
meeting. There was also meeting of
the Epworth league at 6. The new
building has seating capacity of
about 1000. Its exterior is designed
in modified Italian style and is built
Of rough red brick in mingled shades
with brick gables and an overhanging
cornice
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
W0ShingfOn

President Wilson issued at Washing
ton his 1917 Thanksgiving proclama-
tiOn calling upon the nation, even in
the midst of the sorrow and great peril
Of a world shaken by war, to thank
God for blessings that are better than
pence of mind and prosperity Of en-
terprise. The proclamation named
Thursday, November 20, as Thanksgiv-
ing day.
The United States agreement to rec
ognize Japan's special interests in
China, made public at Washington,
was declared by international experts
to be the greatest diplomatic achieve
ment of the present administration.
Henceforth Japan must guard against
pernicious political activities of her
subjects. japan voiced her eagerness
to aid the United States in suppress
ing Prussian militarism.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
SEATTLE WOMEN WOULD ARM
Discuss Defensive Measures Against
Woman SIugger at Mass
Meeting.

Seattle, Wash.-At a mass meeting
of Seattle women held to discuss de-
fensive measures against a woman
slugger, who has caused a reign of ter
ror in this city and who is believed
by many to be the man guilty of the
murder of Miss Ruth de Merritt and
Mrs. Florence Wehn, it was suggested
that all peddlers and others who make
living by going from door to door be
interned, chain locks placed on all resi-
dence doors and all women armed for
the duration of the emergency.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Plain Thanksgiving Meals.

Oberlin.-"Don+t feast is the slogan
of Oberlin girl students for Thanks
giving. The women's senate, the lead
ing undergraduate organization of the
women's campus interests, has issued
an official proclamation calling on all
the girls to give up receiving boxed
Thanksgiving spreads from home in,
order. to help the national food con-
servation campaign. Some of the.
boarding houses are establishing
sugarless days with the substitution
of corn syrup for the can product.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
SETS OUT TO CATCH KAISER
American Marine Is Found Wander.
ing, Demented, by French
Soldiers.

American Field Headquarters,
France.-The marines have lost one
Of the keenest patriots in the ranks, a
youngster who hated the kaiser so
fiercely that he talked about it in his
sleep. He is under detention in a base
hospital and likely will be sent back
to his home, the result of gassing and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
HEALTH STRAPS BURN MANY
CeIluIoid Street Car Contrivances Ig-
mite and SINCE Passengers in
Newark, NJ. J.

New YorK.-The Public Service Rail-
ways company of Newark, N. J., re-
Gently installed in its trolley cars Gel
luloid STRAPS for the straphangers,
this as hygienic measure.
A car from Newark to South Orange
blew out fuse at Howard street and
South Orange avenue. Instantly every
one of the new straps burst into flame.
People got off the cars the best way
they could, but several were burned.
The fire was put out by the fire de-
partment after it had done consider
able damage.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
NAVY COOKS WILL BE
TAUGHT IN BIG HOTELS

New York.-One thousand en-
listed men from the navy soon
will be cooking meals for guests
of New YOrk's big hotels. Ho-
tel managers decided at meet
ing of the Hotel Association of
New York city to meet the
) shortage of cooks in the navy
and transport service by turning
) the kitchens of this city's hos
telries into training schools.
Oscar Tschirky of the Wal
dorf, promised to put ten uni
formed tars in his kitchen to
learn the art of serving meals.
Sailors in lots of ten or more
will be set to work as soon as
possible in the kitchens Of the
Claridge, the McAplin and other
hotels.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Select Convention City.

Dayton. Cleveland was selected as
the next meeting place by the dele
gates to the state convention of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton here.
Maj. Gen. E. F. Glenn, who came
here from Chillicothe, was the chief
speaker. He came here to consult
with delegates relative to the hostess
house which the D. A. R. will estab-
1isb at Camp Sherman. Details were
outlined to him and he expressed sat
isfaction with the plan contemplated
bv the organization.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
One Twin Arrives Late.

AIliance.-Mrs Annie Rampelt, "a,
who gave birth to a siX-pound girl at
her home Monday, is the mother OF
twins, although she didn't know it un-
til Thursday morning. Thursday she
was taken to hospital here for an
operation. The diagnosis of her case,
which caused her removal to the hos
pital, was somewhat in error. The
operation, in effect, turned out to De
of the caesarian kind, and, to the sur
prise of mother and attending sur
geons, a second daughter, weighing
five pounds, was born.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Full Ratlons for Eagle.

Toledo.-Toledo refuses to Hoover
ize the American eagle. That worthy
bird, symbol of freedom and all that
America stands for; that noble crea-
ture which flaps its way over hattie
fronts screaming its defiance to aCtoc-
racy and other things not counter.
anced in these United States. is to get
its regular meat rations at the public
zoo in Walbridge park. The zoo is
fourth in rank in the country But
the other animals2 They're 20 ne
HooverizeG
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
WOMAN POLICE NEAR CAMPS
Their Duty Is to Guard Young Girls
From Dangers Near Train
ing Camps.

New YOrk.-Conditions of danger in
Volving young girls in the vicinity Of
the great training camps have aroused
number of public-spirited women,
with the result that plans are being
r,ade to have woman police work near
The troop concentration points.
Police Commissioner Wood in his
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16

."Boyeau," the German police dog,
shown in the picture with Sam Bur-
bank, his master and bugler of the
Columbia War hospital in New York
city, is a veteran of the European war,
and if the Columbia unit is ordered to
the front, may see service again.
Boyeau was drawing a mitrailleuse
along with three other dogs at the be-
ginning of the war. He was a men,
Der of French company. Somewhere
in Belgium he came under German
fire and was wounded in the right fore
leg. His companions were killed, but
Boyeau stuck to his gun and dragged
it into position. He was taken to hos
pital and his broken leg was set and
gradually healed. Then he was brought
to America and purchased by Mr.. Bur-
bank, who keeps him at the hospital
as a constant companion.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
For Sanitary Bakers.

A waxed paper baking board, sheet
of which can be discarded when soiled
and Immediately replaced with anoth.
er under it, and also a waxed paper
rolling pin, with a cardboard core, SC
that the covering may be thrown away
in the interest of sanitary baking
have been invented by Connecticut
woman.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Sporting

Pete Herman retained his title as
worlds bantamweight champion at
New Orleans when he beat frankie
Burns of Jersey City into submission
in 20 rounds. Champion Herman,
whose real name is Peter Gulotta, was
secretly married to Miss Anna Leblanc
Of New Orleans.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Foreign

villa followers, who dynamited a
Mexican Central train at Armanderiz
station in Mexico, killed 125 soldiers,
women and children. A messenger for
an American company was robbed of
| 100000.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Personal

Maj. Blrdseye b. Lewis, detailed to
the aviation section of the signal corps
and attached to General Pershing's
staff, whose death was previously re-
ported to relatives in private cables,
committed suicide last Saturday.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16

the neighborhood, of training camps
that we have appointed a committee
under the commission, with Miss
Maude Miner of New York as chair
man, whose sole business is to stimu-
late the appointment of woman officers
in the neighborhood of military train
ing camps. This plan was frankly
adopted from the English system,
where the necessity for these officers
became apparent Immediately after
the opening of the war.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Ns4rAtAs.4..A..N..a..A,:e,.4. e,.4..at
Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
U. -Teutonic War News
'e,s@ss@ts@is@ts ;Sss9;se;;et:

The German artillery is very ac-
tive all night and day. and shells of
various callbers rain around the
American position in France. SO
thickly did they come at one time it
was thought another barrage was
about to be placed for another raid on
the American trenches. The Ameri-
cans were ready for the Boche and
hoping he would try another raid. But
none developed.
Americas mission TO the allies con-
ference In Paris has arrived safely In
England. Announcement to this effect
was made Mt Washington, with the
comment that the gathering is to be a
''war conference" with the object of
co-ordinating all the fighting forces
dgainst the common enemy. The dele
CATION is headed by Col. e. M. House,
II was officially announced at Wash
ington that Americans responded to
the call for a second Liberty war loan
by subscribing $4.617, $50, 300. an over
subscription by "a per cent Of the $3,-
OOOOO0OO0 asked, and only 1888, ,OOO,-
900 less than the $5,00O,OO0,OO0 maxi
mum fixed by me treasury.
The navy department at Washington
9nnounced that the converted yacht
Alcedo was torpedoed at 1:30 a. m.
November 8. Tho official announce
ment reads: zone officer and twenty
men are missing. The ship sank with
in four minutes after she was struck.
Several vessels were searching for
possible survivors at the time the re-
port was made. The Alcedo carried
seven officers and 50 men,"
A small detachment of American in
fantrymen was attacked in the front
line trenches in France by a much su-
perlor force Of German shock troops,
Americans were cut Off from relief by
the heavy barrage in their rear. They
fought calamity until overwhelmed,
solely by numbers.
Advancing under protection of a
heavy barrage fire, a German raiding
party, shortly before daylight on the
morning Of November 3, stormed a
portion of a trench held by American
troops on the French front, killing
three, wounding five and taking IL
prisoners, according to dispatches from
General Pershlng to the war depart
ment at Washington. One German was
captured.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16

Another marine, a sergeant, whose
mind was affected by long service in
the tropics, set out one night to catch
the kaiser. French troops picked him
I'D several miles from the American
camp, but he escaped and has not been
heard of since.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16

An armed naval detachment, under
orders of the Maximalist revolutionary
committee, has occupied the offices
of the official Petrograd Telegraph
agency. says a dispatch from Petro-
grad. The MaXimalists also occupied
the Central Telegraph office and the
state bank at the Marie Palace. No
disorders are yet reported.
All the measures recommended to
the congress by President Braz of Bra
I'll as reprisals against German ag-
gressions have been agreed to by the
committee Of the chamber Of deputies.
Premier LlOyd-GeOrge has left Lon
don for Italy, accompanied by a num-
Der of high military officials, it was
officially announces at London.
The foreign relations committee OF
the chamber of deputies Of Brazil has
adopted a resolution favoring the proc
lamation of state of siege.
/ The Cuban congress, which con
vened at Havana, Cuba, will be urged
to authorize either conscription or /;
selective draft.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16

Emperor Carl of Austria has as
sumed the title of king of Poland, says
dispatch received at Amsterdam
from Berlin, which quotes the Lokal
AnZeiger.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Sixteen-Eoot Corn Stalk.

Columbus, Ind.-Charles Bowers, a
farmer living near this city, has
corn stalk that measures 16 feet 1 inch
from the ground to the top. The stalk
is more than 5 inches in circumfer-
ence. It has two ears of corn, each
Of which measures 1312 inches in
length.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16
Monav-G -Ge++ino in Emeroenciee

Another difference in an emergency
is that the poor man wonders how he
is going to earn the money and the
inancier wonders where he's going to
borrow it.-Galveston News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-11-16

Gov. Samuel w. Mccall, Republican,
Of Massachusetts, was reelected by
$4,000 plurality, defeating Frederick
w. Mansfield, Democrat, who opposed
him last year. The whole Republican
state ticket was elected with the gov
ernor.