The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-23
PARDON GIVEN
i, TOMURDERER

!; COLUMBUS, O.. June 22.-PardHns
trara Granted today to James Jonu
: son, colored, and Leon c. Smltn. ~
\ of this county. in the peniten'!atE ~
Lrecond degree murder: Louis, I. Ht.'
! moro, OF Muskingum county: nEst "
gree murder, and f. { MOTIFS ~ ~.
| Clinton county. serving a seIm 10 no
{ forgery. All must abstain rom .rs
! use OF liquor. The three n!l' I i;nrn1
F.: were under the influence o. tot"0'
F: when their crimes were co"'in1.ceu
: johnson, who cut his wife's tntoai
IN 1912, must return TO hentIcNS CIV
take care OF his mother VINO lNe 90
+here, Gilmore similarly must 90 ~
+ore rare of his mother who lives IN
Tannessee, Smith has served nine
Teen years Of his life sentence. ne
mist report to the warden for three
years as If out on parole.
Warden Thomas has asked the GOV,
ernor to pardon Dan kinch. sentenced
for murder from Stark county in l9lo'
He is thought to be dying OF tuoe''
culosis.
: Ohio Eagles closed their state con
ventfon at Marion today with pliLe
parade. These awards were maee.
Best appearing club In uniform, ~
Vernon. with twenty'sl&-plets Inoia-
and 100 in line. 500; second. Dela'
800 with q seventeen-piece band.
107 in line and II women. SIS: thlrd;
Columbus, with a Sixteen'plece o"n"
and so men in line, 1913. ~
Rncvrus won first hOnorS Tor nav
ing the best appearing banner IN iine,
S25, and Springfield was awarded '"e
second honor, $40.
The shortest Eagle in line was
George Brooks OF Martins Ferry,
heisht, 4 feet. 10,: inches. VINO sol
$40: David C. Murphy. OF Newark'
weighing $50 pounds. was the heNo!.
est Eagle in the parade and ne was
awarded SO. ,o,o con.
Piqua was chosen as the lSis eoH
yention city at the closing business
session. when officers were ERE. e'T 6oIa.
as follows: Harry E; FresieT; Dela
ware. president: John J. Graney'
YOUNGSTOWN. vice president: z; l..
Hyneman. Columbus. secretary; Jonn
T CHRISTOPHER. Cincinnati. treasurer
Clark Good. Van Vert. chaplain: DOL
Gle Roeard, Norwalk. conductor: "A.
". Lindsey, Chicago Junction: INSIDE
guard; Thomas f. Edmunds. Martlns
Ferry. outside guard; Steve J. Lesser
Elyria, trustee.
Albert Clark, aged % of Miami
rIonnty. was elcctrocuted in Il ONO
nenitentiary shortly after I. ldnlSht
for tho murder Of Town Narsnal
Harvey Hake of Covington. while tue
latter WAS trying 10 arrest MIN lot
nonsupport'. After the murder Carh
harricaded himself III his nome. out
later surrendered. carrying his young
child before his us a shield. tie leaves
4 widow and TWO children. Clark was
in GOOD spirits before the .etcc.FoCu-
ton and ale ii hearty meal. re We.
liyered long prayer before oelnS p"'
10 death.
The Ohio public utilities commits.
sion today authorized the merger OF
five intcrurban and light companies
with the MahoninS and ShenaHEo
Railway and Light company. The Ma
honinC and Shenanco Will nave cap
itai of S"1 100000. Reduction OF e1'
renses and Capitalization of MANAGE
,nent arc sh"1 as the causes OF Tue
merger The companies taken IN are:
Youngstown X sharon hallway cou.'
nanr. Mahoninc Valley Railway cont
nanv YOUNGSTOWN Falls and Park
Railway company. Mahoninc Valley
southeastern Railway company, ana
he Polan aRilway company.
Ohio coal operators nave uf'IHed d
Dan by which hou<eholders are 10 De
suplied with coal first. the larger con
sinners to b. cared for next. Accord
iny 70 m. plan. consumers will be-
Sunplied with coal in this order: tSt.
h,ouseholGers: I'll. other small consul
mers: Cd. federal government: I'm.
STATE and other governmental units;
5th. large consumers. The OHIO OPP
orators will oppose the suggestion OF
the federal trade commission thai
the federal government sicze the coal
mines and operate them.
Battalion comrades for the new
Tenth Ohio infantry We're commits
wood as follows: Wade E. CaristF.
YOUNGSTOWN: Harry c. Hazirtt. Can
ton. and .tohn \. Logan. Youngstown.
each promoted from captain "a major;
Adiutant General Wood received
word fro mthc war department today
to the effect that one company OF on.
Sineers, cleveland. Ohio National
Guard. will soon be called into fed
eral service.
Sunday. June "a. was set aside TO-
day as American Rcd Cross Sunday
By a proclamation issued by Governor
Cox. The governors procIamatlon re.
quests that special services be held
in all churches and that contributions
on that day be given to aid. the Red
Cross.
w. o. Hoist. Of Toledo. president Of
the Ohio Builders Supply association.
will head a committee OF six appointed
today at a special meeting in Colun-
bus. to 20 to Washington to confer
with Daniel Willard, chairman OF ad-
visory commission. national defense
council, and to protest against the
giving OF shipments OF iron. steel and
local In open cars preference over
building materials.
! The Ohio committee represents 6U0
Ohio dealers. The Ohio association
already has filed protest with the
denfense council. Members contend
the preferential order would parailze
building industry.
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