The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-01
BUCKEYE NOTES
News From All Sections Of the State

freight train at Nottingham road, just
west Of Euclid village station.
Bowker perished when his engine
rolled down 4O-foot embankment,
after vain attempt to apply the
brakes and avert the collision with the
rear end of the freight
The cause of the wreck, according
to the official statement of the Nickel
Plate, and the statements of those on
the scene, was a misplaced switch.
Youngstown. - A fight in a cof-
Zee house at East Youngstown, at
tending a speakeasy raid, brough.
death to Paul Koler, while Andrew Ur-
van sustained an abdominal wound
which may result fatally. Peter Koler,
brother Of the dead man, was also
wounded. Milan Error, who fired the
shots, escaped after a running fight
Newark. - John e. Kispert, q
former employe of the Adams Ex-
press Co. here, pleaded guilty to an
indictment charging the theft of 1855
from the company several months ago.
Kispert left Newark and was captured
a few weeks later at st. Louis. Sen
tence was deferred.
GeorgetoWn.-Mrs. Margaret Woods
Bradford, aged thirty, was burned
to death here. She was preparing to
bathe her babe when her clothing be,
came ignited from an open crate.
MiddIetown.-Julius ]. Bichmann,
aged S3, Middletown business
man, was killed when an auto over
turned near Franklin, six miles from
here.
AIliance.-J. c. Obney, proprietor OF
the Ohio hotel, was held up by two
men, who took S. while leveling re-
volvers at him. They had asked for q
room
Cleveland. - The police are in
vestigating the story of a 5-year-old
boy who says his mother, who is sick
in hospital here, killed her husband
in Pennsylvania town last July. He
says his father came home drunk and
the woman threw something at him
and he fell down. Then the mother
buried him in the yard
Athens. - George A. Kultz, treas
urer of Athens county, IS dead here,
following a brief illness He was a
brother of Charles l.. Kurtz of COlum-
bus, secretary to forme~ Gov. Foraker.
Columbus. - Through a Gonfes-
sion secured from Garcey Beatler,
aged 10, of Columbus, police believe
they have cleared up number of
thefts and robberies IN this city and
vicinity recently. Beatler admitted be-
ing member of a gang which en-
gagged in a pistol duel with police in
the central district of Columbus on the
night of the inauguration of Gov.
Cox.
Alliance. - Mayor Westover has
sent his second message to coun-
Gil urging the city to go into the
coal business. Solicitor Morris recent
ly ruled the city cannot run munic-
ipal coal mine. Mayor Westover said
he would personally see Attorney Gen.
eral McGhee and get his opinion.
Cleveland. - The Mittleberger ho-
tel, three-story structure, was
damaged by fire, which broke out
on the third floor, causing a loss
estimated at $4,000 on the building
The place was formerly a fashionable
school for girls, and was we'll known
all over the country.
Cincinnati. - Raymond p. Naylor,
abed %, of Hartwell, student at
East Night High school, called his
1ancee over the telephone and asked
her whether she preferred any par
ticular design for her engagement
ring. Six hours later the young man
was dead, having shot himself.
SprinofieId.-Twenty-t1ve true bills
were returned by the grand jury, four
of which were against Earle S. Rems-
berg on the charge of receiving stolen
automobiles.
Newark. - Vivian Deshler Hart
and Cledith Sherwood Hart are
the names given to the twin daughters
of Mrs. Everett Hart of Evanston, ILL.,,
born at Deshler and Sherwood, re-
spectively, on a B. & o. train.
Youngstown.--W D. Euwer. aged
73, Youngstown merchant, is dead
here, following a t1ve-day illness of
pneumonia.
Van Wert-Henry Keller, 80, Civil
war veteran, dropped dead here while
sweeping snow.
Marion. - Beginning February
the price of the Prospect Weekly
Monitor will be increased from $1.25
to $3.50 a year because of the in
creased cost of print paper, Editor
Frank c. Poppleton announces.
oberlin. - One of the large gifts
recently received by Oberlin is
100000 from Mrs. D. Willis James of
New York, who died recently.
Chardon.-Charles J. Olds, editor of
the Burton Leader, has purchased the
Middlefeld Times, weekly newspaper,
from James F. Morrow. Olds will op-
crate both papers.
oxford. - Six Miami university
freshmen have been suspended for
hazing Loren Ulm of Dayton re-
Gently. Ulm first was thrown i'll
the shower baths at the dormitory
and, later, given a drubbing in the
snow. 1t is said Ulm used club on
the hazers. Glass spirit is said to have
been the cause of the affair.
Youngstown.-At the second mer-
chants convention of eastern Ohio
and western Pennsylvania towns,
to be held here, more than fifty
towns will be represented, assurance
is given. Registration to date indicates
the total attendance will be over 800.
ToIedo.-Someone severed a large