The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-01-04
BUCKEYE NOTES
hSMS FINN Al SIetioaS Of The Stats

lie schools of Lorain have been com
pleted by d. J. Boone, superintendent
Of schools. The new system will go
into effect as soon as it is formally
presented to the board OF education.
The board as a committee has given
il Endorsement. Under the Boone
plan a bank will be established in
every school room in the city. One
hour will be devoted each week to
banking, when the students will be
privileged to deposit money from a
cent to a dollar. When a dollar has
accumulated in the school room bank
to the credit of student, he will be
given certificate to deposit in state
or national bank and on which inter-
est will be paid.
Findlay.-In the dedication of Find
lay Elks' $15O,OOO home, more than
1900 visiting Elks participated in a
big parade.
Warren. - Fire wiped out the
barber shop of Joseps Nicola and
partially destroyed the Waldeck
bakery, causing a loss of $4,000. The
fire started from a gas explosion in
the barber shop.
FindIay. - Parel Oman, who at
tempted suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor, is dead Doctors
were compelled to take IL stitches to
close the wound.
Marion.-Mrs. James Turner, 81,
mistaking chloroform for medicine,
drank a quantity of the drug and died.
Findlay. - W. W. Brown of East
Toledo, engineer of the famous
Andrews raiders engine, was buried
at Bowling, o. OF the % men
on that daring raid but one now re-
mains, William Bensinger, residing in
this county. The men stole an engine
and attempted to cut the enemys
lines Of communication. Many of them
were caught and shot, but seven
escaped
Fremont. - InCendiarism is sus-
pected to have caused the burn
ing of the barn of Daniel Thurn, north
of Fremont. Six cows, two head of
horses, hay, straw, implements and
other contents went up in smoke His
two sons were painfully burned seek
ing to save the live stock.
Lorain. - James Flynn, aged 55,
a laborer, found dead in his bunk in
railroad employees camp, is believed
to have died from heart failure.
FindIay-With his throat cut from
ear to ear, Farley Oman, oil worker,
was found by his daughter. Doctors
took a dozen stitches to close the
wound. He will recover. He has
been in poor health.
MassiiIon.--A double funeral was
held at East Greenville, west of here,
for Mrs. Arthur c. Krites, 10, and
Mrs. Edna NJ. Levers, II, sisters, who
died 62 hours apart.
Columbus. - Arthur Weimer, aged
"a, Of Springfield, o., was killed
by Hooking Valley train here while
he was walking on the tracks.
MarysviIIe.-Mathias Mooney, aged
forty, was struck by a Big Four
train and instantly killed while walk
ing on the tracks. He failed to hear
the approaching train in time to get
off the track.
Lima. - Eddie Hall, aged 81, an
alleged participant IN the riots here
Aug. 30 was given an indeterminate
sentence in the Mansfield reforma-
tory. Hall is the first Of the rioters
sentenced there He will not appeal.
BeIIaire.-Mrs. Anna Crow is dead
at the Bellaire hospital as the result
of burns sustained in gasoline ex,
plosion in her home.
Titfin. - Earl Hoover fell asleep
in front of the kitchen stove at
his home at West Lodi. Sparks set
fire to his clothing and he was so
badly burned that he may lose his legs.
He was brought to a hospital here.
Tiffin. - Claiming that he had
been attacked by gunman, a passen-
ger leaped from 3. & o. passenger
train No. 16 east of here while the
train was speeding at so miles an
hours. He was unhurt, and refused
to give his name.
Chillicothe. - ut was as much
as to say l looked like 80 cents"
Jacob Kuntz told police, in reporting
hold-up. What do you mean?" he
was asked. why, l had $4.30 in my
pocket and all they took was the $4"
st. CIairsviIIe. - Ernest McGilton
was arrested here charged with kill
ing Lorena Roy, aged four, during
drunken brawl. McGilton was in
crowded room of a home when he
fired shot at man, the bullet pass
ing through the intended victims
hand and killing the child.
Lima. - Milton Spyker, convicted
of participating in the riot of Au-
gust, 30. when Sheriff Sherman Ely
was attacked for refusing to tell where
he had taken a negro prisoner, was
sentenced to the Ohio pentitentiary for
one to 10 years by Judge Bailey. Spy
ker will appeal. George Saxby, who
had two trials, was sentenced several
days ago. Spyker was the first to be
tried here.
Youngstown. Henry Fox, aged
"a, died at the City hospital here
as the result of a bullet wound
in the forehead received at the Antler
hotel. Police are holding a man who,
they say, confessed he shot Fox when
he mistook him for an intruder enter
ing his room. Both were plasterers.
Cincinnati. - Fire destroyed the
plant of the LIE Montree Manufacture
ing Co., garment hanger manufactur-
ers, and the factory of Hutchinson
brothers, makers of cut leather ad-
joining. The former company suffered