The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-26
Fire at West Mansfeld damaged

The dead are Berry Maynard, 40, and
Norman Stewart, 5S, victims of falls
OF slate
Charles Minor, colored, charged
with the murder of his wife Blanche
at Dayton and who fled after the
crime, was arrested at Greenfield and
returned TO Dayton.
Rev. Samuel Miller, IA Mennonite
preacher Of eastern Holmes county
was arrested and taken to Cleveland,
lie having been indicted for alleged
violation of the espionage act.
A carload of cattle in shipment on
The Hooking Valley railway from
Lancaster to New York was burned
at Logan. Loss $4,000.
Mrs. K. w. Kinsey, so, and ner
small grandchild were struck and
probably fatally injured by an auto
mobile driven by William Pishon,
near Jacksonville. Mrs. Kinsey was
pushing baby buggy in road when
the accident occurred.
Planning a campaign to increase
Ohios wheat acreage this fall, state
agriculture officials, comforting with
Governor Cox, wired federal officials
urging them to fix price of s2.40 for
1919 wheat. This price, it was said,
would add 10 per cent to this years
acreage. Present price of wheat is
| $220.
Robert T. Crew, executive clerk to
the governor, was appointed secre.
tary to the penitentiary commission,
succeeding Samuel J. Black of Upper
Sandusky.
Charged with disloyalty, Fred Al
brink, Henry county INSPECTOR for the
state highway commission has been
suspended and his case referred TO
the United States district attorneys
office at Toledo.
Albert Ackerman of Gallon was
elected president of the new Craw-
ford County Transportation Workers
Political league.
Efforts of Arthur Pryor, negro, 80,
and Joseph Stone, white, 38, long
termers." to escape from the Hamil.
ton county workhouse farm, caused
them to be wounded by bullets fred
by Harry Hayerkamp, a guard. White
died.
President W. F. Pierce, Kenyon
college, Gambler escaped injury by
miracle when his auto was struck by
traction car at Lnrain. Mrs. P'erce'S
left arm was broken and Mre H. 4.
West had two ribs fractured
Attorney William II. Osborn, for.
mer mavor of Chardon, Geauga
county, died ut st. Petersburg. Fla.
DR. L. c. Pratt OF Bellefontaine has
three sons now in the army in France.
An are physicians.
Federal park at Lorain was re-
named Ranley Park in honor of Cor.
poral John r. Ranley, first Lorain
man to die in battle.
Hearing of charges against Eugene
V. Debs, under federal indictment,
was postponed at Cleveland until
Sept. 8.
Columbus streetcar men will be
granted wage increase award by
the federal war labor board, probably
based on 4 50-cent-an-hour schedule.
After firing two revolver shots
which killed her 4-year-old daughter
at Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Florence Smelt-
ler, a trained nurse, turned the
weapon on herself and inflicted Il
wound from which she died several
hours later. The police ascribe the
act to dependency
Camp Perry, which will be taken
over by the federal government, has
been appraised at S150.00O.
At Caldwell, Wayner Springer, IL,
son of Walter Springer. was acci.
dentally shot through the lungs and
killed by a 22-caliber rifle in the
hands Of Fred Fowler, a playmate.
Air Nitrates corporation will build
a S2O,OO0O0c nitrate plant on the
Maumee river near Toledo.
Sixteen first lieutenants at Camp
Sherman were commissioned CAP
tains and 30 second lieUtenants were
made lieutenants. Ohioans promoted
TO be captains were: Robert S. Kerr.
Columbus; Edgar L. Ostendorf, Cleve-
land; Willard ]. Champ Cleveland;
Campbell S. Johnson, Cincinnati; f.
B. Stone, Cleveland: Howard NJ.
gen, Hamilton; Fred 0. Valentine,
Frank J. Welsh, Lisbon,
Frank A. Dubois, Oxford, ard Carl f.
Basler, Cincinnati
Loss estimated at SIG COO was sus.
tanned by Joseph Campbell when fire
destroyed a barn on his farm, "a
miles southwest of Eaton. One hun
Of hnN
new wheat are included in the loss.
Mayor S. Scranton. 70, died sud.
denly at his home IN Celina He mad
served as county recorder and pro-
bate Judge and was filling his second
term as mayor.
Home rule was upheld in the Cuya-
loga court of appeals by Judge
Charles R. Grant, who criticised
country legislators who seek to regu-
ate the affairs Of large cities.
An appeal for so men to work as
cad burners in government plants
making explosives was made by c.
4. Mayhugh. employment director of
he state council of defense.
Cantor police found the badly man.
sled body CT Armello Mungiovi, 28,
ying on bridge over East creek.
The head of the victim was almost
severed from his body and there were
'5 stab wounds in his back and head.
70 clew
At Marion 21 Switchmcn employed
~ the Erie road were arrested
'harged with interfering with snip
fC
armer living five miles from Marion,