The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-10-04
German Plot Seen In Ohio.


Reports that German sympathizers |
have carried their depredations even
to the wheat fields of Ohio were made
to the Ohio defense council by T. Al
fred Fleming. state fire marshal.
Fleming showed the defense council
reports by deputies in a northwestern
Ohio county where pro-German feel
ing has been manifested before, re-
vealing that alleged incendiaries on
the morning of Sept. II set fire to two
grain elevators-one of them adjoin-
ing barn filled with grain and 10
acres of oats. and the other within
100 feet of a barn filled with grain
and q large strawstack.
my own personal opinion" said
the deputy making the report, lis
that this locality is a hotbed of pro-
German element and believe the OBJ
ject was to destroy machines and
threshed grain in barns and to spoil
the fields"
AS the result of these revelations,
Fleming issued an appeal to all ham
dlers of grain to watch for fire and to
carry out all fire orders made by the
state fire marshals office.
The time for the work Of anti
American plotters is at hand" said
the appeal. This war may be won
by food ammunition. The blazing
torch is the implement of the schem-
ing traitor. Every repository for
foodstuffs in Ohio-every barn, every
granary, every field in which grain is
Stacked-must be guarded.
What is necessary now is eternal
vigilance, loyalty of workmen, thor
ough inspection of water supply and
private fire protection. No plant or
repository should be left unguarded
or misguarded.
at makes no difference whether
your grain is stored in a ramshackle
elevator of ancient type or in one OF
modern construction, the danger Of
fire, or worse, is always present"
Ohioan is Recommended.
Confirmation of Col. Carl Reich
mann, Cincinnati, of the regular
army, to be brigadier general was
recommended by the United States
senate military affairs committee by a
vote of 8 to 2. The committee voted
on the nomination after long hearings
in which Col. Reichmann was accused
Of having expressed sentiments SYM
pathetic to Germany.
! With favorable action OF the COM
mittee, confirmation of Col Reich
mann is expected after further op'
position in executive session.
Says Rumors Are False.
| Fred G. CroxtOn, state food admin
istrator, after having been advised by
the Washington food administration
that an organized effort is being made
throughout the United States to dis
courage the enrolment of families in
the pledge card campaign scheduled
for the third week in October, the
propagandists asserting the govern
ment cOntemplateS confisCating the
food it is asking families to can
vehemently and emphatically denied
that such was the case.
81 am authorized to deny these and
similar statements most emphatical
ly," declared Mr.. Croxton. These
rumors are absolutely without founda
ton and the food administration here
by serves notice that the authors oi
this seditious propaganda will be dealt
with severely"
Save Wool, Urges War Board.
The state war board says: Save
wool.
Wool producers are sounding the
warning of shortage.
The demand for woolen articles fol
soldiers wear is tremendous. Cou
pied with it goes a serious decrease II
sheep raising which will mean higher
prices.
Americans have been extravagan
in the use of wool. The hundreds o.
brightly colored sweaters seen on thu
streets are proof.
Buy garments and bedding which
are a mixture of cotton and wool
They are just as desirable for ordi
nary use. In many cases even an al
cotton fabric will give equally gooC
service, and some of the weaves arr
beautiful.
Save wool-it's another way to d.
your bit.
Crowds Visit Camp.
An idea of the big crowds that car
: be expected when Camp Sherman il
the home of $4,000 drafted men from
Ohio and Pennsylvania was given of
ficers Sept. %. There is no way o
: knowing how many hundred autos, o.
how many thousand persons were il
the reservation. They came from al
parts of Ohio in every sort of convey
ance. The chief highway between Chill
licothe and the camp was congeste'
with a creeping stream Of vehicles
Woman Picked as Food Aid.
Miss Belle Sherwin, chairman o
the Cleveland womens committee o
J the Council of National Defense, wa
notified from Herbert Hoover, ns
tional food administrator, of her ar
, pointment as assistant to Fred {
Croxton, food administrator for Ohio
Miss Sherwin will be a member o
, the Ohio state executive committe
in the campaign for family food en-
rollment, Oct. II to %. AL familie
/ in the state are to be urged to organ
l ize for food conservation. MI
Hoover's telegram expressed the hop
that Ohio will be among the forefront
Final FareWeIIs Said.
Final farewells were said at Uniol
: station Sept. "a when 800 officers an