The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-19

phone pole by runaway horse,
William e. Scott OF Tlppecanoe
City was killed in action in France.
lie was a member OF the marine
corps.
Lucas county farmers have pledged
to SOW $4,000 acres in wheat next fal
and spring, Previous nigh record was
$4,000 acres.
United States government sent tWC
moving picture operators to Chilli
cothe to take movies OF the, 10000
soldiers who paraded July 4.
Government took over the plant oi
the Carroll Foundry and Machine
company, manufacturers of locomo
tive cranes at Bucyrus, which has
been engaged on contracts fer the
United States and allied govern.
ments. It is behind in orders The
plant employees l50 men.
Privates Harry Sommers and g. r
Fisher conscientious objectors at
Camp Sherman we're sentenced to
10 years at hard labor in federal pris.
| on by general courtmartial. They
were charged with refusing to obey
orders.
Antonio Soulla, As, was killed and
II persons injured, three seriously
when two interurban cars on the
Stark Electric railroad crashed head
on in a dense fog near Johnson's
crossing, four miles east of Alliance.
State Food Administrator CroXton
issued an appeal for 30 school teach
ors who are willing to do two weeks
clerical work IN the sugar diyisici
of the administration. The work is
TO be without pay,
The aviation camp which will be
established at the state fair grounds,
Columbus will be what is known as
a concentration camp. Between 1900
and 1000 trained mechanics and en-.
gineers, including many second lieu
tenants, will be there constantly
while the war lasts.
Marysville loafers have been put
to work in wheat and hay fields.
Lieutenant Waldo N. Heinricks of
Granville was one OF four American
aviators who engaged in a thrilling
air battle near Chateau Thierry,
France. The boys put the enemy to
rout.
In a joint application to the public
utilities commission, the newly-organ,
lied Pickaway Water company asks
permission to buy the Circleville Wa.
ter Supply company for S16O0O0.
Ohioans who are harassed by tie
scarcity and high price of coal are
urged by the United States geological
to burn peat. Rural residents
of this state, says the survey, have
this fuel supply right at their doors,
Arrangements to get out a JOINT
crop report have been made
by State Secretary of Agriculture
Shaw and Ohio Federal Crop Agent
Becker. This is for the purpose of
avoiding the variance in estimates
which has existed heretofore between
The two reports.
Frank Lowry attempted to drive a
colony of bees from his garage at
Dayton with gasoline. The explosion
which followed destroyed the garase
md Lowry's auto.
Cornerstone of the new Masonic
.emple at Ottawa was laid with ap.
Dropriate ceremony.
Jealousy turned a family reunion
nto a tragedy at Portsmouth when
lowell Doley, "a, shot and killed his
u ifn Frhn1rno AfnCrn To1nNr n
hen killed himself, with a 3S.caliber
'evolVer.
Albert YakG and his wife and H. NJ.
Iartmell Of New Moorefield were
killed when a Pennsylvania passen-
'er train struck the automobile in
which they were riding at South
,harleston, Clarke county. Miss Crys-
al Yake, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
lake, was injured so badly that she
nay die. Mrs. Cartmell also was Sc
ercly injured.
Rev. w. A, Werth, pastor of a Ger
nan church at Winesburg, Holmes
ounty, was arrested by federal OF
GERS in Winesburg. Preaching over
he dead body OF an American soldier
tEcse body was brought to the Ill,
age for burial, Rev. Mr. Werth is al
1ged &C have made UNI atri0tic re-.
larks.
C. H. Heiser, AZ, Columbus, lost his
fe when caught between a steam
hoVel and an embankment.
James B. Tucker we'll known citi-
en- and manufacturer of Sidney, died
t Detroit, Mich. Mr.. Tucker was
1under and president of the Tucker
Woodworking company, one Of Sid
cy's largest manufacturing plants.
Abe Boyer, II, Columbus, was kill.
i when he was hit by an automobile.
Despite Investigations by state, To-
al and railroad officials. the origin
the fire which burned the Detroit,
oledo and Ironton roundhouse and
dead engines and tour box cars at
apoleon, still remains a mystery.
here is a general persistent belief
oweVer, that the blaze was started
V incendiaries.
Adjutants and balloonists no longer
i'll be sent for final training to the
,hool Of military aeronautics. Ohio
tate university. In the future, avia.
on pilots only will be trained at the
,hool. There will be no changes in
lie faculty.
State Food Administrator Croxton
'dered closed for two weeks the
lkeries Of Adam and Jacob Pfau,
each operating two
ants, and of the Hilltop bakery of
The Bindery bakery of
e same city must close one week.
he penalties are for violation of
heat substitute regnlations. A NUN.